2005 Honda Element owner complaints

While driving through parking lot approaching exit, the passenger side seat airbag deployed without reason. Loud bang, ringing ears, and crying kids. No bumps, potholes, curbs or accident. So far everyone from Honda, the dealer and insurance are all pointing the finger at each other. As seen on this and other sites this seems common however everyone acts like it's the first time they've heard of such a thing. *tr

Started with pass. Air bag light & pass. Seatbelt beeper & light. Have had it repaired 4 times but pass. Beeper & light has not been fixed. Spoke with Honda america in ca regional mgr morris said it doesn't exist in the 2005 Honda element the manual is a misprint. This is a safety issue which Honda does not want to correct. It had worked before so my wife & I spoke to people with 1996 to 2008 Honda elements and they all have a seatbelt light & beeper for the passenger front seat. Could you please help with this safety issue that has been going on for four long years. I believe Honda america is trying to deceive us. I even asked morris to put it in writing that it is a misprint in the manual but he said he could not do that. I also told him that I had spoken to other 2005 element owners wh

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 Honda element. While driving at an unknown speed, the front passenger side air bag deployed without warning or impact. There were no injuries. The dealer (mike maroone Honda, 1103 academy park loop, colorado springs, co 80910, (719) 888-2995) stated that the contact must have struck something to trigger the air bag deployment. The dealer stated that the repair would cost $3,200. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 191,050.

My daughter was driving her 2005 Honda element around 50mph and hit a small pot hole and then heard a loud bang. After seeing smoke she immediately pulled over and checked the car and found no outside damage. When getting back in still seen and smelled smoke and noticed passenger front airbag was deployed. How does an airbag deploy without a front or side impact?

My Honda 2005 element's side air bag inadvertently deployed. I was exiting a parking lot and partially drove over a curb with the left front tire. As the tire rolled off the curb the driver's side air bag deployed. I heard a loud explosion sound and was completely freaked out. I looked to my left side and the driver side airbag had exploded out. It wasn't even inflated. Fortunately, I was not injured. *tr

Repeated (7 shop visits) attempts to resolve SRS (airbag) indicator activating. Two seat belt clasp replacements, I can recall. Honda refuses to honor vehicle occupant safety warranty to remedy repeated faults tied possibly to defective seat belt harness wiring estimated to cost $400-$1,100.

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2005 Honda element. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v344000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

I was driving down the road, and for no reason at all, my passenger side airbag deployed!!!!! Scared me to death, glad I wasn't going very fast or I might have gotten into an accident! I am also lucky that it wasn't the drivers side airbag, or it could have broken my arm! *tr

My wife, mother in-law, and 8 month old son were driving on a gravel driveway to someones house when suddenly the drivers side airbag in my 2005 Honda element deployed. There was no collision, no reckless driving, nothing to provoke an airbag to suddenly deploy. It only happened once, however, due to fighting w/ dealerships and Honda's customer service center over the repairs; my wife is still driving the vehicle, as it is her only means of transportation. My 8 month old son also rides in this vehicle and I am very thankful that he and my wife were not hurt in the incident; my mother in-law however, received a severely bruised elbow as she was the one driving the vehicle. I took it to the dealership to have it repaired and was told that only the faulty sensor is covered under my warrant

2005 Honda element (2 wd) has no heat at all while a/c system is working fine.. Come to find out, Honda released an original tsb of 07-076, and since then replaced it with tsb 08-097 which was "failed heater core". It seems the manufacturer used wrong coolant and so it cloggs up heater core. My car has been in local dealer for 5 days and they tried to blame on everything outside of the heater core and also changed everything except heater core, and still no heat. Finally, they acknowledged the heater core is plugged up and it has to be changed out; however; they now tell me that my VIN number does not fit into their tsb and therefore, they won't honor the tsb. Called Honda america and spoke to 1st level, 2nd, and up to 3rd which [xxx] and eventhough this is a common manufacturer defe

In march of 2007 we had a cold spell. I turned on the heat but it didn't work. I forgot about it as the seasons changed and it warmed up. Since the weather has started to turn cold I've tried to turn the heat on. It still doesn't work. I took it to the dealership to get looked at and the heater core has been messed up. My car is a 2005 and has only 52k miles. I've received regular scheduled maintenance on my vehicle. I believe the coolant put in the car at the factory was a bad batch and has therefore messed up the heater core. *tr

Dt*: the contact stated the engine would not start after multiple attempts. The battery was recharged, and afterwards, the engine started. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer, who determined the battery needed to be replaced. Afterwards, the problem persisted. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer, who was unable to duplicate the problem.

Airbag warning lights will come on for no reason saying passenger airbag is off and it is not off. This happens at least once a week. This happens at various times, cranking vehicle, driving vehicle, there is really no specific situation . It's sporadic. Headlights have always been dim. Sometimes I can't even tell if they are on. The cargo lights, front middle and back work sometimes and most times they don't. Also brake lights seem to have a mind of there own and work when they want to but definitely not when I want them to. In fact I am pretty sure there is an electrical shortage somewhere.

My 2005 Honda element windshield just cracked. Nothing hit it, the windshield just cracked. It now has two significant cracks from the edge of the windshield across. *jb

I have owned my Honda element for two weeks now....first time on the freeway going around 65-70 miles per hour. At a substantial following distance recieved one chip and one large ding/crack in my windshield from oncoming debris--all within the space of one half hour. Researched internet only to find that among other complaints there is a class action lawsuit pending right now about this very design flaw in the Honda element--many suggest it can be fixed by Honda simply reinforcing the glass and flattening the flanges around the windshield to prevent the inordinate amount of dings and cracking. I contacted my dealer and they said it was my problem--but ive done more research only to find that Honda has sent tsb's out to many dealers advising them to fix this problem for the 2003-2004 mod

Turned on vehicle and put it in first gear and was good and semiconductors then notice got stuck in gear and wouldn't come out. Standard transmission

I contacted Honda, after of some struggles they set me an apt, at 1st they told me is a free recall, then they called me telling me it has other issues that needs to be repair before they work on the recall, it would cost me $4,110.13, I said no, I would go pick up the car, my car was in great working conditions, I have done extensive work on it $$$ is why I find hard to believe Honda returned my car broken, I have to tow it to my mechanic. I'm saving for an attorney, still a way to go but if anything happens to my already disable (deaf) daughter between that time of me saving and then I'm going to go all the way. I'm contacting you today because Honda asked me on facebook to send a private msg, which I don't know how to do, here is the msg: [xxx] mi van necesita le cambien esa bolsa de ai

The seat belts for the driver and front passenger in the 2005 Honda element are attached to the forward edge of the rear door, therefore the rear doors cannot be opened unless the front doors are opened. *nm *jb

The car will stall when in motion and turning the steering wheel to make a turn. The car will stall at a stop sign , the car will stall and brake, fuel and brake lights wil come on but battery is fine and lights stay on. This is been an ongoing problem Honda will not honor the recall for the 2005 stalling auto transimission they have replaced the aic , the throttle , the cruise control , o2 sensor. The problem is going over a year since 2014 now worse.

I was driving and all of a sudden vehicle became hard to control. I got it stopped and noticed drivers side rear tire was sideways. upon inspection I noticed trail arm was broke loose at frame. apparently it had rusted through at the frame.