2010 Honda Fit problems
NHTSA has received 221 complaints about the 2010 Honda Fit, and 38% of them involve air bags. Next are electrical system (9%) and steering (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 221 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 38% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 33 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 33 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 41,000 miles 125 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 44 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 17 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 14 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 125 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 41,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 42,000 miles (17 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 33 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 33 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Honda Fit with enough data (87 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 12 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 honda fit. While driving approximately 55 MPH the driver crashed into a pole and proceeded to crash into a tree located behind the pole. The vehicle rolled over and exploded into flames. The engine detached from the vehicle. The fire and police department reported to the scene and filed a report. The driver sustained burns to sixty percent of his body and a fractured right arm. The driver was transported to the hospital by ambulance.
I was hit on driver side by a older honda accord model vehicle year 2000 body type; the accord was making a left turn on a green light that just changed from red, so he wasn't going fast (im assuming) when he hit me while I was passing the intersection at about 49MPH. I want to report the vehicle that I was driving is unsafe and handled poorly, lost total control, brakes and steering locked, rolled over four to five times hitting a traffic light pole; the stability of vehicle is very poor and engine, transmission…
A spark plug came out of cylinder head while driving. This damaged the cylinder head and ignition system. Fuel economy suffered. It allowed exhauset fumes to be drawn into the passenger compartment causing nausea and dizziness.
Ignition and key has problems with key sticking and lock and unlocking doors with key not inserting and not unlocking doors, poor design and honda knows it jut just ignores the problems