All-New Honda Jazz 2015 Ownership Review

[mtsindore]

Hello Guys,

Recently purchased an All New Honda Jazz 2015 on 18th September.

Color - Golden Brown Metallic

On road Price- 7.95 Lacs for VMT Petrol , INDORE, Madhya Pradesh

Bargain from dealer - "ZERO"

Would like to share few Pros and Cons of the vehicle:

PROS:

1. Superb Handling and Road Grip
2. Stunning Looks.
3. Very large space as compared to other Hatchbacks.
4. Widest tires in its segment.
5. Comfortable drive in city as well as highway.
6. Highway Average - around 16-18 kmpl, city average - around 12-14 kmpl. May be higher after first service.
7. Steering is very smooth.
8. Audio controls and Bluetooth controls are easy to operate and placed suitable far from horn switch to avoid mis press.
9. Good quality music system and loud volume.

However, I bought this vehicle for my father and the main requirement was higher seats, smaller bonnet , big boot and easy visibility while driving. Thus his purpose was solved.

Apart from the pros above, I was little disappointed to see the cost cutting done by honda in lot of areas in the vehicle. Here is the list of CONS I would like to highlight:

1. Turn indicator LED's are not as powerful as other cars. not easily visible during daytime. I wish honda would have not installed them rather.
2. Do watch for the rusting on the TIE RODS behind front wheels. I got them rusted and have complained the HONDA for coating or replacement. Those important parts has to be at least galvanized or powder coated. you are better suggested to check this before paying the dealer.
3. Little lag in accelerating the vehicle below 2000 rpm. However this is good for my father in some sense.
4. Slight cabin sound in front seats when Driving on bumpy roads or bad cemented roads. The road noise is not isolated completely like in case of Hyundai or maruti. This may be irritating to some people.
5. The color I chosen is a magnet for dust. Dust is clearly visible on the vehicle, as well as water stains are also clearly visible.
6. No mudflaps comes with the vehicle. You will need to get them fitted by your own.
7. Gear knob/cover rotates sometimes from its place.
8. Doors are quite hard to open or close and sometimes slips out of hand while opening or closing them.
9. Only one key comes with central locking remote , while the other key is without remote. What a good example of cost cutting. and the honda peoples says that this is standard policy of honda.. Come on honda, don't be so cheap . Remote is a basic equipment and many times can be inoperative. In that case, RUN to honda and get the replacement remote for just Rs. 7000
10. Vehicle does not gets locked if any of the door is partially or fully opened. Further the system do not alerts this in any manner to the driver. It simply remains dead. so this becomes the driver's responsibility to monitor the indicators for the assurance of vehicle being locked.
11. one touch operation of power windows is quite confusing for new users.
12. The two Maps light inside the car does not turns off when the car is locked. This may drain battery if forgotten.
13. Seat belt reminder always annoy you until you put them on.
14. The A-Pillar of the car sometimes obstructs the vision while taking corners.
15. Camera Quality is normal. Neither bad nor as good as in Hyundai. However, one good point is that the camera is integrated in the music system, so it is quite to look at the camera and at the same time looking anywhere else. In my car it is fitted on the rear view mirror, which is not as accessible position as in HONDA.

Well the overall performance of car is quite good and since it is fulfilling my requirements, its OK and I am Happy for what I bought.

Thanks

 

[tripranav]

Re: All New Honda Jazz 2015 ownership Review

Where are the ownership pictures?

And also the list of "Cons" is far more than the list of "Pros", its strange. Makes me wonder why did you purchase this car? If the cons list it this huge in the beginning, imagine what will the list be after 3-5 years.

Instead you could have tried other better cars in this price bracket.

 

[mtsindore]

Where are the ownership pictures?

And also the list of "Cons" is far more than the list of "Pros", its strange. Makes me wonder why did you purchase this car? If the cons list it this huge in the beginning, imagine what will the list be after 3-5 years.

Instead you could have tried other better cars in this price bracket.

Right, ownership pics are not very different so i will be posting it later.

Cons are more and I didnot observed them before purchasing the vehicle, Secondly, as I mentioned, this car will be mostly driven by my father, so I am not bothered much with it. I trusted honda and was not expecting this from them frankly.

