Vehicle
Honda Element
The boxy crossover with clamshell rear doors and no B-pillar, built on the CR-V platform — so CR-V information covers the powertrain and the Element-specific part is the body. That body is the reason it has its own fault population: the rear doors cannot open unless the fronts are open first, and their latches, cables and wiring run through a structure with no pillar to protect them, which makes door-module and latch complaints far commoner than on the CR-V it shares mechanicals with.
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Generations
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First generation 2003–2011
A CR-V underneath with pillarless clamshell doors — the doors and their latches are its own fault population.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- Honda Global Compact
- Engines
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- 2.4 i-VTEC — K24A4 · petrol · 119 kW (160 hp) · 218 Nm (161 lb-ft) · K24
- 2.4 — K24A8 · petrol · 124–133 kW (166–178 hp) · 218 Nm (161 lb-ft)
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 4-speed automatic · 5-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
Service information
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