Honda Element Change Vehicle

"Froze up thus wearing down pads fast"

"both rear calipers went bad and lock up causing a total rebuild of the rear braking system 2 years in a row"

"needed to replace all four calipers"

"Calipers locked up. Wore out the rotor and pads. Caused serious heat problems. It was smoking before we noticed. If we had been on the highway for a long trip, it could have resulted in a fire"

"Left front caliper appears to have frozen up causing premature pad wear out"

"Caliper became hung up and had to be replaced"

"2 of them locked up"

"My passenger-side, rear brake caliper stuck, necessitating replacement of it and whole braking assembling that had worn away while it was stuck"

"the calipers have went bad two times in the last 4 years"

"Front and rear brakes were worn and needed replacement"

"Had to replace both rear calipers on different occasions during the past year. Each was replaced because it stuck. This is probably to be expected on a 10 year old car, but it was an expensive repair because it involved replacing the rest of the mech"

"normal brake wear"

"normal brake wear"

"The brakes were overdue for service so they were no longer safe and it was an expensive job to correct"

"Had to replace rotors and pads for the first time at around 187000 miles"

"First time I have had to replace rotors, due to not having brake pads done when signs indicated service"

"front- new pads rear- new pads and calipers"

"Normal brake wear repair. However also had to have engine support mount replaced discovered during brake repair."

"parking brake would not release in the winter"

"replaced brakes in 2013 twice: second replacement attributed to bad parts - poor brake pad adhesion. But then had to replace once again in 2014 ; this time used zinc. Fingers crossed!"

"brakes need to be replaced more frequently than any car i have ever owned"

"Experience this 4 or 5 times, the brakes pads worn out around 3,000 miles each time."

"going through brakes way faster than on any of our other cars"

"I paid my local Honda Dealer $2400. for some normal maintenance on my 2004 Honda Element. Roughly approx. 4 to 5 months, of letting it set, I decided to drive it only to find out that one of the back brake calipers had locked up. This was part of the repairs that I had already paid Honda to make. I took the car to the same dealer, only to be told that they wouldn't guarantee their work. If I wanted it fixed, it was going to be roughly another $000 to 2400 Dollars. This is why I'll never own another Honda!"

"The front brakes were replaced due to the caliper failure mentioned earlier"

"Front rotors were warped"

"Became grooved and had to be replaced"

"rotor warped"

"Noise"

"The rear ball joints were replaced when the mechanics, whom I trust implicitly, found them to be very worn."

"Most of my driving is in Baltimore City, where the roads are strewn with potholes and manhole covers that are either two or more inches too low or too high. There are very few streets where anyone can drive more than 25 feet without encountering bone-jarring conditions. As a result, I have had suspension and ball joint issues that I believe I wouldn't have had if the road conditions had been smooth."

"caused by driving on bad roads in new york city and long island ny"

"Element was taken in for diagnostic due to vibration (similar to driving on rutted shoulder). Rear differential bushings were the problem, cost was $750. This is the second item that has been repaired with over 250,000 miles. Great car"

"Cost. Wear and tear part but it was xpensive to replace"

"The description I wrote for the ball joints is applicable here."

"At 14 years and 255000 miles, the front bushings started to disconnect. Replaced lower control arms."

"Bushings in rear camber arms wore out, replaces with adjustable camber arms."

"Known issue. Replaced gaskets. All better."

"noticed a leak a few months back, and after self diagnosis, discovered it was the old hose, after all the car is over 16 years old"

"caused by bad roads"

"Both rear and front struts needed replacing"

"Both rear and front struts needed replacing"

"After 175000 miles, the front and rear suspension had mostly given out. We had it repaired/replaced and it works great. This is the only major repair we have ever had."

"replaced F & R struts"

"Thumping noise traveling g on rough roads."

"There was intermittent steering wheel vibration and clunky noise on rough roads (which is the main type of road in the Baltimore area) that was the result of old, worn-out struts. I think this was the first time I'd had to replace them."

"Front and rear struts have needed replacement and are expensive"

"Installation of new shocks improved the smoothness of the ride."

"Basically, after almost 200,000 miles, we had to repair /replace a bunch of the suspension. It was the first major repair we ever had on the Element"

"vibration at interstate speed, had sway bar replaced"

"After driving in NY City on a trip, because of horrendous road conditions, needed new left and right stabilizer bar control linkage, front wheel hub, and steering knuckles"

"Recent problem; driver noticed and reported. Investigation solved with alignment and replacement of certain worn steering-related parts that had become damaged."

"Required replacement"

"died and was replaced"

"Mostly this was due to rust after 10+ years of use. Main problem: the service guys didn't diagnose it correctly even though when you opened the hood, it was clearly leaking exhaust. A friend diagnosed, I went back with this into, and then: fixed!"

"The connection of the pipe between the catalytic converter and muffler failed twice."

"corroded catalytic converter and associated parts"

"Fixed with the leak previously discussed."

"Recall of takata airbag"

"Cruise control button is very sticky; takes a lot of effort and several tries to get it to go on and stay on."

"The vehicle was recalled due to an airbag issue. After replacing it, however, the passenger airbag light remained on. Supposedly connected to the seat belt latches. Took 3 visits and a lot of rig-a-maroll to get it fixed finally. But it's done now."

"Reset the light"

"rusted and fell off from muffler back"