I had an option for choosing Dzire Zxi, but slight out of my budget and also looking wise, it doesnot impress me as Honda vehicles do.

The pic of rusting which I mentioned earlier:

 

[pavi]

11. one touch operation of power windows is quite confusing for new users.
12. The two Maps light inside the car does not turns off when the car is locked. This may drain battery if forgotten.
13. Seat belt reminder always annoy you until you put them on.

Could you please elaborate more on point 11.

Regarding point 12, I don't think other manufacturers has such a feature. Hyundai i20 owners, please shed some light on the same.

Regarding point 13, How could you list this as a CON?!! I am amazed to see such a useful feature as a CON. So if you are listing this as a CON, then it should be assumed that you are not using seat belts while driving which is illegal. Do wear your seat belts.

 

[vishnu vichu]

Congrats on your new buy.

Reading your Cons List, I'm wondering whether you haven't took enough test drives before booking the car ?

Well, about Point 13, that is such a nice feature. How can you even imagine to move around without even wearing the seat belts. I always make sure that my family wear's all four for safety. Yes for at least we've done our part right ?

 

[mtsindore]

Could you please elaborate more on point 11.

Regarding point 12, I don't think other manufacturers has such a feature. Hyundai i20 owners, please shed some light on the same.

Regarding point 13, How could you list this as a CON?!! I am amazed to see such a useful feature as a CON. So if you are listing this as a CON, then it should be assumed that you are not using seat belts while driving which is illegal. Do wear your seat belts.

Hello Pavi,
Point # 11 - When the window is fully close and you want to lower it to a particular position, you need to press the button down and then to stop it at the required point, you have to pull it at that point. vive verca when the window is fully opened. Whereas in my VERNA, any press (up or down) will stop the window at the moment and the response is instantaneous. This is specially needed if you only want to lift or lower a small amount like in case of rain.

Point # 12 - my verna has this feature. doesnot matters whats status of the inside switch, it automatically switches off all the inside as well as outside lights after certain period of locking. may be this feature is called ESCORT function. my point in listing this issue in CONS list is that if one of the light diminishes after locking the vehicle, why does not the other two does.

Point # 13 - OK, agreed, I never drive without seatbelts , but If I happen to be a co-driver, It irritates most of the time.

Congrats on your new buy.

Reading your Cons List, I'm wondering whether you haven't took enough test drives before booking the car ?

Well, about Point 13, that is such a nice feature. How can you even imagine to move around without even wearing the seat belts. I always make sure that my family wear's all four for safety. Yes for at least we've done our part right ?

Hello Vishnu.
Unfortunately, I took test drive of one petrol and one diesel variant, but have not noticed that sound in both vehicles. Otherwise I would have not purchased this vehicle. I also took test drive of Hyundai Accent and rejected that vehicle due to the same problem, that was even worse at back seats.
When I raised this point to HONDA dealer, they simply denied accepting this as a major issue. However, I complained this to HONDA customer care but do not expect to get any solution since the road noise isolation issue is something that cannot be solved eaisly. Secondly dealears do not have instrument to measure that sound so that it can be proved that only my vehicle is having more sound. It means different to different people. anyways, in near future, I may change the vehicle.

 

[vishnu vichu]

Hello Pavi,
Point # 11 - When the window is fully close and you want to lower it to a particular position, you need to press the button down and then to stop it at the required point, you have to pull it at that point. vive verca when the window is fully opened. Whereas in my VERNA, any press (up or down) will stop the window at the moment and the response is instantaneous. This is specially needed if you only want to lift or lower a small amount like in case of rain.

Point # 12 - my verna has this feature. doesnot matters whats status of the inside switch, it automatically switches off all the inside as well as outside lights after certain period of locking. may be this feature is called ESCORT function. my point in listing this issue in CONS list is that if one of the light diminishes after locking the vehicle, why does not the other two does.

Point # 13 - OK, agreed, I never drive without seatbelts , but If I happen to be a co-driver, It irritates most of the time.



