Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 03/05/2008 | 47000 | 1 | |
| 3-5-08, in morning, when i got into my element, i noticed two long cracks in the windshield, starting at the lower right- and left-hand corners, traveling upwards at an angle, toward the center, approx 15 inches long, each. i called the honda dealer, and they said i should check my warranty. i did. windshield damage not covered. i called honda motor company. they tried to tell me it was not a design defect (as i believed). after telling them i knew of many reports to the nhtsa, they finally agreed to replace the windshield, as ...a one-time goodwill gesture. (i bit my tongue, as i knew that the phone rep knew it was, in fact, a design flaw.) *tr | |||
| 12/21/2008 | 27500 | 1 | |
| Windshield cracked after using defroster. honda dealer in albany, ny said it was cracked due to a tiny nick in the glass resulting from a stone. *tr | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 03/07/2006 | 15000 | 1 | 10/09/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 honda element. while driving 65 mph,the contact observed a crack in the front windshield 7 or 8 months after the vehicle was purchased. the vehicle was purchased in 10/2005. the current mileage was 35,000 ,and the failure mileage was 15,000. the windshield has not been repaired. *ak | |||
| 11/17/2005 | 9000 | 1 | 03/03/2005 |
| Windshield cracked without an impact by flying object. *jb | |||
| 05/07/2006 | 1 | 08/10/2005 | |
| My 2005 honda element windshield just cracked. nothing hit it, the windshield just cracked. it now has two significant cracks from the edge of the windshield across. *jb | |||
| 09/14/2005 | 2000 | 3 | 07/18/2005 |
| Windshield has cracked 3 times over a 6 month period. *nm | |||
| 11/16/2005 | 350 | 1 | 11/03/2005 |
| I have owned my honda element for two weeks now....first time on the freeway going around 65-70 miles per hour. at a substantial following distance recieved one chip and one large ding/crack in my windshield from oncoming debris--all within the space of one half hour. researched internet only to find that among other complaints there is a class action lawsuit pending right now about this very design flaw in the honda element--many suggest it can be fixed by honda simply reinforcing the glass and flattening the flanges around the windshield to prevent the inordinate amount of dings and cracking. i contacted my dealer and they said it was my problem--but ive done more research only to find that honda has sent tsb's out to many dealers advising them to fix this problem for the 2003-2004 models. my dealer tells me they can't help me. *nm | |||
| 10/08/2005 | 2500 | 1 | 08/20/2005 |
| Windshield on my 2 month old honda element has a crack and we do not think it was hit by a rock. *nm | |||
| 07/08/2005 | 2500 | 1 | |
| Windsheild on 2005 element has 14 in crack | |||