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Honda FIT

Every Honda FIT model year on file, 2015 to 2020. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years73544 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62015 to 2020
Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins413Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 283, 39% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0100200300201528320162017201820192020
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Honda FIT complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
272
Fuel system
173
Engine and cooling
109
Powertrain
55
Structure
51
Driver assistance
40
Airbags
28
Speed control
18
Brakes
17
Seat belts
16
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Honda FIT model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Honda FIT by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2020Hatchback362.84504045
2019Hatchback1367.41,0466029
2018Hatchback1177.78364048
2017Hatchback432.32530158
2016Hatchback1205.09601194
2015Hatchback2836.01,66541139
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Honda FIT

  • 26V-332 May 21, 2026
    Front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash
    Airbags · 99k vehicles
  • 24V-384 May 31, 2024
    Rearview camera image may not display when the engine is started with a key, due to a design error in the audio display power circuit
    Back-over prevention · 115k vehicles
  • 24V-064 Feb 1, 2024
    Front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, failing to suppress the air bag as intended
    Airbags · 750k vehicles
  • 23V-858 Dec 18, 2023
    Fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 2.49M vehicles
  • 23V-046 Feb 2, 2023
    Rearview camera image may not display when the engine is started with a key, due to a design error in the audio display power circuit
    Back-over prevention · 115k vehicles
  • 21V-215 Mar 25, 2021
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 625k vehicles
  • 20V-314 May 28, 2020
    Low-pressure fuel pump inside the fuel tank may fail
    Fuel system · 136k vehicles
  • 15V-697 Oct 23, 2015
    In the affected vehicles, the rear grab handle brackets were not manufactured properly, and as a result, the brackets may puncture the side…
    Airbags · 25k vehicles
  • 15V-574 Sep 15, 2015
    Software settings that control the transmission operation may result in damage to the transmission drive pulley shaft
    Powertrain · 144k vehicles
  • 15V-559 Sep 3, 2015
    Affected vehicles may experience damage to the wires inside the Plug Top Ignition Coils (PTC) due to improper protection against electrical noise
    Electrical system · 18k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.