Power Train Related Problems of the 2005 Honda Element

Table 1 shows five common power train related problems of the 2005 Honda Element. The number one most common problem is related to the power train (four problems). The second most common problem is related to the differential unit (one problem).

Table 1. Power Train related problems of Honda Element


Recently reported Power Train problems of the 2005 Honda Element

The Power Train problem

Sometimes the automatic transmission slams hard when shifting from first gear into second gear causing the vehicle to lunge. Also when the vehicle is first started and placed in gear it will take off and go 20mph with out depressing excelerator.   Read details...

The Differential Unit problem

Hello and thank you for this forum, just bought my daughter an 05 Honda Element for her graduation, with a little over 100k miles. She loves it, and thought we were getting a straight deal from the sellers, but not the case.   Read details...

The Automatic Transmission problem

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Element. The contact stated that while his vehicle was parked in a parking lot, the vehicle independently drifted backwards without warning. Due to the failure, the vehicle collided with another vehicle which resulted in the injury of the occupant inside the other   Read details...


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