NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Honda Element Recalls
The 2007 Honda Element has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Honda Element. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 112
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Honda Element, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2007 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 2003–2006, 2008–2011 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 2003–2006, 2008–2011 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 2003–2006, 2008–2011 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, 2006, 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 2005–2006, 2008–2011 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 2003–2006, 2008–2011 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 2003–2006, 2008–2011 Element, 11 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 12V436000
- Reported
- September 5, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,216
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011 Element
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 2005–2006, 2008 Element, 2 other models
Service brakes, air
- Campaign
- 10V098000
- Reported
- March 16, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 412,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008 Element, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2006 Element, 46 other models
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 19E068000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011 Element, 7 other models
2007 Honda Element complaints by year
NHTSA has received 112 owner complaints about the 2007 Honda Element, the newest on June 14, 2025. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Honda Element, the component group named most often is the air bags (24%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the suspension (13%).
7 of the 2007 Honda Element's 12 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2007 Honda Element owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 71,400 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags27
- Electrical System22
- Suspension14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic11
- Engine7
- Unknown Or Other7
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Honda Element peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 17. 17% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Honda Element drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Honda Element year in the same window: 6th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Honda Element years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 112 complaints about the 2007 Honda Element are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Element by model year
Other 2007 Honda models
Newest record on this page: June 14, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted