2020 Honda Fit: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 35 complaints about the 2020 Honda Fit and NHTSA has issued 4 recall campaigns. The most-reported system is electrical system, named in 7 of them.

35
Complaints
4
Recalls
1
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
1
Injuries
34.3
Severity index

Severity index 34.3 - Low. 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: 34.3p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2020 Honda Fit sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Electrical SystemElectrical System: 7 complaints (20.0%)7 20%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 7 complaints (20.0%)7 20%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 7 complaints (20.0%)7 20%EngineEngine: 6 complaints (17.1%)6 17%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 4 complaints (11.4%)4 11%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 3 complaints (8.6%)3 9%Air BagsAir Bags: 3 complaints (8.6%)3 9%Visibility/WiperVisibility/Wiper: 2 complaints (5.7%)2 6%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM720.0%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE720.0%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER720.0%
ENGINE617.1%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM411.4%
LANE DEPARTURE38.6%
AIR BAGS38.6%
VISIBILITY/WIPER25.7%

Complaints filed per year

06112021: 52022: 32023: 42024: 112025: 72026: 5 (partial year)21222324112526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20215
20223
20234
202411
20257
2026 (year to date)5
Complaint volume is rising - the last three years carry 2.8x the filings of the three before them, which usually signals a wear-related defect surfacing with age.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
23V04600002/02/2023BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTIONHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Fit and 2019-2022 HR-V vehicles. The rearview camera image may not display when the engine is started with a key, due to a design error in the audio display power circuit. As such, these vehicles fail to comply wit
24V06400001/02/2024AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2020-2022 Pilot, Accord, Civic sedan, HR-V, Odyssey, 2020 Civic coupe, Fit, 2021-2022 Civic hatchback, 2021 Civic Type R, Insight, 2020-2021 CR-V, CR-V Hybrid, Passport, Ridgeline, Accord Hybrid, 2020 Acura MDX, 2022 Acura MDX
24V38400031/05/2024BACK OVER PREVENTION:DISPLAY FUNCTIONHonda (America Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2020 Fit and 2019-2022 HR-V vehicles that were previously recalled under NHTSA recall number 23V-046. The rearview camera image may not display when the engine is started with a key, due to a design error in the audio dis
26V33200021/05/2026AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGERHonda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-
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.