Honda FR-V (2004 - 2009) 1.8 i-VTEC SE 5d Owner Review

Love the six seat arrangement, and its high driving position. To get six adults in the car, two must be quite small as leg room is restricted in both middle seats. Slight reduction in boot space if rear centre seat is pushed back. Good fuel economy-it regularly averages 40mpg between fill ups. I hate the 'dirty' engines which attract an annual road tax bill of £230.00, not good enough by far for a modern car. The extreme curve of the rear window results in rear mirror view distortion and an almost useless rear wiper efficiency. The clutch can judder quite badly when hot, i.e. on a long journey with 4 or more people. Now the big one, the Air Con Compressor started rattling at 45k miles, and developed quickly into failure, cost £1750.00 at Honda agent, reduced after mega moan to £1250.00. Car was bought from, and fully serviced by the same Honda agent. Polite letter to Honda UK, but they refused to help. Quick Google search revealed 175,000 'hits' regarding Honda air con failures. Seems as though the warranty has been extended some countries, but not in the UK.....be warned.