My car was 2007 model idsi.
Entirely serviced at Honda Malaysia.
And i am not those people who play with the gear one
I read an article saying that the city/jazz cvt doesnt have a torque converter unlike the ones found in Nissan and toyota. It seems they have changed the design and put in a torque converter into the cvt now.

Anyway, honda idsi was a super fuel efficient and practical car. Such a pity the cvt was not reliable.

Damn, mine is the 2007 VTEC facelift version. I also service entirely in Honda. What's your car mileage? So far my car has no jerking problem yet, touch wood. I use the 7 speed manual mode occasionally when I want to "play"

I had the same problem with my wife's Honda City IDSI year 2005. Went to the local mechanics and he confirmed it was spark plug coil's faulty but IDSI has 8 of them and he can't check which one fails, the cost is RM160 each, total cost will be RM2K plus, the local mechanics didn't want to change for me fearing if the new spark plug coil is faulty, he can't bear the cost and give me warranty on it. He suggested me to go back to Honda SC.

I was lazy and bear with the jerking for about 6 months, and finally during this year CNY, went to HZN Honda Service Centre in Glenmarrie, left the car there and the free shuttle service sent me to Empire Subang in the morning instead of me waiting there. In the afternoon, the free shuttle service came and pick me back up and I waited in the SC for a while more, and finally they have found out that the spark plugs that I have replaced last time is Denso brand and Honda is using NGK (if I remember correctly, or could be the other way round). Anyway, they went ahead and change all spark plugs and the cost was about RM130+ and come with a free car wash, and free unlimited milo and nescafe.

IT solved the problem, till now there is no more jerking.

Honda SC said they follow the procedure, change the spark plugs first, since it is not according to their specs, if that fail, they will change the next thing and so on.

My 2008 Vtec also facing the same problems. After changing the faulty plug coil with a used unit it was smooth and and it happen again after 2 months. As you mention seems like the culprit is the Denso spark plug.

I had the same problem with my wife's Honda City IDSI year 2005. Went to the local mechanics and he confirmed it was spark plug coil's faulty but IDSI has 8 of them and he can't check which one fails, the cost is RM160 each, total cost will be RM2K plus, the local mechanics didn't want to change for me fearing if the new spark plug coil is faulty, he can't bear the cost and give me warranty on it. He suggested me to go back to Honda SC.

I was lazy and bear with the jerking for about 6 months, and finally during this year CNY, went to HZN Honda Service Centre in Glenmarrie, left the car there and the free shuttle service sent me to Empire Subang in the morning instead of me waiting there. In the afternoon, the free shuttle service came and pick me back up and I waited in the SC for a while more, and finally they have found out that the spark plugs that I have replaced last time is Denso brand and Honda is using NGK (if I remember correctly, or could be the other way round). Anyway, they went ahead and change all spark plugs and the cost was about RM130+ and come with a free car wash, and free unlimited milo and nescafe.

IT solved the problem, till now there is no more jerking.

Honda SC said they follow the procedure, change the spark plugs first, since it is not according to their specs, if that fail, they will change the next thing and so on.

I know its an old post but is ur car still having the problem after changing the plugs to NGK?

After changing the plugs to NGK at Honda Service Center, the car runs fine for about 6-8 months before the jerk comes back.

No choice, I replaced all 8 spark plug coil, recond ones at RM120 a piece = Total RM960 (8 pieces due to IDSI).

It has been 1 year plus from now, fingers crossed, car still run smoothly.

Hope this helps.

Hi
My car is Honda city idsi and I am having the same jerking problem. It happens ones in a while .
I went to the hsc puchong to change the coil plug and they were saying it is 600rm per one x8

I am a little confuse . Is it the spark plug different from coil plug ??
Thanks

Hi, Honda IDSI model means you will have 8 spark plugs, 4 more than normal in-line 4 engine. That's why this car save fuel. So now there is issue, you have to fork out back the money that you saved....lol.

Spark plugs is the one firing electricity, spark plug coil is the head (contains wire) that supply electricity to spark plugs.

Spark plugs are cheap, but the coil is expensive. Some more 8 numbers of them.       

After changing the plugs to NGK at Honda Service Center, the car runs fine for about 6-8 months before the jerk comes back.

No choice, I replaced all 8 spark plug coil, recond ones at RM120 a piece = Total RM960 (8 pieces due to IDSI).

It has been 1 year plus from now, fingers crossed, car still run smoothly.

Hope this helps.

bro where you get the recond spark plug coil ?? is it spark plug coil or ignition coil ?? I also wanted to change faceing same issue ..

pls help to pm the location..

Hi, Honda IDSI model means you will have 8 spark plugs, 4 more than normal in-line 4 engine. That's why this car save fuel. So now there is issue, you have to fork out back the money that you saved....lol.

Spark plugs is the one firing electricity, spark plug coil is the head (contains wire) that supply electricity to spark plugs.

Spark plugs are cheap, but the coil is expensive. Some more 8 numbers of them.       

mine is still running strong 😀 250k and had not yet breakdown or major issues. 2003 idsi model

Hi, i realize that City 2006 iDSi will jerk heavily when it cruises between 40-60 km/h, amy idea what is the cause?