2015 HONDA FIT Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAS REGISTER EITHER GOES BLANK OR SHOWS GIBBERISH SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. YOU CANNOT DEDUCE SPEED LIMIT ON HIGHWAY OR SEE HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE.

I WAS AT A RAMP METER ENTERING THE FREEWAY. I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND AS I STARTED TO GET READY TO ENTER THE FREEWAY, MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION MID WAY. WHEN PRESSING THE GAS, MY CAR DID NOT ACCELERATE. I QUICKLY EXITED THE FREEWAY AND FOUND THAT THE LIGHT THAT INDICATES WHAT GEAR I AM IN SHOWED BOTH N (NEUTRAL) AND D (DRIVE) OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER. WHEN I STOPPED TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AFTER EXITING THE FREEWAY, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN I SHIFT MY CAR TO D (DRIVE). IT ACTED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I TURNED OFF AND TURNED BACK ON THE CAR AND TRIED AGAIN. I SHIFTED THE GEAR TO D BUT NO ACCELERATION. I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE MY CAR FROM THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WAS BLOCKING TRAFFIC FOR THOSE WHO WERE EXITING THE FREEWAY. I AM LUCKY IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. AT THIS TIME, HONDA DEALERSHIP HAS STATED THAT SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN. THE HONDA REPRESENTATIVE STATED THERE WAS NO WAY ANYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON MY CAR NOR THE OWNER WOULD HAVE KNOWN OR PREVENTED THIS. I RESEARCHED ISSUES WITH HONDA FIT 2015 AND FOUND "NHTSA ID NUMBER: 11309296." ALTHOUGH MY VIN DOES NOT SAY MY CAR HAD A RECALL FOR THE TRANSMISSION, I AM CONCERNED THAT MY CAR HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL AS MY CAR WAS LIKELY MANUFACTURED DURING THE TIME FRAME STATED.

FREQUENTLY, WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND THE CAR EITHER STATIONARY OR MOVING, THE RIGHT DASH POD DISPLAYING LED READOUTS OF THE ODOMETER, FUEL LEVEL REMAINING, RUNNING MILES PER GALLON, TRIP ODOMETER, TIME AND OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WILL INTERMITTENTLY BLANK OUT, SOMETIMES TO RETURN AS LCD GIBBERISH IN ANYWHERE FROM 10-30 MINUTES, AFTER WHICH TIME INFORMATION MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK IN ACCURATE FORM DURING THE COURSE OF A TRIP. DOCUMENTED BY MANY OTHERS ON HONDA FIT WEBSITE WWW.FITFREAK.NET (2015 HONDA FIT FUEL GAUGE DISPLAY FAILURE).

ELECTRONIC STARTING ISSUES. CONSTANTLY FAILS TO START. I PUT A NEW BATTERY AND ALSO CHANGED THE BATTERY TO THE KEY FOB BUT STILL HAVING STARTING ISSUES. IT INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO START. SOMETIMES IT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE TRIES BEFORE IT WILL START. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 30,572 MILES AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. A FEW TIMES I ACTUALLY HAD TO ATTACH A JUMP START POWER SYSTEM TO START THE VEHICLE, EVERYTHING IN VEHICLE COMES ON NORMALLY WITH POWER JUST DOESN'T START CONSTANTLY. HAPPENS CONSTANTLY NO MATTER HOW FAR I DRIVE.

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND MY VEHICLE STARTED ACTING STRANGE-IT WAS HAVING DIFFICULT ACCELERATING AND FELT BUMPY. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT OFF OF THE FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE INTO GEAR. I COULD NOT DRIVE OR REVERSE THE VEHICLE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY DRAINED AND INSPECTED THE FLUID TO FIND METAL DEBRIS IN MAGNET THAT LOOKED LIKE CVT BELT PARTS. THEY SAID THE CVT BELT BROKE TRANSMISSION AND THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FOUND THE NHTSA RECALL REFERENCE NUMBER 15V574000. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFECT IS THAT SOFTWARE SETTINGS THAT CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION OPERATION MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION DRIVE PULLEY SHAFT. I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN IS NOT A PART OF THIS RECALL. MY VEHICLE IS JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY AT ABOUT 72,000 MILES BUT LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD. I WAS ASKED TO PAY A PORTION TOWARDS THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT.

WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING AND THE CAR EITHER STATIONARY OR MOVING, THE RIGHT DASH POD DISPLAYING LED READOUTS OF THE ODOMETER, FUEL LEVEL REMAINING, RUNNING MILES PER GALLON, TRIP ODOMETER, TIME AND OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WILL INTERMITTENTLY BLANK OUT, SOMETIMES TO RETURN AS LCD GIBBERISH IN ANYWHERE FROM 10-30 MINUTES, AFTER WHICH TIME INFORMATION MAY OR MAY NOT COME BACK IN ACCURATE FORM DURING THE COURSE OF A TRIP. PURCHASED THE CAR ON 1/24/2020, HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE THEN, MOST RECENTLY ON 2/5/2020. DOCUMENTED BY MANY OTHERS ON HONDA FIT WEBSITE WWW.FITFREAK.NET (2015 HONDA FIT FUEL GAUGE DISPLAY FAILURE).

I HAD ALL EMERGENCY LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING MY PROPERLY MAINTAINED 2015 HONDA FIT WHICH CURRENTLY HAD 26,000 MILES. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO THE NEAREST HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A CODE P0301 MISFIRE ON CYLINDER 1. I WAS TOLD THAT ALL FUEL INJECTORS AND JOINT PIPE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS ALSO TOLD I NEEDED TO UPGADE THE PGM-F! SOFTWARE AS WELL AS ADJUST ENGINE VALVES. DESPITE THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY STILL BEING IN EFFECT, I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD NOT BE A WARRANTY COVERED SERVICE.

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAY, THAT INCLUDES THE FUEL GAUGE, ODOMETER, FUEL ECONOMY READOUT AND SERVICE REMINDERS, HAS STARTED TO DISPLAY INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES IT DISPLAYS GIBBERISH. SOMETIMES THE SCREEN IS BLANK. SOMETIMES IT IS OKAY. PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO, PRESENTING A MIXED UP DISPLAY. IT HAS SLOWLY WORSENED, TO INCLUDE THE TOTALLY BLANK DISPLAY HAPPENING SOME OF THE TIME. HAPPENS WITH CAR STATIONARY OR MOVING. CHANGING DIRECTION OR SPEED HAS NO EFFECT. INITIALLY SEEMED TO OCCUR WHEN AIR TEMPERATURE WAS COLD ( @ 30 DEGEES F ), AND IMPROVED AS AIR TEMP AND CAR TEMP WARMED. NOW HAS HAPPENED WHEN AIR TEMP IS @ 50 DEGREES F..

DRIVING HONDA FIT WITH APPROXIMATELY 65,000 MILES. NO PRIOR ISSUES WITH REGULAR MAINTENANCE BEING DONE ON IT. ALL DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS (CHECK ENGINE, TPS, TRACTION CONTROL SENSOR AND STEERING WHEEL WITH EXCLAMATION MARK) WENT ON IN THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET TO WORK. VEHICLE DID NOT OPERATE WELL AND DID NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVE. TOOK TO LOCAL HONDA MECHANIC AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A P0420 CYLINDER MISFIRE CODE. WAS TOLD THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF HONDAS AND HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE REPORTS ONLINE AS SUCH. WAS TOLD MY ENGINE COULD BE DAMAGED AND IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CALLED HONDA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEM WOULD NOT COVER IT AND WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.

HELLO, THE CAR WON'T START. IT'S A KEYLESS START BUTTON. BUTTON, PANEL, MUSIC, LIGHTS AND ALL START. EVERYTHING'S NORMAL BUT THE CAR WON'T START OR TURN OVER. I LOWER THE HANDBRAKE, PRESS DOWN ON THE BRAKE AND PRESS THE STARTER BUTTON BUT CAN'T GET THE ENGINE TO START. IT HAS STARTED AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES. BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I CAN'T RELIABLY EXPECT TO START THE CAR. PLEASE ADVISE AS I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS POSTED ON THE WEB.