Honda Element Complaints

1,283 consumer complaints on file.

#10115322October 12, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MAJOR (DEADLY) FLAW IN 2004 HONDA ELEMENT. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE DESIGN FLAW THAT WAS DISCOVERED WHILE SITTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE ON THE DAY OF PURCHASING MAY RESULT IN THE ENTRAPMENT OF OCCUPANTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093551October 4, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
2003 HONDA ELEMENT WITH A WINDSHIELD THAT HAS STARTING CRACKING FOR NO REASON AND IT IS STARTING TO TRAVEL INTO MY DRIVING VIEW. THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THESE WINDSHIELDS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093187September 27, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD DAMAGE. HONDA CASE NUMBER #N012004092702375 (COMPLAIN FILED 9/12/04). DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY WINDSHIELD GOT A DING BOTTOM LEFT THEN IMMEDIATELY THE GLASS CRACKED ABOUT 12 INCHES. HONDA 2004 ELEMENT WITH LESS THAN 3,700 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093950September 21, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD CRACKED INADVERTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING ON A DESERTED RURAL ROAD WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THIS WAS THE SECOND WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. IT WAS A MYSTERY AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091351September 20, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT IS BREAKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. T APPEARS THAT THERE IS A DEVELOPING HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. SEE LINK BELOW, CALIFORNIA CLASS ACTION SUIT. *AK HTTP://WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG/ARTICLE.PHP?DID=950&SCID=90
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092609September 14, 2004
STEERING, TIRES:VALVE
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE'S STEERING LOCKED. THE VEHICLE'S TIRE VALVE WAS FAULTY AND RESULTED IN A FLAT TIRE. *NM WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED FOR THE SECOND TIME, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY MALFUNCTION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092009September 14, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THERE IS A TEN INCH CRACK GOING ACROSS THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090991September 14, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
CRACK IN WINDSHIELD BEGINS UNDER DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER GROWS UPWARD AND THE FLARES OFF IN DIRECTION OF PASSENGER WIPER. NO IMPACT, CRACK APPEARS WHILE CAR IS PARKED. CAR 3 WEEKS OLD WITH 1100 MILES. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION WITH SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WINDSHIELD REPLACED BUT SAID IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME ONLY REPLACEMMENT BASIS AS A GOOD WILL GESTURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090883September 13, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THIS IS THE 3RD CRACKED WINDSHIELD FOR MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT. NONE OF THE CRACKS WERE CAUSED BY ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD, THEY JUST APPEARED AND ALL IN THE SAME PLACE. THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, BEGINNING WHERE THE WINDSHIELD MEETS THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, GO STRAIGHT UP ABOUT 6 INCHES AND THEN HOOK TO THE RIGHT (AS YOU FACE THE VEHICLE). THE FIRST AND THIRD CRACKED WINDSHIELDS THE DEALER WOULDL NOT REPLACE BECAUSE THERE IS A SMALL PIT THE SIZE OF A PIN HEAD TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE CRACK (ALTHOUGH NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD) BUT THE 2ND ONE THEY DID REPLACE BECAUSE THE PIT DID NOT APPEAR. THEY CALLED IT A "STRESS CRACK". THE DATES OF THE WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS ARE 12/3/03, 7/15/04, AND 9/14/04. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090621September 8, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD CRACKED AS HAS OCCURRED ON THOUSANDS OF HONDA ELEMENTS, SERVICE MANAGER IS BILIGERENT AND INSISTS IT IS A STONE CHIP EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED REGARDING THIS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE COMPLAINING!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091585September 8, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. DEALER STATED THAT A ROCK CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE FOUND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB PERTAINING TO THIS DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080291September 8, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
THE HORN AND THE ALARM SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS BACK IN DEC. 15, 2003 AND NOW THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED, THE SOUND OF THE HORN DIMINISHED WHEN USED AND THE AUTO REMOTE WAS FAILING TO ACTIVATE THE ALARM SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090535September 7, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 2004 HONDA ELEMENT (SUV) BURST INTO FLAMES WHILE UNDER OPERATION. THIS VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 10,000 MILES OF USE. ON THE DATE MENTIONED AT ABOUT 1450 HOURS I AND MY WIFE WERE OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE WHICH HAD BEEN IN USE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WHEN A CLOUD OF SMOKE BEGAN TO EMINATE FROM THE LOWER ENGING COMPARTMENT. UPON EXAMINATION, A FIRE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THE FIRE WALL. POLICE AND FIRE UNITS WERE SUMMONED. THEY RESPONDED, BUT NOT BEFORE THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN CONSUMED BY FLAMES. I HAVE READ TODAY THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH HONDA SUV'S. I WAS NOT GIVEN NOTICE OF THIS CONDITION AND I AM ADVISING YOU THAT THIS PROCLIVITY TO BURN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH REAR DOORS THAT CANNOT EASILY OPEN. IS A HIGHLY HAZARDOUS CONTITION. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY RESLULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. N WHY ISN'T HONDA NOTIFYING ANYONE OR RECALLING THE VEHICLES? PLEASE RESPOND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090538September 7, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
1) DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT ON THE HIGHWAY 2) WINDSHIELD CRACKED; THIS IS THE 4TH REPLACEMENT ON THAT WINDSHIELD IN 1 YEAR; 3) WINDSHIELD WILL BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090508September 6, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE CRACK IS NOT IMPACT RELATED. HONDA REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090433September 4, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
THE WINDSHIELD ON MY ELEMENT CRACKED AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. AS THERE WERE FEW CARS ON THE ROAD AND NONE IN FRONT OF ME FOR PERHAPS A 1/4 MILE, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THERE WAS NO ROAD DEBRIS OR ANYTHING ELSE WHICH HIT THE WINDSHIELD. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 30 MINUTES I WATCHED AS THE CRACK EXPANDED AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES, TOTALLING ABOUT 7 INCHES. THIS IS TROUBLING SINCE THERE ARE REPORTS OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM WITH HONDA ELEMENTS AND HONDA DENIES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088615August 26, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT HAS BEEN VICTIM OF 2 CRACKED WINDSHIELDS WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD OF 1 YEAR. THE FIRST CRACK OCCURRED WITHOUT ANY CONTRIBUTING FORCE. THE SECOND CRACK OCCURRED 2 WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. A SMALL PEBBLE HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND INSTANTLY CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THERE IS BOTH A DESIGN FLAW AND LACK OF QUALITY WITH HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088617August 26, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
CRACKED WINDSHIELD, DRIVER DID NOT HEAR/SEE ANYTHING HIT WINDSHIELD, CRACK IS BELOW WIPER BLADE, MANY OTHER DRIVERS OF HONDA ELEMENT 2003 HAVE SIMILAR CRACKED WINDSHIELD STORIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089761August 25, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE DRIVING A ROCK FROM THE STREET HIT THE WINDSHIELD, CAUSING A CRACK THREE TO FOUR INCHES IN DIAMETER. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ROCK WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED LESS THAN A YEAR AGO, AND PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088257August 20, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIED BROKE FOR NO APPARRENT REASON WHILE RIDING WITH MY WIFE, NICE WEATHER, NO TRAFFIC WINDSHIELD MADE A LOUD POPPING NOISE AND THEN WE BOTH WATCHED AS THE CRACK SPREAD FROM JUST BELOW THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER ARM UPWARD ABOUT 12". *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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