NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Honda Fit Recalls
The 2016 Honda Fit has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on October 23, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Honda Fit. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 121
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Honda Fit, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2016 Honda Fit
Structure
- Campaign
- 15V697000
- Reported
- October 23, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,367
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 214, side impact protection
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Fit
2016 Honda Fit complaints by year
NHTSA has received 121 owner complaints about the 2016 Honda Fit, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Honda Fit, the component group named most often is the electrical system (45%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (15%) and the engine (10%).
The 2016 Honda Fit's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2016 Honda Fit owners gave the mileage (56 complaints), the median was 36,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System54
- Fuel/Propulsion System18
- Unknown Or Other17
- Engine12
- Power Train7
- Tires7
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2016 Honda Fit peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 17. 36% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Honda Fit drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Honda Fit year in the same window: 8th highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 121 complaints about the 2016 Honda Fit are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Fit by model year
Other 2016 Honda models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted