2005 Honda Element Brakes Problems

“I put on my brakes in the middle of rush hour traffic the day before thanksgiving. Made rubbing sound and then continued to rub all the way to my daughters. Minimal 2 hours in traffic in chicago at rush hour. Afraid to drive but no way to get off and nowhere to go. Took to midas on fri. Over $500.00 now my back brakes are doing the same thing. Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now 52,0000. The dealer had told me at least another year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very dangerous.”

“This issue has occurred multiple times over the course of a two month time frame. On cold mornings, within the first five minutes of driving the car, the car just shuts off, leaving me without brakes, steering, or acceleration. This would require me to take out the key and restart the engine. No error codes are being generated and the air/heat as well as radio continues to work. This has become quite a dangerous situation because the other vehicles are unaware I cannot move the car and the randomness of when this occurs. …”

“From about march of 2007 we started having problems with our brakes, they had been changed about twice a year. We thought cause we drive around in a city, the brakes wear out faster than normal. Then 2 years later we were having problems starting the car. We had to get it jumped start- it several times, before we purchased a new battery. Though it has been a year from the time we got a new battery, we still had problems starting the vehicle. We have taken it in to the auto shop several time, and they could not find the problem. …”

“Ever since I purchased my '06 Honda Element I have had problems wit my foot touching the accelerator pedal when I go to apply the brake. Add heavy boots and a bit of winter ice and it all added up to sudden acceleration and sliding into the front gate on my property while I was trying to apply the brake causing major damage to the car and my property. The brake and accelerator are too close to one another!!! I knew some day that this would happen, guess I should be thankful that no one was injured. This is a major design problem.”

“I bought the 2005 Honda Element in october 2006, as a new 4 wheel drive, standard transmission. After using it for a short period I noticed the brakes were like putty. They pressed nearly to the floor, and not too effective. The dealer fixed the brakes for free, they told me at the same time another customer had their Honda Element there for brake problems. After about 2 weeks, the brakes were like putty again. I drove it till the brakes squealed. ( I learned to drive with little use of brakes, shifting down and slowing down at stops and turns. …”