2010 HONDA FIT Complaints

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.

STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN SUDDENLY, AND INTERMITTENTLY, TURNING IMMEDIATELY 90 DEGREES WHERE I HAVE TO CORRECT THE WHEEL IN ORDER TO AVOID A CRASH. TYPICALLY HAPPENS ON SLIGHT TURNS, LIKE GETTING ON OR OFF A HWY RAMP OR TURNING ON A RED LIGHT. GOODYEAR TIRE SAID THEY ARE SEEING ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE POWER STEERING AND INFORMED ME THIS ISN'T A DRIVABLE CAR UNLESS $2400 REPAIR. THE SUDDENNESS OF THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH, ESPECIALLY AT THE SPEED.

FROM A ROLLING STOP, TOOK A RIGHT HAND TURN FROM A PAVED PARKING LOT ONTO A SLIGHT INCLINED WELL PAVED COUNTRY ROAD. DURING MODERATE ACCELERATION IN DRIVE MODE (NOT USING THE EQUIPPED CVT PADDLE SHIFTERS) APPROXIMATELY 1 CAR LENGTH FROM STARTING POINT A LOUD SOUND OCCURED, CAR LOST FORWARD MOMENTUM 2 APPROXIMATELY IN 2 CAR LENGTHS AND PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARDS BACK INTO THE PARKING LOT INTO A PARKING SPACE WHILE STILL IN DRIVE. CAR NOW CAN ROLL IN ANY GEAR INCLUDING PARK. NO DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS WERE ON PRIOR OR AFTER THIS EVENT. THERE WAS NO WARNING THIS WOULD OCCURE. THIS EVENT WAS OVER AS QUICKLY AS IT OCCURED. NO CARS WERE APPROACHING IN EITHER DIRECTION DURING THE EVENT. NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS AFTER. ENGEN TURNS OVER WITHOUT ISSUES. CAR IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED WITH LOTS OF NEW PARTS AND SERVICE. MOSTLY HIGHWAY AND PAVED OPEN COUNTRY ROAD DRIVING. AFTER STARTING ENGEN, PUTTING IN DRIVE OR REVERSE CAR DOES NOT MOVE, NO UNUSUAL SOUNDS WHILE PUSHING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ANY GEAR. CAR TOWED TO HOME ON A LORRY WHERE IT NOW SITS AS OF 02/2019. MILAGE APPROX 194000 MILES.

DRIVER STOPPED CAR AT A RED LIGHT ON A MAIN STREET. WHEN LIGHT TURBED GREEN, DRIVER PRESSED THE ACCELLERATOR AND THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK AND THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELLERATE. CAR WAS TOWED BY POLICE, THEN TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR REPAIR. MECHANICS DETERMINED THE AXEL SHAFT HAD SNAPPED AS A RESULT OF PROLIBGED EXPOSURE TO MOISTURE, AND MICROFRACTURES. THE PART WAS REPLACED.

ON FEBRUARY 1, 2019, OUR 2010 HONDA FIT'S LEFT FRONT AXLE BROKE SUDDENLY UNDER NORMAL ACCELERATION IN A STRAIGHT LINE FROM A STOP, ON LEVEL GROUND. UPON INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE AXLE HAD CORRODED TO THE POINT THAT WELL UNDER HALF OF THE ORIGINAL CROSS SECTION WAS STILL INTACT. THIS CORROSION OCCURRED UNDER THE VIBRATION DAMPENING COLLAR. SUSPECTED CAUSE OF CORROSION IS ROAD SALT BRINE ENTERING BETWEEN THE COLLAR AND AXLE. VEHICLE MILEAGE AT TIME OF FAILURE WAS 76,183.

TAKATA RECALL!!!!! FIRST IT WAS DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG AFTER SEPARATELY PAYING $700 TO GET MPG BACK TO SPEC. AIRBAG: ENTERED DEALER GETTING 33 MPG, LEFT GETTING 28MPG. SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN A REPAIR SHOP DID MY EMISSIONS TEST. A FRIEND GOT MPG AGAIN BACK TO SPEC 33 CHARGED $125 (NOT $700). NOW HONDA WANTS TO FIX THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG!!! WANTED $1000 TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WITH A NEW DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD. GOOGLE SEARCH THE GUY WHO GOT FOUR OF THEM!!! SAFELITE CHARGED ~$450. SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID NOTHING IS "FREE" ABOUT RECALLS, AND I DO NOT WANT HONDA TOUCHING MY CAR!!! I HAVE COMMUNICATED, THAT I WANT SOMEONE I CAN TRUST TO DO THE AIRBAG, TO AT LEAST 5 HONDA REPRESENTATIVES AND THEIR RESPONSE IS ALWAYS THE SAME: SILENCE! ... AND THEN MORE SCREAMING RED MAIL!!!! WELL I AM SCREAMING TOO!!!!! TELL ME OF AN INDEPENDENT NON-HONDA SHOP I CAN TAKE IT TO, AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GET THIS DEADLY THING OUT OF MY CAR!!!!! NOW YOU WANT A DATE????? BEEN HARASSED AND RIPPED OFF FOR YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SICK OF IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SHOULD JUST SELL THAT DEADLY PC OF JUNK!!!!! THERE IS MORE UNRELATED STUFF I COULD WASTE YOUR TIME AND MINE TELLING YOU

LOSS OF POWER STEERING POWER ELECTRICAL SURGES WHILE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY AND SECONDARY ROADS. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY RAMPS ONTO FREEWAY, ALSO EXITING FREEWAY ON EXIT RAMPS.GOGGLED HONDA FIT POWER STEERING PROBLEMS A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAME PROBLEMS VERY.DANGEROUS FOR MY 20 YR DAUGHTER FIRST VEHICLE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V661000 (AIR BAGS). KENDALL HONDA (846 GOODPASTURE ISLAND RD, EUGENE, OR 97401, (855) 981-5504) REPAIRED THE VEHICLE MONTHS AFTER THE PART WAS RECEIVED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

WHILE STEERING ON THE ROAD (IN MOTION), OUR 2010 HONDA FIT SUDDENLY JERKS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE TURN, LEADING TO A NUMBER OF NEAR-MISS ACCIDENTS. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED IN FALL OF 2018. DEALER WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SAYS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING RACK AND BOX ARE "BAD" AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $2400. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN ANY SORT OF ACCIDENT OR CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT, AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE TO COMPONENTS (LIKE TIE ROD ENDS) -- IT'S JUST THE STEERING THAT IS SUDDENLY UNRELIABLE.

THE STEERING WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY FREEZES UP, FOR ABOUT A SECOND, AT LEAST ONCE EVERY DAY THAT I DRIVE THE CAR. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD TURN ON DURING OR AFTER THESE EVENTS. SEVERAL TIMES IT HAS BEEN NOTICED WHILE MAKING TURNS, WHICH IS VERY UNSETTLING. I NO LONGER TRUST THE VEHICLE'S SAFETY, AND NOW FEEL THE NEED TO LEAVE A VERY LARGE DISTANCE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ANY ONCOMING CAR. I WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE THE CAR ANY MORE, FOR FEAR OF HER SAFETY. I HAVE HEARD THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR AN EPS FAILURE FOR HONDA FITS OF PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS, AND WANT TO KNOW WHEN THE RECALL FOR THIS LIFE THREATENING DEFECT WILL BE EXTENDED TO THE 2010 MODEL YEAR.