2019 Honda Fit problems
NHTSA has received 196 complaints about the 2019 Honda Fit, and 28% of them involve fuel system. Next are electrical system (25%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 196 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 12,000 miles 47 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 | 33 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 47 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 12,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 17,000 miles (12 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2019 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Honda Fit with enough data (164 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 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 2019 honda fit. Contact stated pulling into a parking spot with foot on the brake, slowing to a stop, when she was almost at a complete stop the vehicle inadvertently lurched forward. The vehicle collided with a cement pole in a parking garage. The air bags deployed as a result of the collision. The vehicle was deemed a total loss due to the damage. The contact stated that she had no control of the vehicle.
I was very slowly turning into a parking spot with my foot on the brake, nearly stopped, when the car suddenly lunged forward propelling the car into a cement foundation with such force as to deploy the airbag and severely damage the car (it was later declared a total loss by the insurance company). I felt like the car was out of my control, as though it had a mind of its own. My foot was firmly on the brake and not touching the gas pedal. The car was nearly stopped when this happened.
Fuel injector failure at 8770 miles. Originally dealer believed it was a cylinder misfiring and replaced cylinder #2. When the problem reoccurred within the same month, they replaced 1 of the fuel injectors.
Miller honda, my dealer got a notice of recall on 5/29/2020 for important safety recall defect in my model of car"fuel pump module impellers may absorb excessive fuel and deform causing car to stop while in motion causing a car crash. Also, will fail inspection. Parts will not be available they say until possibly end of summer. This is unacceptable and I want to return the car and my money refunded by honda motors on the lease I've been paying on.