2007 Honda Fit complaints

PURCHASE A 2007 HONDA FIT ON 3/15/08 WITH 3,300 MILES ON IT. AFTER DRIVING IT 150 MILES IN 3 DAYS NOW HAVE SHARP PAIN IN MY RIGHT FOOT AS THE ANGLE MY FOOT TAKES TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR IS STRESSFUL. I NOW HAVE PAIN JUST WALKING AROUND. MANY PEOPLE ON FIT FORUMS ALSO HAVE PAIN FROM DRIVING THIS CAR. *TR

(1) NO WARNINGS OR EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE ARE EVIDENT. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THAT LAST 2 WEEKS. (2) THE "POWER STEERING CONTROL UNIT" QUITS OR "GOES OUT" OCCASIONALLY CAUSING THE TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING. IT IS NOT GRADUAL, IT JUST QUITS. TO GET POWER STEERING BACK, THE CAR MUST BE STOPPED, PUT IN PARK, ENGINE TURNED OFF, WAIT FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN RESTART THE ENGINE. SO FAR, IT HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, BUT THE LAST TIME IT QUIT, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN ON NARROW STREETS AT A CITY INTERSECTION AND NEARLY RAN UP ON A CURB. (3) A HONDA DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER PERFORMED THE HONDA-SPECIFIED DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND AN "ERROR CODE" OF SOME SORT AND THEN PERFORMED THE HONDA-DICTATED PROCEDURES TO REMOVE THE CODE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE NOR COULD THEY TELL ME THAT THE SOURCE PROBLEM HAD BEEN CORRECTED, BUT ONLY THAT A COMPUTER CODE HAD BEEN REMOVED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT HAS A 2007 HONDA FIT. EVERY THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, THE CONTACT HAS TO REPLACE THE AIR IN THE TIRES AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR TIMES WITHIN THE MONTH. THE FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY IN EACH TIRE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT POSITION CAUSES SEVERE MUSCLE PAIN IN HER RIGHT FOOT. SHE HAS CHANGED THE POSITION OF THE SEAT, BUT THE FAILURE REMAINS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT YET BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 1,160 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS WERE NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, ONE OF THE AIR BAG ICONS ILLUMINATE AND REMAINS LIT FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. THE FRONT AND REAR BUMPER PAINT IS CHIPPING AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BUMPER IS DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER SKIPS ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. THE WATER THAT REMAINS REDUCES THE CONTACTS VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER ADJUSTED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTS. THE POWERTRAIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED ON OCT. 26, 2007 THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS AND BLADES WERE REPLACED. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

AT 6:00 PM LAST FRIDAY, I DROVE MY 2007 HONDA FIT OVER A LOW-LYING PARKING BARRIER LEFT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARKING LOT. UPON HITTING THE BARRIER, MY ENGINE RPMS WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT I HAD MY FOOT JAMMED ON THE BRAKE. TO AVOID CRASHING HEAD ON INTO A CONCRETE WALL, I TURNED AND HIT A PARKED CAR. MY OWN CAR DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT WAS HIGH-SIDED ON ANOTHER, PROPERLY PLACED, PARKING BARRIER. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOWED AND I AM NOT AWARE IF THE DEFECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED OR REPAIRED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK IS LOCATED BENEATH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATS. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, HE CAN HEAR THE GASOLINE SLOSHING AROUND AND APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE NOISE USUALLY OCCURS DURING TAKEOFF AND WHEN STOPPING. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE NOISE WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS NOTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. UPDATED 10/16/07 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. WHILE BUCKLING HIS GRANDCHILD INTO THE BACK SEAT, THE CONTACT REALIZED THAT THE SEAT BENCH IN THE REAR WAS RAISED. HE BELIEVES THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT BECAUSE IF THE VEHICLE WERE REAR-ENDED, THE SEAT WOULD JUMP AND CAUSE THE BOOSTER SEAT AND CHILD TO BE UPROOTED. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY COMPARED IT TO THREE OTHER NEW MODELS, WHICH WERE MANUFACTURED IN THE SAME MANNER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 11,000.

INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON 12/29/2006 IN OUR 2007 HONDA FIT AND WAS STRUCK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER HEADLIGHT AND RIGHT SIDE WHICH CRUSHED OUR VEHICLE ALL THE BACK TO THE WINDSHIELD, BUT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WE WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH WHEN THE MUSTANG PULLED OUT FROM A PARKING LOT, WENT ACROSS 3 LANES AND STRUCK OUR HONDA FIT. CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND HAD TO BE TOWED WHILE MY FAMILY AND MYSELF WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. WE HAVE THE POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES. *JB

CUSTOMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THE LIFE THREATENING ERROR WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG THAT WAS DISCOVERED DURING A CRASH TEST AFFECTS HER HONDA FIT THAT SHE JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED. **CC THE ERROR WAS DISCOVERED FOR ALL HONDA FIT'S THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BEFORE NOVEMBER 2006. *JB

CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH 2007 HONDA FIT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HESITATION TO DOWN SHIFT AT 2-5 MPH, SUCH AS ROLLING STOPS AT YIELD SIGNS. WHEN YOU STEP DOWN ON ACCELERATOR TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO GET CONFUSED AND DOES NOT ALLOW ACCELERATION AT ALL FOR 2-3 SECONDS. IT IS OKAY IF COMPLETELY STOPPED, BUT NOT FROM A ROLLING STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT SEVERAL TIMES. THE HONDA DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS WAS A DEFECT, BUT HONDA TECHNICAL SUPPORT SAID THE FIT MODELS ALL DO IT, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG CRASH TEST RESULTS OF THE 2007 HONDA FIT. THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY REPORTED THE FOLLOWING R ON THIS VEHICLE: HTTP://WWW.IIHS.ORG/RATINGS/RATING.ASPX?ID=722 "THE HONDA FIT WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 2007 MODEL YEAR. THE FIT WAS EVALUATED IN TWO 40 MPH FRONTAL OFFSET CRASH TESTS. IN THE FIRST TEST, THE DRIVER'S FRONTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYED TOO EARLY, WITH THE RESULT THAT HIGH FORCES WERE RECORDED ON THE DUMMY'S HEAD WHEN IT BOTTOMED OUT THE AIRBAG AND HIT THE STEERING WHEEL HARD, INDICATING THE LIKELIHOOD OF HEAD INJURIES. THIS LED HONDA TO MODIFY THE FRONTAL AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS ON MODELS PRODUCED AFTER NOVEMBER 2006. ALSO, HONDA WILL INITIATE A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN TO MODIFY AT ITS COST VEHICLES PRODUCED EARLIER. A SECOND FIT WAS TESTED WITH THE MODIFIED AIRBAGS, AND THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG INFLATED LATER. RATINGS OF THE FIT WAS BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND TEST, EXCEPT STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE WHICH WAS BASED ON BOTH TESTS. RESTRAINTS/DUMMY KINEMATICS. DUMMY MOVEMENT WAS WELL CONTROLLED. THE SIDE CURTAIN AND SIDE THORAX AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DURING THE CRASH. DURING REBOUND, THE DUMMYS HEAD CONTACTED THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG, WHICH KEPT THE HEAD AWAY FROM ANY STIFF STRUCTURE THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY. MEASURES TAKEN FROM THE HEAD, NECK, AND CHEST INDICATE LOW RISK OF INJURIES TO THESE BODY REGIONS. *AK

