Safety Score
95
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
29
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2009 Honda Element.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | There is corrosion on the rear trailing arm and surrounding area. Also rust is forming on rear subframe / crossmembers … |
| 2025-06-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Just like the same era's Honda CR-V (the Honda Element's sibling car with many of the same components), the undercarria… |
| 2025-06-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Just like the same era's Honda CR-V (the Honda Element's sibling car with many of the same components), the undercarria… |
| 2024-08-29 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Honda Element. The contact stated while driving approximately 20 MPH and approaching a stop sig… |
| 2024-07-01 | TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Honda Element. The contact stated there was an extreme amount of rust on the vehicle. The conta… |
| 2024-05-20 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | While driving the left rear wheel went sideway... looking underneath the Unibody had corroded to the point the left con… |
| 2023-09-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The driver side rear trail arm broke free from under the vehicle. Vehicle loses control much like having flat tires bu… |
| 2021-03-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2009 Honda Element. The contact stated the driver's side rear trailing arm detached from the vehicle… |
| 2020-08-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | A FAILED MODULATOR. SERVICE ADVISORY A52 MUSHY BRAKES. |
| 2020-02-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL TOO SOFT. CHANGED FLUID, STILL THE SAME. |
| 2018-11-05 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ELEMENT. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE; HOWEVER,… |
| 2018-04-05 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE CAR ACCELERATES INCORRECTLY MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS YOU GIVE IT, THE CAR WILL ONLY GO 15 … |
| 2017-12-11 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I WAS DRIVING MY HONDA ELEMENT 2009 ON A HWY IN SC. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AND I HAD A GREEN LIGHT AND THE CAR WAS MOVIN… |
| 2016-08-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL : AFTER SERVICING OUR HONDA VEHICLE TODAY, THERE IS A WARNING NOT TO ALLOW A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT… |
| 2016-07-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ELEMENT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: … |
| 2015-12-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | INTERIM SHAFT BEARING BROKEN - REPLACED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AT 20K MILES IN JUNE 2014 AND ALSO … |
| 2015-09-16 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL IS SOFT AND GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. WHEN THE ENGINE IS OFF THE PEDAL IS HARD AND DOE… |
| 2015-05-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ELEMENT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:14V351000 (AIR BA… |
| 2015-04-12 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ELEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP SIGN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, ANOTHER VE… |
| 2014-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE PEDAL IS VERY SOFT AND THE BRAKES WEAR UNEVENLY AND CLAPPERS LOCK UP EVEN AFTER REPLACEMENT OF PADS ROTERS, C… |
| 2013-08-29 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ELEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE TOOK HER VEHICLE IN FOR A ROUTINE CHECK UP BUT W… |
| 2012-03-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER - CUT ON AIR CONDITIONING AFTER WINTER, WOULD NOT COOL. TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALER, BILL GATTON … |
| 2012-03-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | SPONGY BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO FLOOR. HAVE NEW ROTORS & PADS AND JUST HAD THE SYSTEM FLUSHED AND BLED. NO CHANGE IN… |
| 2011-07-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | Yes | 0 | 2009 HONDA ELEMENT, UNDER 2000 MILES AFTER CERTIFICATION SUFFERED A BRAKE FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING LEADING TO ACCIDENT.… |
| 2010-03-21 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | SINCE NEW (DAY ONE) HAVE HAD SOFT BRAKE PEDDLE. DEALER SAYS NORMAL, BUT I DON'T THINK SO AS I HAVE DRIVEN 100S OF VEHIC… |
| 2010-03-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | SOFT BRAKE PEDAL ON 2009 HONDA ELEMENT LX AWD. BRAKE PEDAL MAY GO ALMOST TO THE FLOOR SO THAT FOOT HITS GAS PEDAL WHEN… |
| 2010-03-05 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | STRESS CRACK APPEARED ON WINDSHIELD DIRECTLY OPPOSITE REAR VIEW MIRROR. CRACK BEGINS ABOVE AREA OF WINDSHIELD EXPOSED … |
| 2009-12-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER | No | 0 | NEEDLE ON GAS GAUGE POPPED OUT AND IS NOW RESTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLASTIC ENCLOSURE - AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE NE… |
| 2009-10-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HONDA ELEMENT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON SMOOTH ROAD SURFACE. THE STEE… |