2013 Honda Fit problems
NHTSA has received 215 complaints about the 2013 Honda Fit, and 43% of them involve air bags. Next are electrical system (10%) and engine (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 215 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 43% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 24 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 32 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 30,000 miles 116 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 | 45 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 31 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 116 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 30,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 18,000 miles (22 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 24 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 32 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2013 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Honda Fit with enough data (169 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 10 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.
My 2013 honda fit caught fire on 14jun2016. The cause of the fire remains unknown, but it should be noted that there have been recalls having to do with fires with this vehicle. I was driving on the nj turnpike, and while I was in the car, the vehicle's engine began smoking, there was a fire on the passenger side as well as on the floor in the rear of the vehicle between the driver/passenger seats and the back seats.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 honda fit. While the vehicle was attempting to merge, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. As a result, the contact sustained permanent neck and shoulder injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the front windshield, undercarriage, and hatchback needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired.
Spark plugs blew out they were not torqued correctly. Honda knows and has known about this problem since at least july of 2016 (according the their technical service bulletins . Honda has not even sent out letters to customers that have these 2013 honda fits. I leased the car in april of 2014 in january 2017 while driving on the freeway it suddenly would not accelerate and I was almost hit by a semi. This is a safety issue
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 honda fit. While driving at unknown speeds and making a left turn, the accelerator pedal was applied, but failed to engage. The vehicle stalled and an abnormal banging noise was heard. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was informed that the axle was rusty and fractured. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.