Honda Element: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 20 recall campaigns for the Honda Element, model years 2003 to 2011. NHTSA has 1,082 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 9 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Honda Element | 10 | 10 | 8% | 11,232,645 |
| 2010 Honda Element | 10 | 21 | 17% | 11,231,895 |
| 2009 Honda Element | 8 | 17 | 14% | 11,174,215 |
| 2008 Honda Element | 12 | 75 | 62% | 13,074,966 |
| 2007 Honda Element | 10 | 88 | 73% | 13,074,712 |
| 2006 Honda Element | 9 | 99 | 82% | 13,847,496 |
| 2005 Honda Element | 7 | 134 | 111% | 12,656,161 |
| 2004 Honda Element | 9 | 248 | 206% | 11,521,210 |
| 2003 Honda Element | 10 | 390 | 324% | 15,019,691 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,261 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 295 | 372 |
| Air Bags | 230.8 | 291 |
| Electrical System | 79.3 | 100 |
| Seats | 42.8 | 54 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 39.7 | 50 |
| Structure | 34.9 | 44 |
| Power Train | 32.5 | 41 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 25.4 | 32 |
| Unknown or Other | 23.8 | 30 |
| Seat Belts | 23 | 29 |
Counts by year
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- Pilot62 campaigns
- Fit34 campaigns
- Passport29 campaigns
- Ridgeline39 campaigns
- GL180015 campaigns
- Civic Hybrid18 campaigns
- Prelude12 campaigns
- Insight24 campaigns
- VTX13001 campaign
- VTX18003 campaigns
- Honda0 campaigns
- Accord Hybrid15 campaigns
- S20005 campaigns
- HR-V13 campaigns
- Crosstour5 campaigns
- Accord Crosstour8 campaigns
- Honda Motorcycle0 campaigns
- Clarity Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
- CMX250C1 campaign
- GL1800A4 campaigns
- CR-Z3 campaigns
- CBR1000RR9 campaigns
- Silverwing0 campaigns
- VT7505 campaigns
- ST13005 campaigns
- VFR8003 campaigns
- ST1300A5 campaigns
- Civic GX8 campaigns
- VFR1200F2 campaigns
- CBR929RR2 campaigns
- CB300F2 campaigns
- CTX7002 campaigns
- CBR300R4 campaigns
- VT6002 campaigns
- Silver Wing3 campaigns
- FSC6004 campaigns
- CRF250L4 campaigns
- NSS3004 campaigns
- CB5002 campaigns
- CMX5003 campaigns
- CB7504 campaigns
- Grom1253 campaigns
- Clarity Fuel Cell4 campaigns
- CB500X3 campaigns
- CR-V Hybrid13 campaigns
- CMX3005 campaigns
- Civic Type R6 campaigns
- 7502 campaigns
- Civic Hatchback3 campaigns
- CRF11003 campaigns
- CB300R2 campaigns
- CBR5002 campaigns
- CBR500R3 campaigns
- CBR650R3 campaigns
- EV Plus2 campaigns
- Fit EV4 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Honda Element: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/honda/element/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Honda Element model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2008 with 12, 2011 with 10, 2010 with 10. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Honda Element model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 390 of the 1,082 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Honda Element name?
- Visibility: 295 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 230.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 79.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Honda Element?
- 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.