2nd Generation GE8 Specific DIY: Repair & Maintenance Sub-Forum

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DIY lower your GE8 Fit

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niko3257 on 11-01-2008

10-04-2016 11:32 PM
by xgudwilx

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DIY Steering Wheel Audio Controls

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niko3257 on 12-11-2010

02-09-2023 11:55 PM
by gray

125

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DIY Turn Signal Mirrors (winkers)

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niko3257 on 04-03-2009

02-01-2024 06:47 PM
by KpGe8

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DIY Transmission Filter

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niko3257 on 01-02-2012

04-09-2024 10:39 PM
by Zardiw

49

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2007, capacity, change, changing, diy, fit, fluid, honda, manual, mtf, oil, pump, service, tranny, transmission

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DIY Manual Transmission Fluid Change

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z06dustin on 07-02-2011

04-10-2020 10:39 AM
by SaratogaFit123

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DIY: progress rear sway bar install

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mole177 on 12-06-2009

09-23-2021 05:07 PM
by ostronomer

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DIY: Automatic Climate Control Conversion

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connor55 on 07-02-2013

11-23-2022 12:57 AM
by rgibson89

79

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09, 2007, civic, depot, diy, door, fit, fitfreak, forum, front, garage, ge, home, honda, instructions, lip, seal

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DIY front lip

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sandblasted on 10-08-2010

08-03-2018 12:12 AM
by poru_no_fitto

131

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adjustment, battery, clearance, cover, crankshaft, diy, engine, fit, ge8, generator, honda, jazz, l15, lash, turning, unhook, valve

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DIY Valve Clearance Check

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mhadden on 11-16-2012

11-08-2021 10:28 PM
by Victor Garage

74

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38, atf, atfdw1, broke, diy, drain, end, extension, fit, ge8, honda, noob, noobs, pads, plug, rear, rotors, type

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Noob ATF Drain/Fill + "flush"

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CasualFitOwner on 09-03-2012

09-16-2019 05:41 PM
by Lukexbeitel

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10mm, 2009, 2012, 58, access, diy, firewall, fit, fitfreak, honda, magnetic, plug, plugs, replacement, socket, spark, sport

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DIY - get access to spark plug 2009 sport

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CasualFitOwner on 07-22-2012

01-06-2019 06:40 PM
by poorracerkid

22

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2009, accord, bulletin, bulletins, fit, forums, honda, jazz, list, service, switch, technical, tsb, tsbs, window

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List of service bulletins (TSB) / other Honda info for the GE8

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clicq on 01-29-2010

10-04-2018 05:32 PM
by figster

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GE8 JDM Rear Wiper Mod

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FittedOnEm on 08-31-2011

01-12-2023 05:36 PM
by Oric the Damned

68

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DIY headlight painting

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niko3257 on 04-10-2009

10-04-2016 12:18 AM
by Smokey_the_Fit

120

78,108

2009, 2010, 2011, blower, diagram, diy, fitfreak, fix, fixing, honda, order, repair, repairing, replace, solder

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D.I.Y: Blower motor Resistor Repair

zay2u on 06-30-2013

05-23-2023 10:02 PM
by BrianBahn

12

68,209

2008, aftermarket, brake, brakelights, cluster, custom, diy, fit, fitting, honda, install, led, light, lights, remove, tail

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DIY: GE LED Third Brake Light Install

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AtticusFit on 09-15-2009

08-02-2020 04:18 PM
by Cv8

39

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box, car, cup, cupholder, cupholders, fit, fuse, ge8, holder, holders, honda, illuminate, light, replace, thread

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DIY: Install Cup Holder LED's GE8

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chubbykai on 08-31-2009

08-03-2018 12:13 AM
by poru_no_fitto

32

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08, 087170004, accord, cam, chain, cover, diagram, diy, fit, gasket, honda, liquid, pn, sprocket, timing

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DIY- Replacing the Cam Chain on a '09

FitCrazy80 on 10-05-2011

08-13-2018 11:12 PM
by spike55_bmw

16

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Main DIY thread (STICKY CONTENT)

JDMchris.com on 07-02-2010

07-02-2010 11:05 PM
by JDMchris.com

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2012, 2013, change, diy, filter, fit, ge8, honda, oil, type

