New Honda fan here, I Need your advice.

[mm15744]

Hello, since then all of my previous cars were Toyota (from old DX to GLi 1.6). I'm now 32yrs old and i heard a lot of good things on Honda Cars and I decided to sell my previous Toyota gli 1.6 and bought Honda city 2006 1.3 i-dsi matic for my daily use. This decision of mine was finalized after several study and readings on tsikot.

1. Please give me some tips and suggestions on how to handle Hondas especially with CVT technology which is very new to me. Maintenance?, oil type used?, best transmision fluid type ? etc...
2. Whats the pros and cons of the city. Your information will be a great help for me.
3. Did i made the right decision? Please let me know.

BTW, the car i bought had 15Tkm on its odometer (after searching for a month, found this one is a good deal). Not so cheap but not too expensive, price is very reasonable. Thanks to the dealer.

[Type 100]

The CVT will require flushing and refill of Honda's CVT fluid every now and then. The intervals are on your owner's manual. Don't try using anything else. This is one thing I don't like about the CVTs: They sort of force you to go to Honda dealerships for servicing.

You can try joining us at www.jazzcityunited.org. The outgoing Jazz and City share the same GD chassis, so a lot of parts and mechanicals are similar.

As for motor oil, any viscosity will do as long as the oil is SJ- or SL-rated at least.

[mm15744]

Is it the only maintenance sir?
a. How about its reliability?
b. How about the Fuel consumption, is 26km/L doable?

thanks for your input Sir...

[mm15744]

Is it the only maintenance sir?
a. How about its reliability?
b. How about the Fuel consumption, is 26km/L doable?

thanks for your input Sir...

[1D4LV]

i don't think the 26 km/l is realistic in mixed city/highway driving. i think a 15 kpl is more doable for mixed city/highway and around 18 kpl for pure highway.

[Type 100]

On pure highway driving? I've already done 28 km/L from Parañaque-Baliwag-Parañaque...and this is on a manual Jazz with A/C on all the time. Others have done even better.

In city driving a range of 10-14 km/L is par for the course. I've upgraded to 16" rims so fuel economy suffers a little, but I can still make upwards of 12 km/L.

On CVT-equipped cars this should be easier, as long as you just relax behind the wheel. The CVTs are programmed to accommodate cruising at an unbelievably low 1500 RPM...very hard with the manual gearbox.

[mm15744]

Type100,1D4, Thanks to your inputs. One more thing I worry. To share this with you, I was a victim of rewinded odometer before in my toyota (analog odo). I was very upset pero ginamit ko na lang ung car until ibenenta ko na rin, napatino ko naman ung car after many repairs.

My question now is, do you think the Digital Odometer of the City 2006 idsi matic can be re-winded (clock backwards i guess is the term)? I am just wandering to 15Tkm odometer reading for an '06 model. Need ko lang po inputs nyo if you heard something like tampering of digital odometers of Honda?

Cencya na po if madami ako tanong...thanks and best regards to all...

[mm15744]

Type100,1D4, Thanks to your inputs. One more thing I worry. To share this with you, I was a victim of rewinded odometer before in my toyota (analog odo). I was very upset pero ginamit ko na lang ung car until ibenenta ko na rin, napatino ko naman ung car after many repairs.

My question now is, do you think the Digital Odometer of the City 2006 idsi matic can be re-winded (clock backwards i guess is the term)? I am just wandering to 15Tkm odometer reading for an '06 model. Need ko lang po inputs nyo if you heard something like tampering of digital odometers of Honda?

Cencya na po if madami ako tanong...thanks and best regards to all...

[suysuy]

15Tkm odometer reading for an '06 model

06 model sa akin with 24k on the odo. seems kinda low na nga sa akin ang 24k. pero kung yan totoong 15k, talagang rarely lang yan nagamit

[suysuy]

15Tkm odometer reading for an '06 model

06 model sa akin with 24k on the odo. seems kinda low na nga sa akin ang 24k. pero kung yan totoong 15k, talagang rarely lang yan nagamit

[mm15744]

Suysuy thanks.
So, whats has been your maintenance for your city so far?

