2019 Honda FIT
This year drew an ordinary 134 complaints for a Honda FIT — the model's median is 176. What they were about is the unusual part: 17.9% of them mention assist, against 5.7% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Honda FIT, which began in 2015. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 134 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 176 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 33 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- assist — 17.9% of this year's complaints, against 5.7% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: assist, lane, departure, mitigation.
- fuel system — 14.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.5% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: fuel system, gasoline, system gasoline, disconnect.
- confirmed — 11.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.6% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: confirmed, investigate, dealer independent, malfunctioning.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (Fuel System Gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the r…
2019 HONDA FIT 5DR EX: FLEW OFF ROAD, IT HAD HONDA COLLISION MITIGATION BRAKING SYS, LANE DEPARTURE WARNING, LANE KEEP ASSIST SYS AND ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION, ALL FAILED AND ACCIDENT HAPPENED. VEHICLE IN MOTION TRAVELING 80MPH WHEN LEFT THE ROAD.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V314000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V215000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V046000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V384000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 26V332000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda FIT was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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