2019 Honda Fit Problems

What owners report

Owners of the 2019 Fit most often write about the fuel pump recall and the long waits for parts, misfires and warning lights tied to carbon buildup on the intake valves, and an instrument cluster that flickers, freezes or goes blank. Many complaints are filed at low mileage, often within the first few years. Several also describe intermittent driver-assist and lane-keeping warnings.

1. 1
   Fuel system

   Fuel pump recall parts unavailable

   • 37 complaints (27%)
   • median 17,350 mi at 2.7 yrs old (7 state mileage, few)
   • 2 mention a crash, fire or injury
   • filed 2020–2025

   Many owners write about recall notices for the low-pressure fuel pump while parts were on backorder, with repeated dealer visits and waitlists and no remedy for months. Some describe the pump failing first: the engine stalling or losing power at speed, difficulty restarting, or a no-start condition, with the pump replaced afterward. Others filed complaints only about the delay, having had no failure yet. Complaints span from a few thousand miles to around 61,000 miles, filed over several years following each recall notice.

   Recall 23V858000Recall 21V215000Recall 20V3140002 related service bulletins

   What to check: Ask for proof that the fuel pump recall has been completed on this VIN and confirm with a dealer that no open recall remains.

   2 excerpts from owner complaints in NHTSA records

   “Miller Honda, my dealer got a notice of recall on 5/29/2020 for important safety recall defect in my model of car fuel pump module impellers may absorb excessive fuel and deform causing car to stop while in motion causing a car crash. Also, will fail inspection. Parts will not be available they say until possibly end of summer. This is unacceptable and I want to return the car and my money refunded by Honda motors on the lease I've been paying on. …”

   NHTSA complaint #11343023, filed 2020-08, 1,746 miles

   “Car is under recall to replace fuel pump assembly. The service department of the first dealership I called, castle Honda in morton grove, il, told me they would need to inspect the car first before ordering the part and would only replace it if it was damaged. I argued that that was not what the recall notice said they would do, but the rep insisted they would need to inspect the car and it might not need repair. I called a second dealership and they immediately scheduled an appointment for the repair. …”

   NHTSA complaint #11374527, filed 2020-11, 17,350 miles
2. 2
   Engine

   Misfires and warning lights from carbon buildup

   • 29 complaints (21%)
   • median 29,501 mi at 2.3 yrs old (4 state mileage, few)
   • filed 2019–2026

   Owners describe the check engine light and other dashboard warnings coming on, sometimes all at once, along with rough running, hard starting or a loss of power while accelerating. Dealers commonly read misfire codes (P0300–P0304) and attribute them to carbon on the intake valves; some owners say fuel injectors were replaced first and the problem returned. Several note that a warranty extension or service bulletin covers this on some vehicles but not theirs. Reported from roughly 8,000 to 56,000 miles, often after a few years of mostly short-trip or low-mileage use.

   5 related service bulletins

   What to check: Ask whether the misfire service bulletin work (valve cleaning plus software) has been done and whether the VIN is covered by any warranty extension; a scan for stored misfire codes before buying is worthwhile.

   2 excerpts from owner complaints in NHTSA records

   “Four dashboard warning signs (Check Engine Light, Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Vehicle Stability Assist System, Electric Power Steering) appeared all at once suddenly. I had the vehicle towed to my local Honda dealership for service. They gave me a diagnostic code of P0304 and insisted that the repair did not fall under my car's active powertrain warranty. I searched the web and found it is a common problem in Honda Fits. …”

   NHTSA complaint #11649491, filed 2025-03

   “While driving the emission system problem warning came up on my dash with the check engine light. After this happened it became incredibly hard to accelerate the engine. I was driving on the freeway and attempting to merge putting my life and my families at risk because the engine was trying to accelerate but sputtering and stopping for a moment instead. It hasn’t been inspected by police, but went to dealer and got code P219A and was told this was a faulty fuel injector. …”

   NHTSA complaint #11553574, filed 2023-11
3. 3
   Electrical system

   Instrument cluster flickers or goes blank

   • 21 complaints (15%)
   • typically at 5.2 yrs old
   • filed 2021–2026

   Owners report the small dash display showing the odometer, fuel level, trip meter and warning icons flickering, showing garbled characters, or going completely blank. Some say it happens more when the car is cold and settles once warmed up; others describe it becoming more frequent over time. Dealers often could not duplicate the fault, and a few owners point to a circuit-board connection inside the cluster. Reported from a few thousand miles up through six-figure mileage, often intermittent and worse in cold weather.