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DIY: Honda Fit Oil Change

Jephu on 04-15-2014

11-24-2023 09:08 AM
by PK86

16

35,861

09, 2007, 2010, car, change, fit, honda, install, installation, pump, replace, replacement, replacing, water, year

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DIY- Replacing the Water Pump on a '09 Fit

FitCrazy80 on 10-10-2011

02-27-2013 03:23 PM
by Dean

8

31,551

accessory, conceal, diy, extra, hardwire, headliner, make, mirror, mount, mounting, rear, socket, subaru, v1, valentine, view

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Valentine One (V1) Hardwire DIY

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specboy on 08-29-2010

08-14-2022 01:32 PM
by tsnuggs42069

23

30,846

card, colors, dip, diy, dull, fit, fitfreak, honda, index, inside, plasti, plastidip, rim, wheel, wheels

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DIY Plasti-Dipped Wheels

RetroAttack on 07-24-2011

12-02-2011 09:52 AM
by RetroAttack

18

22,813

2009, accord, clips, cover, diy, fit, fitfreak, grill, grille, honda, horn, latch, lower, mesh, mod

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DIY Accord Horn and Mesh Grille

soxfan0434 on 09-17-2011

12-17-2011 04:36 PM
by Spudo769

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Normal Threads

000, 2010, 2012, 30000, 60, 60000, fit, honda, intervals, maintenance, mile, miles, schedule, service, sport

The Real Service Schedule for the Honda Fit Automatic Transmission

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SevereService on 01-15-2012

06-08-2015 05:45 PM
by littleblackcar

120

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Rear door water leak…fully explained and solved

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Spacecoast on 05-23-2012

08-03-2017 01:47 PM
by dieseldude

83

198,973

2009, air, blower, conditioning, fit, forum, havac, high, honda, hvac, location, pack, program, reisistor, resistor, speed, works

HVAC Blower Motor works only on high speed

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valk97 on 05-03-2012

06-29-2023 09:56 AM
by Nervmagi01

163

134,950

2009, 2011, filter, fit, fitfreak, freak, honda, mobil, motor, oil, pennzoil, rebadged, sae, supertech, type

Your Motor Oil/Oil Filter of Choice

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JDMxGE8 on 07-26-2011

02-15-2015 10:14 AM
by 13fit

124

84,410

2010, 2011, 2013, b1, code, cost, fit, honda, maintenance, maintence, service

B1 service cost and options

ralphch on 08-23-2014

08-24-2014 03:19 PM
by xxryu139xx

16

81,411

2009, al, blew, bujias, cambiar, canada, fit, ge, honda, jazz, plug, plugs, powertrain, spark, warranty

Spark Plug Blown on Low Mileage Fit (HONDA DENIES WARRANTY)

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hermanp on 04-10-2012

08-16-2021 11:54 AM
by drkazknght

160

66,966

2008, 2012, code, dont, enter, factory, fit, ge8, honda, letters, password, radio, reset, stereo, unlock

How do I enter the Radio Code to unlock the radio?

john21031 on 10-22-2012

02-23-2020 06:19 PM
by David Chrostowski

12

60,863

2009 Honda Fit Relay panel

jojsmith on 05-27-2016

06-18-2017 09:11 PM
by ezone

9

50,638

2009, ac, air, conditioning, cool, coolant, fit, forum, honda, hours, issues, malfunction, problem, problems, sport

A/C Problem (Fit Sport 2009)

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Underwoo on 07-15-2012

11-22-2023 11:33 PM
by honda599

20

49,137

How to get your car serviced...

SevereService on 08-13-2013

07-06-2014 06:20 AM
by SevereService

17

48,888

2007, 2008, 2012, air, cans, change, engine, fit, honda, level, liters, oil, pour, put, qts

Oil change: how much oil do you pour in

Odie on 06-23-2012

06-25-2012 06:31 PM
by Carbuff2

13

47,660

2006, 2009, 2nd, fit, gen, generation, history, honda, issues, problems, ratings, reliability, relibility, relibilty, repair

2nd gen Fit reliability

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mkaresh on 09-09-2008

09-22-2016 04:53 PM
by allTRACway

136

45,450

ac, compressor, condenser, cycling, fit, freezing, honda, ices, pop, properly, stays, thermistor

A/C compressor not cycling, evap freeze-up

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gkitf16 on 05-27-2014

02-19-2024 08:04 PM
by irontmp

29

44,683

1st, 2009, 2010, accelerating, acceleration, anti, fit, grind, grinding, honda, noise, scraping, scrapping, sound, sport

2009 Honda Fit Sport Grinding Noise

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kimonostereo on 11-09-2012

09-15-2016 09:37 PM
by Sparky1967

25

42,470

08, 2010, 2011, 51, fit, honda, inflationhonda, max, pressure, proper, psi, recommended, tire, tires, tyre

tire pressure?

daddyscooltv on 02-25-2011

11-01-2022 04:41 PM
by KrautBurner

17

41,712

Reasonable prices for B 1 2 maintenance?

