2008 HONDA FIT Complaints

I OWN A 2008 HONDA FIT. ON 1-7-2010, WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 -50 MPH, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE BEGAN TO BRAKE. MY BRAKES WERE APPLIED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING. THE BRAKES WERE THEN DEPRESSED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED FORWARD UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MINE. THE ABS DID NOT ENGAGE DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE SEAT BELT BROKE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS INFORMED OF THE ABOVE NOTED FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER, NO BRAKE PROBLEMS WERE DETECTED. IN LATE FEBRUARY, 2010, I GOT MY VEHICLE BACK FROM THE REPAIR SHOP. ON 3-4-2010, I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING ME TO SLAM THE BRAKES AS HARD AS I COULD. AGAIN, THE ABS SYSTEM DID NOT ENGAGE AND MY VEHICLE CONTINUED FORWARD. THE ONLY REASON I DID NOT CRASH INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME IS BECAUSE IT CLEARED MY PATH BEFORE IMPACT. DURING THIS INCIDENT, MY SEAT BELT DID NOT "GRAB" ME. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY, EXPLAINED THE INCIDENT, AND ASKED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND SEAT BELT BE CHECKED OUT AGAIN THOROUGHLY. THE HONDA SERVICE WRITER TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR THE SEAT BELT. DUE TO MY FIELD OF EMPLOYMENT, I HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE TRAINING IN EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATION. I KNOW HOW THE ABS SYSTEM OPERATES AND HOW A VEHICLE SHOULD RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME GOING ABOUT 50 MPH, WHEN TRAFFIC SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. I WAS FOLLOWING ABOUT 3 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME, AND AS SOON AS THEY SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES I SLAMMED ON MINE. WHEN SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES, THE ABS DIDN'T EVEN COME ON BECAUSE MY BRAKES WEREN'T WORKING LIKE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO. MY BRAKES FELT SPONGY, AND SHOULD HAVE STOPPED ME WITH ROOM TO SPARE, BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE. *TR

ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM ACTIVATES INAPPROPRIATELY. DRIVING OVER ROUGH PAVEMENT, BUMPS ETC SEEMS TO ACTIVATE ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM. BRAKES BECOME SQUISHY, AND LESS EFFECTIVE DURING THESE INCIDENCES. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS ROUTINELY. *TR

WAS DRIVING ON SUNNY, CLEAR DAY. TRAVELING AT 40-45 MPH WHEN TRAFFIC CAME TO COMPLETE STOP. APPLIED BRAKES AND CAR DID NOT STOP. REAR ENDED A RAV 4 AND CAUSED ALMOST $6000 IN DAMAGE. 2ND ACCIDENT WITH THIS CAR WHERE BRAKES FAILED. PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP, CAR WOULDN'T. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH WHEN HE ATTEMPTED DRIVE IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THREE PARKED VEHICLES. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD A SPECIALIST INSPECT THE VEHICLE WITH NO FINDINGS TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ONE YEAR AGO AFTER IT ACCELERATED. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 20,000.

WE OWN A 2008 HONDA FIT. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WE HAD APPROX 48K MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ON A FEW OCCASIONS WHEN STARTING THE CAR IN THE MORNING, THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE NO POWER STEERING.. TURNING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE WOULD RESET THE INDICATOR LIGHT AND POWER STEERING WOULD RETURN. AT THE END OF FEB 2010 MY HUSBAND WAS ON THE FREEWAY TRAVELING AT @75MPH WHEN THE LIGHT CAME ON AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT IN THE VEHICLE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH NO INCIDENT. HE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND ON AND THE INDICATOR LIGHT WENT OFF AND POWER STEERING RETURNED. AT THE DEALERSHIP, WE WERE ADVISED HONDA HAS AN INTERNAL BULLETIN THAT THE ERROR CODES IN THE VEHICLE INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MODULE, A CHIP OF SOME SORT, AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE FIX IS DUE TO COST US OVER $700. THE PART IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE WE ARE BEYOND OUR 36K FACTORY WARRANTY. WE BELIEVE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IF WE WERE TO LOSE POWER STEERING WHEN NAVIGATING A TURN CROSSING LANES OF TRAFFIC ETC, THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING COULD CAUSE A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. WE CALLED HONDA DIRECTLY AND SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT AND ASKED THAT THEY COVER THE COST OF THE PART AND THE FIX. CONSIDERING THAT THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 50K MILES ON IT, AND THAT THE PART IS FAULTY AND CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD. HONDA DENIED OUR REQUEST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA FIT. WHILE REVERSING FROM A PARKING SPACE AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH; THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ACCELERATION. THE DRIVER STATED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS POSITIONED EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO ASSIST WHEN NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,064.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER WAS LEAKING ON THE REAR FLOOR BOARD BEHIND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE CONTACT DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE WATER WAS COMING FROM. THE CONTACT HAD NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING WATER LEAKING ON THE REAR FLOOR BOARD. THE DEALER OFFERED A TRADE IN FOR THE VEHICLE BUT THE CONTACT DOES NOT WANTED ANYONE ELSE TO OWN THIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WANTS THE MANUFACTURER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

MY VEHICLE'S ABS SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AND ACTIVATES NEEDLESSLY DURING LIGHT BRAKING EVEN ON DRY PAVEMENT. IT CAN TO BE TRIGGERED CONSISTENTLY BY LIGHTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES ON UNEVEN TERRAIN, SUCH AS CRACKS IN THE ROAD, SMALL POTHOLES OR BUMPS. THE BRAKE PEDAL PULSES FOR A SHORT TIME, DURING WHICH BRAKING IS INEFFECTIVE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD FOR SEVERAL FEET. I DRIVE SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES ON A REGULAR BASIS, NONE OF WHICH EXHIBIT THIS PROBLEM. A SERVICE REP AT HONDA OF BLOOMFIELD, LOCATED IN BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI, CHARACTERIZED THE CONDITION AS NORMAL. *TR

MY SISTER AND I WERE SITTING IN STOPPED TRAFFIC ON A CALIFORNIA FREEWAY IN HER 2008 HONDA FIT WHEN WE WERE REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER AT ABOUT 50 MPH. WE BOTH WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. HE STRUCK US DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PASSENGER, AND OUR VEHICLE THEN STRUCK THE CAR IN FRONT OF US AND THE CONCRETE MEDIAN BARRIER TO THE LEFT. HE STRUCK US WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE THAT OUR CAR WAS A COMPLETE LOSS AND WE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE WITH THE JAWS OF LIFE. NONE OF THE CAR'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THOUGH I WAS WEARING A SEATBELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS, I STRUCK THE DASH WITH MY HEAD AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. THE SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN ME. I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST THREE OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS ONLINE THAT INVOLVED A REAR END COLLISION WITH A HONDA FIT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR