Received a notice for an important safety recall. Written description on recall notice is "the defect in these vehicles could kill or injure you or other people in your vehicle" the last sentence of this paragraph reads, "past ruptures like this have killed and injured vehicle drivers." Attempted to make an appointment on multiple occasions and was told no one was available in service to speak to me, even after explaining I was calling due to the recall notice. Left my name and phone number as requested but no return call. I called again today (4/14/2015) and was told I must wait until the end of June to have this "defect that has killed and injured others" repaired.

- Orlando, FL, USA

Driver airbag deployed in Element when it hit rear end of vehicle that was stopped in lane of traffic due to having rear ended vehicle in from of it. Element driver suffered near 3rd degree chemical burns & cut on right wrist, burn on left thumb joint, bruise & cut under left ribcage. 2 weeks later still treating dollar size chemical burn & skin peeling on right wrist. Dark green substance was on right wrist original blistering & skin peeled area, took several days to remove it completely. Medical care was required.

- Stoneville, NC, USA

Was involved in a car accident on 8/22/12. I was driving a 2007 Honda Element AWD at 55mph. An accident happened in front of me which resulted in me hitting a truck and a van hitting me. The airbags never deployed... not one! I am upset that I bought this car because of the safety measures and when I needed them, nothing happened. Both the driver and passenger suffered very sore necks, shoulders and backs! I want a investigation done on my vehicle to see why the airbags never deployed!!! thankfully nobody was killed due to some malfunctioning airbags.

- Canton, NC, USA

2007 Honda Element. Consumer states several problems with vehicle to include transmission failure the consumer stated the transmission first failed at 15,000. The defect the dealer apparently repaired between March 22-26 and April 2008 has returned. Recently, the vehicle started to shudder once more under light acceleration between 30-35 mph. The consumer also stated there was a persistent clicking sound coming from the front passenger seat. In addition, a malfunctioning radio console was replaced. The problem returned with the front passenger seat. The SRS light illuminated on an intermittent basis and when it did illuminate, it stayed on for extended periods of time.

- Mount Pleasant, MI, USA

I was traveling approximately 20 mph, brakes were not applied before incident, and the driver and passenger side curtain airbags and the driver seat air bag deployed. When the airbags deployed I attempted to apply the brakes and they were not functioning for approximately 1/2 miles of travel.

- Centreville, AL, USA

The contact owns a 2007 Honda Element. While driving approximately 20 mph, the contact applied the brakes and both the front and rear driver side air bags deployed independently. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed and was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 50,000.

- New Orleans, LA, USA

Car crash, the person I hit ran a stop sign going about 40 miles an hour. 2007 Honda Element air bags went off, and lost permanent hearing loss in both ears, L ear 50% and R ear 70%.

- Fife, WA, USA