2007 HONDA FIT — Complaint #863215
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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:HIGH/LOW BEAM DIMMER SWITCH filed June 22, 2011
NHTSA complaint #863215 (ODI reference 10408517) concerns a 2007 HONDA FIT and was filed on June 22, 2011. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 5, 2011. The vehicle had 90,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Michigan based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:headlights:high/low beam dimmer switch, 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 exterior lighting:headlights:high/low beam dimmer switch 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 2007 HONDA FIT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA FIT. WHILE DRIVING ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FELT AS IF THE ENGINE WAS ROTATING AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AS IF THE VEHICLE WERE GOING TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS;HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. UPDATED 08/01/11*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY MISFIRES AND THERE IS CONSTANT SPEED STUTTER. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM BEGAN AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 863215 |
| ODI Number | 10408517 |
| Date Filed | June 22, 2011 |
| Failure Date | April 5, 2011 |
| VIN | JHMGD38647S |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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