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No problem yet.
Rear seats can be fold in several ways to create a very good space.
Cabin is spacious.
Very good leg room for rear seats.
Poor leg room for taller driver. The pedals are not located "deep" enough. after driving long distance, I feel strained in my thigh.
A pillar is thick and may obstruct view.
Rear head rests obstruct mirror view.
Poor ride comfort. Suspension is too stiff. Ride comfort is much poorer compared to Corolla/Sunny which are popular here. Some would say the firm suspension is tuned for better handling, I would say this is pointless, the low power/torque figure of this car doesn't demand performance-oriented suspension.
When driving on expressway, we can feel a lot of little bumps. We never feel this in other cars. (Note: the road condition is very good in Singapore).
Odd electrical powered steering. In general it is OK, except at low speed. When driving around at low speed in car park, the steering wheel doesn't straighten back after making a turn, I have to manually turn it back to straight. Very odd experience.
Need to adapt to CVT gear box. At low speed there is more engine braking than conventional auto gearbox.
Poor equipment list by local distributor here. No central console, no cassette player, no mud guard, etc., very basic equipment.
The inner side of doors are covered with cloth material, very strange design. It get soaked once I open door in a rain. A bad design indeed.
The dashboard meters here are in white background and orange color digits, hard to read during evening time, when the sky is not totally dark yet.
Amazingly good fuel consumption on paper, 24L/km at 10-15 mode. In real life it is only marginally better than other cars. Mine is 13.5km/L (urban), while my Corolla 1.5AT is 12km/L (urban).
Hello there.
I am from Singapore too and am considering purchasing a Honda Jazz. I am attracted to the Jazz because of its supposedly great fuel efficiency. But.. well.. after reading your review.. I am having second doubts. Sigh. Which dealer did you purchase your Jazz from?
Hi, Jazz does has great fuel efficiency, especially under 10-15 mode, it can achieve 24km/l. However, in real life, I drive only in city (very little expressway), Jazz is only marginally more fuel efficient than other cars. If you are like me driving mostly in city, you shouldn't take fuel effieciency into consideration.
If you drive more on highway, Jazz is much more fuel efficient than other car.
I bought from Kah Motor. Everything is good so far. Ask for more freebies like window film, door visors, reverse sensors, etc. If the SE doesn't give you this, change to another SE, or visit another KM showroom.
You should test drive (even a few times) before making decision. The driver leg room is bad, if you are tall, it is not good for you.
Get your friend or family to sit at the back when you test drive, see if the firm ride is acceptable to you. Do drive over some humps to test it also. To me, I call it POOR ride. POOR compared to other cars like Sunny, Corolla and Lancer (I drive these cars also). KM give free 15 inch sport rim and tyre, I suspect it make the ride worse, maybe 14 inch tyre is better, I guess, but I haven't tried it out.
Another annoyance to me is that the stock audio doesn't come with cassette and MP3. I used to connect a cassette adapter to my MP3 player, now I can't do that.
Other than this, Jazz is a great car. I am 65% happy owner.
If you really want to buy, I would say now is a good time, it is at all time low S$67,000. However, it is still more expensive than Altis, Vios, Colt, Sunny.
Do note that insurance for Honda is more expensive than Nissan and Toyota.
Take your time and try more cars. Remember to test drive Altis also. Overall it is a better valued car. Some people may say Altis has problem lah, electric window fail lah, we can ignore this. Jazz/Fit had worst problems before also, like: (hope mine won't have this)
- EGR valve fail
- Recall for brake switch
- Air-con smell bad
- CVT startup clutch fail
- etc.
Enjoy your car hunting!
Hi, forgot to mention this: do read the Fit review here. The Fit review is valid for my experience also, except fuel consumption, because I drive in city all the time.
>There's an occasional slight vibration at around
>1200-1500 rpm when moving off from standstill. It's
>believe to be normal & resetting the ECU.
I heard that EGR valve failure has similar symptom also.
Wow, thanks for checking back. appreciate the advice.
I was also considering the altis, but the toyota recall on altis and vois kinda put me off...
Colt and lancer are options I guess. Just that I don;t really like the shape of the colt and my friend who drives a lancer says that the milelage he gets of out it isn't excatly fantastic..
Thanks ago. I will do more research before deciding.
Hi, so far I've seen only positive Reviews on the Jazz and I think it's kind of a reality check on seeing this review.
Is it really as bad or is the review coming from a picky driver?
Altis looks good and roomy compared to Jazz, but it's aferall a Thai make and not as fuel friendly. Resale value also not as good. Furthermore, the interior design suits more for the 'mature' driver than those under 30s.
Hi, all. Have you ever hear a little "Veeeed" sound from your Jazz?
I heard it when I drive around 60 - 80 km/h and I don't know where is coming from. Can you help me?
Thanks all.
The high pitch whine (or Veee-ing sound) is attributed to the CVT gearbox. You won't find this irritating sound on the Manual version.
