NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Honda Element Recalls
The 2005 Honda Element has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Honda Element. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 159
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Honda Element, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2005 Honda Element
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V499000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2011 Element, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V501000
- Reported
- June 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,657,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2011 Element, 11 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V182000
- Reported
- March 6, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,101,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2011 Element, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V029000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 308,884
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2011 Element, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V344000
- Reported
- May 23, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,790,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2011 Element, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 15V320000
- Reported
- May 28, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,281,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2011 Element, 11 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 11V395000
- Reported
- August 4, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,512,107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2008 Element, 2 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 05E035000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Honda Element
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006 Element, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2006–2007 Element, 46 other models
2005 Honda Element complaints by year
NHTSA has received 159 owner complaints about the 2005 Honda Element, the newest on September 1, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (8%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Honda Element, the component group named most often is the air bags (48%), followed by the electrical system (10%) and the suspension (8%).
6 of the 2005 Honda Element's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Honda Element owners gave the mileage (111 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags76
- Electrical System16
- Suspension13
- Seats12
- Visibility12
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 15 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Honda Element peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 15. 21% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Honda Element drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Honda Element year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Honda Element years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 159 complaints about the 2005 Honda Element are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Element by model year
Other 2005 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted