Honda Jazz Gearbox Problems [Manual]

[Poeter]

Hi guys,

Just thought I would share my bad experiences about my jazz's gearbox. It's Honda Jazz 2005 VTI-S



Started out with rumbling noises coming from the engine bay. Thought it may had been the release bearing giving way since the noise disappears after disengaging the clutch.

So we took out the gearbox and hoping to find the release bearing or pivot bearing destroyed. However, the ugly truth revealed that gearbox was making abnormal noises when we spun the input shaft with our hands and the oil that was drained is near black.

My mechanic had checked the clutch thoroughly and it was too normal to say it caused the rumbling noises. With evidence pointing against the gearbox, it was concluded that my gearbox was ruined despite shifting still felt very smooth.

As a result, I was recommended to buy a brand new gear box from honda. My mechanic highly advised that a 2nd hand gearbox is a heavy risk to further expenses in future, since the condition of a 2nd box is unknown. I was told rebuild is almost as expensive as a brand new gear box due to difficult labour, large amount of time and expensive parts.

Therefore, I am unfortunately losing up to 4k from this gearbox problem which include labour + new gearbox + new clutch + rear engine oil seal.

At the moment, I just hope i made the right choice to get a new gearbox

I know some people think it's stupid to pay for a new gearbox because a honda jazz 2005 on average are selling between 11k to 14k. However, I'm quite attached to this car since I am the first owner + first car and do have plans to keep this car for a long time.

Some of my friends says I may had gone for a cheap 2nd gearbox and then sell the car to buy better car. I'm reluctant to do this since I do have a fair few mods done to the car already and I don't have enough money to afford replacing the car with a better or newer car.

Not really much I can do now since I've already committed to an order for a new gearbox. However, just curious if I could handle such a situation differently than I did?