"caused by driving on bad roads in new york city and long island ny" As a result, I have had suspension and ball joint issues that I believe I wouldn't have had if the road conditions had been smooth." There are very few streets where anyone can drive more than 25 feet without encountering bone-jarring conditions. "Most of my driving is in Baltimore City, where the roads are strewn with potholes and manhole covers that are either two or more inches too low or too high. "The rear ball joints were replaced when the mechanics, whom I trust implicitly, found them to be very worn." "Simply needed and alignment after replacing the rear camber arms due to bushings worn out." "Had to do realignment after struts were replaced" "The front brakes were replaced due to the caliper failure mentioned earlier" ![]() ![]() This is why I'll never own another Honda!" If I wanted it fixed, it was going to be roughly another $000 to 2400 Dollars. I took the car to the same dealer, only to be told that they wouldn't guarantee their work. This was part of the repairs that I had already paid Honda to make. 4 to 5 months, of letting it set, I decided to drive it only to find out that one of the back brake calipers had locked up. for some normal maintenance on my 2004 Honda Element. "going through brakes way faster than on any of our other cars" "Experience this 4 or 5 times, the brakes pads worn out around 3,000 miles each time." "brakes need to be replaced more frequently than any car i have ever owned" But then had to replace once again in 2014 this time used zinc. "replaced brakes in 2013 twice: second replacement attributed to bad parts - poor brake pad adhesion. "parking brake would not release in the winter" However also had to have engine support mount replaced discovered during brake repair." "front- new pads rear- new pads and calipers" "First time I have had to replace rotors, due to not having brake pads done when signs indicated service" "Had to replace rotors and pads for the first time at around 187000 miles" "The brakes were overdue for service so they were no longer safe and it was an expensive job to correct" This is probably to be expected on a 10 year old car, but it was an expensive repair because it involved replacing the rest of the mech" "Had to replace both rear calipers on different occasions during the past year. "Front and rear brakes were worn and needed replacement" "the calipers have went bad two times in the last 4 years" "My passenger-side, rear brake caliper stuck, necessitating replacement of it and whole braking assembling that had worn away while it was stuck" "Caliper became hung up and had to be replaced" "Left front caliper appears to have frozen up causing premature pad wear out" If we had been on the highway for a long trip, it could have resulted in a fire" "both rear calipers went bad and lock up causing a total rebuild of the rear braking system 2 years in a row" "cruise control stopped working, 350.00 to fix caliper froze 225.00 to fix" "Something chewed or wore through the insulation on the wiring under the car" An X indicates that the vehicle was not manufactured for a specific year. N/A indicates that we did not receive a large enough sample size to provide data for a specific year. Our subscribers provide great insights into their satisfaction by answering one simple question: If they had it to do all over again, would they definitely buy or lease the same model? In addition, respondents also rate their cars in six categories: driving experience, comfort, value, styling, audio, and climate systems. To learn about satisfaction, CR has collected survey data from our annual survey on more than half a million vehicles. ![]() Based on this data and further analysis, we predict reliability for the latest year. Extra weight is given to the more serious areas such as major engine or transmission problems. The results are presented relative to the average model that year. Consumer Reports subscribers reported on any serious problems they had with their vehicles during the past 12 months that they considered serious because of cost, failure, safety, or downtime, in any of the trouble spots included in the table below. The reliability charts are based on responses on hundreds of thousands of vehicles from our latest Annual Auto Survey.
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