2009 Honda Fit Brakes Problems

“My 2009 Honda FIT sport model will occasionally not stop when brakes are applied, but jump forward ten feet or so. On 4/4/09 this caused me to hit another car, resulting in $2400 body damage. Honda says nothing is wrong with the car--no computer codes--and will not try to repair it. I can no longer drive it safely, but cannot get Honda america to acknowledge problem or help me.”

“Traffic was slowing down because of work on the side of the road. I tapped my brakes twice without any result. The next time I put my foot to the floor and the car would not stop. I ran into a truck. Since my car was low, the sensor did not go off with the air bags. I own a Honda sport FIT 2009.”

“On several occasions the brakes on my car have locked and I have had to use the parking break to stop. Both instances have occurred in very cold weather, early in the morning, so fortunately no injuries occurred. In both cases the break was pressed, and the car was reversed. In the first case the break was then used to stop the car, the car was placed in drive, and then the break became locked in an upright position and the car was not able to be stopped with the break after accelerating in drive. The car was driven out of a driveway and onto a main road. …”

“A vehicle stopped suddenly ahead of me on the bay bridge near sf, and even though I hit the brakes hard, the car did not stop as fast as I felt it should have. I did not think any more about it after the car was repaired, then last wednesday, 10/05/11 I needed to make an emergency stop on the freeway. After hitting the brake with both feet, I watched helplessly as the car slowed but did not stop until I hit another vehicle. These are the only two 'rear end' collisions I have had in over 30 years of driving. …”

“I bought a 2009 Honda FIT about a year ago and it only has 11557 miles on it. In just one day the breaks went bad. I had to just replace the front brakes. It was so bad they were metal on metal. Also had to have the rear brakes cleaned and adjusted. I brought it to the Honda dealership that I bought it from because I couldn't believe that a brand new car that only has 11557 miles on it would have to have the brakes fixed so soon. They couldn't explain it or couldn't give me any answers on the subject. …”