2003 HONDA ELEMENT Complaints

CONSUMER STATED IN LAST PAST THREE MONTHS DEALER HAD REPLACED WINDSHIELD TWICE. *AK CONSUMER TELEPHONED ODI AND REPORTED THAT THE LOWER-RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE VEHICLE HAS A CRACK IN IT. THIRD TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. *MJJ (04-20-2005)

WINDSHIELD CRACKED UNDER PASSENGER SIDE WIPER WHILE VEHICLE PARKED. LESS THEN 4000 MILES ON CAR, NO ROCK IMPACT CAUSED CRACK.*AK

STRESS CRACK ON WINDSHIELD, DRIVER SIDE, STARTING AT BOTTOM EDGE TRAVELING TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

WINDSHIELD CRACKED, ACCORDING TO A SERVICE RELEASE FROM HONDA CAUSE IS STRESS RELATED, BUT SERVICE REP AT DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS FROM IMPACT...NO CHIP...NO STAR.*AK

CRACKED WINDSHIELD, FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE DASH 5 INCHES GOING UPWARD ON THE DRIVER SIDE, WHILE VEHICLE WAS WARMING UP IN THE DRIVEWAY. *LA

2003 HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELD CRACKED DUE TO STRESS. THERE IS NO VISIBLE IMPACT POINT. THE CRACK BEGAN NEAR THE LOWER PART WHICH IS BLACK, AND CONTINUES ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER TOWARDS THE DRIVERS DOOR. AFTER REVIEWING OTHER COMPLAINTS BY ELEMENT OWNERS, IT IS CLEAR THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS MODELS WINDSHIELD AND STRESS CRACKS.*AK

CRACK WINDSHIELD ON HONDA ELEMENT. DEALER REFUSED TO FIX. CLAIMED IMPACT CAUSED, BUT ONLY POINTED OUT A SUBJECTIVE PINHEAD SIZED PIT AT START OF CRACK, CLAIMING IT WAS FROM AN IMPACT. BASED ON FREQUENT SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER ELEMNT OWNERS WITH IDENTICAL CRACKS IN IDENTICAL LOCATIONS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THE CRACK WAS FROM AN IMPACT. ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CRACK APPEARED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED.

CRACKED WINDSHIELD. PURCHASED MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT IN JANUARY 2004. 4TH WINDSHIELD WAS RECENTLY INSTALLED IN OCTOBER 2003. I CONTACTED HONDA IN OCTOBER AND I WAS TURNED AWAY STATING THAT MY WINDSHIELF WAS ANOTHER CASE OF A ROCK HIT.*AK

I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REQUESTING REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDSHIELD IN MY HONDA ELEMENT (PURCHASED AT MAJESTIC/LINCOLN ON 08/08/03). IT IS OBVIOUS THAT NO IMPACT TO THE WINDSHIELD HAS OCCURRED AND THE CRACK (LOWER RIGHT, PASSENGER SIDEBENEATH THE WIPER) WAS FIRST NOTICED ON THE MORNING OF 12/18/03 WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR. ORIGINALLY ABOUT FIVE INCHES IN LENGTH, AND CRAWLING UP FROM THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND THEN OVER TO THE RIGHT CORNER, THE CRACK ACTUALLY GREW ANOTHER THREE INCHES IN THE TEN MINUTES WE WERE IN THE CAR. I HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED BY WAY OF THE HONDA SERVICE BULLETIN DATED MAY 6, 2003 ("TSB 03-028: WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED AT THE LOWER CORNERS" FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.ELEMENTOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?T=2212 THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AFFECTING THE ELEMENT WINDSHIELDS AND REPLACEMENT WOULD BE COVERED BY HONDA. IT APPEARS THAT MY VIN IS NOT AMONG THOSE FEATURED IN THE BULLETIN, BUT THE DAMAGE IS IDENTICAL TO THAT OF OTHER ELEMENT OWNERS WHO HAVE REGISTERED COMPLAINTS: NO SIGN OF IMPACT, AND A CRACK IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

CRACKED WINDSHIELD. DISCOVERED A CRACK IN WINSHIELD, JUST BELOW THE WIPER BLADE , DRIVERSIDE. NO REASON FOR THIS. EXCEPT FAULTY PRODUCT.*AK