2008 HONDA FIT — Complaint #1753692
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT filed June 23, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1753692 (ODI reference 11422005) concerns a 2008 HONDA FIT and was filed on June 23, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 1, 2017. The vehicle had 108,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:axle assembly:axle shaft, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA FIT cohort independently describe similar power train:axle assembly:axle shaft failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 HONDA FIT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2008 Honda Fit. The contact stated that while driving, the axle broke on two occasions without warning. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v770000 (power train) however, the part to do the recall was unavailable. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer where the axle was replaced however the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was taken to the same local dealer where diagnosed the transmission was bent and damaged. The manufacturer was notified however no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 108,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1753692 |
| ODI Number | 11422005 |
| Date Filed | June 23, 2021 |
| Failure Date | January 1, 2017 |
| VIN | JHMGD38698S |
Similar POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT Complaints for 2008 HONDA FIT
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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