2015 Honda Fit: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 281 complaints about the 2015 Honda Fit and NHTSA has issued 4 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is electrical system, named in 114 of them.

281
Complaints
4
Recalls
12
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
15
Injuries
61.9
Severity index

Severity index 61.9 - Medium. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 61.9p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2015 Honda Fit sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 143 2015 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2015 Honda Fit ranks 78 of 143 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 45% of its model-year peers. See the full 2015 ranking.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 114 complaints (40.6%)114 41%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 41 complaints (14.6%)41 15%EngineEngine: 40 complaints (14.2%)40 14%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 39 complaints (13.9%)39 14%Power TrainPower Train: 37 complaints (13.2%)37 13%StructureStructure: 21 complaints (7.5%)21 7%Air BagsAir Bags: 15 complaints (5.3%)15 5%Seat BeltsSeat Belts: 12 complaints (4.3%)12 4%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM11440.6%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM4114.6%
ENGINE4014.2%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER3913.9%
POWER TRAIN3713.2%
STRUCTURE217.5%
AIR BAGS155.3%
SEAT BELTS124.3%

Complaints filed per year

022452014: 142015: 192016: 152017: 172018: 242019: 452020: 452021: 232022: 222023: 162024: 152025: 142026: 12 (partial year)1415161718194520212223242526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
201414
201519
201615
201717
201824
201945
202045
202123
202222
202316
202415
202514
2026 (year to date)12
Complaint volume is declining, consistent with a defect that was addressed by recall or that affected early builds.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
15V57400015/09/2015POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2014-2015 Civic vehicles manufactured January 16, 2014, to November 6, 2014 and 2015 Fit vehicles manufactured March 12, 2014, to May 12, 2015. The software settings that control the transmission operation may resu
15V69700023/10/2015STRUCTUREHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Fit LX-trim vehicles manufactured April 11, 2014, to July 02, 2015 and not equipped with a sunroof. In the affected vehicles, the rear grab handle brackets were not manufactured properly, and as a result,
15V55900003/09/2015ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITIONHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain model year 2015 Fit vehicles manufactured December 6, 2013, to August 28, 2014. The affected vehicles may experience damage to the wires inside the Plug Top Ignition Coils (PTC) due to improper protection against electrical n
14V56300030/07/2014AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOWAmerican Honda Motor Co. (Honda) is recalling certain model year 2015 Honda Fit vehicles manufactured April 11, 2014, to June 9, 2014. The affected vehicles may have been assembled with an A-pillar interior cover designed for vehicles without side curtain air bags.
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.