Keeping a Honda Jazz for 5 years

I don't know why your relative needs to have brake pads changing after just 22k miles she must be fond of using the brake's,my Audi TT is just on 42K with the same pads and they have loads of life in them yet.

I have owned my ten year old Toyota Yaris for 5 years, driven 50,000 miles in it and it has just got through its MOT without problem. I will need to replace the tyres soon, but never needed yet to replace the brake pads.

Surely battery, tyres and exhaust would not be covered by the extra warranty anyway. My Honda Jazz is 2 years old and I have only got the 3 year free service plan. I am really pleased with this car, so shall probably keep it beyond the usual 3 years, which is supposed to be the most economical period for changing.
I was rather surprised today to find that my front tyres needed replacing after 14,000 miles! Apparently all the potholes on the roads throw the tracking off, causing uneven wear.

FlicketyB

I did a lot higher mileage when I was working mostly about 50,000 miles in 3 years.
At that time I was doing motorway driving and had a manual car and never had the brake shoes replaced.
I now have a Honda Jazz which is automatic due to problems with my ankle and now do about 36,000 miles over 3 years although I still do a good portion of the mileage on motorways which is not stop start.
Her car is automatic as well.
When I had the service report in the second year it said my brake pads were 60% worn.
The receptionist did point to the brakes warning light and he did say if it came on to bring the car in for a check.
The only thing I can think of is her brakes may be wearing faster as she mainly drives in the city.
The garage did point out the brake safety light to her and said bring the car in if it goes on.
It has not gone on to date.
If the garage says the brake shoes need replacing on the third service I may ask to look at them although it is an official Honda garage so I think they should give the correct advice.

Frank

Apparently you can get pitting on the brake pads Frank if you don't drive it enough, you need to give it a spin out on the motorway and not leave it stood for long periods. It does not mean you have to replace them.My godma had a similar query with her Mini.

Hi shysal

You are correct. Battery, tyres and exhaust are not be covered by the extra warranty.
Oddly enough the Honda Garage I deal with does not sell tyres.
They use a tyre fitter about a mile away and they recommend you take it there. If you want one of their staff to take it they will but they will charge you extra.
What I was hoping was somebody could answer if the battery or exhaust will usually go gone before 40,000 miles or 5 years as I understand they are expensive today.
Oddly enough light bulbs are not officially covered either at any age.
A bulb went on my previous Jazz when I was on holiday when it was about 2 months old and I took it to a local garage.
They charged me for a replacement and for fitting.
I mentioned it to my local garage and they said that the other garage was within its rights to charge but they said they looked at the mileage etc and decided what was fair.
My local garage where I purchased the car from looked at the mileage and refunded the money.

Frank

shysal

My relative had a special deal on her car.
She was made redundant 6 months before her pension kicked in.
She could have got her pension paid early but it would have been reduced so she decided to live using the redundancy money and savings for 6 months.
When she purchased the car they could not give her the interest free credit as she had no income. She was about half way through that 6 month period.
As she was in a position to pay cash they gave her a discount and the salesman gave her a free service voucher for year 4 which would take her to the end of year 5 from a servicing point of view.
Oddly enough she was going to purchase a 3 piece suite a little while ago and she was approved for interest free credit within seconds.
The sales man suddenly thought of another deal and she decided to take a cash discount instead of the credit.

Frank

Frank, I also have started driving automatics, after a shoulder injury. I would never go back to a manual gearbox. The Jazz CVTs are great, but my previous was an i-shift, not a true automatic. Don't ever buy one, it gave a jerky uncomfortable ride! Within a year Honda reverted back to the CVT, so I rapidly did an exchange before the dealer had too many similar trade-ins that wouldn't sell.

shysal

I had an i-shift as a courtesy car and did not like it. As I found out all Honda Jazzes were I shift I started looking at other cars.
By the time I was due to change Honda had gone back to the CVT.

Frank