Honda Fit Complaints

2,202 consumer complaints on file.

#10510810May 6, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10510868May 6, 2013
ENGINE
2007 HONDA FIT BASE WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN FLORIDA,THE PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED AFTER THE THE VEHICLE REACHED THE 30,000-35,000 MILE MARK AND CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. WHEN THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS LESS THAN 75 DEGREES F AND THE ENGINE HAS NOT REACHED NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE THE ENGINE WILL STALL EVERY TIME THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, THIS BEHAVIOR CONTINUES UNTIL THE VEHICLE REACHES NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO SEVERAL HONDA DEALERSHIPS OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE AS NO DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES ARE REGISTERED. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SAFELY MERGE WITH TRAFFIC AS THE ENGINE STALLS WHENEVER THE CLUTCH PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509581April 25, 2013
STEERING
I WAS TRAVEL LING AT APPROX 45MPH ON A SECONDARY ROAD, AND THE POWER STEERING UNIT SUDDENLY MALFUNCTIONED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY HEAVY, AND I ALMOST VEERED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE POWER STEERING WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT DID ILLUMINATE, HOWEVER IT WAS OF NO USE, AS THE STEERING HAD ALREADY FAILED. TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, AND RESTARTING THE CAR CLEARED THE PROBLEM. I WONDER WHEN/IF THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, AND IF AN ACCIDENT WILL RESULT NEXT TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10509322April 23, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOORS FAILED TO OPEN. AFTER 30 SECONDS, THE DOORS WERE ABLE TO BE OPENED HOWEVER, THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM ALSO ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE AND START THE ENGINE, DEACTIVATING THE ANTI-THEFT ALARM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 841. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10508159April 14, 2013
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY CAR WOULD HESITATE OR HICCUP WHILE DRIVING 50MPH OR MORE. THE CAR WOULD ALSO SEEM TO THREATEN TO STALL AT RED LIGHTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507407April 7, 2013
ENGINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
DEC. 8TH, 2011 - 18694 MILES DEC. 8TH, 2012 - 24941 MILES DEC. 21ST, 2012 - 25225 MILES MARCH 30TH, 2013 - 28300 MILES THE PROBLEM IS THAT SUDDENLY THE CAR LOSSES POWER WHILE DRIVING, IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTION AND STALLS; THE ENGINE AND VSA LIGHTS COME ON. THE EXACT SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED AT EACH ONE OF THE DATES PROVIDED. EVERY TIME THIS HAPPENED I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT, GOT IT BACK SUPPOSEDLY FIXED, AND WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT THE CASE. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS, THE CAR HAS BROKEN DOWN ON AN AVERAGE OF EVERY 3,000 MILES. FROM THE VERY FIRST TIME, BESIDES BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR (MARY ROE) AT COURTESY HONDA IN SANFORD, FL; I KNEW WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THAT WE WERE DEALING WITH A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM SUBMITTING THE INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THESE OCCURRENCES BECAUSE MY CONFIDENCE IN THIS CAR IS COMPLEATLY ERODED SINCE THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEN COULD DEFINITELY BE THE CAUSE OF A CRASH, INJURY OR DEATH. I CONSIDER MYSELF FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON LOCAL ROADS EVERY TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED, THE RESULT OF THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION ON AN EXPESSWAY COULD CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. SINCE MARCH 30TH, 2013 THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP, AND IT HAS PROVEN DIFFICULT COMMUNICATING WITH HONDA. THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS LESS THAN SAFE AND UNRELIABLE VEHICLE, SEEMS TO BE DECREASING RAPIDLY WITH EACH NEW INCIDENT. ANY ASSISTANCE YOUR OFFICE PROVIDES ON THIS MATTER WILL BE IMMENSELY APPRECIATED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10507203April 5, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THERE ARE THREE SEPARATE BUT RECURRING INCIDENTS. FIRST THE TAIL LIGHTS AND PART OF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS BLEW OUT. THE DEALER SAID I WAS PROBABLY HIT BY LIGHTENING AND REPLACED THE TAIL LIGHT BULBS AND A FUSE. NEXT THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I WAS PLUNGED INTO TOTAL DARKNESS. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A SWITCH. TWO WEEKS AFTER REPLACING THE SWITCH THE TAILLIGHTS HAVE BLOWN OUT AGAIN. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I WILL GO TO THE DEALER AGAIN TODAY BUT DO NOT THINK THE TECHS THERE KNOW WHAT TO DO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10504452March 25, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS ENTERING A PARKING PLACE AT APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, TRYING TO ADJUST THE ANGLE OF ENTRY. WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR BOLTED FORWARD. I APPLIED THE BRAKE BUT THE ACCELERATION WAS TOO FAST TO KEEP THE BRAKE FROM STOPPING THE CAR FROM COLLIDING WITH THE GUARD RAIL. THE IMPACT CAUSED THE AIR BAGS TO EJECT. THE HOOD WAS DENTED, THE RIGHT FENDER AND BUMPER WERE DISENGAGED FROM THE BODY AND THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT WAS BROKEN. THE REPAIR CAME TO OVER $10,000. IF THE GUARD RAIL HADN'T STOPPED THE CAR IT WOULD HAVE GONE OVER FROM THE 6TH FLOOR TO THE 5TH FLOOR. FORTUNATELY MY PASSENGER AND I WERE NOT INJURED DUE TO THE AIR BAGS EJECTING. MY CONCERN WITH THIS CAR IS THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS TOO "TOUCHY." THE DEALER HAD HIS MECHANIC CHECK THE CAR AFTER IT WAS FIXED DECLARING THAT THIS WAS THE NATURE OF THAT MODEL. HAD I KNOWN THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED THE CAR. I'M STILL WARY ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR THREE MONTHS LATER. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10503323March 17, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WE DO NOT DRIVE AT NIGHT MUCH BUT WHEN WE DID RECENTLY THE HEADLIGHTS DIO NOT PROJECT FAR ENOUGH INTO THE DISTANCE THEY ARE WIDE ENOUGH AND SEEM TO BE SET AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT BUT AS I SAID THEY DO NOT SHOW FAR ENOUGH IN THE DISTANCE TO SEE DEER ETC THIS HAS BEEN ALREADY HAD A NOTICE IN THE CONSUMERS REPORT APR ISSUE THIS CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION ALSO NOT AS IMPORTANT BUT THE CAR DOES NOT COME WITH A VALOR KEY SO IF YOU GET LOCKED OUT YOU CAN'T GET BACK IN THIS CAN BE A PROBLEM IN CERTAIN CASES WE BUY A NEW CAR EVERY 5 YRS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A VALET KEY AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT WOULD BE A GREAT EMERGENCY THANKS HOPE THIS IS CORRECTED AND THE ONLY WAY IS IF HONDA FEELS THE PRESSURE OF THE CONSUMER THANKS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10502578March 12, 2013
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I WAS DRIVING ALONE ON RTE. 528 APPROX 11:30PM, AND HAD BEEN DRIVING AT 70MPH FOR 30 MINUTES, WHEN A TOW TRUCK APPEARED ON THE SIDE OF AN UNLIT HWY. I TURNED ON MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL TO CHANGE LANES AND STAY AWAY FROM THE TOW TRUCK WHICH WAS LOCATED ON THE SHOULDER. AS I CHANGED LANES, I NOTICED THAT FOR A SECOND OR TWO MY HEADLIGHTS WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND THEN TURNED BACK ON. I CONTINUED ON MY WAY BUT APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT AGAIN AND THIS TIME THEY STAYED OUT. I WAS IMMEDIATELY THRUST INTO TOTAL DARKNESS. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. I DID NOT KNOW IF I WAS ON THE ROAD OR NOT. AS I SLOWED DOWN AND BRAKED, I COULD NOT EVEN SEE WHERE THE ROAD WAS OR WHERE THE SHOULDER WAS TO PULL OFF ON. TOTAL BLACKNESS WITH ZERO VISIBILITY. I THOUGHT I MIGHT BE KILLED RIGHT THERE AS I COULD SEE NOTHING AND THERE WERE NO STREET LIGHTS. NEAR PANIC, I JIGGLED THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER AND THE HEADLIGHTS SNAPPED BACK ON. I PROCEEDED HOME, A FIVE MINUTE MORE DRIVE, WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. I RECALL THAT APPROX. FIVE MONTHS AGO MY TAIL LIGHTS WENT OUT AND A FUSE WAS REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE REPAIR PERSON SUGGESTED THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN HIT BY LIGHTENING. THIS TIME, I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE PERSON WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE HEADLIGHT FAILURE THROUGH TESTING. A NEW SWITCH WAS ORDERED BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE SWITCH MAY HAVE ALSO CAUSED THE TAIL LIGHTS TO GO OUT RATHER THAN LIGHTENING. THE DEALER SAYS THAT NO OTHER CASES SUCH AS MINE HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED, AS YET. I REPORTED THE ISSUE TO HONDA AND A CASE NUMBER WAS RECORDED. I AM DOCUMENTING THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, IF IT IS A FAULTY HEADLIGHT SWITCH, THEN OTHERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AS I EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AS I WAS IMMEDIATELY PLUNGED INTO TOTAL DARKNESS ON A COMPLETELY DESERTED PITCH BLACK ROAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10501083March 3, 2013
STEERING
ELECTRIC POWER STEERING FAILED WHILE DRIVING. COULD BARELY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. I FOUND OUT THAT HONDA HAS A TSB OUT ON THIS KNOWN PROBLEM (TSB # 09-043). IT INVOLVES AN EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE EPS MODULE. IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, AS THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10500900March 1, 2013
SEAT BELTS
RIGHT REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS FOUND BROKEN WITH THE RED RELEASE BUTTON OUT OF THE BUCKLE. THE BELT CAN NO LONGER BE USED. HONDA DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE BUCKLE UNDER WARRANTY. THE BUCKLE FAILED FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND THAT SEATING POSITION CAN NO LONGER BE USED SAFELY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499964February 25, 2013
STEERING
