I'm curious: are the repair frequencies the total for the model-year averaged per year over the life of the car? Or are 2009 Fits 4 times as likely to have a repair as a 2012?

The service hits in the first year of ownership would be interesting for comparison purposes. Comparing older cars by years of service and/or mileage would be interesting too.

 

They're all for the past year.

Even 18 is low. Some of the difference could be random sampling error.

We're working on providing some trend analyses and comparisons across model years.

 

cool. Need to know so we can extrapolate repair costs and come up with some sorta function that tells when it's best to put a bullet in it.

 

With Hondas, its always been simple, at least for me; When the repair costs more than the car is worth 😄. That's how long I've owned my previous Hondas. That should tell you there, when maintained, they last a long time!!!

 

If you owned 20 of the same car, this would make sense. With one, there's probably too much variation. If 10 percent of cars required an expensive repair around X miles, would that be justification for selling a car?

 

Nope but if over 50% did it might! The kind of repair I'm thinking about wouldn't crop up until way over 100K so it's probably not relevant to new/used car shoppers.

 

I'd like to have separate stats for high-mileage cars. But we'd need a bunch of these to make this possible.

 

I would amend that to "when the repair costs more than it would cost to replace the car," since that might be significantly more than you would get from selling the car. My 1998 Honda Odyssey went 255,000 miles before I finally got tired of fixing it, but I'm sure that even now it would cost less to repair it that it would to replace it. I just wanted better gas mileage... and DRLs ... and an MP3-capable stereo ... and a stick shift.

Anybody want to buy a '98 Odyssey that may or may not need a new engine?

 

Funny, I sold my '97 Odyssey (Fit's daddy in my avatar) for much the same reason (minus the stick) @225K. The guy who bought it used it for a liquor delivery van between his two stores.

People like those 1st gen Odysseys. Run an ad in craigslist...

 

Yep, a first-gen Ody should be easy to sell.

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the Fit to include owner experiences through June 30, 2013. (Another source is about 14 months behind.)

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Fit: 0, low, small sample size
2012 Fit: 3, low
2011 Fit: 8, low
2010 Fit: 13, low
2009 Fit: 20, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 Fit: 96, < 1
2011 Fit: 94, < 1
2010 Fit: 88, < 1
2009 Fit: 85, < 1

We'll have further updates in November and February.

To view competitors' scores and descriptions of reported repairs, and to sign up to help:

Honda Fit reliability ratings and comparisons

 

20 repair trips per 100 on a 4-5 year old car is nothing to be ashamed of at all, especially considering the average Honda Fit owner is most likely not someone who can be bothered to perform routine preventative maintenance.

That said, I'm at 70k miles in my 08 and have had ZERO cause for dealership repairs in the last 2+ years, beyond performing recalls.

 

my 08 was rock solid for the 4yrs+ i owned it, driven hard, borderline abusive.
my 09 had one instance with that hvac blower on high issue, but no other issue.
my 12 has had no issue so far, also driven hard.

these cars are extremely reliable.

 

Our stats support your assessment

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the Fit to include owner experiences through September 30, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Fit: 9, low
2012 Fit: 3, low
2011 Fit: 10, low
2010 Fit: 10, low
2009 Fit: 15, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 Fit: 100, < 1
2011 Fit: 89, < 1
2010 Fit: 91, < 1
2009 Fit: 87, < 1

We'll have further updates in February and in May. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see how competitors compare, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Honda Fit reliability ratings and comparisons

 

This is defiantly the most reliable car I have had to date. just turned over 40k and so far the only problem I have had was my IAT sensor going bad, but that was because I have a CAI, and moisture/road salt got on the sensor causing corrosion. Thats my own fault

 

Same. 97k, no issues (other than recalls for switch). I still have the original battery and brake pads.

 

Still need 2013's? I'll go sign up now, if so!

 

Sorry for the delayed reply, just saw this.

Anyway...we always need more of everything Accuracy always improves with more responses.

 

We've updated our reliability stats for the Fit to include owner experiences through December 31, 2013.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2013 Fit: 6, low
2012 Fit: 3, low
2011 Fit: 5, low
2010 Fit: 11, low
2009 Fit: 16, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2012 Fit: 100, < 1
2011 Fit: 94, < 1
2010 Fit: 88, < 1
2009 Fit: 88, < 1

We'll have further updates in May and in August. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

To see the repairs behind these stats, and to sign up to help improve this information:

Honda Fit reliability ratings and comparisons