Honda Jazz Review | The Best Hybrid? And Should You Buy One? Unbiased 2 Year Test Results Revealed!

2024 Honda Jazz e:HEV review. Is this Europe's best small hybrid SUV / crossover? Detailing its good / bad points, overall ownership experience, fuel consumption, failed components, recall details and much more. Will it be your perfect hybrid choice?
Please feel free to ask us questions about buying a Jazz. We'll reply in the comments below!
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[@kevinrtres]

I truly applaud this kind of review - so rare to find a long term review these days. It's gold to have the reliability issues talked about in a video. Thanks - and do keep up the good work!

[@carxtras]

Appreciate the feedback! We're just starting to ramp up the channel, so they'll be more reviews like this coming from September time. Stay tuned!

[@sirdee9607]

We drove our Crosstar 4 Years 50K Km with no Problems and we were loved him, now we bought ore second HRV , an we hope he will be as good as our Crosstar.

[@CandidM]

wow! extremely useful and well delivered "real-user" review from small channel in the world where "million subs car guys" manage nothing but describe looks and buttons, and rarely acceleration. I'm a recent Crosstar user, just two month in and closing to 2k km. Thanks to car-sharing services I was able to try a whole lot of different cars but Hondas, and bought one based on reviews and tech specs and love the car more and more as I use it. Need to see how it does in winter. I totally agree with almost all your cons, including "one dashboard rattle". It seems to come from around infotainment system (display) connected to the console, since sometimes it goes away after firm presses around it (and now I think that I haven't heard it for a week). Honda app is not available in my country, and lack of backseat armrest is puzzling when you have all those more costly and sophisticated features in it. Could you please share your experience with battery in city mode? With speed limits across the city in 30-40 mph range, it rarely goes even to the middle of the gouge, switches to EV, comes back to 3 stripes (or how to call it) in approximately a mile, then switch to generator and back in constant loop. No one on YT or anywhere talks about it. So I have no any benchmark opinion I can judge my experience against. Is it normal? Does it stress battery? How it will impact battery longevity? (all questions are rhetorical, I do not expect You to know the answers. just venting). All I have is just blind faith that everything works normal (which seems it does). Funny enough, Honda dealer does not provide any support (even checks) of batteries to see if something wrong. All they can do is just replace it when it's obviously dead.

[@carxtras]

Thanks for your great feedback and questions! Taking each one in turn, what you've described is perfectly normal! Unless you've covered some distance downhill (when you get more recuperation), or longer distances on the motorway, the middle of the gauge is pretty normal. And yes, it will switch between EV only, Hybrid and generator mode frequently in daily traffic. Normally, if the battery gauge falls under 3 bars, it will then kick in to charge it more. So the "loop" effect, as you called, it is how the system normal performs. There is also a "cheat" mode at idle if you ever want to put more energy into the battery at will. It can even be filled to all the bars on the gauge! To do this, if, after starting in EV mode (i.e. the engine doesn't fire up) press the accelerator while in Park halfway and hold it. The engine will then kick in and start charging the battery. When you release the accelerator it will stop charging. Going forward, there should be no impact upon battery life as Honda's hybrid system is as good as, if not smarter than Toyota's (there is also a batter warranty of 8 years in most markets). Also, when the car is serviced you can - at extra cost - ask for a multi-step instrumental diagnostic with a test drive to check the condition of the hybrid system. This is an extra 30 mins labour, but will give you additional peace of mind if you plan to keep the vehicle for a long time! In winter, fuel economy is slightly less than other times of the year (as the engine will kick in when the heating is turned on). But it's still very efficient!! Funny we both had the same rattle ;-) I guess this is one of the few improvement measures Honda can work on! Thanks again for watching and commenting. We'll have many interesting videos coming soon, so feel free to subscribe. It does help us!

[@janmatfiak2691]

I have jazz for just one year. Winter consumption 4,5 l/100km, summer 3,9. Each aproximatelly at 6000km. I love driving Jazz. Perfect car for city driving.

[@morganmtu4525]

​@@janmatfiak2691 ma Toyota Yaris 4 hybride reste toujours sous les 4L au 100km

[@janmatfiak2691]

My Jazz ehev - I did in 14 months 19111km and total gas consumption is 4,17 liter/100km. I do enter data into excell sheet, that is more precise than consumption from car computer. I had also a first gen Jazz bought in 2005 with average consumption about 5,6 lit/100km. I am very satisfied. We have also Yaris 2022 w/o hybrid but I think Jazz looks much more luxury car than Yaris. Thank for video. Jan from Slovakia

[@eamonmcgarry5195]

2 year 30,000 miles my 8 year old Toyota has done 85,000 never missed a beat drives like new .

