Body problems of the 2017 Honda FIT

Three problems related to body have been reported for the 2017 Honda FIT. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Honda FIT based on all problems reported for the 2017 FIT.

1 Body problem

Failure Date: 05/22/2025

My wife's wedding finger was nearly amputated near the fingertip from our 2017 Honda Fit , it happened when she was getting out of the car and I was closing the electric windows on may 22 2025, luckily we had lots of napkins in the glove box to catch all of the blood,we went to emergency room and finger was x-ray'd and found out it was broken, they had to cut off wedding ring, er doctor stitched back together, prescribed antibiotics, and told her she needed to see a orthopedic surgeon in a week to do repairs I called and reported this to Honda corp. And they said they would call and setup time to inspect vehicle, still have not received call yet there were no warnings or messages.

2 Body problem

Failure Date: 05/09/2023

Chipping paint from the hood and drivers por and all four passenger doors have chipped paint and the bare metal is exposed. Started happening a couple months after I bought the vehicle and progressively getting worse. I have taken it to the dealer at checkered Honda of virginia. They said this car didn’t have any paint recalls but they mentioned some Honda civics and accords had paint issues.

3 Body problem

Failure Date: 11/26/2017

The panel under the oil pan fell off. The fastening clips are missing and this design is flawed. Many other consumers also complained about losing fasteners on this panel.


Other Structure related problems of the 2017 Honda FIT

Body problems
3
Paint problems
2
Structure problems
1


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