I have an 08 Fit with around 48K miles on it. It has a five speed and the clutch is dead. Honda won't fix it and says it's my fault, even though I bought the car new, and I've been driving manuals for as long as I've been driving. I know how to drive, and I know it wasn't my fault. Still I'm going to be out over $1000 to get the thing replaced. My 96 civic got well over 150K miles before I replaced the clutch.

I don't believe that a defective clutch is excluded from the warranty coverage. Sure, regular wear is excluded, but a clutch going out at less than 50K miles is not regular wear.

Google lead me to this forum, where I am seeing the same story a disturbing number of times. Early Clutch wear, experienced driver, honda refuses to cover the repairs, ect. To me this shows that the clutch is defective, and that Honda probably knows it is defective, but it doesn't want to pay for a recall.

Right now I'm weighing my legal options to determine what steps to take against Honda. To that end I'd like to see whether there is a critical mass of similarly situated Honda Customers so as to make a class action lawsuit viable.

If you or someone you know has now or has in the past had a problem with early clutch wear on the first generation Honda Fit (it seems to to be a problem on the 09 and later models) please contact me at HondaFitClutchProblem@gmail.com