general problems of the 2013 Honda FIT

While my wife was coming to a stop in a parking space, the car suddenly accelerated and jumped over the curb into a pedestrian walkway. The car could not be stopped with the brake and continued moving over the walkway. Afraid that the car would hit a pedestrian or crash into cars on the busy street ahead, she was ready to stop the car by crashing it into a concrete column. Fortunately, she removed the key and the car stopped. A similar incident occurred in 2014 when the car suddenly accelerated while I was? ??coming ?to a stop ?at a traffic light. In order to avoid hitting the car in front of me, I stopped by removing the key. Then I drove the car to the dealer. A master mechanic checked? ?the car but could not duplicate the problem. In 2020, the car again accelerated suddenly while ?stopping at a traffic light. I stopped the car immediately but did not report the incident. After the third incident?,? we contacted the dealer and stated that we did not want to drive the car ever again because we did not want to risk injuring ourselves or others. We had the car towed to the dealer to be checked. The dealer could not duplicate the problem and they demonstrated safety features of the car that prevent the? accelerator? from overpowering the brake. We were not convinced since we use the same foot to operate the accelerator and the brake. Therefore, when the foot is on the brake, nothing is pushing the accelerator. The engine was accelerating by itself, possibly by the engine control software. We then initiated a case with american Honda. We were later informed by an american Honda case manager that their field technical specialist had determined that “the vehicle is functioning according to Honda’s specifications” and that Honda was not going to investigate further. The local dealer agreed to buy the car at market price.

2013 Honda Fit with a 1,000 miles, bough it new, is now hesitating on acceleration, then it like it takes a big gulp of gas and is fine. Happened on more than one occasion. Roads were flat and only always happens after I stop then accelerate. Does not do this all the time, but when making a turn with oncoming cars, it could be very dangerous. Do not feel comfortable driving as I never know when this is going to happen.

The contact owns a 2013 Honda Fit. The contact stated that while parking, the vehicle surged forward and crashed into a concrete barrier. The contact mentioned that the vehicle went over the sidewalk but was she able to engage the brakes before the vehicle crashed into a building. The contact did not file a police report and no injuries were reported. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20.

I was entering a parking place at approximately 3 mph, trying to adjust the angle of entry. When I stepped on the accelerator the car bolted forward. I applied the brake but the acceleration was too fast to keep the brake from stopping the car from colliding with the guard rail. The impact caused the air bags to eject. The hood was dented, the right fender and bumper were disengaged from the body and the right headlight was broken. The repair came to over $10,000. If the guard rail hadn't stopped the car it would have gone over from the 6th floor to the 5th floor. Fortunately my passenger and I were not injured due to the air bags ejecting. My concern with this car is that the accelerator pedal is too "touchy. " the dealer had his mechanic check the car after it was fixed declaring that this was the nature of that model. Had I known that I would not have purchased the car. I'm still wary about driving the car three months later.