Adding to my personal experience on the Honda Jazz (23000km, almost 18mnths old), the car is still running well with only one new glitch - a rattle on the front passenger door from a loosing fitting bolt holding the window. Sorted by dealers during service. Fuel economy still good, reaching 5.9L/100km on average in 50/50 motorway/city traffic. Aircon doesn't seem to make much difference to the fuel consumption, but the unit is relatively weak. Struggles to cool the car in hot humid tropical asian summers
Finally, the ride quality of the Jazz is highly sensitive to the choice of wheels. Stick to normal 14 inch tires / steel rims for a smoother ride. I switched to 15inch tires with alloy rims over Xmas - bad idea - the ride became too harsh over poor road surfaces and 'clonks / thumps' badly over potholes. Honda needs to work on this. Other mini-MPVs like the Modus/Meriva/Mazda2 ride better over bad roads, even with alloy wheels.
Hi all. Been running a 1.5l cvt Jazz here in Sydney Australia for past 12 months. Just over 10,000k on clock. Vehicle using around 7l/100km around the city. Inside it's like a Tardis...I'm amazed with the load it will engulf/carry. Only problems to date (a) rubber sealing at bonnet front hanging loose (b) sound head display and sound controls blank out intermittently. Great little car. And - compared to other makes - I am finding the Honda dealership attitude first class. Recommended buy. Pat.
Hello Everyone,
I'm from Singapore.. Happen to come across this site.. So drop by to give some personal comments...
I bought my Jazz last Dec.. Until now, no problems... An excellent fuel efficiency car.. However, one point to note if you are intending to buy a Jazz.. Honda Jazz is not meant for "ramping" at high rev, it defeats the purpose of that fuel efficiency.. Overall a very good car, bought from Kah Motor and change to 2 tones leather seats at low cost.. The CVT sound is actually not that irritating.. sounds like hissing.. Hmmmm similar to aeroplane taking off.. but not that loud.. but of course there will be cons.. the head unit was build in and quite a tough job to change it to other commercial branded HU.. I fully agreed to the strain in thigh when driving for a long time.. esp all the way to K.L, M'sia.. not mud guards, quite a light body.. however, honda jazz is a good car for body design.. a lot of beautiful bodykits, accessories to dress up beautifully...
Compare to other saloon car prices, a little higher... but for the name of honda and jazz's fuel efficiency, I feel its worth it... I would rate 8/10...
Hi.
Can any one share the difference between Honda Jazz and Fit?
Thanks.
Go check out this forum. It has all the answers about their differences (but it might be different if you're not from S'pore), including the problem of EGR & Start up clutch.
http://forum.sg-fit-jazz.com/
- The edge -
Hi.
I'm considering to buy a Jazz.
I like the feel of the drive during my test drive and my friend who owned one has lots of good feedback about it.
My main concern is actually driving in Malaysia.
We average drive to Malaysia once a month.
I'm not sure a light and small car like Jazz is 'safe' to drive on the Malaysia highway?
Also, the Malaysia road is much more 'holely' than Singapore, so will the ride be very bumpy the the suspension Jazz has?
Stephen (Singapore)
Hi.
I drive to KL in a Jazz too. It is alright in general. I only drive around 120-140km/h, mostly at 120km/h. It feels just like any other Japanese sedan.
On North South Highway there is almost no "hole" nowadays.
In city center there are still a bit "holely", though I must say it has improved a lot for the past 10 years.
One positive point of Jazz is its stiff suspension and short overhang, I seldom hit the bottom of car when I cross a road hump in KL. My Corolla hit it very often. (especially when you have 2 passengers behind)
You may consider Honda City as well, basically the same car, manufactured in Thailand, with a 1.5L engine. And you have choice of iDSI engine or Vtec engine. Boot is huge at 500L.
Hi, need help on customizing my 2004 Honda jazz.
I'm Indonesian and looking for rear LED tail light for my jazz, I think they call it JDM LED tail light. The ones that is available in Indonesia only the ones with the smoked color signal light cover. I've noticed when I was in Singapore, I saw few Honda jazz with this model tail light, but with a clear/white signal light cover.
Can anyone help me please.
If you're not so sure about my question, please check the link below and compare.
Smoked type tail lamp:
http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1739&osCsid=60c9eef5bd9c242e1d80fdba2bc48c91.
Clear type tail lamp:
http://www.jhpusa.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1738&osCsid=60c9eef5bd9c242e1d80fdba2bc48c91.
If anyone knows where the shop to buy these lamp in Singapore, please do let me know.
Thanks.
I have a Honda Jazz which I bought in 2002. I think I must have had the runt of the crop since I have suffered a variety of electrical failures: the signal switch used to get stuck "on" and I would have to clear it by putting the hazard lights on and off- a bit dangerous on roundabouts. The driver's window would not go up beyond 1/3 when it got wet from the rain. The radio used to click. The radio and indicator were fixed by my local garage. I don't put the driver's window down if it looks like rain. The worst problem I have encountered however is the chugging caused by the faulty EGR valve. I took my car to a Honda dealer who diagnosed it immediately and told me that many of the early Jazzes had this problem although not all of them and that is why there had not been a recall. In recognition of the manufacturing fault however Honda has apparently extended their warranty so that they will pay for the replacement of the faulty valve, which in my case is what they did in about 10 minutes flat. It's a pity though that they didn't think to write to their Jazz customers to let them know that there was a fault as I am sure some of us have gone to our local garages and run up bills to try to sort out the chugging problem.
I would also agree that the ride is not a very soft one.