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2004 Honda Element air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 73 complaints for the 2004 Honda Element, 22% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
73 22% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
108,000 miles 46 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 0
Injuries and deaths
14 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2004 Honda Element Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 108,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 12 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 6 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 4 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 108,000 miles
Based on 46 complaints that include mileage. 7% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles12
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles6
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles4

What the data shows

Of the 46 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 108,000 miles, and 7% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 12 crashes, 14 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 honda element. The contact stated that a vehicle crashed into the rear of the vehicle, causing the contact to crash into a preceding vehicle. The front driver side seat belt did not restrain the contact and caused the contact to be injured. A passenger was also reported injured. In addition, the air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was destroyed and was not inspected to for the seat belt and air bag failures. The failure and the current mileage was 108,000.

Reported at 108,000 miles, December 2011 CrashInjury

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 honda element. The contact stated that the air bag indicator remained illuminated while driving. The contact called suburban honda (located at 25100 haggerty rd, farmington hills, mi 48335) and was informed that the part was not available for the repair. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v344000 (air bags); however, the part needed for the repair was not available.

Reported at 210,000 miles, July 2016

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