2007 Honda Element Airbag Problems

Mileage when the problem started

• Under 25k
  225%
• 25k–50k
  00%
• 50k–75k
  225%
• 75k–100k
  00%
• 100k–150k
  338%
• 150k+
  113%

Owner reports

Selected complaints filed with NHTSA by 2007 Honda Element owners, lightly cleaned up (personal details are redacted by NHTSA).

Tl* the contact owned a 2007 Honda Element. While driving approximately 35-40 MPH, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle, which caused a chain reaction. The contact stated that the air bags failed to deploy. The contact later experienced pain in the left arm. Medical attention was not received. A police report was filed. The contact was able to drive the vehicle home. The vehicle was towed to the insurance company's lot to be inspected. The vehicle was not diagnosed and was deemed destroyed. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: 09915922. The approximate failure mileage was 310,000.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Honda Element. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the passenger side air bag warning indicator intermittently illuminated. The failure recurred on several occasions. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15V320000 (air bags) and 12V436000 (electrical system, trailer hitches); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

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!!! Thankfully nobody was killed due to some malfunctioning airbags.

Driver airbag deployed in Element when it hit rear end of vehicle that was stopped in lane of traffic due to having rear ended vehicle in from of it. Element driver suffered near 3rd degree chemical burns & cut on right wrist, burn on left thumb joint, bruise & cut under left ribcage. 2 weeks later still treating dollar size chemical burn & skin peeling on right wrist. Dark green substance was on right wrist original blistering & skin peeled area, took several days to remove it completely. Medical care was required.

Takata inflators this is our only means of transportation to our jobs with out children one of which has a lot of medical apts. There are only 2 seats in the rear for my children's car seats, which does not allow anyone to sit back there instead of the passenger seat. I contacted Honda right away and processed an urgent claim for loaner transportation for the safety of my family while parts are on back order atleast 3 weeks. A year and a half before I had an issue with the air bag recall and this accommodation was made so I know they are able to help out. It's been a week and half and 2 calls to their customer service to follow up with the case manager that they said was to overwhelmed to get back to me. If my family is injured during this wait I will file a lawsuit in regards to this matter. …

2007 Honda Element. Consumer states several problems with vehicle to include transmission failure the consumer stated the transmission first failed at 15,000. The defect the dealer apparently repaired between March 22-26 and April 2008 has returned. Recently, the vehicle started to shudder once more under light acceleration between 30-35 MPH. The consumer also stated there was a persistent clicking sound coming from the front passenger seat. In addition, a malfunctioning radio console was replaced. The problem returned with the front passenger seat. The SRS light illuminated on an intermittent basis and when it did illuminate, it stayed on for extended periods of time.

Received a notice for an important safety recall. Written description on recall notice is "the defect in these vehicles could kill or injure you or other people in your vehicle" the last sentence of this paragraph reads, "past ruptures like this have killed and injured vehicle drivers." attempted to make an appointment on multiple occasions and was told no one was available in service to speak to me, even after explaining I was calling due to the recall notice. Left my name and phone number as requested but no return call. I called again today (4/14/2015) and was told I must wait until the end of June to have this "defect that has killed and injured others" repaired.

Takata recall: this is regarding a 2007 Honda Element. We have not owned this vehicle since 2007, and probably traded it on another car. It's bern such a long time, we do not remember which dealer we dealt with. We have received numerous recall notices from Honda, and each time, by phone or response card, have informed them that we no longer own the car. Please update your records, and take us off of the notification list. We will no longer respond to notices regarding this car. It's annoying that Honda is unable to update their records with our numerous contacts with them. Thank you.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Honda Element. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 14V351000 (air bags) and 13V436000 (air bags); however, the parts were not available within a reasonable timeframe to schedule the recall repairs. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available for an extended period of time. The manufacturer was contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 Honda Element. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 14V351000 (air bags) and 13V436000 (air bags); however, the part was not available within a reasonable timeframe. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer was contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the contacts vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.

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