NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Honda Element Recalls
The 2006 Honda Element has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Honda Element. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 122
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Honda Element, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2006 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 2003–2005, 2007–2011 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 2003–2005, 2007–2011 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 2003–2005, 2007–2011 Element, 16 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V268000
- Reported
- April 26, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,335
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2007–2008, 2011 Element, 9 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 2005, 2007–2011 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 2003–2005, 2007–2011 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 2003–2005, 2007–2011 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 2005, 2007–2008 Element, 2 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 06V270000
- Reported
- July 26, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,190,000
- Same campaign
- also 29 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005 Element, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005, 2007 Element, 46 other models
2006 Honda Element complaints by year
NHTSA has received 122 owner complaints about the 2006 Honda Element, the newest on July 19, 2026. Of these, 17 describe a crash (14%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Honda Element, the component group named most often is the air bags (45%), followed by the visibility (10%) and the electrical system (9%).
7 of the 2006 Honda Element's 11 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Honda Element owners gave the mileage (81 complaints), the median was 69,786 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags55
- Visibility12
- Electrical System11
- Structure11
- Suspension10
- Seats9
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Honda Element peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 11. 26% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Honda Element drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Honda Element year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Honda Element years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 122 complaints about the 2006 Honda Element are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Element by model year
Other 2006 Honda models
Newest record on this page: July 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted