Honda Jazz hatchback - Reliability & safety

Honda has a reputation for making reliable cars, with the Jazz scoring well in our 2023 Driver Power survey, despite being a complex hybrid. The economical supermini is also fitted with lots of safety kit, meaning it should be one of the safest cars in its class.

Honda Jazz reliability

The Honda Jazz is rated highly for reliability and build quality, with drivers rating it as the 15th-most reliable car in our 2023 Driver Power survey. Honda as a brand fared well, too, with just 15% of owners reporting a problem with their cars. Overall, Honda came a middling 18th for customer satisfaction, however.

Safety

The safety experts at Euro NCAP gave the Jazz a full five-star rating for safety. Throughout the organisation's stringent tests, the Jazz scored consistently across all four categories: it got 87% for adult protection, 83% for child protection, 80% for pedestrian safety and 76% for its safety systems.

It's fitted with Honda's 'Sensing' suite of safety systems, including autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warnings and technology that can flag up traffic signs on the dashboard. This can also be used to automatically set the speed limiter to the current speed limit, helping the driver avoid speeding in error. The Jazz is also available with blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control and a cross traffic monitor that automatically warns of traffic while reversing.