Honda Element: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the Element, through the years →

What goes wrong on the Honda Element

Across every Element model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Air Bags6 complaints across all Element years · typical job: Airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement$600–$1,700
• Visibility2 complaints across all Element years · typical job: Glass, wiper or defogger repair$490–$1,200
• Wheels1 complaints across all Element years · typical job: Wheel bearing or hub replacement$460–$920
• Suspension1 complaints across all Element years · typical job: Struts, springs and control-arm bushings, one axle$780–$1,580
• Steering1 complaints across all Element years · typical job: Electric power-steering rack or column motor replacement$1,020–$2,500
• Seat Belts1 complaints across all Element years · typical job: Pretensioner or retractor replacement$360–$800

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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