Honda Fit Complaints (2009)

287 consumer complaints on file.

#11398394March 1, 2021
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,475.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11397574February 23, 2021
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AT A SPEED OF AROUND 35 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THE ROAD HAS 4 LANES (2 IN EACH DIRECTION) WITH NO SHOULDER AND NO DIVISION BETWEEN ONCOMING TRAFFIC. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT POLICE CAME QUICKLY TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC. WE LEARNED LATER THAT THE DRIVESHAFT FAILED SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING AND IS NOW UNDER A SAFETY RECALL ORDER. WE HAVE REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE DRIVESHAFT REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11396585February 17, 2021
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V770000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT YET AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. NO DEALER WAS CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11396485February 16, 2021
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V770000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11395990February 12, 2021
POWER TRAIN
DRIVE SHAFT BROKE AFTER PUTTING CAR INTO DRIVE (WAS PARKED ON SLIGHT INCLINE). PUSHED CAR INTO SAFE LOCATION. TOOK DRIVER SIDE TIRE OFF; SAW BROKEN DRIVE SHAFT. DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO SAFELY INSPECT PASSENGER SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11395787February 11, 2021
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE GETTING VEHICLE SERVICED, THE TECHNICIANS NOTIFIED THE CONTACT THAT THE DRIVESHAFT WAS WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER OCEAN HONDA OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD (5841 LANKERSHIM BLVD, NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91601, (888) 282-4550) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE DRIVESHAFT TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V770000 (POWER TRAIN) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 121,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11395851February 11, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
EVERY WINTER THE BATTERY GOES COMPLETELY DEAD. NO SIGNS OF ANY LIFE IN THE VEHICLE. THE BATTERY WAS REPLACE BY THE DEALER AFTER I HAD THE CAR 6 MONTHS. I HAVE PUT AT LEAST SIX NEW BATTERIES IN THE CAR. SEARCHING ONLINE I FIND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11395135February 8, 2021
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
2009 HONDA FIT SPORT VIN# [XXX]. WE LIVE IN MAINE. IT WAS HAPPEN AFTER MY WIFE DROP MY DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL. SHE DRIVE BACK HOME SHE EXIT REGULAR STREET TURN LEFT TO ROUT 1 THEN THE CAR STOP MOVING AT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE OTHER CAR THAT DRIVE ON ROUT 1 NEED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. LUCKILY MY WIFE CAR DIDN'T GET HIT AND MY DAUGHTER DIDN'T STAY IN THE CAR. 2 GUYS HELPING MY WIFE CAR TO THE SIDE AND THEN SHE CALL POLICE AND TOW THE CAR HOME. CAR STILL STARTED NORMALLY BUT WHEN I CHANGE SHIFT TO D IT NOT MOVE FORWARD AND PUT R NOT MOVE BACKWARDS EITHER EVEN P I PUSH THE CAR IT STILL MOVE IT NOT PARK AND CAR MAKE NOISE SOUND ON P. I THINK IT IS A POWER TRAIN PROBLEM. 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
#11395302February 8, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE HOOD OF MY CAR IS RUSTING FROM UNDER THE HOOD TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOOD. ALL OF THE RUST SPOTS ARE AT THE SPOT WELDS WHERE THE HOOD AND SUBHOOD ARE ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER. HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A PROBLEM. NO CAR SHOULD RUST FROM THE INSIDE OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11389637January 24, 2021
POWER TRAIN
DRIVING INTO AN INTERSECTION, MY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED BEING ABLE TO PROPEL FORWARD. THERE WAS A CLUNK NOISE. I WAS EVENTUALLY PUSHED TO A PARKING LOT BY POLICE. I GOT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY FOUND A BROKEN DRIVE SHAFT AND A RECALL ISSUED BY HONDA A FEW WEEKS BEFORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11389471January 22, 2021
POWER TRAIN
THE RIGHT AXLE RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE WHILE I WAS STATIONARY, WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. THE KEFT AXLE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE VERY RUSTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11388200January 14, 2021
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
MY RADIO AT RANDOM TIMES WOULD TURN ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS IF IT LOST POWER, THEN ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO LATER MY POWER STEERING WOULD RANDOMLY CUT OUT FOR A FEW SECONDS WITH THE RADIO SHUT OFF AND THE EPS LIGHT IN THE DASH WOULD FLASH THEN GO AWAY, DURING THIS THE CAR BECAME HARD TO HANDLE AND CONTROL. THIS WOULD HAPPEN UNPREDICTABILITY WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ON SURFACE STREETS AND VARIABLE SPEEDS. I CHECKED IT WITH A CODE READER AND NOTHING CAME UP AS A HARD CODE. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE BUT WE'RE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT IT WAS THE ELECTONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM. I NOTICED HONDA HAD A RECALL ON THIS SYSTEM FOR 2007-2008 HONDA FITS AND MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS FOR 2009 FITS THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART, AND THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING ESPECIALLY SINCE HONDA IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A PROBLEM FOR 2009 FITS. AND ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT REPLACING THE EPS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM SO I'M POTENTIALLY OUT $1500 FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A SAFETY FLAW IN THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11375113November 17, 2020
