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Honda Element by model year

1,537 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Honda Element across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Honda Element 0 250 500 2003: 482 '03 2004: 329 '04 2005: 204 '05 2006: 154 '06 2007: 142 '07 2008: 131 '08 2009: 41 '09 2010: 39 '10 2011: 15 '11
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
2003482
2004329
2005204
2006154
2007142
2008131
200941
201039
201115

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2011 15 10 20 to 22
2010 39 Air bags (18%) 10 20 to 22
2009 41 Brakes (20%) 8 20 to 22
2008 131 Brakes (26%) 12 20 to 22
2007 142 Air bags (19%) 10 20 to 22
2006 154 Air bags (36%) 9 20 to 21
2005 204 Air bags (38%) 7 20 to 21
2004 329 Wipers, windshield & visibility (33%) 9 20 to 21
2003 482 Wipers, windshield & visibility (47%) 10 20 to 21