2012 Honda Fit problems
NHTSA has received 130 complaints about the 2012 Honda Fit, and 32% of them involve air bags. Next are steering (12%) and drivetrain & axles (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 130 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 47,000 miles 86 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 | 29 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 9 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 13 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 86 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 47,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2012 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Honda Fit with enough data (88 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 11 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 owns a 2012 honda fit. While driving 40 MPH, the brakes failed and the contact rear ended the preceding vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained left leg injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision lot where it was repaired for the damage. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v061000 (air bags). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 64,970.
Takata recall- went to dealership to get my air bag replace, which they did't have needed to be order and waited 6 weeks. On october the 09, 2016 I was on a vehicle accident driving 25 miles and hour the right side tire hit and embankment and damaged my car for a total loss. The deployment of the airbag hit my chest with such force that my sternum was fracture and bruise through out my chest. I have being having severe pain for the past three weeks.
I scheduled an appointment for safety recall repairs with sheehy honda of alexandria, va. Sheehy honda refused to conduct repairs for federal motor safety standard recall no. 126, "electronic stability control systems,' indicating they had no record of my vehicle needing this repair.
I thought my daughter needed balance & alignment, however instead we had to replace the right lower control arm & ball joint. Imagine my surprise when I was told that a vehicle less than 50k miles-never involved in a accident, good condition required this kind of work! It's only 3 yrs old! I called the honda dealer (in case there was a recall that I was unaware of) nope-no recall. My mechanic told me this was certainly a factory defect!