Pucci on 10-26-2015

10-28-2015 01:55 PM
by poorracerkid

6

41,681

2007, 2010, air, cabin, campartment, compartment, engine, fit, focus, ford, fuel, gas, honda, smell, smells

Fuel smell in cabin and engine compartment?

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runbikerun on 11-01-2010

04-15-2017 08:37 AM
by spike55_bmw

25

41,002

car, fit, ge8, honda, jack, jacking, jackstands, place, placement, points, position, put, putting, stand, stands, wgere

Where to put jack stands?

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Thorzdad on 11-05-2011

12-16-2011 12:38 PM
by Krimson_Cardnal

20

40,320

2009, 2010, 2013, blade, blades, fit, fitfreak, ge8, honda, rear, replacement, size, sport, trico, wiper

FYI - replacement wiper blade size and type

CasualFitOwner on 04-02-2013

10-07-2013 10:52 PM
by Triskelion

4

35,775

09, 1st, 2009, 2010, analysis, change, changes2009, diy, first, fit, honda, mile, oil, percentage, synthetic

First Oil Change

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ZXRider on 02-07-2010

06-24-2023 06:36 PM
by 07FitFreakazoid

30

35,765

2008, 2012, 74222tk6a00, civic, cover, cowl, fit, gap, hinge, hond, honda, missing, molding, part, piece, plastic, trim, windshield

Windshield Trim piece is missing

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valk97 on 05-23-2012

11-09-2017 08:12 PM
by Alco RS-1

27

35,188

Tail light bulb goes on but won't get brighter when brake applied

fitfit10 on 06-04-2015

06-08-2015 04:21 PM
by fitfit10

2

32,855

145k, alternator, battery, connection, dom, equus, fit, flickers, honda, icon, innova, maintenance, monitor, rem, schedule, stop, todo, usaindustries

Best "How To" for Checking a Fit Alternator

Sloppy_Snood on 01-16-2014

09-21-2020 10:37 AM
by hresendiz25

17

32,289

2008, armrest, armrests, broke, broken, comments, diy, door, driver, fit, honda, panel, post, repair, repairing, sitenet, sport

Broken driver's door armrest (repair)

Triskelion on 12-25-2012

11-18-2015 11:08 AM
by darthfit

10

31,693

AC Compressor Replacement Cost?

laszlosujj on 05-31-2015

06-07-2017 08:30 AM
by Carbuff2

10

31,314

Broken coil bolt--does the engine need to be removed to drill this out?

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rhmanatee1 on 09-15-2019

10-07-2019 09:42 PM
by rhmanatee1

22

29,903

Cylinder #3 Spark Plug Blow-Out

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MEATBABY on 01-13-2016

04-28-2017 12:50 PM
by slimchriz

20

27,979

Alternator (Voltage) between 12.4v and 14.4v While driving. is this Normal ?

keithjmason on 04-06-2017

08-10-2018 10:44 PM
by nikita

12

27,679

13, ac, accessing, blower, car, fan, fit, heater, high, honda, jazz, motor, removing, setting, switch, works

Heater/AC blower fan only works on high‎

Mark T on 04-16-2010

06-05-2011 10:40 PM
by bkrell

6

26,681

Oil life indicator and change mileage... local place trying to rip me off?

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classact2575 on 09-23-2014

10-21-2014 09:22 AM
by Fit Charlie

26

25,597

Creaking coming from the front end...

ommegga on 11-18-2015

12-09-2018 06:03 AM
by Kitsken

17

23,751

2009 Drive Belt Replacement. Any tips?

deevergote on 12-29-2015

07-27-2020 07:37 PM
by mxl180

5

23,182

2006, broken, cracked, depo, driving, fit, fitfreak, fix, fog, foglight, honda, lamp, lens, lense, light, lights, repair

Broken fog light lenses

shawnshank on 04-26-2013

02-09-2015 04:07 PM
by Stiles

17

23,020

07, 2009, 2013, fit, fluid, hona, honda, rear, replace, replacement, reservoir, resevoir, tank, washer, windshield, wiper

replace washer fluid reservoir?

bbb222 on 07-29-2013

01-15-2023 01:21 AM
by Paula808

4

22,541

2009, auxiliary, engine, feed, fit, gauge, gauges, guage, honda, installing, oil, sending, temperature, unit, voltage

water temp gauge

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MOTOMATT on 09-20-2011

05-15-2021 09:04 PM
by cornice6

21

22,283

ignition coil, misfire, po300, po302, spark plugs

Misfire (PO300 and PO302 codes), replaced plugs and coils already

Alex Smith on 03-06-2017

03-17-2020 07:21 PM
by KwazyKwaig

17

22,088

Alternator bad?

Bounce on 11-01-2015

07-06-2018 05:30 PM
by Radi

13

21,575

2008, change, changed, city, copper, diy, fit, honda, oem, plug, plugs, recommend, recommended, spark, sparkplugs

what is the recommended spark plugs ?

get_FIT on 05-05-2010

11-20-2010 11:01 AM
by stockrex

4

21,379

2008, bolt, diy, drain, fit, honda, oil, pan, problems, righty, stripped, tighty

Oil Drain Plug/Pan stripped HELP

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FIT-tles Worth on 08-10-2014

08-17-2014 05:55 PM
by jmsplitfyre

31

20,979

2009, 2010, actuator, door, doors, fit, honda, lock, loud, making, noisy, power, remove, replace, sound, youtube

Power door lock actuator grinding

gkitf16 on 04-25-2013

11-06-2023 11:06 PM
by skipferry

14

20,829

2007, 2009, 2010, fit, fitfreak, fog, honda, lamp, lense, light, lights, replace, replacement, replacements, replacing

Replace Fog light assembly?

Fit? on 09-27-2010

09-30-2010 05:38 PM
by PatsSSMGE8

2

20,395

09, 2009, acura, badge, city, compared, fit, fitline, honda, interior, ivtec, motor, older, pm, si, tl

2009 Fit Line of Cars

Bruce Shaffstall on 04-19-2009

06-03-2010 02:21 PM
by mdbrich

15

20,323

2002, 2006, access, acura, change, crv, diy, gd3, honda, increase, odyssey, plug, plugs, remove, spark, tl

A Little Bad News for Mechanically Inclined GE Owners- Spark Plug R&R

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manxman on 01-16-2009

09-28-2011 03:57 PM
by x_25

23

19,856

Rear wheel bearing/hub replacement?

lannister80 on 05-14-2015

08-27-2016 05:28 PM
by Vash

2

18,929

2012, bank, fit, ge8, ground, ho2s, honda, jazz, p0139, sensor

CEL P0139 - Heated Oxygen Sensor (HO2S) Slow Response Bank 1 Sensor 2

Jutboy on 06-02-2014

Today 12:50 PM
by michel54

14

18,758

2008, 2009, cel, check, code, common, engine, fit, honda, light, lights, p0302, p302, problems, reset

Check engine light P0302 flashed

kitenok on 12-28-2011

12-10-2015 07:28 PM
by handas

12

18,699

2009, 2010, 2012, back, car, chair, coin, fit, fix, honda, lock, passenger, seat, stuck

Passenger seat stuck in place.

cjecpa on 02-06-2013

03-15-2018 06:57 PM
by hondahadafit

11

18,695

2009, cut, diy, door, doors, fabric, fit, fix, grill, honda, hondaq, install, repair, speaker, speakers

DIY 2009 Door Fabric and Speaker Grill Cutouts

mdbrich on 09-17-2008

06-05-2015 04:30 AM
by Black3sr

10

18,424

2014 fit map/dome/rear light fuse location?

cplus on 05-03-2015

01-15-2016 07:06 PM
by TidalWaveOne

8

18,274

000, 2007, 2008, 30, 30000, 30k, car, fit, honda, maintenance, mile, miles, schedule, service, sport

30,000 Mile Maintenance

JDMxGE8 on 10-22-2009

03-20-2012 02:04 AM
by Dawsona2

13

18,047