Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Honda Element

Left rear (driver side) trailing control arm came out of the mounting bracket causing the tire assembly to fall off while driving on the highway. Lost control of vehicle and narrowly escaped a major accident. This defect has a recall notice in canada but not USA. I noticed similiar complaints on the internet about this problem which is a design defect by Honda with no good remediation. This could have caused a serious injury to myself and granchildren in the car.

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The subframe is rusted near the rear control arm, there is a danger of the control arm separating which can result in a crash. The vehicle was stationary when I discovered this as I was attempting to jack the car up to change a tire.

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The contact owns a 2009 Honda Element. The contact stated that she took her vehicle in for a routine check up but was informed that the cover of both front ball joints were missing and that both the ball joints and the control arms needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 40,000.

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