Hello Vishnu.
Unfortunately, I took test drive of one petrol and one diesel variant, but have not noticed that sound in both vehicles. Otherwise I would have not purchased this vehicle. I also took test drive of Hyundai Accent and rejected that vehicle due to the same problem, that was even worse at back seats.
When I raised this point to HONDA dealer, they simply denied accepting this as a major issue. However, I complained this to HONDA customer care but do not expect to get any solution since the road noise isolation issue is something that cannot be solved eaisly. Secondly dealears do not have instrument to measure that sound so that it can be proved that only my vehicle is having more sound. It means different to different people. anyways, in near future, I may change the vehicle.

Seems like you're really frustrated with the vehicle. How about Damping the vehicle , which will for sure reduce the NVH to a better extent ?

 

[ss80]

Hi
Congrats on your new JAZZ, plz post more pics of the complete car. I am surprised to see that a new HONDA car can have this big cons list! The point I wish to make is, Honda all said and done, have made a noisy diesel engine & are fitting it in every car going forward. Every car has a defect, sometimes small, sometimes very evident, the day you start noticing every defect/bad stuff in car, you will miss out on all the good things it came with. Although costly to maintain, Honda cars are anyday way better than the usual ones.

Do a full tank and drive it till you reach E, do one super long drive and enjoy every bit of car, probably that can change your thoughts about the Jazz. I am sure Honda would not sell something that is utter nonsense in nature.

Think about these cars
- Swift - Skinny tyres, no abs, cheaper plastics (mid variants)
- Etios - Speedo in middle of dashboard, cheap feel inside out
- I20 - ground clearance issues even in latest model! FE not as good as other cars
- Fluidic Verna - Soft suspension, bottoming out on every medium/big pot hole

Still people buy them as these cars come with a lot of good stuff, as long as the good stuff meets your requirement, be happy and dont crib about every small imperfection.

 

[mtsindore]

Seems like you're really frustrated with the vehicle. How about Damping the vehicle , which will for sure reduce the NVH to a better extent ?

Thanks for the concern, Do you have any idea about how to damp such noise / sound in vehicle. As far as I understand this problem, the root cause should be either suspensions are stiff and less isolated or its the cabin design that is booming the sound or the inside lining of the damping material.
Please let me know if you can help in this regards.
I also tried lowering the tyre pressure, but this did not significantly reduced the sound.

Hi
Congrats on your new JAZZ, plz post more pics of the complete car. I am surprised to see that a new HONDA car can have this big cons list! The point I wish to make is, Honda all said and done, have made a noisy diesel engine & are fitting it in every car going forward. Every car has a defect, sometimes small, sometimes very evident, the day you start noticing every defect/bad stuff in car, you will miss out on all the good things it came with. Although costly to maintain, Honda cars are anyday way better than the usual ones.

Do a full tank and drive it till you reach E, do one super long drive and enjoy every bit of car, probably that can change your thoughts about the Jazz. I am sure Honda would not sell something that is utter nonsense in nature.

Think about these cars
- Swift - Skinny tyres, no abs, cheaper plastics (mid variants)
- Etios - Speedo in middle of dashboard, cheap feel inside out
- I20 - ground clearance issues even in latest model! FE not as good as other cars
- Fluidic Verna - Soft suspension, bottoming out on every medium/big pot hole

Still people buy them as these cars come with a lot of good stuff, as long as the good stuff meets your requirement, be happy and dont crib about every small imperfection.

Hello SS80,
not to disrespect your opinion but what you said is just not practical, When you know there is an issue, all of your focus goes there. This is human tendency.

Today I got my vehicle's 1st service done and I discussed this point with the supervisor. He himself agreed that HONDA has done cost cutting from last two three years due to the competition in the market. They have reduced the quality of parts . Almost all vehicles I seen today in the workshop is suffering from such minor Issues, specially rusting on important parts beneath the body. They offered me a free rubber coating on those rusted parts. WHY ? ( a big question, since they are accepting this as an issue).

I agree that all vehicles have some pros and cons, but my concern is just that price vs expectations are not meeting in this case.

Four months ago I purchased a VERNA S(O) variant and i still don't have a single issue or complaint about anything. I feel so obliged for paying 11 lacs. I paid 8 lacs for JAZZ, I would had an option for a fully loaded Swift ZDi or a class apart VW Polo, which in my opinion would have exceeded my expectations. this is just all about understanding the customers requirement and fulfilling the same at any cost. HONDA has now only became a Brand name and nothing else. I will also be posting my first service experience today. Do read that post.

I am feeling quite lucky , I bought VERNA instead of a CITY.

At last, I am not criticizing anything, but rather I am just highlighting few points for the future owners of HONDA since they still have other choice.

My First JAZZ Service review:

Service done at : Abhikaran HONDA workshop, INDORE

Today I went to workshop and shown the vehicle to the supervisor. We have already discussed the rusting issue from over the three weeks ,which the supervisor was aware of .

He handed over my vehicle to another person. I complained him about the lag in accelerating the vehicle below 2000 rpm and he sad OK we will check it during service but did not took pain to write this on the Job sheet. When I asked him that how will the technician know about the issue, he finally just mentioned " Accelerator check" on the job sheet. Again missing information.

Secondly, I also complained supervisor about my parking brake cable suspended too low from the body. This could be trapped somewhere while driving. Again "Ok, we will check", no written records !

OK, after long 4 hours wait, my vehicle got serviced and when I asked superior about my complaint being resolved or not, he again said we will check, but no one in the workshop took pain to analyze the issue and finally , I felt ashamed of asking this issue to each and every person there and took the vehicle out without getting it done.

While waiting in the Lounge, I was constantly observing the way of working of the technicians. They were just doing the routine job and were not interested in checking for other possible issues. moreover, they simple bypassed the basic checks in most of the vehicles like lighting, wiper water level check, indicators, horns, etc. due to the heavy workload

Further , I wrote several mails to customer care regarding my issues, but what I received is just a formality call from a ladies at reception ( I am sure, not more than that) that we have received your complaint and will forward it to further. Still no one from the technical side came up facing me. All are not willing to contact me. Literally disgusting.

 

[ss80]

I understand that you are way too disappointed with the outcome of JAZZ.

It is pretty sad to hear about the experience for your first service, I expected atleast other cities to have better HASS. There are crazy stories about HASS here in Bangalore as well, check in youtube "Dakshin Honda stole my tyre". Honda Service Centers are probably competing with TATA ones.

I hope you have other options in Indore, apart from this HASS that you visited. I have noticed this low lying handbrake cable issue in Vento, Jazz, polo too! I dint think they will do anything about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5AX9jQtMqg

 

[Ambylovers]

Hi,
Congratulations on your new Honda Jazz. Wishes to clock many more miles without issues.

 

[pavi]

My First JAZZ Service review:

Service done at : Abhikaran HONDA workshop, INDORE

Today I went to workshop and shown the vehicle to the supervisor. We have already discussed the rusting issue from over the three weeks ,which the supervisor was aware of .

He handed over my vehicle to another person. I complained him about the lag in accelerating the vehicle below 2000 rpm and he sad OK we will check it during service but did not took pain to write this on the Job sheet. When I asked him that how will the technician know about the issue, he finally just mentioned " Accelerator check" on the job sheet. Again missing information.

Secondly, I also complained supervisor about my parking brake cable suspended too low from the body. This could be trapped somewhere while driving. Again "Ok, we will check", no written records !

OK, after long 4 hours wait, my vehicle got serviced and when I asked superior about my complaint being resolved or not, he again said we will check, but no one in the workshop took pain to analyze the issue and finally , I felt ashamed of asking this issue to each and every person there and took the vehicle out without getting it done.

While waiting in the Lounge, I was constantly observing the way of working of the technicians. They were just doing the routine job and were not interested in checking for other possible issues. moreover, they simple bypassed the basic checks in most of the vehicles like lighting, wiper water level check, indicators, horns, etc. due to the heavy workload

Further , I wrote several mails to customer care regarding my issues, but what I received is just a formality call from a ladies at reception ( I am sure, not more than that) that we have received your complaint and will forward it to further. Still no one from the technical side came up facing me. All are not willing to contact me. Literally disgusting.

Could you please post some pics for your car if possible???

