2003 HONDA ELEMENT Complaints

HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT OF ANY TYPE. START TOP OF DRIVER'S SIDE, IS NOW ABOUT 20" LONG . *AK

WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITH 900 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. LOCATION OF CRACK: LEFT SIDE, MID-HEIGHT. SMALL PEBBLE STRUCK WINDSHEID WITH NO CHIP OR INDENTATION NOTED.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK THAT STARTS ON THE BOTTOM PART OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AND GREW UP 6-8 INCHES OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM (BILL GATTON HONDA IN BRISTOL, TN) AND THEY SAID THERE WAS A CHIP IN IT AND IT WAS AN IMPACT DAMAGE AND THEY WOULD NOT CONSIDER IT FOR WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. WE TOLD THE DEALER THAT NOTHING HAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND WE WERE AWARE ON NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THEY WOULD NOT LISTEN. I WAS REFERRED TO THIS SITE (NHTSA) BY A FELLOW OWNER WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. *LA

HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELD CRACK STARTING FROM LOWER DRIVER SIDE ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. HONDA HAS A TSB ON THIS PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT RESOLVE IT - I AM A MEMBER OF HONDA SUV WHICH ALSO HAS SEVERAL COMPLAINTS. THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE STATED THIS WAS CAUSED BY A 1 MM ROCK CHIP (WHICH THERE IS NO IMPLOSION) - READING THE HONDA TSB IT IS OBVIOUS THAT IF ONE EVEN SUSTAINS A ROCK CHIP THAT THE PRESSURE FROM THE INCORRECT MANUFACTURED WINDOW WILL CAUSE IT TO CRACK NOT GIVING THE OWNER A CHANCE TO FIX A CHIP. *LA

WINDSHIELD POSSIBLY HIT BY A ROCK (ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T SEE ONE) AND LARGE STAR WITH CRACKS FORMING AT BASE OF WINDSHIELD ON DRIVER'S SIDE. I HEARD THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELEMENT BEFORE I PURCHASED, BUT WAS ASSURED THAT THIS WAS FIXED FOR LATER RELEASED MODELS. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR LESS THAN A MONTH AND IT HAS ONLY 600 MILES ON IT. *LA

LARGE CRACK IN LOWER-RIGHT CORNER OF WINDSHIELD 6 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE. NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF SIMILAR CRACKING ISSUES AMONG OWNERS OF SAME VEHICLE (2003 HONDA ELEMENT). *LA

MY 2003 HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELD CRACKED AFTER 4000 MILES, THE CRACK STARTED BELOW THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER AND EXPANDED UPWARD, MOST LIKELY THE RESULT OF A SMALL ROCK IMPACT BUT NEVER HEARD ANY NOISE. TALKED TO HONDA AMERICA AND THE CSR SAID I SHOULD CONTACT LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SEE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE HONDA OF LISLE (ILLINOIS) DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE ELEMENT FROM, AND SEVERAL SERVICE MANAGERS LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT CAN NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS A ROCK CHIP. AT LEAST TWO SERVICE MANAGERS CLAIMED THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY WINDSHIELD PROBLEM WITH ELEMENT. PAYING $100 INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND CAN HAUNT THE CONSUMERS BY REPLACING WINDSHIELD ON A VERY FREQUENT BASIS. DOES HONDA AMERICA STANDS BY ITS PRODUCT AND WARRANTY RATHER THAN REPEATED DENIALS? DOES HONDA WANT TO SEE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS BEFORE ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITIES AND TAKING CONCRETE ACTIONS? THIS IS NOT THE HONDA I KNOW. I HAD A 84 HONDA CIVIC DX AND PUT 100+K ON IT WITH NO MAJOR PROBLEM WHATSOEVER. *LA

HONDA ELEMENT WINDSHIELD CRACKING. THERE IS A CRACK RUNNING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE GLASS UP 4 INCHES AND THEN RUNNING OUT TO THE EDGE OF PASSENGERS SIDE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A PIT (LIKE A PIECE OF SAND MADE IT) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRACK JUST BELOW THE PASSENGER WINDSHIELD WIPER. I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY OTHERS HERE THAT IF THERE IS UNDO STRESS ON THE WINDSHIELD THEN IT STANDS TO REASON THAT ANY IMPACTS, NO MATTER HOW SLIGHT, WILL CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER PITS THE SAME SIZE AT OTHER SPOTS ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH NO CRACKING. DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE. *LA

WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. WAS NOT FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO DEBRIS WAS SEEN HITTING THE WINDSHIELD BUT AFTER HEARING A LIGHT "CLICK" A STAR SHAPED CRACK APPEARED ON THE WINDSHIELD. IF THE WINDSHIELD WAS HIT BY DEBRIS, IT WAS EXTREMELY SMALL AND SHOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED A CRACK. *LA

I'VE HAD MULTIPLE WINDSHIELD CRACKS ON MY HONDA ELEMENT. THESE CRACKS START AROUND THE LEFT CORNER AND BOTTOM PERIMETER. I TOOK THE ELEMENT IN TO TWO DEALERS AND THE CLAIM WERE FROM A ROCK IMPACT. THE POINTS OF IMPACTS ARE BARELY VISIBLE FROM THE NAKED EYE. THAT'S WHY THE SERVICE REP AT THE DEALER WILL RUN A PEN DOWN THE CRACK AND FIND THE TINY POINT OF IMPACT. THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE DEFECTIVE. 3 CRACKS AND TWO STARS IN LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. THIS IS NOT THE NORMAL. THE CRACKS ARE RIGHT IN THE LINE OF SITE AND ARE A SLIGHT SAFETY CONCERN. HONDA NEEDS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM ON THE HONDA ELEMENTS AND NOT GIVE A PERSON THE RUN AROUND AT THE DEALER CLAIMING A ROCK HIT IT. *LA