TL* - WHILE DRIVING A 2007 HONDA FIT 30-40 MPH THE CONTACT 'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A 1997 MERCEDES BENZ. DAMAGE WAS DONE TO FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE, BUT THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT CAN PROVIDE A COPY OF THE POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 1/26/2007 - *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES BY ITSELF. WHEN HE TURNS THE STEERING WHEEL EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT THE VEHICLE PROCEEDS AT APPROXIMATELY 2-5 MPH. THE CONTACT STATES ALL HE HAS TO DO IS TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SLIGHTLY AND THE VEHICLE MOVES FORWARD. HE TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS. HE SAID THEY COMPARED THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER HONDA CIVIC 07 AND WAS TOLD THAT IS HOW THESE CARS WORK. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THAT WHEN HE TURNS THE WHEEL AND STEPS ON THE GAS PEDAL HIS SPEED DOUBLES. THE CONTACT HAS A HONDA CIVIC EX, IT IS NOT LISTED AS AN OPTION IN THE MENU.

APPLYING THE FOOT BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE, ENGINE RPM STARTED TO INCREASE TO THE POINT WHERE THE BRAKE WOULD NOT BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. VEHICLE PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION. DEALER FOUND THAT THE HIGH END OF THE IDLE CONTROL WAS NOT PROPERLY TRAINED. DEALER ACCOMPLISHED THE TRAINING. UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2007 HONDA CIVIC. WHEN I PHONED THE DEALER TO INQUIRE IF THIS WOULD BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY THEY SAID MOST LIKELY UNLESS A PEBBLE BOUNCED UP AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE CONDENSER. I FOUND IT ODD THAT HE WAS SO FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM. SURE ENOUGH, A "TINY PEBBLE" PUNCTURED A HOLE THROUGH MY CONDENSER. I THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST BAD LUCK UNTIL I DID SOME RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENING TO OTHER HONDA OWNERS. I DRIVE UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. WHAT IS TO SAY THIS WON'T KEEP HAPPENING. IT MUST BE A DESIGN FLAW. I PAID $469.00 TO GET THIS FIXED, NOT SOMETHING I CAN KEEP DOING. I ASKED THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING I COULD DO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. THE ANSWER NO...TRANSLATION FOR ME NOT DRIVING IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT A TINY PEBBLE FROM DOING THIS AGAIN. HELP PLEASE. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL IMPACT CRASH. THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WAS 40 MPH. THERE WAS NO PRE-IMPACT BRAKING. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING THE SEAT BELT BUT THERE WERE SOFT TISSUE INJURIES SUSTAINED ON THE NECK AND BACK. A POLICE REPORT WAS PROCESSED.

EXCESSIVE GLARE FROM POOR DESIGN OF HEADLIGHT AND LED TAILLIGHTS CAUSING EXCESSIVE GLARE CREATING SAFETY RISK FOR OTHER VEHICLES AND OBSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN AND ROAD HAZARDS. THIS APPLIES TO ALL ACCORD COUPE AND SEDANS WITH LED TAIL LIGHTS MODEL LX EX VP SE SITED TO DATE. HEADLIGHTS ARE OVERLY BRIGHT AND MISADJUSTED ALSO CAUSING BLINDING OF OTHER VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE CONTRIBUTING TO DISTRACTION, GLARE BLINDING AND EYE STRAIN. *NM

I WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND A NEW 2007 HONDA ACCORD WITH THE NEW LED BRAKE LIGHTS AT NIGHT. WHEN THE DRIVER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND LEDS ARE SO BRIGHT THAT IT GAVE ME INSTANT EYE STRAIN PAIN IN MY EYES. I ALSO COULD NOT SEE AROUND THE VEHICLE OR TO THE SIDES. THOSE LEDS ARE WAY TOO BRIGHT AND ARE BLINDING AT NIGHT. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTICED THE SAME THING. EVEN DURING THE DAY, THEY ARE ANNOYING AT BEST. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS AIM TOO LOW CAUSING LIMITED VISIBILITY. THE DEALER RAISED THE AIMING POINT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH NO SUCCESS. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE LIGHTS MOVE UP AND DOWN. UPDATED 08/03/06. *JB