 

[Sarath01]

Congratulations on your new Jazz mate!! Wish you many more happy miles . Pictures are posted in a reverse order I guess. See, I've read all your points and understood that you are not fully satisfied as others said. BUT I would like to share my views here. Most of the points you listed were not issues except rusting and insulation !! If Road noise is irritating now , you must have observed in your so called "test drive" before !! What amazed me was you were driving without seatbelts the whole time and you list seatbelt remainder as " annoying " !!! If A pillar obstructs you now, then you should have noticed in your TD right ?? One touch power windows is for our ease of use so cannot be considered as Con. Regarding map lights ,I'm not so sure but there must be a third position in which it responds to the locking mechanism . If any door is not properly locked , it will show up on your ODO !! And regarding the lag , I presume your car has just completed its first service , so odo would be around 1000+kms ?! Give it some time to run in and I'm sure it ll open up pretty well as I don't read anywhere about the lag in Jazz ivtec. Lastly very early to comment on service capabilities. Things will turn up good in meantime . just sit back and relax .

A prospective buyer must be well informed about what he is getting into !! Honda treats its customers for granted now and quality may not be superior to their own previous generations models , Agreed ! BUT The engine is a gem to drive and overall reliability is very high in the long runs without a doubt . Didn't you check elite i20 as you own a Hyundai already ??

 

[mtsindore]

Congratulations on your new Jazz mate!! Wish you many more happy miles . Pictures are posted in a reverse order I guess. See, I've read all your points and understood that you are not fully satisfied as others said. BUT I would like to share my views here. Most of the points you listed were not issues except rusting and insulation !! If Road noise is irritating now , you must have observed in your so called "test drive" before !! What amazed me was you were driving without seatbelts the whole time and you list seatbelt remainder as " annoying " !!! If A pillar obstructs you now, then you should have noticed in your TD right ?? One touch power windows is for our ease of use so cannot be considered as Con. Regarding map lights ,I'm not so sure but there must be a third position in which it responds to the locking mechanism . If any door is not properly locked , it will show up on your ODO !! And regarding the lag , I presume your car has just completed its first service , so odo would be around 1000+kms ?! Give it some time to run in and I'm sure it ll open up pretty well as I don't read anywhere about the lag in Jazz ivtec. Lastly very early to comment on service capabilities. Things will turn up good in meantime . just sit back and relax .

A prospective buyer must be well informed about what he is getting into !! Honda treats its customers for granted now and quality may not be superior to their own previous generations models , Agreed ! BUT The engine is a gem to drive and overall reliability is very high in the long runs without a doubt . Didn't you check elite i20 as you own a Hyundai already ??

Hello sarath,
I took two test drives, but there was no sound like that.
The front two map lights do not have a three position switch and hence not integrated with door locking mechanism. Those are just push to ON & push to OFF type. The rear map light is a three position type.
Regarding my point # 10, I am stepping out of the vehicle and then locking it, so how could I see the ODO
I did checked elite i20 before jazz but its design was very conjusted. I did not felt airy inside the cabin. the outside visibility, specially while reversing the vehicle was very less. the seating position was also too low which was giving less visibility outside. Lastly, The front looks of i20 did not impressed me at all, it gave me feeling of Aston martin ( i guess i am right, and I don't like that design) . The vehicles should be designed by own concept and not copying from some other brands. This is the only thing which I like about HONDA. They always develop their own concept and set benchmark for others.
Lastly, your point " honda treats its customers ..." . This is very true. They behaves like they are the only manufacture of good cars. Here in Indore , we have only one HONDA dealer while we have 6 HYUNDAI and 5 MARUTI dealers. The waiting period of any honda out of stock model is at least 4-5 weeks and may be higher upto 8-10 weeks. Simply monopoly. Here HYUNDAI delivers the vehicle in max 10 days and MARUTI always have all models all colors in stock.

 

[Sarath01]

Regarding my point # 10, I am stepping out of the vehicle and then locking it, so how could I see the ODO.

SORRY!! Yes we have to check the doors manually if the vehicle didn't lock .Make it a practice !! I personally like elite i20 but again looks are subjective ☺.True on Honda cars design , but still they could have concentrated more for the front on all their line up.