2009 Honda Fit air bags problems
104 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 2009 Honda Fit, which is 31% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 104 31% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air bags problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 20 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 30% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 13 crashes, 14 injuries.
What owners wrote
"takata recall" we got into a car accident all the airbags deployed and exploded my god daughter was hurt but not by the accident but by the airbags that burned my goddaughters face (nose, eye and lip) burned her shoulder. A friend of mine was driving my vehicle she ran a stop sign that was not visible due to the lighting and also all of the trees right infront of it. She didn't know of see the stop sign she ran it and got hit front passenger side.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 honda fit. While the contact was driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle rear-ended the vehicle in front of him. There were no personal injuries. A police report was not filed for the incident. There was a deployment of the front passenger side airbag. However, the other air bag systems in the vehicle failed to deploy with the level of impact. The vehicle has not been repaired at this time. There were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 9,000.
Other problems reported for the 2009 Honda Fit
- Steering 47 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 33 complaints
- Electrical system 23 complaints
- Engine 20 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 19 complaints