NHTSA Complaint #11389619 — 2007 HONDA FIT

IN FEBRUARY 2020, I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I WENT TO ACCELERATE I HEARD CRACKING/ BREAKING SOUND AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE AXLE HAD BROKEN. IN JANUARY 2021, NEARLY THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. I WAS STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE I HEARD THE SAME SOUND AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD THE CAR TOWED I WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AXLE HAD BROKEN. THE MECHANIC DESCRIBE THIS AXLE AS RUSTED AROUND ONE AREA OF THE AXEL, WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE ABOUT THE DIAMETER OF A QUARTER IT WAS A SMALL AS THE DIAMETER OF A PENCIL.