~70k miles.

A few months ago, my fuel gauge display started going out...intermittently. Pretty much always at least once a trip. Sometimes it starts when I turn the car on, sometimes it's after I've driven 20 miles. The display stays backlit, but all the information (time, fuel gauge, odometer, temp) disappears.

Usually it will stay like that for a good while and then a bunch of gibberish suddenly pops on, as if everything possible was being displayed at once. Sometimes it will go back to showing nothing, sometimes it will go to a good display. Doesn't seem like it's related to temp - happens now in cool or warmish weather.

I was just wondering if anyone else had seen this.

I found another guy on the Internet a couple years ago that had the exact same issue, and the dealership told him it was a bad display (as opposed to a loose wire) and it'd have to be replaced. If so, I'm wondering how much effort it is to tear open the dash and do it myself. Kind of disappointed. This is my third Fit and the first two also had various electrical problems, though nothing I couldn't ignore. Really hard to ignore the lack of a fuel gauge.

 

honda support sounds like a sham.

 

Well, if I do it, I'm going to assume wire first because it's cheaper.

I've been kind of hoping it would just go out and die altogether...that way if I fiddle with a wire and it comes back, then I can have proven it was just a loose wire.

Nothing would drive me crazier than to "think" I fixed it and then have it recur.

 

I am having the same issue with my 2015 Fit. I've noticed that mine does it more when it is cold outside (below 30 degrees). Has anyone found a solution?

 

Do the odometer and gas gauge read accurately after it starts working again, or is the mileage "lost in time"? I was thinking it would be a minor annoyance at first, but then remembered the odometer is in the same display. I've had old cars in the past with malfunctioning fuel gauges, but would just fill up at a certain distance...not an option, here, I see

 

Mine does read accurately when it comes back on. The odometer is the main part of that display that I would miss. I can get the fuel range on my touchscreen, so I'm not as worried about the fuel gauge. Also, mine will only go out in the mornings when I drive to work. It has not done it in the afternoons or evenings, and I have not noticed it when the weather is warmer.

 

 

2015 Fit EX with 89995 miles and I've had the same issue recently. First, it took three tries to get it back completely but when the info does come back it is accurate. Have noticed that it occurred after a period of rain and cold. I believe it is a software issue like the right turn camera malfunction. Here are two pictures I took about a week ago.

 

 

+1

Im getting a horse next time.

 

Yup, that's exactly what it looks like. Mine is still doing it...I was hoping it would outright fail so it'd be easier to troubleshoot, but no such luck. It does seem more frequent in cooler weather than warmer weather. I've seen it happen at 70F+, though...but also, I pay more attention in the morning since I drive in the dark and the display going on the fritz gets my attention.

 

Hi All! I am having the same problem with my 2015 Honda fit LX. This seems to be a temperature related problem. It will go out as the interior of the car warms up. It will then come back on when it reaches full temperature. The Dealer wants to replace the information center at a significant cost to me! Has anyone gotten to the root cause of this problem? I'd very much like to fix it myself (have the skills). I also wonder how many people are having this problem? Is this a factory defect or a "One Of" just effecting just a few of us? Thank You!

 

Might just take the passage of time, to see how common this defect becomes. But 3 people finding this thread and having the identical symptoms, really isn't a good sign.
Just have to sit back and see how common the complaint becomes as more Honda Fit's age.
Maybe Honda doesn't consider it, but I still consider a vehicle that is less than 4 model years old to basically be "New". Disappointing to see this failure.

 

Hopefully we get some more details about this issue and find it is resolved with newer models. Looks like the 15-17 LX, 15-17 EX and 2018 sport all have different "meter" part numbers. The clusters aren't cheap. I'm looking to get back into a Fit (18 sport) in the near future so this post caught my eye.

Meter Assembly, Combination (Rewritable) - Honda (78100-T5R-A41)
Meter Assembly, Combination (Rewritable) - Honda (78100-T5R-A21)
Meter Assembly, Combination (Rewritable) - Honda (78100-T5R-A91)

 

Why wouldn't this be covered under warranty?

When I disassembled the gauge cluster (a bunch of times), everything was pretty much built in, and not modular like a motherboard. The wiring seems to be pretty securely plugged in.

 

 

 

if you installed a scangauge into the obd port would that tell you the range till empty?


looks like you need to press a button every time you fill the tank

 

 

you can def use the scangauge to do that

I'd be a little nervous doing it, everytime I fill up and scangauge estimates my gals per fill, its sometimes off by 0.1 or 0.2 gals