[Type 100]

As with most cars watch out for the x40,000 km checkup. That's usually when a lot of things have to be replaced and checked, such as the brake pads and shoes.

70+% of the braking power of the Jazzes and Cities is at the front, and the engine sort of hangs off the front axle, so brake pads are a
usual inspection item for the casa at around 35,000 km.

Word to the wise: Save up early for the 40,000 km checkup.

As for my experience, I usually don't follow the six-months rule. I opt to go by the odometer reading instead, so my service stops cover about 10 months. So far so good.

[monggoosse]

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[mm15744]

Type100, thanks po sa input...

[mm15744]

hello po ulet, Ano po ba yung dapat makita ko sa maintenance record ng Honda? Kasi po yung oto is iisang stub lang nagamit then ang dami pang stubs na di nagagamit. Is it dahil 15Tkm pa lang yung kotse? The car is 2006 model so i am wondering why...

thanks again sa input

[Type 100]

Baka hindi lang daily driven yung kotse. The City you got may have been a second or third car for occasional use.

My last two cars have been second-hand motors; I took them to the casa for tuneup ASAP after I acquired them.

[mm15744]

Type100, Sir thanks sa palagi mong reply sa akin...
nagpost ako sa kabilang forum (Comparisons) regarding the car type ive chose and now eh kinakabahan ako kc ang CVT daw eh hindi reliable? At meron daw sila kilala na nacra daw CVT then malaki ang gastos at sa Honda mismo pinapagawa kc wala daw nakakagawa ng CVT? Hayyy sobrang kinakabahan na ako.....sabi nga ni Mrs kagabi bakit para na daw akong paranoid

[daimengrui]

Ang pangit kasi sa CVT is dependent ka sa special oil that it uses. Jazz ka nalang or mag MT ka na City

[Type 100]

The longevity of the CVT will depend on a lot of things: driving style, maintenance, modifications (if any)...

Ang CVT hindi naman ginawa para sa rezing-rezing pero sa tipid ng takbo. To prolong the life of the CVT and its clutch packs, you can take it easy while driving.

CVTs are reliable naman. They're just really, really newfangled technology in our shores. I have friends from Jazz-City United that have never had trouble with their CVTs

My two cents

[mm15744]

hayy nabuhayan ulit ako ng dugo
Sir type100 di ako makaregister sa jazzcity united kc wala ako mareciv na activation email pero na-fill-up ko naman ng ayos ung registration.

Ginawa ko naman lahat ng basic things to check yung oto like:
1. Pag switch from "P" to "D" dapat wala daw jerk - OK naman ni wala kahit konting jerk
2. Pag switch from "D" to "R" , very smooth walang jerk or di ko manlang naramdamang gumalaw yung buong body ng car. As in parang walang nangyari.
3. May casa record naman, 1 stub sa kanyang booklet.
4. Ang reserba na gulong never been used.
5. Yung lahat ng gulong parang bago pa.
6. 15Tkm odo
7. walang scratches , dents ang body all around
8. Napansin ko lang may tulo ng ambipure sa dash koti lang but Ok lang sa akin.

Andami ko n nabasa na CVT pero yung fluid lang ang lagi nilang cnasabi na to use CVTF. Model 2003 to 2004 recalled ng Honda to replace the fluid to from ATF to CVTF. Model 2006 i think is safe na sa ganitong issue kaya i considered it buying na.

I realize na madami user ng Honda sa Malaysia so i searched their forums and read something ont hier exp, medyo hirap lang intindihin ng english nila..Pero wala naman ako nabasa na nakakatakot about CVT.

Type100 Sir, If you are a CVT user, will you warn others to buy a CVT?
KC nafe-feel ko kc ang nag wawarn sa akin is yung mga di CVT user.
Any "CVT user" here that may want to hold me to buy a Honda CVT, please tell me a story..
Thanks a lot...