2004 Honda Element air bags problems
73 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2004 Honda Element — 26% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I drive a 2004 Honda Element and on Friday 2/3/23 I was in a car accident where I t-boned a car going 25 mph and my airbags did NOT deploy.”
filed Feb 6, 2023
“The contact owns a 2004 Honda Element. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer to repair under the Takata recall. Several few months after the air bag repair, the driver’s side curtain air bag deployed without incident and without warning while driving at 65 MPH. The contact…”
filed Nov 24, 2021
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Vehicles are equipped with passenger frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall…Campaign 19V501000 · Jun 27, 2019
- These vehicles are equipped with driver frontal air bag inflators assembled as a recall…Campaign 19V499000 · Jun 27, 2019
- Affected vehicles received a replacement driver air bag inflator as part of a previous…Campaign 19V182000 · Mar 6, 2019
- Front passenger air bag may have been installed incorrectly during replacementCampaign 18V268000 · Apr 26, 2018
- Air BagsCampaign 16V344000 · May 23, 2016
- Affected vehicles are equipped with a dual-stage driver frontal air bag that may be…Campaign 15V320000 · May 28, 2015
Related service bulletins
Service Bulletin - Warranty Extension: Customer Support Program For Front Passenger's Airbag Inflator.
A18-051 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jun 30, 2026Service Bulletin - This bulletin is a notification of a class action settlement relating to airbag inflators. American Honda is offering a Customer Support Program (Warranty Extension) to cover any manufacturing defects…
A20-014 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Mar 10, 2020Service Bulletin - This bulletin is a notification of a class action settlement relating to airbag inflators. American Honda is offering a Customer Support Program (Warranty Extension) to cover any manufacturing defects…
A20-009 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Mar 10, 2020Service bulletin - This bulletin is a notification of a class action settlement relating to airbag inflators. American Honda is offering a Customer Support Program (Warranty Extension) to cover any manufacturing defects…
A18-051 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jun 1, 2018"service bulletin - as the result of takata defect determinations and nhtsa directives, american honda has moved the 2003-05 accord, 2003 05 civic, 2003 04 civic gx, and 2003 05 civic hybrid from this airbag inflator…
A14-046 - 7-1-15 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jun 21, 2017
Air Bags problems in other Element years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 Element | 7 | 23% |
| 2009 Element | 5 | 17% |
| 2008 Element | 23 | 21% |
| 2007 Element | 27 | 24% |
| 2006 Element | 55 | 45% |
| 2005 Element | 75 | 47% |
| 2003 Element | 49 | 12% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2004 Honda Element
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.