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CBray, 03/27/2018
2003 Honda Element EX Fwd 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
Gas mileage is not great on this car, everything else was super.
- Safety
- Technology
- Performance
- Interior
- Comfort
Beware of Blind Spot
Fran, 08/11/2005
2003 Honda Element EX AWD 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
6 of 9 people found this review helpful
I loved my Element until I was driving in the LA Convention Center Parking Lot, and hit a post. I had never done anything like this before. After going through weeks of repair, and self recrimination, I thought that because I'm not tall, the blind spot was worse. Then my husband (tall) almost missed a pedestrian in turning left. Beware of the blind spot as you turn left. I am in the process of replacing this car.
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safety defect
big defect, 02/26/2005
2003 Honda Element EX AWD 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
7 of 11 people found this review helpful
Be forwarned the element has a safty defect. The front windshield breaks due to a design fault in the front pillers. Honda needs to recall these and fix this problem. Several web sites are now dedicated to this. Just search element windshield cracks or failures. this car deserves a zero rating until this is corrected. Our element has had 2 failures in less than 6 months. This appears to now be the norm with this car. Edmunds should tell it like it is and not allow cars with defects to be listed on thier site unless the problem is fixed. Honda won't own up to it and it is now time to trade this defect in.
A "do-it-all" four seater.
pfeffer, 09/09/2003
2003 Honda Element EX AWD 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 4A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
This is my first Honda. The reputation for build quality is evident from the start. If you can live with a four passenger vehicle, this is probably the best bang for the buck out there. Highly practical and easy to use, converting to a mini-truck in seconds. I like it and would get another in an instant.
My experiences over five years
JoeB, 07/28/2009
2003 Honda Element DX AWD 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I have a 2003 AWD Element, bought new in '03. In my rural real estate practice, I go absolutely everywhere, and in all kind of conditions. (The Pittsburgh end of Pennsylvania is very hilly!). I have taken it through farmer fields in knee-to-waist-high grass and weeds in showing land. I also have five years experience in all kinds of winter weather, often driving on ice and up to ten inches or so of snow. (The experiences I could tell you!). I usually use an aggressive tread all- weather tire in the winter, or sometimes a mud & snow. I don't particularly overload my Element with heavy "stuff" in the rear, although I do keep lots of real estate stuff back there (for fixing "for sale" signs).