FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda FIT

Owners have filed 2,742 complaints about the Honda FIT with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2020. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2007 Honda FIT

446 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2020 Honda FIT

51 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda FIT year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2020 B 51 1 0 7,261 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 C 194 14 1 12,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 D 169 8 0 28,850 Fuel & Propulsion
2017 B 59 0 0 28,500 Fuel & Propulsion
2016 C 148 6 0 36,000 Electrical System
2015 D 373 21 1 47,000 Electrical System
2013 D 215 24 6 29,936 Airbags
2012 C 130 9 0 46,900 Airbags
2011 C 128 11 1 68,333 Airbags
2010 D 218 30 1 41,000 Airbags
2009 D 331 26 4 60,500 Airbags
2008 D 280 43 2 77,000 Airbags
2007 F 446 35 9 62,000 Steering

What breaks on a Honda FIT

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 538 19.6%

Worst in 2009

Electrical System 404 14.7%

Worst in 2015

Engine & Cooling 231 8.4%

Worst in 2015

Steering 213 7.8%

Worst in 2007

Body & Structure 197 7.2%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2015

Lights 108 3.9%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2008

Brakes 72 2.6%

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2009

Worst in 2018

Seats 40 1.5%

Worst in 2007

Exactly what failed on a Honda FIT

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 140 59.8%
Assist 13 5.6%
Adaptive Cruise Control 13 5.6%
Frontal 12 5.1%
Automatic Emergency Braking 11 4.7%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 11 4.7%
Pressure Monitoring AND Regulating Systems 9 3.8%
Headlights 9 3.8%
Warning 8 3.4%
Warnings 8 3.4%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda FIT, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2006 peak 97 Aug 2026

Honda FIT problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda FIT

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.