2016 Honda Fit Complaint Log

BRAKES FEELING "MUSHY", PEDDLE GOING TO FLOOR WHEN USING BRAKE TO TAKE CAR OUT OF PARK. TOOK CAR TO DEALER # 1.AFTER AN HOUR OF WAITING TOLD CAR READY.(MECHANIC) AND SERVICE ADVISER WERE BOTH THERE, HAD HARD BRAKE ,I ASKED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THEY SAID THE MECHANIC SAID HE DID NOT FIND ANY WRONG.TOOK CAR ON TEST RUN TOOK IT BACK TEN MINUTES LATER STILL HAD SAME PROBLEM. ASKED SERVICE MANAGER TO "BLEED " BRAKE LINES HE REFUSED AT FIRST SAYING I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT,I SAID NO AND I AM NOT LEAVING UNTIL BRAKES ARE BLED,HE TOLD SERVICE ADVISOR TO USE SOME CODING SO I WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. AFTER WAITING ABOUT AN HOUR CAR READY BRAKES FELT GOOD DROVE HOME. THE NEXT MORNING (SATURDAY) BRAKE PEDAL DOWN TO FLOOR ,SAME PROBLEM. TOOK CAR TO ANOTHER HONDA DEALER THEY COULD NOT TAKE ME RIGHT AWAY ,MADE APPOINTMENT FOR ANOTHER DAY. SERVICE MANAGER MET ME UPON ARRIVAL ,I ASKED HIM TO VERIFY PEDAL DOWN TO FLOOR ,HE GOT IN AND DROVE CAR OFF. ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER CAR READY BRAKES "FIXED" HE SAID ALL THAT WAS DONE WAS TO "BLEED" BRAKE LINES AGAIN,SAID FIRST TIME DONE WAS 'PISS POOR".TOOK CAR HOME THE NEXT MORNING SAME PROBLEM ,PEDAL DOWN TO FLOOR,"MUSHY BRAKES".CALLED HONDA CORPORATE AND REPORTED PROBLEM AND TOOK CAR BACK. GOT LOANER CAR. THEY HAD REPLACED A VSA MODULATOR.THIS WAS ON 7/13/17. ON 7/19/17 STARTED CAR PUT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL DOWN TO FLOOR ,"MUSHY BRAKES. TOOK CAR BACK ON 24 JULY ,ROOM-MATE HAD TO GO TO HOSPITAL.PICKED UP CAR ON 26 JULY NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX CAR. I THINK THEY ARE COVERING UP A PROBLEM. I THINK IT KIND OF STRANGE THAT A MECHANIC WOULD MEET WITH YOU ALONG WITH THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND ALSO STRANGE THAT A SERVICE MANAGER WOULD PERSONALLY TAKE CARE OF YOU.

OUR HONDA DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED US THE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS THE RESULT OF RODENTS CHEWING ON A WIRING HARNESS. THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH HONDA USING SOY COVERED WIRES. HONDA IS REPORTED TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE FOR YEARS. HONDA WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. ALTHOUGH OUR INSURANCE COVERS THE REPAIR, WE HAVE A $500. DEDUCTIBLE. THIS SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. OUR VEHICLE HAS ONLY 612 MILES ON IT. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

THE GASKET ON THE FRONT DOORS CAME LOOSE RANDOMLY WHICH RESULTED IN RAIN AND WIND TO ENTER THE CAR. I HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH THE GASKET BACK IN EVERY NOW AND THEN BECAUSE THEY DO NOT STAY IN PLACE.

REAR SEAT BELTS BECOME TWISTED AND WILL NOT RETRACT.

LOUD RATTLING COMING FROM DRIVER SIDE DASH WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY ON BUMPY ROADS. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO STOP WHEN IT IS HOT OUT, WHICH MAKES ME THINK THAT THE PLASTIC CLIPS HOLDING THE DASH PANEL MAY BE LOOSE OR ILL-FITTED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ORIGINAL DASH PANEL DUE TO A MISALIGNMENT OF THE PIECE (BIG GAP BETWEEN THE SIDE AIRBAGS AND LEFT FRONT PANEL). THE NEW DASH PANEL STILL RATTLES. TOOK THE CAR BACK AND THEY SAID THEY "CANNOT" DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID "IT HAPPENS IN SOME CARS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO ISSUE A RECALL".

