Honda Fit Complaints

2,202 consumer complaints on file.

#11232005July 15, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I COULD'VE DIED!! DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ALL OF SUDDEN ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED & MY CAR WOULDN'T GO. WAS TOLD IT WAS CATALYTIC CONVERTER & FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. $2900. HAD THEM REPLACED & SAME DAY I GOT MY CAR BACK NO CHECK ENGINE CAME ON, WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE & JUST STOPPED GOING. I COULDN'T GIVE IT GAS & THE RPMS REVVED UP, CARS FLYING PAST ME TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER! IT WAS TERRIFYING!!! READ THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE FUEL INJECTORS, BUT HONDA MAKING CUSTOMERS PAY FOR IT. I BOUGHT THE FIT SO I COULD HAVE A RELIABLE COMMUTE & NOW I DON'T FEEL SAFE AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11231210July 12, 2019
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
IN PROCESS OF PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS, I APPLIED MY FOOT BRAKE AFTER WHICH MY VEHICLE FULLY ACCELERATED, JUMPING (AN APPROXIMATELY 12") SIDEWALK INTO A PLATE GLASS WINDOW. FORTUNATELY THERE WERE NO INJURIES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230857July 10, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WE PURCHASED A NEW 2010 HONDA FIT FROM DAVID MCDAVID HONDA IN IRVING, TEXAS. WE HAVE THE CAR SERVICED AT DAVID MCDAVID HONDA IN IRVING ALSO. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE KEY LOCKS ON THIS CAR. THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 37746 MILES. THE KEY WOULD GO ABOUT HALF WAY INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOCK AND THEN WOULD JAM. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK CYLINDER. (SEE ATTACHMENT ONE TO THIS LETTER FOR THE DEALER INVOICE). AT APPROXIMATELY 54000 MILES THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE LOCK. THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE SIMILAR TO EARLIER FAILURE. I CALLED MY DAVID MCDAVID ADVISOR TO SEE WHETHER THE LOCK CYLINDER WAS STILL IN WARRANTY. HE TOLD ME THAT SINCE 12 MONTHS AND 12,000 MILES HAD PASSED THAT I HAD NO WARRANTY ON THE PART. I THEN WENT TO CAR TOYS LOCATED IN IRVING TO SEE WHETHER THEY COULD PUT A KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM IN THE HONDA FIT. AFTER THEIR POSITIVE ASSURANCE, I HAD THEIR SYSTEM PUT IN THE CAR. (SEE ATTACHMENT TWO TO THIS LETTER FOR CAR TOYS INVOICE DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 2018). ON JUNE 27, 2019, MY WIFE WENT TO STORE AND WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE CAR, THE KEY WOULD ONLY GO HALF WAY INTO THE IGNITION AND THEN JAM. I WENT TO WHERE THE CAR WAS LOCATED AND TRIED TO GET THE KEY TO WORK. I HAD NO LUCK AND AFTER DISCUSSING WITH ADVISOR AT DAVID MCDAVID HONDA IN IRVING, I HIRED A WRECKER TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. MILEAGE ON THE CAR WAS 59439. (SEE ATTACHMENT THREE TO THIS LETTER FOR THE DEALER INVOICE). I HAVE SPENT $1858.58 ON THIS KEY LOCK ISSUE AS FOLLOWS: DATE COMPANY MILEAGE ON CAR APR 18, 2016 DAVID MCDAVID HONDA 37746 SEP 10, 2018 CAR TOYS APPROX 54000 JUNE 26, 2019 DAVID MCDAVID HONDA 59349
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11230902July 10, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
REAR HATCH BACK LATCH FAILURE TO LOCK DUE TO RUSTING. DOOR MAY NOT SECURE PROPERLY OPENING CO TENTS T ROAD WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11223147June 28, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HONDA FIT. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE SHIFTER LIGHT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,400.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222391June 25, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
MY CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS ONLY EVER BEEN USED FOR TRANSPORT FROM HOME TO SCHOOL. I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, THE POWER STEERING, TRACTION, AND TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON ALL AT THE SAME TIME WHILE I WAS IN MOTION. MY CAR JERKED AND I LOST CONTROL FOR A BRIEF SECOND. THE LIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE I'M IN MOTION AND IS ESPECIALLY TERRIFYING WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE AT A HIGHWAY SPEED. MANY PEOPLE WITH 2015 HONDA FITS HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXPLORE THIS DANGER. A CAR THAT NEW WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE SHOULD NOT BE EXPERIENCING MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT PUT THEIR DRIVERS AT RISK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221305June 19, 2019
