NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Honda Fit Recalls
The 2009 Honda Fit has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 10, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Honda Fit. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 287
- Crashes reported
- 23
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Honda Fit, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2009 Honda Fit
Power train: driveline: driveshaft
- Campaign
- 20V770000
- Reported
- December 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 248,358
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2008, 2010–2013 Fit, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V500000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Fit, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V502000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 9,555
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Fit, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V378000
- Reported
- May 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Fit, 12 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2010–2013 Fit, 9 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V042000
- Reported
- January 9, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 691,726
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Fit, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V545000
- Reported
- August 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,257
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Fit, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V030000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 977,708
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Fit, 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V346000
- Reported
- May 24, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,719,386
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Fit, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V061000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,232,187
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Fit, 10 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 11V101000
- Reported
- February 17, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 97,201
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Fit
2009 Honda Fit complaints by year
NHTSA has received 287 owner complaints about the 2009 Honda Fit, the newest on July 28, 2026. Of these, 23 describe a crash (8%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Honda Fit, the component group named most often is the air bags (36%), followed by the steering (16%) and the power train (11%).
9 of the 2009 Honda Fit's 11 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2009 Honda Fit owners gave the mileage (164 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags104
- Steering46
- Power Train33
- Electrical System23
- Visibility17
- Unknown Or Other15
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 29 | |
| 2011 | 16 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 19 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 89 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 21 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Honda Fit peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 89. 21% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Honda Fit drew 2.4× the complaints of the median Honda Fit year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the Honda Fit years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 287 complaints about the 2009 Honda Fit are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Fit by model year
Other 2009 Honda models
Newest record on this page: July 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted