2007 Honda Element problems
NHTSA has received 142 complaints about the 2007 Honda Element, and 19% of them involve air bags. After that come electrical system (16%) and brakes (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 142 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 71,000 miles 92 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 13 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 6 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Among the 92 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 70,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 10 complaints mention a crash; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Honda Element with enough data (56 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 10 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Car crash, the person I hit ran a stop sign going about 40 miles an hour. 2007 honda element air bags went off, and lost permanent hearing loss in both ears, l ear 50% and r ear 70%.
Was involved in a car accident on 8/22/12. I was driving a 2007 honda element AWD at 55MPH. An accident happened in front of me which resulted in me hitting a truck and a van hitting me. The airbags never deployed... Not one! I am upset that I bought this car because of the safety measures and when I needed them, nothing happened. Both the driver and passenger suffered very sore necks, shoulders and backs! I want a investigation done on my vehicle to see why the airbags never deployed!!!
Brakes are spongy on 2007 honda element. Brake pedal travel has increased, especially on hard braking. This has developed mostly in the last couple of months. No accidents, but a couple of close calls because the car does not stop as quickly as it should.
My honda element has a violet shuddering which occurs only during light acceleration at 30 to 40 MPH. The shuddering stops once I let off the gas pedal. If I accelerate normally or more aggressively, there is no shudder.