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PURCHASED CAR NEW FROM DEALER 7/2015. IN 2/2018 ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. HONDA REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTORS. SAME ISSUE AGAIN IN 4/2018 & HONDA REPLACED INJECTORS AGAIN. SERVICE REP (RICHFIELD- BLOOMINGTON HONDA) TOLD US THEY WERE SEEING THIS PROBLEM IN FITS THAT WERE LOW MILEAGE & "NOT DRIVEN MUCH." REP COULD NOT TELL US HOW MUCH DRIVING WOULD BE "ENOUGH" OR HOW TO AVOID FUTURE PROBLEMS. 4/2019 SAME PROBLEM --ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE DRIVING AGAIN & THIS TIME HONDA REPLACED THE CYLINDER HEAD. SERVICE DIRECTOR TOLD US THAT, WHILE THE CAR IS "CURRENTLY FIXED," HE "SEES NO REASON THIS PROBLEM WON'T CONTINUE TO HAPPEN" BC WE DON'T DRIVE MUCH. HE STATED THAT 2015 FIT HAS DIRECT INJECTION TECHNOLOGY & NEEDS TO BE DRIVEN MORE AT HIGH SPEEDS TO BURN OFF CARBON, BUT HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DIDN'T "KNOW HOW MUCH WAS ENOUGH & IT'S NOT IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL." HE STATED "YOU'LL HAVE THIS PROBLEM AGAIN NEXT WINTER OR SPRING." I ASKED THE SERVICE DIRECTOR WHAT THE RISKS ARE DRIVING WHEN THE INJECTORS & ENGINE HAVE BUILD-UP & HE SAID THE "CAR CAN SEIZE UP IF IT GETS BAD--IT HAS TO BE CLEANED OFF." I CALLED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE (MANUFACTURER, NOT DEALER) & EXPLAINED THIS AND THAT THEY HAVE A SERVICE DIRECTOR TELLING ME THE PROBLEM WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. HONDA REFUSED TO TAKE A REPORT "BECAUSE THE CAR IS OPERATING RIGHT NOW." ALL THESE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN UNDER WARRANTY; THESE REPAIRS ARE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT OR EXPECT FROM A NEW VEHICLE. HONDA WILL NOT MAKE THIS RIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220071June 17, 2019
AIR BAGS
2012 HONDA FIT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG INFLATOR SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED, BUT NOTICES WERE STILL BEING SENT OUT. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220467June 16, 2019
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY CAR ALARM KEEPS GOING OFF WHEN I DON'T LOCK MY DOOR AND THE DOORS CONSTANTLY LOCK EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS OFF OR I'M PARKED OR IF I'M DRIVING ON THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220332June 15, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR STALLS WHEN WARMED UP. THEN WILL NOT START UNTIL THE ENGINE COOLS DOWN. THIS FIT WAS MADE IN 8/14 AND I BELIEVE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN RECALL NUMBER 15V559. CAR HESITATED AS WE TRIED TO ENTER AT A YIELD WITH A CAR APPROACHING CAUSING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR US. DEALER SAID IT WAS ALL 4 BAD FUEL INJECTORS, BUT THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATCH THE SYMPTOMS. I SUSPECT THE COILS ARE AT FAULT ONCE THEY HEAT UP AND FAIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220221June 14, 2019
POWER TRAIN
FRONT AXEL FRACTURED AND BROKE. FRACTURE WAS INSIDE BOOT AND THEREFORE COULDNT BE DETECTED IN ADVANCE WITHOUT REMOVING THE BOOT. THE VEHICLE PARKED OK. AND THEN WE RE-STARTED IT BUT IT COULDNT DELIVER ANY MOVEMENT TO THE WHEELS WHEN PLACED IN GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11219697June 13, 2019
ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210801May 30, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DASH SCREEN GOES BLANK AND CAN NOT READ AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT OR CURRENT MILEAGE. TOOK THE CAR TO HONDA DEALERSHIP BUT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE AND FIX THE ISSUE. THIS IS THE FAULTY PART AND NEED TO GET IT FIXED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11216964May 30, 2019
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V661000 (AIR BAGS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. PARAGON HONDA (57-06 31ST AVE, WOODSIDE, NY 11377, (888) 228-6603) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11210376May 28, 2019
ENGINE
STARTER STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AFTER LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. FINALLY FAILED AT 65,000 AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. ONLINE BLOGS INDICATE I'M NOT ALONE, BUT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN HONDA FIT ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208099May 16, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HONDA FIT. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S DOOR FAILED TO LOCK MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THERE WAS ALSO AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE EMERGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED TROY HONDA (1835 MAPLELAWN DR, TROY, MI 48084, (248) 649-0202) AND WAS PROVIDED A REPAIR QUOTE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206488May 9, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
