This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
I was stopped at a stop sign, waiting to make a left turn, when I started making the left turn I felt and heard a loud bang. The vehicle would not accelerate but I was able to coast to the side of the road, put vehicle in park but it would still roll, I then applied the emergency brake. I then proceeded to call my son, he asked me what happened, I told him that I heard a loud bang & the vehicle wouldn't accelerate & the vehicle kept rolling after it was in park, he said it sounds like I had a broken axel I then called aaa. Aaa arrived & asked me what happened & if the vehicle rolled when put in park, I said yes it still rolled & the driver told me I had a broken axel. I had the vehicle towed to my son's garage, where he replaced the front passenger side axel, that indeed had snapped in half. This happened as I was turning onto busy rt 27 in sharon, MA. Now I'm worried that the drivers side axel could snap in half while I'm driving my vehicle.
When accelerating from a stop, I heard a loud bang followed by a buzzing/grinding sound. The engine was still running but the car would not move forward or in reverse. The car was towed to my mechanic who told me the axel had snapped at the location of a vibration damper.
The passenger side axle snapped in two inside the rubber damper weight at its center. As Honda forums on the internet show, this is becoming more common as Fits age. The damper is held in place by only one stainless steel clamp ( at its lower end). Since water and salt can enter its upper end, without a clamp there, it stays in the space between the axle and damper and the corrosion begins. Even aftermarket manufacturers have diagnosed the problem and left the damper off their axles. When this break happened the vehicle was starting off from a stop and turning right on a city street.
The car has approximately 118,000 < miles. I was stopped at a red light that led to a highway. When the light turned green, I pressed the accelerator and heard a loud bang. The engine was running but the car did not move.I had the car brought to a Honda dealership. Upon their inspection, I was told both front axles were broken. According to the service rep, one axle disintegrated and the other had a noticeable crack in it. I requested the damaged components be saved for an investigation isn't this a safety concern" what if this happened while I was driving on the highway"
The left front axle shaft broke in June 2018, with 89,032 odometer miles, and the right axle shaft broke December 3, 2019 with 105,436 miles. In the most recent instance I was stopped on a hill, with a car behind me, and when I tried to accelerate the axle broke and my car started rolling backwards. I applied the brakes quickly enough to avoid hitting the car behind me. In the first instance my wife was driving the car miles from home where she was stranded until a tow truck could be called. My mechanic says he is seeing this with some frequency on Honda Fits, and it seems to be the result of rust where Honda installs a rubber vibration damper at the axle. The potential for a serious incident is obvious if the car were to lose propulsion on a busy highway at high speed, or where the car suddenly starts to roll backwards as I experienced. And apparently this is becoming a common problem with the Honda Fit, and maybe other models with the same design.the repair of both axles have cost us a total of $740.
Car was stopped in a roundabout. Upon accelerating there was a loud clunk and the car quit moving under it's own power. The passenger side drive axle had snapped underneath the vibration dampner. Examination of the broken axle shows extreme rust had occurred under the vibration dampner reducing the axle's diameter and thus weakening the axle.
Stopped at red light. When green I had barely put foot on gas when I heard"clunk" and felt something drop.could not move forward. Front driver side axel broke. Only 74K miles and car lives in garage. No accident, not even large potholes. Never knocked out of alignment. Busy intersection so police came to direct traffic. I see other identical complaints online. I am worried the other side will break when I am on the highway!
Moving forward after red light stop; heard a "clunk" and something dropped. Could not move forward. I only have 74,000 miles on car and it lives in my garage. No accidents and although we have potholes in ne I have never hit a bad one that even knocked the alignment out. I was in the middle of a dangerous intersection when this happened! police had to come to direct traffic around me. I'm now worried this could happen on the highway!!
While driving home at the end of the day, the car started to lurch around 20 mph while driving straight in a parking lot and on city streets. This had never happened before. The lurching continued for the next 3 miles until I got home. Couldn't take it to the Honda dealer because service dept was closed. The next day, the mil indicator came on when I started the car. However, there was no lurching around 20 mph while driving on city streets to the Honda dealer. Honda found two codes: (1) P0456 evap system small leak and (2) P0847 transmission fluid pressure switch B (3rd clutch) (short or stuck on). Honda troubleshooted and stated in their paperwork "found evap gas cap has not have the updated gas cap. Also found the transmission 3rd pressure switch is stuck on. Recommend to replace the gas cap and the transmission 3rd pressure switch." I asked if work was covered under any warranty and was told no. Quoted repair cost of $160 (for item 1) and $650 (for item 2). Didn't expect these types of problems with a Honda car.
At sustained highways speeds of 70-75mph, with the outdoor temperature above 87 deg. F, vehicle wheels intermittently veered, taking the vehicle out of the lane rapidly, and without any feedback on the steering wheel. This occurred on both freshly paved interstate highways and older pavement, with no wind present. It occurred several hundred times during a 2-3 hour road trip, forcing a speed of 50mph for safety, despite the much higher speed limit. At higher speeds it would occur every 1-2 seconds, requiring extreme Focus and insanely rapid reflexes to prevent a crash. The dealership was unable to replicate the problem a week later when the weather was cooler. It recurred when the heat wave returned, and sometimes shows up at speeds as low as 45mph. Simultaneously occurring symptoms: * the steering becomes much looser, going from a sensitivity of 1/4" on the steering wheel to requiring a full inch of movement to affect the wheels whatsoever. * ever 20 seconds, a 'african rain-stick' like sound occurs from the dash air vents, and lasts 3-4 seconds.
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- East Walpole, MA, USA