NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Honda Element Recalls
The 2008 Honda Element has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on June 27, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Honda Element. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 113
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Honda Element, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2008 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 2003–2007, 2009–2011 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 2003–2007, 2009–2011 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 2003–2007, 2009–2011 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, 2006–2007, 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, 2009–2011 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 2003–2007, 2009–2011 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 2003–2007, 2009–2011 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 2007, 2009–2011 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 2005–2007 Element, 2 other models
Equipment adaptive/mobility
- Campaign
- 10V271000
- Reported
- June 15, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Service brakes, air
- Campaign
- 10V098000
- Reported
- March 16, 2010
- Vehicles affected
- up to 412,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Element, 1 other model
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 08V349000
- Reported
- July 29, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 241
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2008 Honda Element
Vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal
- Campaign
- 19E068000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 Element, 7 other models
2008 Honda Element complaints by year
NHTSA has received 113 owner complaints about the 2008 Honda Element, the newest on September 29, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Honda Element, the component group named most often is the air bags (21%), followed by the suspension (21%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (20%).
7 of the 2008 Honda Element's 13 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Honda Element owners gave the mileage (66 complaints), the median was 24,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags24
- Suspension24
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic23
- Structure14
- Service Brakes7
- Electrical System6
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2008 Honda Element peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 20. 35% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Honda Element drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Honda Element year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 113 complaints about the 2008 Honda Element are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Honda Element by model year
Other 2008 Honda models
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted