2018 Honda Fit

I BOUGHT MY 2018 HONDA FIT DURING MARCH 2018 AND ON 21ST OCTOBER 2020 WITH 25K MILES ON IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, STEERING WHEEL, VSA & TIRE PRESSURE LIGHTS CAME ON. IWAS DRIVING AT THE TIME. I YOOK IT TO THE HONDA DEALERSHIP THE VERY NEXT DAY AND THEY DIAGNOSED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THANKFULLY IT WAS STILL UNDER 3 YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY AND THIS WORK WAS COVERED UNDER THE SAME. HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO GIVE ME A ROOT CAUSE ON WHY THE INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WHAT I NEED TO DO GOING FORWARD TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF THIS ISSUE. OVERALL THIS HAS SHAKEN MY TRUST IN THE HONDA BRAND AND I NEED SPECIFICS ON THE POSSIBLE REASONS WHY THIS COULD HAPPEN AND WHAT DO I, AS THE CAR OWNER, NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. I'VE ALWAYS DONE REGULAR MAINTENENCE PER DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDATIONS & HAVE USED TOP TIER DETERGENT GASOLINE (REGULAR GRADE) FROM COSTCO. SHOULD I SWITCH TO PREMIUM GRADE? I USED TO DRIVE AROUND 300 MILES PER WEEK UNTIL MID MARCH 2020 AND DUE TO PANDEMIC INDUCED WORK FROM HOME I'VE NOT DRIVEN MUCH AT ALL. I ALSO USED NON TOP TIER REGULAR GRADE GAS FROM SAM'S THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE THE CAR WAS NOT BEING USED MUCH. COULD THIS BE A REASON?

A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE (NEW) IN FALL OF 2017 I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS SEAT WAS UNCOMFORTABLY WARM. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND THE SERVICE DEPT. COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SEAT HEATER. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER, THAT SERVICE DEPT. TOOK AN EXTENSIVE CHECK AND AGAIN I WAS TOLD ALL WAS WORKING FINE AND THEY FIXED NOTHING. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT SECOND SERVICE THE SEAT WAS COMFORTABLE AND I HAD NO COMPLAINT UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO WHEN THE SEAT AGAIN BECAME UNCOMFORTABLY WARM (WITH THE HEATER ON OFF). I TOOK IT TO THE SECOND DEALERSHIP, THE PERSON IN THE SERVICE DEPT. TOOK THE CAR FOR A DRIVE AROUND TOWN AND SAID THAT THE SEAT "RETAINED MORE HEAT THAN HIS VEHICLE OR OTHERS HE DROVE) HE DIDN'T FEEL ANYTHING WAS WRONG, SO NO ONE WORKED ON CHECKING OUT THE WIRING OR ANYTHING AND IT IS STILL UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE.

WHILE DRIVING ON A LIMITED ACCESS DIVIDED HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH, USING ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, THE CAR SUDDENLY APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING TO ABOUT 30MPH. THERE WERE NO CARS OR OTHER OBJECTS IN FRONT OF OUR CAR. THERE WAS A CAR BEHIND WHO WAS LUCKILY ABLE TO SWERVE AROUND OUR CAR. THE CONDITIONS WERE LIGHT DRIZZLE, DAMP ROAD, 50 DEGREES, AT 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON. AFTER CONTACTING HONDA ,I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD READ PAGE 472 OF THE OWNERS MANUAL THAT STATES TO TURN OFF THE CMBS IN BAD WEATHER. (THIS MANUAL IS NOT SUPPLIED WITH THE CAR. ONLY A150 PAGE MANUAL IS SUPPLIED AND PAGE OF THE MANUAL SAYS NOTHING ABOUT ANY LIMITATIONS OF THIS SYSTEM. *TR

2018 HONDA FIT LX, 1,700 MILES. AFTER ABOUT A 10 MILE URBAN DRIVE IN AROUND 40F WEATHER, I STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND THE ODOMETER/GAS DISPLAY FLICKERED AND THE NUMBERS WERE SCRAMBLED. IT GLITCHED ONE MORE TIME, AND THEN DISAPPEARED AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE. THIS IS A COMMON SAFETY ISSUE FOR 2015+ AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. AS FAR AS MY RESEARCH I DID NOT FIND ANOTHER CASE OF THIS HAPPENING WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE, ONLY THAT IT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN COLD WEATHER. I ALSO READ THAT THE FUSE BOX IS PRONE TO FLOODING AND CAN AFFECT THIS ISSUE, AND IT DID OCCUR AFTER A COUPLE DAYS OF ME DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR USED 3 DAYS AGO AND SO FAR HAVE NOT SEEN THE ISSUE REPEATED, BUT READ THAT IT GETS WORSE OVER TIME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY AND LEGAL ISSUE FOR ODOMETER NOT TO DISPLAY PROPERLY, AND GAS AMOUNT!

