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Honda Fit Steering Safety Report | Dec 10, 2009
Reported on Dec 10, 2009
| MY EPS UNIT ON MY HONDA FIT HAS FAILED AT RANDOM, VARIOUS POINTS IN VEHICLE OPERATION. WHILE MY OWN EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES IN 3 YEARS, THE CAUSE FOR CONCERN CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH WWW.FITFREAK.NET WHERE MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF POSTERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR UNITS LOCKING UP DURING VEHICLE OPERATION, THEREBY LOCKING THE STEERING WHEEL IN POSITION UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. MY UNIT LAST LOCKED UP IN DECEMBER DURING THE COLD WEATHER HERE IN FLORIDA. AFTER CRANKING THE CAR AND DRIVING TO WORK, WHICH IS 3 MILES FROM HOME, I TOOK THE TURN TO GO ONTO THE ROAD TO WORK. WHILE DURING THE TURN, MY STEERING WHEEL INSTRUMENT LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH SIGNALED TO ME THAT I WAS SCREWED. BECAUSE I AM AWARE THAT THIS COULD OCCUR, I SLAMMED MY CAR INTO NEUTRAL, TURNED OFF/ON MY CAR, AND WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY STEERING WHEEL. IF MY WIFE HAD BEEN DRIVING OR IF I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS POSSIBLY OCCURRING, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. AS IT WAS, I BARELY MISSED THE CAR BESIDE ME AS WELL AS NOT RUNNING OFF THE ROAD. ALL THE POSTERS THAT I HAVE SEEN ON FITFREAK.NET HAVE SHOWN THAT HONDA DOES NOT SEE THIS ISSUE AS BEING A DEFECT AND IS ACTUALLY CHARGING PEOPLE TO FIX WHAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAS BEEN FOR 13,000 MILES. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ONCE WHEN STARTING THE CAR AFTER IT NOT BEING RUN FOR 3 DAYS, IT HAS OCCURRED WHEN I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND IT'S BEEN COLD WEATHER. I HAVE HAD IT HAPPEN DURING A REGULAR SUMMER DAY IN LOUISIANA WHILE IT WAS RAINING. AND IT HAS EVEN HAPPENED JUST STARTING MY CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE EPS UNIT NOT RELEASING THE STEERING WHEEL. IN LIGHT OF THE ISSUES OF TOYOTA, PLEASE CONSIDER THIS AN ISSUE REQUIRING ATTENTION. *TR | |
| Make: | Honda |
| Model: | Fit |
| Manufactured by: | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | PARRISH FL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | JHMGD38647S |
| Mileage: | 46000 miles. |
| Speed: | 20 MPH |
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| Was a police report filed? | N |
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