Table 1 shows one common service brakes related problems of the 2005 Honda Element.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes problems |
This issue has occurred multiple times over the course of a two month time frame. On cold mornings, within the first five minutes of driving the car, the car just shuts off, leaving me without brakes, steering, or acceleration. This would require me to take out the key and restart the engine. No error codes are being generated and the air/heat as well as radio continues to work. This has become quite a dangerous situation because the other vehicles are unaware I cannot move the car and the randomness of when this occurs. There is no pattern to it, although it will only happen within the first 5 minutes of driving the car and it will happen when in acceleration or deceleration. My dealership was unable to recreate this issue even after keeping it a couple days. I hope this issue can be figured out, fixed, and recalled so that I can feel safe again when driving my car.
I put on my brakes in the middle of rush hour traffic the day before thanksgiving. Made rubbing sound and then continued to rub all the way to my daughters. Minimal 2 hours in traffic in chicago at rush hour. Afraid to drive but no way to get off and nowhere to go. Took to midas on fri. Over $500. 00 now my back brakes are doing the same thing. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now 52,0000. The dealer had told me at least another year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very dangerous.
My 2005 Honda Element brake pedal feels soft. They have felt this way for the last year. Please have Honda include 2005 Elements in their recall.
From about March of 2007 we started having problems with our brakes, they had been changed about twice a year. We thought cause we drive around in a city, the brakes wear out faster than normal. Then 2 years later we were having problems starting the car. We had to get it jumped start- it several times, before we purchased a new battery. Though it has been a year from the time we got a new battery, we still had problems starting the vehicle. We have taken it in to the auto shop several time, and they could not find the problem. Then the gear would not shift into drive and we took it in to get that fixed, and now it does not start all. It is not the battery, because the dash board lights still come on. At 74,0000 miles we should not be having so many failures with this vehicle!.