Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 48000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda element. the contact was driving 35 mph when the vehicle started to jerk violently from side to side. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 48,000. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 48000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 honda element. the contact was driving 35 mph when the vehicle started to jerk violently from side to side. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 48,000. kmj | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 48000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2005 honda element. the contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle started to jerk violently side ways. the vehicle was not taken to the dealer. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 48,000. pm | |||
| 02/22/2005 | 3400 | ||
| Steering and/or vsa system i bought a new honda element february 12th, 2005. between then and near the end of 2006, i experienced a total loss of steering on at least 8 occasions. the car would continue in the direction that it was headed. there was no steering at all. the occurrences only lasted for seconds but felt like minutes. this occurred most often in the early mornings (6-7am) and between 15 and 20 minutes after leaving home. there was another problem with the steering during the same period of time. in specific situations, it was hard to control and felt as though the real time four wheel drive would kick-in. this happened mostly behind semi-trucks. after the last occurrence over three years ago when the loss of steering control headed me in the direction of the median and oncoming traffic, i became so fearful of driving the vehicle that i parked it in my garage. after taking in the element on 8 occasions and not having been satisfied with the service department of roebuck honda, i began to explore solutions with other local honda dealerships and with american honda motor company. the dealerships | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 3 | ||
| Ltr fwd fm re 2005 honda element steering column defect, reply to birmingham, al ofc. *tgw the consumer stated she has lost steering on several occasions. when the steering failed the last time, the consumer ended up facing oncoming traffic. the vehicle was taken to several different dealerships and none of them could duplicate the problem. *jb | |||