There are 5 stored owner reports matching the brakes leading-label group for the 2007 Honda Fit in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Loaded 5 of 5 matching reports.
Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)I WAS POSITIONING MY CAR OUTSIDE MY OFFICE FOR LOADING. I BACKED IN, THEN PUT THE CAR IN 'D(RIVE)' TO INCH FORWARD A BIT. BEFORE I COULD STEP ON THE GAS, THE CAR ACCELERATED AND WITH ENGINE RACING HEADED TOWARD A HIGH CURB BEYOND WHICH STOOD A LARGE, MATURE TREE. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL; THE PEDAL WENT LIMPLY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT AFFECT. AT THE SAME TIME I SHIFTED INTO N(EUTRAL), AGAIN WITHOUT AFFECT. I GRABBED FOR THE HAND BRAKE BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE CAR JUMPED THE HIGH CURB AND PLOUGHED INTO THE TREE. KNOWING THAT MY FOOT HAD NOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE AND ONTO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, I CHECKED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE NUMEROUS SIMILAR STORIES ABOUT THE HONDA FIT COVERING A DECADE! MY FEAR IS THAT HONDA WILL NOT TAKE THIS PRODUCT DEFECT SERIOUSLY UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED!
AFTER COLD START THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WERE LIT ON DASHBOARD. THEY WENT AWAY AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TWICE. THE LIGHTS WERE OFF DURING THE DRIVING AND BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY. SUBSEQUENT STARTING WAS UNREMARKABLE. THERE WERE NO LEAKS OR POOR QUALITY FLUID IN THE SYSTEM. CAN BE A FIRST SIGN OF ABS UNIT FAILURE (BAD PUMP MOTOR). *TR
APPROXIMATELY 10% OF THE TIME MY 2007 HONDA FIT IS FIRST STARTED, THE POWER BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP THE CAR. WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKES SEEM TO WORK NORMALLY. *TR
AFTER COMING TO A STOP, WHEN START TO ACCELERATE, VEHICLE STALLS. THEN HAS HARD TIME STARTING BACK UP. HAS CAUSED SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS WITH ALMOST BEING T-BONED AS THE CAR STALLED AFTER TRYING TO COMPLETE A LEFT HAND TURN FROM A COMPLETE STOP. *TR
BRAKES WHEN OUT, SERPENTINE BELT BADLY CRACKED, AND LEAKING COOLANT. *TR
Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA. A high complaint count may reflect vehicle popularity, not defect severity. Data sourced from NHTSA public records.
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 28, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.