general problems of the 2011 Honda FIT

Both right and left drive shafts went bad at the same time. The failure was diagnosed and repaired by envision Honda of milpitas. I asked how can the drive shafts be bad at 98000miles. The advisor told me this is normal and the car is old. After I searched online, the drive shafts shouldn’t fail in 98000 miles. I also found many people have the same problem also around 98000miles.

Driver parked 2011 Honda Fit in driveway. Ignition off car in 1st gear. After ~ 4 min. Car began slowly rolling backward down driveway, rolling over curb and stopped upon impact w. Tree. Impact caused damage to left rear bumper, crushed left rear brake light and wheel well. Left side panels pushed forward, shifting left side frame of car toward front of car. Inspecting car at site of impact, driver verified ignition remained off and gear shift remained in 1st gear position. Car was not driveable, requiring car to be towed from site. Thankfully neighborhood children were not playing in path of car and car did not enter major intersection where it would likely have caused a serious if not fatal accident.

Driver's side axle broke resulting in complete loss of propulsion. Passenger side axle showing similar symptoms. Both axles had to be replaced to resume safe and normal function. Absolutely no warning, had regular maintenance done and just driven car cross-country (wv->wa) 2 weeks prior without incident. Car is 2011 Honda Fit with ~70k miles on it, regularly maintained at dealer and up until the incident I was completely satisfied with the vehicle. I have included the card from the spd with the incident number, the receipt from Honda of seattle for the work, the receipt for my payment, and a photograph of the old axles showing the break. I have retained them in case they would be relevant for investigative purposes and would be happy to turn them over. Incident occurred eastbound at 1st Ave s and yesler in downtown seattle while resuming forward motion from sitting at a stop light. . Read more...

Broken or fractured passenger cv axel.

One year ago an axle broke on my 2011 Honda Fit. I had it replaced. Today the other axle broke. I looked online and it appears this is not an uncommon problem. In both cases, it happened when I made a fairly hard u-turn and shifted into reverse to complete a three point turn. I'm assuming the extra force on the shaft had to do with having the wheels turned hard and then attempting to reverse them, perhaps while they were still moving. Regardless, this seems like something that shouldn't happen so easily on a car that's not that old.

While stopped at a traffic light in town (luckily - and not on a turnpike or highway) my car suddenly came to a jarring halt when I accelerated when the light turned green. Two strangers helped me push the car across traffic to a parking lot and I had to call aaa for a tow to a local auto repair. The axle had snapped because of the rubber vibration diminisher which traps water and debris then this accumulation rusts the axle and compromises its integrity. Very dangerous because I had just come off of a 4 lane highway and could have caused a pileup if I had suddenly stopped on that highway. I checked the internet and discovered that this seems to be a problem with lots of Honda Fit models.

Stopped at intersection. Started to proceed by taking foot off brake & pressing on gas & there was a loud thud & no forward motion. Placed in park, then back in drive. In drive engine revs, and there is a high pitched noise, but no forward motion. Had to call tow truck. Mechanic replaced the driver side axel shaft assembly, as axel was broken. Mechanic stated that rust had formed under a plastic Fitting midway on the shaft, and this was the second one he replaced that week.

Stopped at intersection. Lifted foot off brake, started to go and car stopped. It made a clank. The engine clicking but not engaging in drive. A bystander pushed my car (in neutral) off the road. Had car towed and fixed where I learned it was front left axle.

While driving the car started making humming noise, it got louder the faster it went, took it to garden state Honda in passaic nu and they said it was the wheel bearings on both sides, when I asked if it was under warranty they told me no and it will cost $800 and it would take a week because they would have too order the parts. I was moving to florida and when I got there I called delray beach Honda and they told me that the bearings are covered under the drive train warranty, so I took the car in and they replaced the bearings and also replaced a bad driver side axle. The bearings and axle replacement at 35,00 miles in my opinion is unacceptable considering I drive follow the maintenance strictly and I am very easy on the car.