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