   What to check: Start the car cold and watch the gauge cluster for garbled or missing readouts, then check the odometer and fuel gauge again after a short drive.

   2 excerpts from owner complaints in NHTSA records

   “The odomoter gauge flickers and freezed quite often. Sometime it goes blank. I cannot reset odometer after oil change or see the mileage. It was less frequent a year ago, but now is more frequent. It was noted first while the car was under warranty, but because it was not too frequent, I did not take it to the dealer.”

   NHTSA complaint #11663355, filed 2025-05

   “I have a 2019 Honda Fit Sport. Within the last year, the instrument panel with all notifications regarding the vehicle, such as the fuel level, check engine light, low tire pressure light, low oil pressure, and any notifications regarding the braking systems, began flickering intermittantly. Now the instrument panel is completely blank. This has been confirmed by the Capital Honda in Lansing, Michigan when I took the vehicle in for service. …”

   NHTSA complaint #11553691, filed 2023-11
4. 4
   Forward collision avoidance

   Driver-assist and lane-keeping warnings

   • 22 complaints (16%)
   • median 19,000 mi at 3.2 yrs old (7 state mileage, few)
   • 4 mention a crash, fire or injury
   • filed 2019–2026

   Owners describe the adaptive cruise, lane-keeping, road departure mitigation and collision-braking warnings lighting up as disabled, sometimes on every other start, and staying on for the whole drive. Several say a dealer diagnosed the windshield multipurpose camera unit as failed and quoted a replacement and recalibration; others report the systems simply resetting after a battery change or not being fixable at the dealer. Mostly reported between roughly 19,000 and 55,000 miles, sometimes after a routine service or battery replacement.

   What to check: On a test drive, confirm adaptive cruise and lane-keeping actually engage, and check whether the camera unit has been replaced or recalibrated.

   2 excerpts from owner complaints in NHTSA records

   “At 50,0341miles, after a routine B1 service (oil change and transmission) the LKAS, Brake system, road departure mitigation system, adaptive cruise control, and auto high beam assist lights all began to turn on every two to three times I turned on my car. These lights will light up on my dash and stay on for the entire drive (with the systems not working). Then they will not be on for a few drives. Then they will go on again. …”

   NHTSA complaint #11610651, filed 2024-08

   “2019 Honda FIT 5dr ex: flew off road, it had Honda collision mitigation braking sys, lane departure warning, lane keep assist sys and road departure mitigation, all failed and accident happened. Vehicle in motion traveling 80mph when left the road.”

   NHTSA complaint #11235211, filed 2019-07, 587 miles

Buying note. This model year has several open or recently completed fuel pump recalls and a known misfire/carbon-buildup pattern, so verifying recall status and any bulletin work by VIN matters more than mileage. A cold start and a test drive with the driver-assist systems engaged will also show whether the cluster or camera faults are present.

Summary written with AI from a sample of 60 NHTSA complaints for this model year (picked at random, with complaints that state a mileage and recent ones taken first), then checked automatically against the source records. Where a problem shows a complaint count, every complaint for this model year was matched with fixed keyword rules (written with AI and tested against the sample), and the mileage, age and repair figures are calculated from those complaints; owners' figures are as stated, not verified. Other counts refer to the sample. The excerpts come from NHTSA's public complaint records and are unverified; capitalisation is normalised, NHTSA staff notes are removed, and shortened text ends with “…”. Something wrong? Request a correction.