YearsTell

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Honda Fit 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.43 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 34 complaints filed in the first three years, of 217 ever. 95% lower bound 0.28.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.4334
20090.7253
20100.5936
20110.2112
20120.4826
20130.7237
20151.1665
20160.4826
20170.116
20180.4017
20190.8530
20200.248

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 57 complaints

parts distribution1934%
distribution disconnect1934%
distribution1934%
disconnect1934%
recall notification1730%
experienced parts1628%

When it breaks

18% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 74,000 miles, from 151 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 15 complaints about this component over roughly 2 months before an investigation opened.

Low Beam Headlights

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10227802 · 10246846 · 10252292 · 10253664 · 10254635 · 10259790

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.