2011 Honda Fit: sudden loss of power

Filed Jul 10, 2020 · Engine · 135,000 miles · MO

Spark plug blowout, threads ripped on cylinder 3. Car lost power and ejected spark plug on highway.

Filed Sep 13, 2019 · Electrical · 60,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda fit. While the vehicle was driving at any speed, the electrical system shut off, the steering lost power, and the headlights shut off. The system restarted a few minutes later. The failure recurred more often when the heater or air conditioner were activated. There was no warning indicator illuminated. The contact called dch honda of nanuet at 845- 367-4380 (located at 10 ny-304, nanuet, ny 10954) and was informed to bring the vehicle in for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. A case number was provided. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

Filed Aug 2, 2019 · Transmission · 44,615 miles · IL

Honda fit 2011 on 7/18/19 I was driving west on golf road in niles, il. As I made a left turn at the light, the fit made a noise which sounded like I had driven over a metal barrel. The car lost power and drifted into a strip mall parking lot. Someone helped me push it out of the way of incoming traffic. After having it towed, my mechanic discovered that the driver-side driveshaft had corroded, especially under the rubber damper, and had completely broken through. Also, the passenger-side driveshaft had corroded in the same place, and was beginning to wear through. (I sent two photos of the two driveshafts to the federal safety agency.webmaster @dot.gov today.) I am a 75 year old careful driver, no accidents, no moving violations on my record. The car had just 44,615 miles on it and has been well maintained regularly since I bought it. I spoke to the service director at my honda dealership, who said "in my opinion, the axle should never break." if this defect is appearing in other honda fits, the car should be recalled. Cost to me: $396.78 for two new driveshafts, and $295 for labor.. And, by the way, I could have been hit by oncoming traffic, and I could have been killed.

Filed May 6, 2019 · Steering · 75,000 miles · FL

Electronic power steering (eps) cuts out and back in at unpredictable times causing steering to become stiff and unsafe. The eps indicator comes momentarily when assisted steering is not available and turns off when power steering is restored. It happens periodically under all different driving conditions. This loosing and regaining assisted power steering happens with in seconds. If cornering when this occurs, the loss of powering steering causes severe understeering followed by severe oversteering when power steering is returned (all within the same cornering maneuver). First noticed just prior to getting the takata recall performed; honda dealer stated there was nothing wrong with the steering because they "could not find any codes". Did not notice this problem too much again till recently when it started occurring so frequently the car is unsafe to drive. The owner's manual states there is only a problem with eps if the warning light stays on. Honda dealers are 'unaware of any issues' although honda has had eps issues with the fit as documented in the federal safety agency complaints as well as honda service bulletin 14-058 (dealing with earlier model fits). When I recently contacted honda and asked about the problem they stated they have no info on defects and basically it sucks to be me. Because there are supposedly no stored diagnostic trouble codes (dtc) with this known issue it cannot be ruled out as a cause of accidents. It seems any and all honda fit accidents (especially involving fatalities or sever injuries) it would be circumspect to consider the unpredictable loss of power steering, which causes over and under correction in cornering.

Filed Jul 27, 2016 · Steering · 585,000 miles · CA

Lost power steering while driving on the hwy in my 2011 honda fit with about 58,500 miles driven.. Had car parked in the sun for several hours with ambient temperature of 92f, got in and drove home, had radio on, A/C on, gas level close to the empty indicator ("e")., and within 5 minutes of driving, was on the freeway at that time, the electric power assisted steering functionality failed. I almost lost control of vehicle, steering was heavy and difficult, no lights illuminated to indicate a problem, was able to stay in # 1 lane till I reached home. When I started the car the following day, and power assist functionality was magically restored. I visited the local honda dealership service department and service representative claimed that he has not heard of such problems with the honda fit, even for earlier years when I asked specifically. Service representative was not even interested in hooking up any devices to see if information can be retrieved from the computer in the car.

Filed Jun 8, 2015 · Engine · 80,000 miles · CA

Today 06/08/2015 I got my car back from my local mechanic after major service @93000 miles. He told me 3 out of 4 spark plugs in the engine were loose(they were only hand-tight): one was secured, one was almost out of the engine and blacked out, and two of them were half way in. That correlated an incidence august 2014 when I was driving on the freeway. My honda fit suddenly lost power to no more than 20mph. I got it towed to dealer and they told me one of the spark plug was completely blown out of the engine, along with the ignition coil. The mileage back then was about 80,000 and I never had any major service nor even opening up the engine block by anyone. Spark plug service is 100,000 mile interval and I did only oil change in last 3 years before the incidence. Dealer (diamond honda, city of industry, ca) had the engine head re-threaded and agreed to pay 70% of the total cost. However I found out today that apparently all spark plugs were loose even when the car left the factory! The dealer did not take a close look when they serviced it last year. That is why one plug is still intacted and secured in the head while other 3 were only hand-tighten. Please investigate or inform other fit owner that this year or probably other year fits have hand-tighten spark plugs that can lead to sudden loss of power. My incidence last year almost got me into serious accident while I was on california crazy highway.

Filed Nov 15, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 9,265 miles · FL

After driving 20 miles through traffic with 1/2 tank gas and radiator temperature ok, no warning lights showing: turned right at intersection and lost all engine power (no throttle response), then all lights (headlights and dash). Steering became stiff. We think cd player stayed on. Luckily no nearby traffic and enough momentum to pull into nearby parking lot. Put car in park, turned key off and removed it. Replaced key and car started with lights ok. We've had this car for 1500 miles and this is the first time it's done this.