CAR HAD A LITTLE OVER 48,000 MILES ON IT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THE FUEL INJECTORS ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS UNDER A SERVICE BULLETIN ON FAULTY FUEL INJECTORS FOR ALL VIN'S OF THE HONDA FIT 2015, AND THE NTSB NUMBER FOR THAT IS: A16-034. BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP COVER THE COSTS. LOOKING AT $1800 IN REPAIRS FOR AN ISSUES THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING THIS EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THE CAR. UNBELIEVABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205930May 7, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS IN REVERSE BACKING INTO MY PARKING SPACE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY GAS PETEL ACCELERATED DRIVING MY CAR SO FAST OVER A CURB AND INTO A STONE WALL. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT REPORTED TO HONDA AMERICAN, BUT THE SAME MALFUNCTION OF GAS PETAL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH SPEED. REPORTED TO MY INSURANCE AND HONDA AMERICAN. MY CAR NOW IF I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT STARTS DRIVING ON ITS OWN. ALSO IN REVERSE IT STARTS DRIVING ON ITS OWN. I DON'T HAVE TO STEP ON THE. GAS PETAL IT MOVES ON ITS OWN. I AM AWAITING FOR HONDA AMERICA TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO MY HONDA DEALER WITH ME TO INSPECT. I AM ASKING HONDA AMERICAN TO PAY REPAIR OF MY VEHICLE. $1,082.00. HONDA IS WILLING TO TOW MY CAR, BUT CAN'T PROMISE ME A VEHICLE WHILE BEING REPAIRED. HONDA AMERICA SENT SOMEONE TO TOW MY CAR, WITHOUT NOTIFICATION TO ME. I CANCELED THE TOW, FOR I HAD FRACTURED MY ELBOW AND NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH HONDA AMERICA. I AM WAITING FOR A RETURN PHONE CALL TO SO WE MAY GET MY CAR INSPECTED BY A HONDA REPRESENTATIVE. I WILL NOT PAY TO HAVE MY CAR REPAIRED, FOR IT WAS A MALFUNCTION OF THE GAS PETAL. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT IS NOT LISTED AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205736May 6, 2019
STEERING
ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) CUTS OUT AND BACK IN AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES CAUSING STEERING TO BECOME STIFF AND UNSAFE. THE EPS INDICATOR COMES MOMENTARILY WHEN ASSISTED STEERING IS NOT AVAILABLE AND TURNS OFF WHEN POWER STEERING IS RESTORED. IT HAPPENS PERIODICALLY UNDER ALL DIFFERENT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS LOOSING AND REGAINING ASSISTED POWER STEERING HAPPENS WITH IN SECONDS. IF CORNERING WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE LOSS OF POWERING STEERING CAUSES SEVERE UNDERSTEERING FOLLOWED BY SEVERE OVERSTEERING WHEN POWER STEERING IS RETURNED (ALL WITHIN THE SAME CORNERING MANEUVER). FIRST NOTICED JUST PRIOR TO GETTING THE TAKATA RECALL PERFORMED; HONDA DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING BECAUSE THEY "COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES". DID NOT NOTICE THIS PROBLEM TOO MUCH AGAIN TILL RECENTLY WHEN IT STARTED OCCURRING SO FREQUENTLY THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THERE IS ONLY A PROBLEM WITH EPS IF THE WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. HONDA DEALERS ARE 'UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES' ALTHOUGH HONDA HAS HAD EPS ISSUES WITH THE FIT AS DOCUMENTED IN NHTSA COMPLAINTS AS WELL AS HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 14-058 (DEALING WITH EARLIER MODEL FITS). WHEN I RECENTLY CONTACTED HONDA AND ASKED ABOUT THE PROBLEM THEY STATED THEY HAVE NO INFO ON DEFECTS AND BASICALLY IT SUCKS TO BE ME. BECAUSE THERE ARE SUPPOSEDLY NO STORED DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTC) WITH THIS KNOWN ISSUE IT CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS A CAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. IT SEEMS ANY AND ALL HONDA FIT ACCIDENTS (ESPECIALLY INVOLVING FATALITIES OR SEVER INJURIES) IT WOULD BE CIRCUMSPECT TO CONSIDER THE UNPREDICTABLE LOSS OF POWER STEERING, WHICH CAUSES OVER AND UNDER CORRECTION IN CORNERING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205509May 3, 2019
AIR BAGS
I WAS STOPPED IN TRAFFIC BECAUSE A FEW CARS AHEAD OF ME SOMEONE WAS STOPPED TO TURN LEFT. I WAS REAR ENDED BY SOMEONE IN A NISSAN ROGUE SUV WHICH HIT ME WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO PUSH MY CAR FORWARD AND SMASH ME INTO A FORD EXPLORER. I WAS HIT TWICE AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY CAR SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL REAR-END AND FRONT DAMAGE. SO MUCH SO THAT THE CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND FROM THE DAMAGE DONE SHOULD HAVE. IF IT HAD, I WOULD OF SUSTAINED LESS INJURIES FROM MY ACCIDENT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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