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Title: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: TP1 on December 15, 2020, 02:38:41 AM
 I wonder if anyone has experienced the above problem. That is the vehicle does not respond to the remote transmitter
 on the key. I have tried the spare key but no change. Nothing in the car works at all although can enter it with the ignition key. All rather disappointing as I only bought the car from a dealer 3 months ago.
 Any suggestions to remedy the problem would be muchh appreciated.
Thanks very much.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: Kremmen on December 15, 2020, 04:41:16 AM
Is there a light on the fob you can see in subdued light ?

If not it may be just need a new fob battery.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: Jocko on December 15, 2020, 07:03:48 AM
You say nothing in the car works at all although can enter it with the ignition key. Do you mean once you are in the car you cannot turn the ignition on and such? If that is the case, then the battery has either died completely, or the main supply fuse has blown.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: culzean on December 15, 2020, 08:00:34 AM
Have you been using car regularly - as Jocko says may just be the car battery died..... you need a voltmeter on the battery terminals to see what ( if anything ) is living in the battery. You can use a spare bulb and bit of wire across battery and see how bright the bulb is,  but hard to judge voltage from brightness  - a voltmeter is much better.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: Westy36 on December 15, 2020, 10:35:10 AM
Welcome to the forum.  :)

If it does turn out to be a replacement battery required, the good news is that they are cheap to buy (I paid <£40 delivered!) and easy to fit.

https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=1387.0 (https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=1387.0)
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: sparky Paul on December 15, 2020, 01:37:07 PM
Without any further information, it does smell like a stone flat battery.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: culzean on December 15, 2020, 03:11:31 PM
Get one of these... This is a steal at this price - you need a good battery with a CVT as cannot 'bump' start like a manual - if you don't know how old the battery is on your car get a new one anyway, then write the date it was fitted on it.   At this price for a premium battery you cannot go wrong,  this has more cranking amps ( 340 vs 280 ) and  A/H ( 40 vs 35 ) than standard Jazz battery.

the battery has T3 posts ( normal small Japanese JIS type for Jazz ) and split collars to adapt the posts to larger T1 ( DIN type ) terminals,  you will just discard the collars and use the JIS terminals for your Jazz.

https://www.tayna.co.uk/car-batteries/yuasa/ybx5054/
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: olduser1 on December 15, 2020, 03:48:04 PM
Ring the dealer you bought it off - his problem
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: guest9236 on December 15, 2020, 04:17:01 PM
Very sensible this is definitely the dealers problem.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: Jocko on December 15, 2020, 04:36:39 PM
Car batteries are not normally covered under a used car warranty, but it's worth asking. However, if the battery is flat because you left an internal light on or something similar, you could get a bill from the garage/dealer for coming out to it.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: culzean on December 15, 2020, 04:43:07 PM
Dealer may well just charge up battery, but once a battery has been fully flattened they are dodgy for ever after, they may just bung a second hand or cheap as chips battery in there that may last a few years.
Title: Re: Honda Jazz completely immobilized
Post by: Westy36 on December 16, 2020, 11:34:30 AM
The model the OP uses in their profile is for a Jazz 2013-2015. I would expect that the original battery has died given the age of the car, and as such it's part of running a car and not something I would expect a dealer to cover months on since purchase.