2003 HONDA ELEMENT Complaints

FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED, NO COLLISION. CRACK CONTINUED TO GROW. HAD TO REPLACE ON MY OWN EXPENSE.*AK

MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT SUSTAINED A CRACKED FRONT WINDSHIELD WITHOUT ANYTHING CONTACTING IT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW FROM THE DEALER IIN JANUARY OF 2004. THE HONDA DEALER REPAIRED THE FIRST CRACKED WINDOW GRATIS IN MARCH OF 2004. I BROUIGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER ON MONDAY OCT. 25. THE DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER PUT A PEN DOWN THE CRACK WHICH STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW AND TOLD ME AGAIN THAT SOMETHING HIT THE WINDOW AND IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY FIXED THE FIRST ONE. *AK

WINDSHEILD DEVELOPED CRACK OVERNIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT EVEN DRIVEN IN 5 DAYS PRIOR TO APPEARANCE OF THE CRACK. THE CRACK APPEARED TO START FROM THE LOWER EDGE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE CORNER AND SNAKED UP TO ABOUT 10 INCHES. *AK

WINDSHIELD:TINY IMPACT CRACK LOCATED RIGHT ABOVE THE WIPER BLADE ON PASSENGER SIDE THAT HAS SPREAD ABOUT 24" TO THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD CAUSED BY THE SLIGHTEST IMPACT OF A TINY PEBBLE TRAVELING ~45 MPH ON 880 NORTH IN FREMONT ,CALIFORNIA DURING RUSH HOUR MORNING TRAFFIC. TINY CHIP WOULD NOT HAVE SPREAD IF THERE WASN'T SO MUCH STRESS PLACED ON THE WINDSHIELD BY THE "UNEVEN WINDSHIELD FLANGE SURFACE" THAT IS STATED IN HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN 03-028 WHICH MY VIN FALLS WITHIN. HONDA DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE THE THEY SAID THE IMPACT STARTED THE CRACK. I CONTACTED HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE DIRECTLY AS STATED IN THE WARRANTY MANUAL AND THEY SAID THEY COULD DO NOTHING BASED ON THE DEALERSHIP FINDINGS. I MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THE WINDSHIELD DESIGN IS WEAK AND FLAWED BUT BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND HONDA CS DID NOT EVEN THINK THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THERE IS A PRESISTANT PROBLEM WITH 2003 HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELDS SUCH AS HTTP://WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG/ARTICLE.PHP?DID=956&SCID=103. THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT (BC319600) THAT WAS FILED IN LA, CA: HTTP://WWW.HONDAELEMENTSCRACK.COM/. *JB

2003 HONDA ELEMENT WITH A WINDSHIELD THAT HAS STARTING CRACKING FOR NO REASON AND IT IS STARTING TO TRAVEL INTO MY DRIVING VIEW. THERE IS A MAJOR DEFECT WITH THESE WINDSHIELDS. *AK

WINDSHIELD CRACKED INADVERTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING ON A DESERTED RURAL ROAD WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THIS WAS THE SECOND WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. IT WAS A MYSTERY AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT IS BREAKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. T APPEARS THAT THERE IS A DEVELOPING HISTORY OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL. SEE LINK BELOW, CALIFORNIA CLASS ACTION SUIT. *AK HTTP://WWW.AUTOSAFETY.ORG/ARTICLE.PHP?DID=950&SCID=90

THERE IS A TEN INCH CRACK GOING ACROSS THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THIS IS THE 3RD CRACKED WINDSHIELD FOR MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT. NONE OF THE CRACKS WERE CAUSED BY ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD, THEY JUST APPEARED AND ALL IN THE SAME PLACE. THE CRACKS HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, BEGINNING WHERE THE WINDSHIELD MEETS THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, GO STRAIGHT UP ABOUT 6 INCHES AND THEN HOOK TO THE RIGHT (AS YOU FACE THE VEHICLE). THE FIRST AND THIRD CRACKED WINDSHIELDS THE DEALER WOULDL NOT REPLACE BECAUSE THERE IS A SMALL PIT THE SIZE OF A PIN HEAD TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE CRACK (ALTHOUGH NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDSHIELD) BUT THE 2ND ONE THEY DID REPLACE BECAUSE THE PIT DID NOT APPEAR. THEY CALLED IT A "STRESS CRACK". THE DATES OF THE WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS ARE 12/3/03, 7/15/04, AND 9/14/04. *AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. DEALER STATED THAT A ROCK CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE FOUND LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB PERTAINING TO THIS DEFECT.*AK