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA FIT. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL THE SEAT TRACKS AND BOLTS WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,400.

2016 HONDA FIT EX DRIVERS SEAT SAFETY ISSUE: THE DESIGN OF THE DRIVERS SEAT MAKES DRIVING THIS CAR FOR ANY DISTANCE UNBEARABLE. THE CAR DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED IT FROM HAS NO SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE OF THE POOR DESIGN OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. I CAN SLIGHTLY MODIFY THE SEAT CUSHIONING BY ADDING PILLOWS AND PADS BUT THIS CHANGES THE POSITION OF THE DRIVER AND COULD POTENTIALLY ALTER SOME OF THE SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS AIRBAGS IF DEPLOYED. CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE IS UNDRIVEABLE ANY DISTANCE DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVERS SEAT WHICH MAY CREATE DRIVER RESPONSE ISSUES TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION DUE TO DISTRACTIONS AND PHYSICAL PAIN CAUSED BY THE SEAT. THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAPPENS AT ALL TIME WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

RECIEVED 2 RECALL NOTICES, ONE IN FEB 2016 (DRIVER SIDE), THE 2ND IN JULY 2016 (PASSENGER SIDE). THE 2ND NOTICE STATED TO AVOID PLACING PERSONS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DEALER LATE JULY - AT OUR REQUEST THEY SUPPLIED A RENTAL CAR PENDING RECEIPT OF REPAIR PARTS. I HAVE NOW BEEN CONTACTED THAT REPAIR PARTS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE ONLY HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, AND THAT HONDA WILL NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT CAR ONCE DRIVER SIDE IS REPAIRED, WITH NO FIRM ETA ON PARTS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE. I CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA TO OPEN A CASE BUT WAS TOLD NOT TO EXPECT TO HEAR BACK FROM ANYONE ANYTIME SOON. SO I WILL BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DRIVING A CAR WITH DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS, AND THE BAND-AID SOLUTION IS TO NOT HAVE FULL USE OF MY VEHICLE FOR AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD OF TIME.

THE TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE (TPMG) ON THE DASHBOARD COMES ON RANDOMLY. WHEN RESET IT STAYS OFF FOR MINUTES THEN COMES ON AGAIN. IT STAYS ON EVEN WITH CORRECT RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE IN ALL 4 TIRES. THE SPARE TIRE IS NOT HOOKED UP TO THIS GAUGE. THIS CAR IS MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVEN AT SPEEDS OF 65 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURS BUT ALSO OCCURS RANDOMLY AT OTHER SPEEDS. WHEN THE GAUGE COMES ON THE TIRE PRESSURE IS ALWAYS NORMAL.

SEAT BELT BUCKLES IN CENTER REAR SEAT AND LEFT REAR SEAT ARE REVERSED. HONDA DEALER SAYS THAT HONDA DESIGNED THEM TO BE USED THIS WAY. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO BUCKLE.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE 2016 HONDA FIT HATCHBACK WHICH IS ABOUT 3 MONTHS OLD WITH 1245 MILES ON THE SPEEDOMETER. SHE WAS ON A CITY STREET DURING A HARD RAIN. THE PRESSURE FROM THE RAIN WATER FROM THE STREET SPLASHING UNDERNEATH THE CAR SEEMED TO STRIP THE 4 PLASTIC BOLTS OFF THAT WERE HOLDING THE FRONT FLOOR ENGINE COVER(THE LARGE BLACK PLASTIC ENGINE COVER THAT I CALL( THE SKID PLATE) CAUSING IT TO FALL AND DRAG ON THE ROAD ALL THE WAY HOME. THE PART # IS74641-T5R-A00. THE WOLFCHASE HONDA DEALER CHARGED US $418.37 TO REPLACE THIS PART .I WENT ONLINE TO CAR COMPLAINTS.COM AND THEIR WERE SEVERAL NHTSA MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS/ COMPLAINTS ON THE 2015 AND 2016 HONDA FIT CONCERNING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER HONDA FIT OWNERS. ONE OWNER SAID THAT 4 PLASTIC SCREWS WERE ALL THAT HELD THIS COVER ON THE CAR. THE PLASTIC SCREWS MUST NOT BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE THE EFFECTS OF BUMPY ROUGH ROADS OR PRESSURE FROM RAIN WATER CRASHING AGAINST THE COVER. THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD THESE COVERS REPLACED BUT THEY KEPT FALLING OFF. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT AND THAT THE HONDA CO. NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND STOP CHARGING OWNERS 4 TO 5 HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THIS REPAIR. THE PROBLEM MAKES US SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN THE RAIN OR BUMPY ROUGH ROADS. WHEN THESE PLASTIC SCREWS BREAK AND FALL OUT THEY DISLODGE THE COVER FROM THE CAR CAUSING IT TO DRAG THE STREET WITH VERY LOUD NOISES AND RUINING THE PLASTIC ENGINE COVER. I BELIEVE METAL OR STEEL SCREWS COULD HOLD THIS COVER ON MORE SECURELY. SURELY HONDA CAN DESIGN SOMETHING BETTER FOR THIS PROBLEM. WHEN YOU PAY AROUND $20,000.00 FOR A NEW CAR AND ONLY HAVE 1245 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THIS PROBLEM AND THE CAR IS LESS THAN 3 MONTHS OLD, YOU REALLY EXPECT A BETTER SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE VEHICLE.

