lol i still don't believe that's a 2020 fit.

 

yah, we all want to think that.. but so far i have zero confidence in this factory. you might find free fish under the trunk liner.

anyway, good luck with ur purchase.

 

I must be the luckiest man in these forums, my early (01/15) lx 6 speed hasn't had a single issue in almost 50k miles. Must have been free modelo day at the factory that day 😂

 

So, you didn't have a sagging bumper, vtc noise, bad injectors, chipping paint, water intrusion, etc? You must be one lucky dude!

 

Absolutely nothing. Car is mint. I dont baby it whatsoever, but i do maintain it religiously with high end fluids/filters/parts. Also worth noting, the car has never seen anything but chevron premium.

 

Fingers crossed, but 35k miles on an April 2014 build EX, and it has also been perfect. Well maintained, always Top Tier. It did have two recalls, but the car was no different after either. We're extremely happy.

 

time to play the lotto!

 

I dont think its luck really, ive never had a lemon. Ever, ive owned over 25 cars. I have always loved them as if they were a living being and treated them as such. In return, i believe they have repaid the favor. In fact, ive purchased cars the previous owners claimed were problematic, and after they've been through my care for a short while, short of preexisting mechanical catastrophe, they were all reliable and wound up being sold to other enthusiasts and continued service for plenty of time after.

 

I completely agree to a degree. I think your care has kept you from having many problems that others face, but...

Peeling paint, water intrusion, and sagging bumpers would be hard to avoid with any amount of vehicle maintenance. I'd say you got a good one and treated it well.

 

yep, as gafit said, its absolute luck. factories that make cars with this many complaints is just a hit or miss.

if u want to talk number of cars, ive bought and owned over 30 new cars and the mexican GK is one of the worst quality cars next to a subaru legacy them indianasians made.

u were just lucky. mine was bad lucky.

its funny cause after that pos subaru (assembled at the indiana plant), i bought a GE (made in japan). now i bought a GK (made in mexico) im going to replace with a subaru next (made in japan). kind of a full circle. lol

 

No definitely, i scored as far as quality control on the bodywork. Ive seen them sag and chip right off the showroom floor. The mechanical issues people are dealing with though, i believe is a combination of user error, and honda being WAY too relaxed with the maintenance, and grade of gas they lead people to believe is 100% fine. I happen to know these little high compression, direct injected motors are, while quite robust, are very sensitive to the fluids used in them. They also dont like long oil change intervals, the factory suggested interval through the maintenance minder is FAR too long.

 

The suggestions work to get the vehicle through the warranty period. That's it! The people with problems have exceeded the warranty period and are paying the price for the cheap maintenance schedule. That's at least my opinion.

 

that's complete bullshit. ure telling me i dont know how to treat cars? lol the shit ive dealt with on the GK is not normal. it was broken from day one. its somewhere on my blog. i trusted honda too much.

 

Maybe not in your case, but i know for a fact the majority of people having mechanical issues put shit gas and wait til the last possible percentage of the maintenance minder to change their oil. Like i said, Honda purposely misled people to the quality of gas acceptable in these motors, so they wouldn't scare off The Frugal demographic that would be going for these cars in the first place. Oil that has gone for a long time without change has collected and suspended a shitload of carbon, when that oil vaporizes and puts deposits through the PCV system on the intake valves, that leaves behind more carbon than clean oil obviously, that combined with shit quality gasoline of low-octane will basically set the car up for clogged injectors and coked valves. These motors absolutely require premium gas and frequent (5k miles or less imo) oil changes to keep those issues at bay.

 

I'll chime in here. My son's 2015 EX has been problem free so far. People who don't have problems rarely come on a forum & say so. I don't think problem free Fit's are rare at all.

 

I agree 100%

 

 

because direct injection... cleaner burns... less gunk.. lol...

 

Im done trying to explain why higher octanes do better in these motors. Anybody who doesnt get it at this point simply does not want to.