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Honda Element

Every Honda Element model year on file, 2003 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1,281130 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92003 to 2011
Recall campaigns24Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins670Summed across model years
By model year

The 2003 model year drew the most complaints, 423, 33% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0200400600200342320042005200620072008200920102011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Visibility and wipers leads the Honda Element complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers
378
Airbags
322
Suspension
116
Electrical system
111
Structure
91
Brakes
89
Seats
56
Powertrain
49
Engine and cooling
47
Seat belts
36
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Honda Element model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Honda Element by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011SUV119.13611345
2010SUV306.78511352
2009SUV3013.31369349
2008SUV1134.419513447
2007SUV1125.416712450
2006SUV12218.929411348
2005SUV15917.623410371
2004SUV2818.9457114136
2003SUV4238.51,322124172
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Honda Element

  • 19E-068 Oct 10, 2019
    Rotating portion of the accelerator pedal assembly may bind
    Speed control · 3,744 vehicles
  • 19V-501 Jun 27, 2019
    Vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode due…
    Airbags · 1.66M vehicles
  • 19V-499 Jun 27, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with driver frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall remedy part or replacement service part, that may explode…
    Airbags · 3,947 vehicles
  • 19V-182 Mar 6, 2019
    Affected vehicles received a replacement driver air bag inflator as part of a previous Takata inflator recall remedy or a replacement driver air…
    Airbags · 1.1M vehicles
  • 18V-662 Sep 27, 2018
    Honda is also recalling certain 2011-2012 Acura RL, 2011 Honda Element and 2011-2013 Ridgeline vehicles in Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, the…
    Airbags · 57k vehicles
  • 18V-268 Apr 26, 2018
    Front passenger air bag may have been installed incorrectly during replacement
    Airbags · 1,335 vehicles
  • 18V-041 Jan 9, 2018
    Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2010-2012 Acura RL, 2010 Honda Element, and 2010-2013 Honda Ridgeline vehicles ever…
    Airbags · 25k vehicles
  • 17V-029 Jan 10, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 309k vehicles
  • 16V-344 May 23, 2016
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, and used as original…
    Airbags · 1.79M vehicles
  • 15V-370 Jun 15, 2015
    Affected vehicles have a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause the inflator…
    Airbags · 3.5M vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.