I NOTICED SOME INSULATION MISSING FROM MY ENGINE IN JULY 2016. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT UNTIL I WENT TO MY DEALER IN APRIL 2017. THEY SAID IT WAS MICE AND REMOVED A NEST. I CAME HOME WHICH IS 3 HRS AWAY AND NOTICED MUCH MORE DAMAGE THE NEXT MORNING. OUT OF DESPERATION I PUT 2 SNAP TRAPS IN THE ENGINE. I BOUGHT THIS 2016 HONDA FIT BRAND NEW IN NOV 2015. I'M NOT SURE THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE BUT I HAVE LOTS OF CHEWED INSULATION AND SOME WIRES CHEWED ON.

THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON PERIODICALLY, ABOUT EVERY 500 MILES OR SO. I'VE HAD THE PRESSURE CHECKED BY PROFESSIONALS IN EACH TIRE AND ON ONE OCCASION IT WAS 1 UNIT LESS THAN IT HAD BEEN BEFORE, BUT NOT BELOW THE LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD HAVE COME ON FOR. AFTER REFILLING, THE PROBLEM SOON REPEATS IN A SIMILAR DURATION.

NEW 2016 FIT WITH APPROX 5500 MILES STARTED DEVELOPING AN AUDIABLE TICKING/CLICKING NOISE WHEN RELEASING THE CLUTCH PEDAL GOING INTO 1ST GEAR FROM A STATIONARY POSITION. MUCH MORE PRONOUNCE WHEN ON AN INCLINE AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY WORSEN SINCE APPROX 3500 MILES. NO VIBRATIONS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE PEDAL ASSEMBLY NOTED. DID NOT HAVE THIS NOISE WHEN THE CAR WAS NEW. DEALER REMOVED TRANSMISSION, REPLACED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND THROWOUT BEARING AND RETURNED CAR UNDER WARRANTY. CLICKING NOISE PERSIST. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER A SECOND TIME , SHOP FOREMAN SPOKE TO HONDA TECHLINE AND CONCLUDED AUDIABLE CLICKING/ TICKING DURING CLUTCH RELEASE IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEW 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION/GEARBOX, & DOCUMENTED ALL IS NORMAL. BEEN DRIVING MANUAL VEHICLES FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITH ALL TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH COMPONENTS LASTING 80-90K MILES BEFORE FIRST SERVICE/ COMPONENT REPLACEMENT. THIS INCLUDING A CABLE ACTUATED CLUTCH THAT WAS QUIETER THAN THIS. NEVER ENCOUNTERING THIS BEFORE. GUESS TIME WILL TELL IF IT IS A DESIGN OR ASSEMBLY FLAW, OR INFACT A " NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS" OF THIS NEW 6 SPEED MANUAL GEAR BOX. ATLEAST ALL IS DOCUMENTED IN HONDA DATABASE.

2016 HONDA FIT. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FLUID/ TRANSMISSION LEAKAGE UNDERNEATH VEHICLE .*LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER CHECKED THE AIR PRESSURE, CHANGED, AND ROTATED THE TIRES, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,059.