[@ivlog3663]

Deep appreciation for this video!!!

[@DMulabiTalejan]

Excellent long term review. Very useful for buying decision-making. Thanks

[@dystopia-usa]

Wish that Japanese automakers (namely Mazda, Toyota & Honda) would bring their sensible subcompact vehicles back to the US market.

[@jelenazaharova3172]

I have a regular Jazz with some 20'000km driven. Also have the mirror issue (the service said they couldn't find the problem). Noticed that the longer the drive, the better fuel efficiency - i managed to get 3.8 on 50km-long highway drives and 65 (sixty-five) on driving fifty meters on a parking lot. Sometimes it feels like the computer goes crazy with these figures, so i started photographing the data after each drive to show at the service if i notice white stuff. Also everyone says that the Android Auto is wired - it usually connects wirelessly to my Samsung (but sometimes goes nuts and doesn't). Noticed that wireless connection is more stable and less laggy than wired (when wired, Waze often freezes on the go, which may be annoying if you rely on it). Generally, I'm very happy with my Jazz, lovely little car,my only concern is the software.

[@toxlaximus3297]

The first thing I noticed is that It takes off like a stabbed rat (James May Quote), giving expensive sports cars a run for their money and even beating a lot of them.

[@carxtras]

Yes, 0-60 with just a driver / passenger and less than 1/2 tank of petrol acceleration is well UNDER 9 seconds, not the 9.5 quoted by Honda. But the initial kick with the EV motor means 0-30 is lively ;-) Thanks for commenting on this video too!

[@heinrichkoop9189]

My next car - as simple as that.

[@carxtras]

Excellent choice Heinrich! There are very few issues with this car. The only big one also affects other models such as the CR-V, HR-V etc. which is in connection with a brake component. However, that's only for early builds 2020-2021 so a newly purchased vehicle will not be affected. Otherwise, it's bullet proof!

[@xmz77]

What about MG3 Hybrid + ?

[@kevinw1090]

I wonder why such a great car is not available in the States.

[@dystopia-usa]

Sadly, most US consumers won't buy a subcompact size vehicle these days, even in a nice/sporty trim level. Before the authentic Toyota Yaris hatch was discontinued in 2018 here in the USA, it was only selling about 1000-2000 total units per year in the US, which is nothing compared to what Toyota sells with the Corolla (200,000 to 250,000 units per year). Loved my 2015 Yaris SE hatch 5-MT before it was killed by a distracted driver in late 2019. ☹

[@kevinrtres]

Consumer preference. They vote with their wallets.

[@clintpatty]

@@kevinrtres I hate that you're right. I got a new one in 2016. I have a 2020 now after that one was totaled.

[@happychappy7115]

Why left hand drive?

[@naodasmerom4900]

Expensive

[@victormarian7889]

are you in the U.S. ?!

[@carxtras]

No, in Europe. The Jazz / Fit is no longer sold in the US for this generation unfortunately.

[@victormarian7889]

@carxtras but your English is natural and the steering wheel is left sided ...

[@j.r.arnolli9734]

@@victormarian7889 / Natural English? You're right... it's not US American English

[@thebetergede]

@@victormarian7889 Europe uses left sided wheels.

[@victormarian7889]

@@thebetergede except with the former British Empire !

[@67daltonknox]

Sorry, when it comes to hybrids, Toyota are just so much better.

[@grahamdowning]

Yes, if you want to drive around at 30mph, my jazz often runs in ev at over 60mph

[@ericbana355]

I have a honda my daughter has a toyota,both hybrids,there isn’t a best one,only a preference.I have driven both I prefer the honda she prefers her toyota.Both extremely economical both drive well ,both very well built.All down to your personal taste

[@Hamabeach]

The new Honda Hybrids do not use the same system as the same as the old ones. Also when it comes to small cars Honda is arguably better. I test drove both the new Jazz and Yaris. The Jazz is so much better.

[@0bzen22]

Only the two types of hybrids I would buy. Honda or Toyota. The drive trains are engineered for reliability and efficiency. Honda really isn't bad at all. A generator and a EV drive, the petrol engine either filling up the battery, and/or directly feeding the EV drive through the generator under hard acceleration, with an overdrive clutch for high speed direct-drive. The efficiency is about on par. Toyota's need a special driving style to make the most of it, which can be annoying, Hondas are a bit easier to drive efficiently, and Hondas have better interior and packaging, but more expensive (Camry territory in the US). No bad choices. I have a Corolla TS 196, but if I didn't like wagons/estates so much, I'd have gone for a Civic Touring E:Hev.