BMW 3 Series vs Honda FIT

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	BMW 3 Series	Honda FIT
Complaints on file	1,149	2,742
Model years covered	1986–2013	2007–2020
Worst model year	2007	2007
Best model year	2012	2020
Crashes reported	49	228
Fires reported	32	25
Injuries reported	40	157
Deaths reported	0	0
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	10.5%	15%

BMW 3 Series by year

3 1 3 3 6 4 6 111 49 40 67 93 29 288 190 93 74 43 1 11 34

86 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 270 23.5%

Electrical System 146 12.7%

Engine & Cooling 98 8.5%

Lights 94 8.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 67 5.8%

Body & Structure 67 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 52 4.5%

Steering 49 4.3%

Honda FIT by year

446 280 331 218 128 130 215 373 148 59 169 194 51

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 538 19.6%

Electrical System 404 14.7%

Engine & Cooling 231 8.4%

Steering 213 7.8%

Body & Structure 197 7.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 193 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 189 6.9%

Other & Unspecified 177 6.5%