More than $1000 for a 07 Jazz 80000 km service?

[jazznewbie]

Hi guys,

Does anyone know the approximate cost of 80000km service for a 07 Honda Jazz ? I rang this morning and they told me it will cost approximately $1015. That seems like a lot of money.

Cheers

[curtis265]

what needs to get done?

call as many places as you can

[butterfingers]

if you did the 5000km services yourself then you would have enough for the 80000..

kidding man
Hannys if you want a cheap service

[62rocket]

this is when a trusted mechanic comes in handy rather than relying on your Honda Dealer for a service. I am guessing at 80k it looks like oil and filter, air filter, irridium spark plugs, fuel filter (in tank so it's a hard one to get to), check and adjust valve clearences. I reckon if you took it to a mechanic rather than Honda you would be paying $500 - $600. If you could do it yourself I know irridium plugs an be bought from the US on ebay for like $30 a set of 4. Cheaper than $30 each that Honda would charge you. I personally think Honda wouldn't even be doing the valve clearences but just ticking the box to say they were checked...

[sensei_]

Do what you can yourself.

My last service consisted of a few things like that. I did the engine oil, air filter, spark plugs, and got the workshop to do the rest. Agreed to stamp my logbook, even though i did half the work myself and saved myself a pretty penny on the way

[jazznewbie]

Its pretty crazy considering the car is only worth $7000 - $8000 now.

[sensei_]

wait til you see service bills for the legend, or old mercs, even old lexus service bills are shocking.

you own flagship car, you pay flagship prices.

[Paul.Z]

LOL...no way!! i've never billed a customer over 1k for a service, maximum cost for a service would be around 500 bucks and that would consist of a timing belt which we dont have. also our spark plugs last 100k so you wont need to change them till then, so all that they'll be doing is oil, oil filter, air filter, cabin filter, fuel filter, check everything else and thats it, they NEVER check valve clearances. should probs cast around 300 - 400 bucks or even less. depends how much they charge for labour.

[fundies]

Let me tell you this. It's because they have to do the valve clearances, and it's a cow of a job, as the manifold etc all have to come off to get to the valve cover/valves. Not a hard job if you have good tools and some mechanical ability, I did it myself recently. If your engine is smooth and quiet, without tappet noise, I wouldn't worry about it.
Same with the in tank filter. I've heard of Jazzes doing many more KM's than the stated 80K km's on the original filter. Just sold my GD Jazz with 100K km's, no fuel filter change, and was still running as new. A blocked fuel filter will let you know, ie, rough running.
Honda designed the Jazz too well, and because there is no timing belt, they needed to "devise" some other tricks to milk money out of people come servicing time.

If you must get these two things done, I can't see anybody doing it much cheaper than say $800. Good luck.

I also hear than E10 fuel keeps fuel filters/injectors very clean, because of the ethanol, which acts as a detergent..

[BBHEnZ]

my 03 VTiS costed me around $190 for the 100,000 km service (private engineer)
did the typical oil changing etc and all spark plugs changed

The 190 is parts + labour price

[fundies]

my 03 VTiS costed me around $190 for the 100,000 km service (private engineer)
did the typical oil changing etc and all spark plugs changed

The 190 is parts + labour price


The 100K service is completely different to the 80K service. Changing the plugs is no problem.

[jazznewbie]

Can anyone recommend an independent mechanic that specialise in Honda vehicles in Melbourne (preferably eastern suburb) ?

Thanks

[BBHEnZ]

Can anyone recommend an independent mechanic that specialise in Honda vehicles in Melbourne (preferably eastern suburb) ?

Thanks

stndrd from this forum! Quality work, treats customer cars as his own. Fair pricing on labour. Has his own project k20 eg(? or ek i forgot lol) civic.
Only thing is he's south eastern suburbs.
I suggest you PM him
http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/member.php?22313-stndrd

[pacogun]

Pm me, I know a realiable Honda specialist. His workshop is in Richmond, behind Ikea.

[ouch]

defs go around to private workshops and see what prices you can get. but either for dealership prices - thats expensive!

[threesix]

Let me tell you this. It's because they have to do the valve clearances, and it's a cow of a job, as the manifold etc all have to come off to get to the valve cover/valves. Not a hard job if you have good tools and some mechanical ability, I did it myself recently. If your engine is smooth and quiet, without tappet noise, I wouldn't worry about it.
Same with the in tank filter. I've heard of Jazzes doing many more KM's than the stated 80K km's on the original filter. Just sold my GD Jazz with 100K km's, no fuel filter change, and was still running as new. A blocked fuel filter will let you know, ie, rough running.
Honda designed the Jazz too well, and because there is no timing belt, they needed to "devise" some other tricks to milk money out of people come servicing time.

If you must get these two things done, I can't see anybody doing it much cheaper than say $800. Good luck.

I also hear than E10 fuel keeps fuel filters/injectors very clean, because of the ethanol, which acts as a detergent..

isnt e10 bad for your car though? i hear people saying never use e10. hmmmm

[fundies]

E10 is no problem. Octane rating is around 94, proven cleaning effect, why would it be a problem ?

Unless you run it in your unmodded EH Holden, then you may have a problem.

[curtis265]

bad for dem rubber fuel lines

[threesix]

so if i put one run of e10 (i normally use 95) and give it a blast it might clean my fuel filter/etc out? (not that i think its dirty but..)

[fundies]

If you've been running 95 for a while, the first tank of E10 may cause your car to run a little rough/sluggish. I found this out in my GD when I put my first tank of E10 in. What was happening, was the gums and residues that regular fuel leaves in the tank, fuel filter, fuel lines and injectors, was being disolved by the ethanol. After a few tanks, happy days, and I find that both the GD and my new GE run fine on E10 ( well, they are designed to use it ).

[fundies]

@ Curtis265


Not when your car is designed to use E10 ( like the Jazz ), as the rubber wont be effected by E10.

You do know that fuel lines are steel from the tank, up until the last small distance to the intake ?

[threesix]

well looks like a tank of e10 for my civic coming up. then back to 95.

cheers guys. very help full for this permo noob lol

[threesix]

not wrong about it feeling harsh using e10!

[fundies]

not wrong about it feeling harsh using e10!

Give it a few tanks, it'll come good. Jazz's also have a learnable ecu, so it takes a little time to adjust to different fuel as well.

Oops, you have a Civic!! Probabably a similar ecu.

[threesix]

same 1.3L engine though. (hybrid)

feels like i filled up with rocks! lol

[Initially_v]

Do we gotta sevice ours jazzs more often because they run chain....???

[Paul.Z]

i service mine every 5k

[fundies]

Do we gotta sevice ours jazzs more often because they run chain....???

No. This should make it cheaper, as chains are maintenance free. The cost for Jazz's comes from 40k scheduled valve clearance checks and silly in tank fuel filter design with 80k intervals.

[Paul.Z]

well...what happens is the chain has a number of adjustments to extend to, the lack of oil change would result to the oil to sludge up and restrict the movement of the chain then it normally would, in that case the chain would adjust and if that happens too much, your chain would snap and that would cost you $$$$ which in others words means new engine. thats why most of us service every 5k, max 10k as i recommended 5k to my customers when i was working in my workshop.

[fundies]

If you service it by the book, using quality oils, you'll have no problems.

[GU357]

WAY to much, my 80,000km was like 400 max.