2003 Honda Jazz from UK and Ireland - Comments

13th Nov 2005, 02:19

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Carpet wore through under the throttle pedal, was replaced under guarantee. Noticed this wear on other Jazz`s.Dealer said he thought design fault. I stuck rubber in place to stop this.

Cigarette lighter did not work when air pump used. dealer fixed.

Two local dealers given up Honda or closed down. Now nearest are 24 miles away.

General comments?

Agree with other reviews, but.

Servicing - be prepared. First year £177,

2nd year now quoted £389 & 2nd dealer £330.

If I go to local garage £150 or Halfords service £169, Honda said I may invalidate the guarantee. Why so much - well it does have 8 spark plugs said dealer.

At least Ford has a good network of service centres.


14th Nov 2005, 13:12

Hi, this is not a comment on your review, just a general note to do with Servicing.

My wife owns a jazz and myself an Accord, we had the services at the main dealer, however the second service proved to be very expensive.

Getting to the point, are you aware of something called 'block exemption', this is something the dealers don't tell you for obvious reasons.

My understanding is this:

You can have your car serviced by any other reputable garage that is VAT registered and uses Original Parts or better without invalidating your warranty and your book is stamped.

My advice would be to ask your main dealer about it, just mention the word 'block exemption', the results are quite funny.

But obviously confirm that is the case, they may try to argue the toss, but it's always worth asking, but at your own risk.

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