LATELY, ON STARTUP IN THE MORNINGS, THE ODOMETER SCREEN HAS BEEN GLITCHING OR CLEARING ENTIRELY. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON THE COLDEST MORNINGS. THE ISSUE CLEARS UP AFTER BEING ON THE ROAD FOR A WHILE, BUT HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET BACK TO NORMAL VARIES BY THE DAY. SOME DAYS THE GLITCH STARTS WHILE THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND WARMING UP. ON OTHER DAYS IT OCCURS ONCE I AM ALREADY A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD.

I WAS ON FM529 IN THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE HEADING TOWARDS THE SOLID GREEN LIGHT, AS I WAS APPROACHING THE LIGHT I STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND NOTICED IN MY LEFT PERIPHERAL VISION A BLACK CAR WAITING TO PULL OUT. I SLOWED DOWN TO 20 MPH WHERE I PROCEEDED TO HEAD TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS BLACK CAR PULLED OUT CROSSED TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC & SIDE SWIPED MY CAR ON MY DRIVER'S SIDE FROM THE FRONT OF THE LEFT BUMPER ACROSS THE LEFT WHEEL WELL ABOVE THE LEFT TIRE, HIT PART OF MY LEFT DOOR AND COMPLETED TURNED MY LEFT MIRROR INWARD SO THAT IT WAS FLUSH WITH MY LEFT WINDOW. THIS BLACK CAR WAS MUCH BIGGER THAN MINE(2014 TOYOTA CAMRY) AND IT DID GIVE ME QUITE A JOLT UPON IMPACT. MY CAR WAS COMPLETELY IN THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE WHEN SHE PULLED OUT OF THE GAS STATION. THE LADY THAT DID THIS WANTED TO LEAVE THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. I SAID NO, BECAUSE I WANTED A POLICE REPORT. SHE ALSO STATED SEVERAL TIMES THAT SHE NEVER SAW ME IN THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE. I CALLED 911 AND TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE. ONE SAID IT WAS NOT WORTH DOING A REPORT BECAUSE THE DAMAGE WAS LESS THAN $1K. HE STATED THIS WHILE HE WAS LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE TO HER CAR NOT MINE. THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR IS ROUGHLY AROUND $2K & HE ALSO STATED THAT IF HE WERE TO WRITE A REPORT UP, THAT OUR CAR INSURANCE WOULD JUMP "SKY HIGH". THERE WERE NO TICKETS GIVEN AT THE TIME. THE LADY AND I AGREED TO HANDLE THIS OUT OF POCKET. I ALSO TOLD THE OFFICERS THAT THE LADY HAD STATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT SHE NEVER SAW ME, BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT ABOUT 7:55 AM. THIS LADY CREATED THE PROBLEM BY NOT LOOKING TO HER RIGHT SIDE AND LOOKING STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF HER BEFORE PULLING OUT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I THINK MY BACK WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS DAMAGED AS IT WAS WORKING JUST FINE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT & NO LONGER WORKS. ALIGNMENT MUST BE CHECKED.

AFTER PARKING AND RETURNING TO VEHICLE, ON START UP, MULTIPLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS WENT OFF. CODE WAS READ AS P0303 ENGINE CYLINDER 3 MISFIRE. CAR ~8000 MILES, ON TAKING TO DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD EXTREME CARBON BUILDUP HAD CAUSED MISFIRES. CAR WAS RETURNED, FUNCTIONED FOR A MONTH. ISSUE REOCCURRED, FUEL INJECTORS, FUEL JOINT PIPE SET, AND FUEL PUMP WERE REPLACED. CAR IS CURRENTLY FUNCTIONAL BUT IT IS CONCERNING THAT FUEL INJECTORS HAVE FAILED ON A NEW VEHICLE AFTER UNDER 10,000 MILES.

REGULARLY WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM PARK OR SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM REVERSE, THE CAR WILL FAIL TO ACCELERATE AT ALL FOR SEVERAL SECOND DESPITE GAS PEDAL ACTUATION AT FULL, OR PEDAL ON THE FLOOR. UNPREDICTABLE ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE DISALLOWS DRIVER FROM DRIVING CAUTIOUSLY AS THE UNKNOWN VARIABLE IS DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS IF IN A SITUATION WHERE THE CAR NEEDS TO MOVE ON COMMAND. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.