2003 HONDA ELEMENT Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SIDE OUTER LOCK AND AUTOMATIC LOCK FAILS ON THE CAR. PASSENGER MUST ENTER THROUGH PASSENGER SIDE ONLY. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURRING

I ALSO HAVE A DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK THAT IS COMPLETELY UNUSABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE KEY WILL NOT GO INTO THE LOCK AND THE REMOTE DOESN'T WORK FOR THAT DOOR. I CRAWL IN FROM THE PASSENGERS SIDE EVERY TIME. *TR

THE LOCK ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT THE KEY TO UNLOCK IT. THIS PROBLEM WAS SPORADIC ORIGINALLY, BUT NOW IS A PERMANENT PROBLEM. IT APPEARS TO BE AN ON-GOING PROBLEM WITH THE 2003 HONDA ELEMENT. HONDA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I LIKE MANY OTHER 2003 HONDA ELEMENT OWNERS HAVE AN ISSUE WITH MY DRIVER SIDE LOCK. KEY WONT ALWAYS GO IN AND IF DOES GO IN WONT UN LOCK THE DOOR. I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS AND HOPE TO SEE MORE ON HERE SO WE CAN GET A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ELEMENT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER TO VERIFY WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ELEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER WAS ADVISED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS A GASOLINE FUEL LEAK AND THAT THE FUEL TANK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,362. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000.

2003 HONDA ELEMENT. CONSUMER STATES THAT SHE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING THE REPAIR WORK DONE ON HER HONDA VEHICLE THAT HAS TO DO WITH A RECALL. *KB THE CONSUMER ATTACHED AN IGNITION RECALL NOTICE ALONG WITH HER LETTER. *JB

THE KEY FIRST STOPPED WORKING IN MY DRIVERS DOOR AND I THEN HAD TO USE THE PASSENGER DOOR TO ENTER AND EXIT THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE KEY ACTUALLY GOT STUCK IN THE LOCK ON THE PASSENGER DOOR AND STILL CANNOT BE REMOVED AND I AM FORCED TO CRAWL IN AND OUT THROUGH THE BACK HATCH IF I WISH TO LOCK MY VEHICLE, HOWEVER IT SEEMS THE BACK DOOR LOCK IS SHOWING SIGNS OF FAILURE NOW AS WELL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ELEMENT. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK WOULD NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK EVEN WITH THE KEY. THE CONTACT HAD TO ENTER THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIR COSTS. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

1. THE EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WAS USAGE. 2. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AS LOCKING MECHANISMS FAILED TO ALLOW KEY ENTRY TO DRIVER SIDE DOOR (ENTRANCE TO VEHICLE). 3. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE WAS NOTHING BUT TO CRAWL TO THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR VIA OPENING THE PASSENGERS DOOR WITH A LOCKING MECHANISM PROGRESSIVELY FAILING ON IT'S DOOR AS WELL. (MANY - MANY OTHER OWNER'S OF HONDA ELEMENTS HAVE COMPLAINED OF THIS ISSUE - PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - LOOK INTO IT.) THE CAR IS GREAT MINUS THIS AND IT'S' GAS MILEAGE. *TR