Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2007 Honda Fit submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WENT TO PARK CAR IN PARKING LOT APPLIED BRAKE, CAR ACCELERATED WENT OVER CURB DOWN HILL AND HIT TELEPHONE POLL. TRIED TO APPLY BRAKE BUT CAR KEPT ACCELERATING WOULD NOT STOP, *TR
I WAS POSITIONING MY CAR OUTSIDE MY OFFICE FOR LOADING. I BACKED IN, THEN PUT THE CAR IN 'D(RIVE)' TO INCH FORWARD A BIT. BEFORE I COULD STEP ON THE GAS, THE CAR ACCELERATED AND WITH ENGINE RACING HEADED TOWARD A HIGH CURB BEYOND WHICH STOOD A LARGE, MATURE TREE. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL; THE PEDAL WENT LIMPLY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT AFFECT. AT THE SAME TIME I SHIFTED INTO N(EUTRAL), AGAIN WITHOUT AFFECT. I GRABBED FOR THE HAND BRAKE BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE CAR JUMPED THE HIGH CURB AND PLOUGHED INTO THE TREE. KNOWING THAT MY FOOT HAD NOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE AND ONTO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, I CHECKED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE NUMEROUS SIMILAR STORIES ABOUT THE HONDA FIT COVERING A DECADE! MY FEAR IS THAT HONDA WILL NOT TAKE THIS PRODUCT DEFECT SERIOUSLY UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED!
I DROVE INTO MY DRIVEWAY TO PARK IN OUR CAR PORT. AS I APPROACHED THE CAR PORT THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. I APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT IT DID NOT EVEN SLOW DOWN. THE CAR WENT OVER A 8 INCH BY 4 INCH BARRIER AT THE FRONT OF THE CAR PORT, CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED AS IT WENT THROUGH A SMALL GARDEN, THEN IT KNOCKED DOWN OUR PRIVACY FENCE. ALL DURING THIS TIME I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKE. THE CAR THEN WENT ABOUT 60 FEET THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORS YARD AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE NEXT HOUSES' PRIVACY FENCE AND WENT ANOTHER 6 FEET AND FINALLY STOPPED WHEN IT HIT THE HOUSE. THE AIR BAGS NEVER RELEASED. *TR
AFTER COLD START THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WERE LIT ON DASHBOARD. THEY WENT AWAY AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TWICE. THE LIGHTS WERE OFF DURING THE DRIVING AND BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY. SUBSEQUENT STARTING WAS UNREMARKABLE. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR POOR QUALITY FLUID IN THE SYSTEM. CAN BE A FIRST SIGN OF ABS UNIT FAILURE (BAD PUMP MOTOR). *TR
ACCELERATED OUT OF AN INTERSECTION, FROM A STOP AT A STOP SIGN, CAR LOST POWER, STEERING...COASTED ACROSS INTERSECTION TO A STOP. CALLED FOR A TOW. WHILE WAITING, ATTEMPTED TO START CAR-IT STARTED. DROVE HOME AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER, EXAMINED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM TO FIX. SAME PROBLEM JUST OCCURRED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES PER HOUR. CAR SUDDENLY LOST STEERING/POWER. GOT CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD. AGAIN, IT RESTARTED ON ITS OWN AFTER A FEW MINUTES. WEATHER CONDITIONS COLD AND DRY. *TR
AFTER COMING TO A STOP, WHEN START TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE STALLS. THEN HAS HARD TIME STARTING BACK UP. HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH ALMOST BEING T-BONED AS THE CAR STALLED AFTER TRYING TO COMPLETE A LEFT HAND TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP. *TR
APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE TIME MY 2007 HONDA FIT IS FIRST STARTED, THE POWER BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR. WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK NORMALLY. *TR
BRAKES WHEN OUT, SERPENTINE BELT BADLY CRACKED, AND LEAKING COOLANT. *TR
I WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND A NEW 2007 HONDA ACCORD WITH THE NEW LED BRAKE LIGHTS AT NIGHT. WHEN THE DRIVER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES AND LEDS ARE SO BRIGHT THAT IT GAVE ME INSTANT EYE STRAIN PAIN IN MY EYES. I ALSO COULD NOT SEE AROUND THE VEHICLE OR TO THE SIDES. THOSE LEDS ARE WAY TOO BRIGHT AND ARE BLINDING AT NIGHT. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTICED THE SAME THING. EVEN DURING THE DAY, THEY ARE ANNOYING AT BEST. *NM
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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