Unofficial Honda FIT Forums - Fit DIY: Repair & Maintenance

Need help

13ounty-Hunter — Sat, 16 May 2026 12:06:21 GMT

I Changed the alternator in my 2017 honda fit with aftermarket alternator and now I have 3 lights on... power steering traction, control and tire light And the text reads charge system....I didn't have any lights before... any ideas before I take it back out and get a oem alternator from honda for another couple hundred dollars? 🙏

2008 Fit Sport odometer displaying "no" CEL but no codes

Tex — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:37:23 GMT

So I bought a 2008 Honda Fit Sport this weekend. When I test drove it before purchasing everything seemed fine. When I came back later in the day to drive it home I noticed the odometer started blinking "no" and the check engine light, abs light, airbag light, TPMS light, and power steering all came on all blinking. Once I got the car home I plugged in my OBD scanner to see what the check engine light was about. No codes... weird. I figured my cheap scanner might not be picking up ABS codes or something so I took it to O'Reilly and had them scan it but still nothing everything appeared fine as far as the scanner is concerned. I noticed the nut that secured the positive battery terminal was missing so I thought maybe the battery disconnected briefly at some point. I took the battery out and charged it all night and left the power leads connected together all night to hopefully reset the ECU. In the morning after charging the battery the car was still displaying the dash lights and "no" on the odometer. I'm at a loss. My friend who is an experienced mechanic and handles a lot of electrical issues at his shop told me the "no" likely means no bus so the cluster is not getting the bus data for some reason possible corroded connectors or bad ground somewhere. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I've been looking all over the internet for similar issues but having a hard time finding anyone having this happen to their Honda Fit.

Timing chain tensioner

FIT2010BASIC — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:16:55 GMT

I have a 2010 Honda fit base model that blew a spark plug out. I need to take the head off, but I�m having a hard time with the timing chain tensioner. Any advice

Factory service manual

abunaitwo — Fri, 08 May 2026 07:58:40 GMT

2013 Sport
I always get a Factory service manual in print for any vehicle I own.
Seems hard to find one.
Did they even make one?????
PDF is good, but for me, it's so much easier using the printed book.
Old school.

Auto transmission fluid

Jcobb5109 — Fri, 08 May 2026 00:01:35 GMT

Hi, I'm wondering if this is metal shavings or carbon on my transmission drain plug?