THE POWER STEERING HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY GOING OUT ON RANDOM OCCASIONS FOR UP TO 20 SECONDS AT A TIME. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND IN THE MIDDLE OF TURNS. I CAN HANDLE POWER STEERING GOING OUT, BUT IF IT HAPPENS TO HAPPEN AT THE WRONG TIME, THAT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NEITHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10499376February 20, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ALL FRONT LAMPS HAVE FAILED REPEATEDLY, INCLUDING LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT. HEADLAMPS HAVE FAILED FOUR TIMES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN RETURNED FOR SERVICE UNDER SAFETY RECALL NOTICE, BUT LIGHTS CONTINUE TO FAIL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10498211February 15, 2013
STEERING
UNINTENTIAL DRIFTING AT HIGHWAY SEEDS FROM 58 TO 70 MPH. BY THE TIME YOU GET TO 70 THE VEHICLE IS ALMOST UNCONTROLABLE. CAN NOT KEEP THE VEHICLE CENTER LANED. I AM NOT THE OLNY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494889January 28, 2013
ENGINE
THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER 3 MINUTES WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. I HAD TO TURN ON THE HAZARD LIGHTS, PUT THE CAR TRANSMISSION IN PARK, AND RE-START. SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN A WEEK AFTER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494901January 28, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON ROUTE 322 NEAR DAUPHIN, PA AT ABOUT 55 MPH. I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE. A CAR TRAVELING IN THE LEFT HAND LANE CUT IN FRONT OF ME. TO AVOID HITTING HIM, I APPLIED THE BRAKES HARD. MY CAR SUDDENLY WENT OUT OF CONTROL, FISHTAILING IN THE LANE AND THEN SUDDENLY WENT INTO THE LEFT HAND LANE. I TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. THE REAR END OF THE CAR SWUNG AROUND HITTING A BRIDGE ABUTMENT, BOUNCED OFF, AND WENT BACK INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STRAIGHTEN THE CAR OUT AND PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND STOP IT. FORTUNATELY I DID NOT HIT ANYONE, BUT DID SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY CAR. THIS INCIDENT REMINDED ME OF AN ACCIDENT I HAD YEARS AGO WITH THE CHEVY CITATION AND THE BRAKES LOCKED ON ME. IS THE SAME THING HAPPENING WITH THE FIT? I KNOW IT HAS ABS, BUT THINGS CAN AND DO GO WRONG. I ASKED THE REPAIR SHOP TO LOOK AT THE BRAKES, THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. BUT THE PROBLEM MAY NOT BE VISIBLE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494530January 24, 2013
STEERING
POWER-ASSISTED STEERING FAILED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES INTO DRIVING. WARNING LIGHT FOR STEERING DID ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH CONSOLE. AFTER TURNING OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTING, THE POWER-ASSISTED STEERING RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492682January 16, 2013
SEATS
2008 HONDA FIT SPORT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DESIGN DEFECT IN SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO THE EXIT THE VEHICLE, HER PANTS LEG BECAME HOOKED ON THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER LOCATED JUST BELOW THE CUSHION ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. BEING UNAWARE OF HER PANTS LEG BEING CAUGHT, WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT SHE FELL TO THE GROUND. THE FORCE OF HER FALL AND PANTS BEING CAUGHT, CAUSED THE SEAT TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE COMPLETELY IN THE REVERSE POSITION. SHE HIT THE GROUND FACE FIRST TO THE PAVEMENT, ALSO CATCHING HERSELF WITH HER HANDS. HER GLASSES FLEW OFF AND WERE SCRATCHED, HER LIP WAS BUSTED ON THE INSIDE AND BLEEDING AND BOTH OF HER HANDS WERE DIRTY AND BURNING FROM THE ASPHALT. SHE LOST A SMALL AMOUNT OF SKIN ON HER LEFT KNEE AND ALSO SKINNED HE LEFT ELBOW TO THE SIZE OF A DIME. AS TIME WENT BY, WITHIN AN HOUR HER LEFT HAND WAS HURTING MORE AND MORE AND IT BEGAN TO SWELL. SHE ALSO SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER CHEST AREA.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10491763January 8, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES
MY 2008 HONDA FIT SOMETIMES EXPERIENCES LOSS OF BRAKING POWER WHEN IT HAS BEEN STARTED AFTER SITTING FOR MANY HOURS. THIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT ALWAYS PRESENT, BUT IS INTERMITTENT, PERHAPS OCCURRING ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME. THERE IS A VERY LARGE LOSS OF BRAKING POWER, SUCH THAT THE CAR WILL ROLL TO A STOP, EVEN IF I APPLY STRONG PRESSURE TO THE PEDAL OR IF I PUMP THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL CAN BE DEPRESSED ONLY A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TRAVEL WHEN THIS BEHAVIOR OCCURS, AND THE PEDAL DOES NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. IF I WAIT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND IN "PARK" FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, THEN THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY, AND THE BRAKES WORK NORMALLY. I HAD BOUGHT THIS CAR USED IN SPRING OF 2011 FROM ITS FIRST OWNER, AND EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN APPROXIMATELY JULY 2012. SINCE THAT TIME, THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MORE COMMON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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