Mikejon

I had a recall re: passenger airbag and the health check which revealed my Jazz had a nr worn-out battery fitted carried forward from previous ( Vauxhall ) dealer as well as a potential puncture in near undetected damaged tyre. Quite dismayed at the costs involved putting these matters to right but grateful that they were discovered before I could have been stranded somewhere and costs therefore soon forgotten! ( No redress offered by previous dealer although only purchased a few months ago despite a blazing row!).

Carry on as before with my previous car. Just clip charging leads on without removing standing connections. I got away with that for years but Honda having more complicated electrics (e.g.flashing alarm light) prompted me to check- thanks for that.

This is not a usual occurrance but applicable more to cold weather motoring. At present all is well, but as I am making few long trips out I am a trifle jittery about there being tne morning when the car just clonks and no start (presume warning lights all absent). Hona owners manual states remove battery to charge. But in the situations in the past have always connected charging leads to the battery in situ taking care to connect in the correct sequence. Any reason why I can't continue this way? I' m elderly and its a bit of a struggle to lift it out.

Thanks for that Trevor. Discovered was hitting the buttons 'Inf/Sys' too aggressively- just the lightest of touch to change the screen content. Not quite there but hopeful problem solved. Mike

Just placed my Newbie comment in the wrong group- mine's a 2013 so have to revamp my comment. Handbook is 20mm thick and covers all the models in the range but looking at the section on the 'Information Display' is a bit of a headache and setting it up appears tricky. Anybody else having trouble following the manipulation procedures?

kOOLRED9- I too have just acquired ownership of a Honda; I'm impressed- quality wise and enough gizmos to keep my head in the handbook. The fact that the handbook is 20cm thick because it covers al the Jazz models. This creates a problem as the models with extra features are barely indistinguishable from my more basic model. the hardest thing to master is the Multi-Information display- a nightmare!