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Honda Element Acceleration problems by year

5 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Honda Element's acceleration & cruise control. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Acceleration complaints by model year

YearAcceleration complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Acceleration recalls

Latest Element acceleration complaints

2009 Honda ElementSteeringSuspensionAcceleration & cruise control

Just like the same era's Honda CR-V (the Honda Element's sibling car with many of the same components), the undercarriage rust on my vehicle is excessive: as described in the same era Honda CR-V's NHTSA Recall (23V-228). Sections of my car's rear frame are rusty. Just like with the CR-V, a recall for the rear frame corrosion first occurred in Canada and then in the US: see NHTSA Recall 23V-228's chronology. The Honda Element's Canadian recall is as follows: "Transport Canada Recall - 2021024 - HONDA". As of today,...

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there is no NHTSA recall for rear frame corrosion for Honda Elements. I am submitting this complaint for this car now, and also contemporaneously am submitting other complaints under different VINs for my other Elements with rust problems: every Honda Element that I have ever owned, even this Element for this complaint that I am submitting right now, that had spent its entire 14 year life as a New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas car has had rust problems. In other words, no matter what environment these Elements (which were made for the model years 2003-2011) are in, they corrode right away (within any factory warranties), and eventually become dangerous.

Filed Incident Steering · Suspension · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11666868
2009 Honda ElementSteeringSuspensionAcceleration & cruise control

Just like the same era's Honda CR-V (the Honda Element's sibling car with many of the same components), the undercarriage rust on my vehicle is excessive: as described in the same era Honda CR-V's NHTSA Recall (23V-228). Large sections of my car's rear frame are completely missing, as shown in the photographs. My car is now undriveable. I had it towed to two Honda dealerships at my expense and both refused to even look at the car's rust, when I explicitly asked them to determine if the car was safe to drive....

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Niether dealership would confirm. Honda corporate cited that they were unable to assess the photographs that I sent to it because it does not physically inspect the cars. Honda corporate also insisted that it could not do anything about any dealership's behavior as they are allegedly completely independent from Honda of North America. Honda corporate also looked up the history of my Hondas that I have owned and Elements that I still own and actually asked me, if I purchased them just to try to have Honda fix them for free. Just like with the CR-V, a recall for the rear frame corrosion first occurred in Canada and then in the US: see NHTSA Recall 23V-228's chronology. The Honda Element's Canadian recall is as follows: "Transport Canada Recall - 2021024 - HONDA". As of today, there is no NHTSA recall for rear frame corrosion for Honda Elements. I am submitting this complaint for this car now, and also contemporaneous will submit less detailed complaints under different VINs for my other Elements with rust problems: every Honda Element that I have ever owned, even one that had spent its entire 14 year life as a New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas car has had rust problems. In other words, no matter what environment these Elements (which were made for the model years 2003-2011) are in, they corrode right away (within any factory warranties), and eventually become dangerous.

Filed Incident Steering · Suspension · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11666864
2009 Honda ElementAcceleration & cruise controlCrash

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 honda element. While parking the vehicle, the contact applied the emergency brake; however, the vehicle accelerated, drove over a curb, and crashed into a parked and unoccupied vehicle. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to flow honda (2600 peters creek pkwy, winston salem, nc 27127, (888) 902-4024), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 154,000.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11151796
2008 Honda ElementElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise control

[[redacted]] - speedometer gauge needles fell off both the tac and speedometer. Now bright lights in your eyes! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6). *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 10628247
2010 Honda ElementAcceleration & cruise controlBrakesEngine & cooling

My husband and I have both, independently, experienced our honda element revving its engine and surging forward when we apply the brakes. Please watch for the copy of a letter I am sending to nhtsa by usps certified #7011 2000 0001 6765 8433.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10586381

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