GVWR: Class 1B: 3,001 - 4,000 lb (1,360 - 1,814 kg)
Make: HONDA
Manufacturer: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
Manufacturer Id: 987
Model: Fit
Model Year: 2011
Other Restraint System Info: Rear Side Curtain Air bag (Rr R/L outer positions). Rear Seat Belt (Rr center position)
Plant City: Sayama
Plant Country: Japan
Plant State: Saitama
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Valve Train Design: Single Overhead Cam (SOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HONDA FIT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG WAS TURNED OFF WITHOUT ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THE SEAT WHICH SHOULD ONLY OCCUR WHEN SOMEONE UNDER 80 POUNDS WAS IN THE SEAT. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ALSO REPLACED THE SEAT, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8200.
2011
AIR BAGS
THE CAR IN FRONT STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE OF ANOTHER DRIVER SWERVING TO EXIT. THIS CAUSED MY CAR TO REAR-END THE VEHICLE THAT WAS STOPPED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!! UPON LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE AFTER THE ACCIDENT, YOU COULD SEE THAT BOTH AIRBAG SENSORS WERE PHYSICALLY PUSHED BACK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEY WERE BOTH CLEARLY HIT, YET NEITHER DEPLOYED THE AIRBAGS. THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY. WITH THAT SAID, WHAT GOOD ARE AIRBAGS IF THEY DON'T DEPLOY? ESPECIALLY IN A SEVERE FRONT-END COLLISION? MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. *TR