2016 HONDA FIT Complaints

WHEN TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE ARE COLD. THE GAS GAUGE CLUSTER WHICH ALSO DISPLAYS ODOMETER MILES STARTS OFF AS LIT BUT WILL THEN GO BLANK. AS THE VEHICLE WARMS UP THE CLUSTER WILL FLICKER ON /OFF UNTIL ULTIMATELY RESUMING BACK TO NORMAL. DEFECTIVE FUEL/MILEAGE GAUGE CLUSTER IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT CAUSED BY TEMPERATURE RELATED ISSUES, USUALLY DURING OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES OF 45 DEGREES OR LESS. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILE AGAINST THE MANUFACTURE BUT THE ISSUE HAS YET TO BE RESOLVED. IT IS NOT A WIRING OR CAR COMPUTER RELATED ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN BY A NUMBER OF HONDA DEALER MECHANICS TO BE A DEFECTIVE GAUGE CLUSTER. REPLACING THE CLUSTER WOULD RESOLVE THIS ISSUE HOWEVER, PARTS AND LABOR ARE OVER $500. VEHICLE IS A 2016 HONDA FIT WITH LESS THAN 11,000 MILES.

FUEL INJECTORS FAILED (KNOWN ISSUE) CAUSING ME TO BE STRANDED WITH KIDS. CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REFUSED TO COVER UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY REQUIRED IT FOR THE MILEAGE AT THE TIME. NEXT YEAR CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED CAUSING ME TO FAIL EMISSIONS TEST. DEALER REFUSED TO COVER UNDER FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY , CLAIMING THAT FUEL INJECTORS CAUSE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER TO FAIL AND IT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ITSELF HAD NO DEFECTS. CAUSING POLLUTION, SAFETY, AND PERFORMANCE ISSUES. STRANDED WITH INFANT. COMPANY VIOLATING CLEAN AIR ACT AND PROFITING ON IT.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY STOPS WORKING OR DISPLAYS GIBBERISH RANDOMLY. THIS PREVENTS ME FROM KNOWING HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT IN THE CAR, SOMETIMES FOR DAYS. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS ALSO THE ONLY PLACE TO SEE THE ODOMETER AND KEEP TRACK OF MILEAGE FOR SERVICE INTERVALS. THIS LACK OF INFORMATION AFFECTS MY SAFETY. THIS OCCURS WHEN STARTING THE CAR, OTHER TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, ON CITY AND HIGHWAY. IT STAYS OFF OR UNREADABLE FOR HOURS TO DAYS.

I RECENTLY TOOK MY FIT INTO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THAT DAY IN PARTICULAR, THE VEHICLE HAD A DELAYED ACCELERATION WHEN I WAS HITTING THE GAS PEDAL ON A LOCAL CITY STREET'SOMETHING IT HAD NOT DONE EVER. AT THE TIME OF MY SERVICE, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST RUN TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. I RECEIVED A CALL LATER THAT DAY INFORMING ME OF A 'CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE' THAT WOULD REQUIRE A COIL, SPARK PLUG AND FUEL INDUCTION SERVICE. WE PROCEEDED WITH THE REPAIR AND THE FOLLOWING MORNING I RECEIVED A LINK TO VIEW AN INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE THAT REPORTED MY VEHICLE AS 'OVERALL STILL LIKE NEW''AND THAT WAS GREAT UNTIL LATER THAT AFTERNOON I WAS NOW TOLD THAT UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NEEDED MORE REPAIRS. I NOW NEEDED FUEL INJECTORS AND WAS TOLD THAT HONDA WOULD NOT JUST REPLACE THE DAMAGED ONE IN CYLINDER 3 BUT WOULD PROCEED TO CHANGE THEM ALL'SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS ODD AND COSTLY ($2300) TO SAY THE LEAST! MY SERVICE ASSOCIATE STATED THAT NOTHING WAS UNDER WARRANTY SO THE EXPENSES WOULD BE OUT OF POCKET. AFTER LOOKING INTO DOCUMENTS ON HONDA'S WEBSITE, IT SEEMS THAT EVENTUALLY HONDA IMPROVED THE INJECTORS ON LATER MODELS OF 2016 FITS. THE FRUSTRATING PART FOR ME IS THAT IT FEELS LIKE HONDA WANTS US TO BE OUT OF POCKET FOR AN ISSUE FOUNDED ON CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT IS NOT TO PAR WITH HONDA'S TYPICAL QUALITY. WHEN I ASKED WHY DO ALL 4 HAVE TO BE CHANGED WHEN ONLY ONE IS BAD, I WAS SIMPLY TOLD THAT ' WE WILL NOT JUST REPLACE ONE, ALL FOUR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED'

CAR WOULD NOT START INTERMITTENTLY FOR ABOUT A MONTH. SEVERAL TIMES IT TOOK OVER 15 MINUTES TO GET THE CAR TO START. DEALERSHIP STATES AFTER ANALYSIS THAT IT IS THE 'STARTER'. THEY SAID IT IS NOT THE STARTER SWITCH, ALTERNATOR OR BATTERY. A NEW STARTER INSTALLED WILL COST OVER $700. THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY HONDA CARS THAT I'VE RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET, BUT HONDA HAS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. SOMETHING FISHY ABOUT THAT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN DENVER CO, WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DEFECTIVE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE MANUFACTURER HAD YET TO BE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

THE FUEL GUAGE HAS STOPPED WORKING AT 35,000 MILES. IT IS BACKLIT BUT NO INFORMATION IN THE DISPLAY. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE DISPLAY QUIT WORKING. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY CHANGED THE OIL AND RESET THE MAINTENANCE LOG AND IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. WHEN I GOT HOME, THE DISPLAY WENT BLANK AGAIN.

AT ONLY 37,000 MILES, MY 2016 FIT STARTED HAVING TROUBLE UPSHIFTING AND DOWNSHIFTING EFFICIENTLY, AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD MY FUEL INJECTORS HAD FAILED, AND THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT CARBON BUILD UP ON THE ENGINE VALVES THAT NEEDED CLEANING. AT MY PERSISTENCE, HONDA EVENTUALLY DECIDED TO DO A GOODWILL REPAIR SINCE IT WAS ONLY 1,000 MILES OUTSIDE OF FACTORY WARRANTY. HOWEVER, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 2015/2016 FITS AND HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THEIR FUEL INJECTORS.

ONE DIAL ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL THAT SHOWS MILEAGE, ETC.. IS DISPLAYING IMPROPERLY. THIS HAPPENS MORE OFTEN IN COLD WEATHER. IT TYPICALLY IS MALFUNCTIONING WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR. THE DIAL CAN BE COMPLETELY EMPTY OR HAVE SOME DIGITS. THE DATA IS INCORRECT. THIS SEEMS TO GO AWAY AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT MOST TIMES.

2016 HONDA FIT WITH APPROXIMATELY 44,000 MILES. PROBLEM STARTED TO OCCUR IN EARLY DECEMBER OF 2019 AND HAS CONTINUED FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS. PROBLEM IS THAT THE CAR IS UNABLE TO START. ON NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR, WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED ALL SYSTEMS ARE POWERED, BUT THE ENGINE WON'T CRANK. BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE TO ENSURE IT'S NOT THE BATTERY. THERE IS NO CORROSION ON ANY OF THE ELECTRICAL CABLES. THERE ARE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS ONLINE OF OTHER HONDA FIT OWNERS ENCOUNTERING PREMATURE STARTER FAILURE. CONTACTED HONDA AND THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE DESPITE THE VEHICLE BEING RELATIVELY NEW.