2011 Honda Fit Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Stopped at intersection. Lifted foot off brake, started to go and car stopped. It made a clank. The engine clicking but not engaging in drive. A bystander pushed my car (in neutral) off the road. Had car towed and fixed where I learned it was front left axle”

“One year ago an axle broke on my 2011 Honda FIT. I had it replaced. Today the other axle broke. I looked online and it appears this is not an uncommon problem. In both cases, it happened when I made a fairly hard u-turn and shifted into reverse to complete a three point turn. I'm assuming the extra force on the shaft had to do with having the wheels turned hard and then attempting to reverse them, perhaps while they were still moving. Regardless, this seems like something that shouldn't happen so easily on a car that's not that old.”

“When my wife backed out of the driveway onto the street and shifted from reverse to drive, she heard a loud pop and then scraping noises. The car then couldn't move and we had to shift to neutral and push the car back into the driveway to be towed to our mechanic. He later told us that the left front axle broke and the right front axle would probably go in two months. It turned out to be several weeks. The same thing happened when I backed out of a parking space in a parking lot. When I shifted to drive, the same pop and the car wouldn't move. …”

“Honda FIT 2011 on 7/18/19 I was driving west on golf road in niles, il. As I made a left turn at the light, the FIT made a noise which sounded like I had driven over a metal barrel. The car lost power and drifted into a strip mall parking lot. Someone helped me push it out of the way of incoming traffic. After having it towed, my mechanic discovered that the driver-side driveshaft had corroded, especially under the rubber damper, and had completely broken through. Also, the passenger-side driveshaft had corroded in the same place, and was beginning to wear through. …”

“While stopped at a traffic light in town (luckily - and not on a turnpike or highway) my car suddenly came to a jarring halt when I accelerated when the light turned green. Two strangers helped me push the car across traffic to a parking lot and I had to call aaa for a tow to a local auto repair. The axle had snapped because of the rubber vibration diminisher which traps water and debris then this accumulation rusts the axle and compromises its integrity. Very dangerous because I had just come off of a 4 lane highway and could have caused a pileup if I had suddenly stopped on that highway. …”