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING, ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD FLASHED, RADIO TURNED OFF, AND POWER STEERING CUT OUT. OCCURRED IN MANY DIFFERENT SITUATIONS INCLUDING HIGHWAY DRIVING. I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS WELL DOCUMENTED TO EXIST BOTH IN EARLIER MODELS OF THE FIT AS WELL AS THE 2009 MODEL. THE EARLIER VERSIONS LEADING UP TO 2008 HAVE A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE, BUT THE 2009 MODEL DOES NOT. IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11367091October 29, 2020
STEERING
I WAS IN IDLE WHEN THE RADIO FLASHED OFF AND THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT WENT OFF. IT TURNED BACK OFF, BUT THE CAR JEARKED AND SEEMED TO LOSE POWER. IT ONLY DID THIS IN IDLE FOR WHILE, BUT ONE TIME WHEN I WAS MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL JEARKED FROM HAND AND MY CAR LUNGED AT THE SIDEWALK WHERE PEOPLE WERE! SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED!! I HAVE TOLD HONDA ABOUT THIS. I HAVE A VIDEO OF THIS AS WELL. HTTPS://YOUTU.BE/ZKXIEC-EMVC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11363085October 6, 2020
POWER TRAIN
DRIVER SIDE AXLE BROKE WHILE CROSSING A BUSY HIGHWAY. NO POWER TRANSFERRED WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GET TO THE SIDE STREET LEAVING ME TO COAST SLOWLY ACROSS THE ROAD AS IF THE CAR WERE IN NEUTRAL. PART RETRIEVED FROM ROADWAY. STRESS BREAK WHERE THE AXLE ENTERS THE RUBBER BOOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11362321October 1, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 10/3/2018, MY FRONT AXLE SNAPPED WHILE I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT. I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. THERE WAS NO INCITING INCIDENT. AT CARX IN PEORIA, IL, THEY INDICATED THAT IN THE CENTER, THERE IS A RUBBER SEAL WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED BY WATER (NOT BY DRIVER; MFR PROBLEM). AT THAT TIME, IT COST ME $362 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. TODAY, 10/1/2020, MY FRONT AXLE SNAPPED AGAIN AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. I WAS NOT IN AN ACCIDENT. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO CARX. THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT, AGAIN, MY FRONT AXLE HAS SNAPPED. I'LL BE UP FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF REPAIRS. THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT REAR-ENDED WHEN IT HAPPENED. I WILL SECURE COPIES OF BOTH REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11355176September 15, 2020
AIR BAGS
I WAS IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT 10-6-18. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY AND RESULTED IN MY BACK BEING BROKE AND TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11355178September 15, 2020
AIR BAGS
I WAS IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT 10-6-18. THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY CORRECTLY AND RESULTED IN MY BACK BEING BROKE AND TWO DIFFERENT PLACES ALMOST SEVERING MY SPINAL CORD.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11349971August 17, 2020
WHEELS
I JUST EXITED A HIGHWAY, STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON THE INTESECTION. WHEN I TRIED TO TURN RIGHT I HEARD A NOISE LIKE THE CAR HIT SOMETHING. BUT THERE WAS NOTHING FOR THE CAR TO HIT UPON TURNING ON RIGHT. THE CAR STARTED ROLLING BACK UNTIL I USED THE HANDBRAKE AND TURNED ENGINE OFF. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR, THERE WAS NOTHING OBVIOUSLY ADRIFT. TOWING SERVICE CAME AND CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXEL SHAFT IS BROKEN. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP WHERE THE TECHNICIAN REMOVED THE BROKEN AXEL SHAFT AND SHOWED IT TO ME - THE AXEL SHAFT RUSTED INSIDE THE RUBBER BOOT. ANYWAY, TWO COPS HELPED ME GET THE CAR OUT OF THE INTERSECTION AND INTO A DRIVEWAY, AND I CALLED A LOCAL SHOP THAT I DEAL WITH WHEN I CAN'T DO THE WORK MYSELF, AND HAD IT TOWED THERE. THEY CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY TO SAY THAT THE RIGHT HALF SHAFT HAD SNAPPED INSIDE THE DAMPER, AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR NO GO AND NOTHING ADRIFT. THEY ASKED IF I WANTED TO REPLACE BOTH HALF SHAFTS, AND I SAID HELL YES, TAKING NO CHANCES ON A REPEAT. A WEEK LATER AND $700 BUCKS LIGHTER, I HAD THE CAR BACK. THE SHOP OWNER AND THE LEAD MECHANIC BOTH SAID THAT THEY HAD HEARD OF THIS ISSUE, BUT MY '07 FIT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT THEY HAD SEEN. THEY ALSO OPINED THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11338791July 11, 2020
POWER TRAIN
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AXLE SHAFT (CV AXLE) ON MY MANUAL 2009 HONDA FIT SNAPPED OFF WHILE IN FIRST GEAR AND DRIVING AT REGULAR SPEED FOR THIS GEAR IN A PARKING LOT (UNDER 20MPH). . IT BROKE AT THE EDGE OF THE RUBBER DAMPER ON THE SHAFT. THE DRIVERS SIDE AXLE IS RUSTED AS WELL BUT HAS NO DAMPER AND DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE STRESS LINES/FAULTS AT THIS TIME. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PART ON THE CAR FROM DATE OF PURCHASE. CAR HAS 135000 MILES ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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