The 2011 Honda Fit has 8 recalls, the most serious being a defect in the front airbag inflators, both driver and passenger side, where the inflator can rupture and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death.
The airbag issue spans several related recalls. The core problem is a faulty inflator that can explode rather than deploy cleanly. Three additional recalls address a separate but connected concern: replacement passenger airbag inflators installed at dealerships during earlier repair attempts may have been fitted incorrectly, meaning the airbag can fail to deploy properly in a crash. Prior repair attempts did not fully resolve the issue for all affected vehicles, which is why multiple rounds of follow-up recalls exist for the same component.
On the mechanical side, the driveshaft can crack and break, causing a sudden loss of drive power while moving. If the vehicle is parked without the parking brake applied and the driveshaft fails, the car can roll away on its own.