'Front lower control arm bushings tore resulting in clunking over bumps and sloppy steering' 'I have replaced the rear stabilizer bushings 3 time I the past 30k miles' 'The short life for ball joints in the Element are likely related to road salt on Vermont roads during the winter months.' 'Ball joints passed VA inspection where vehicle was purchased, but not MD inspection, due to excessive wear' 'The alignment constantly needs adjusting. 'Brakes continue to make noise even after repairs.' 'D/t vision I'm hard on my brakes being nearsighted' 'We've had brake work twice in the 43,000 miles we've had the car.' Problem finally (?) solved when rear break lines replaced.'

Replaced LR calipers x1 and RR calipers x2, before problem traced to corrosion in rear brake lines. 'Premature brake wear on rear brakes and calipers due to calipers not releasing. It's not a safety issue just an annoyance that they need to be replaced so frequently.' 'I live near the ocean and the calipers and rotors have been replaced a few times because of rust (most recently in the last 2 years). I don't ride the brake, and I don't brake short or hard. It seems excessive to me to have to replace brakes every 2 years. 'I've had to replace the brakes on this vehicle, alternating front and back, every year since i got it. 'Had to do rear brake pads, rotors and calipers. Other than that, I, like most Element owners, absolutely love my car and am saddened that they not longer make it.' The weight also affects the gas mileage, which is not great. 'My car is relatively heavy, is considered a truck so the weight contributes to break wear. 'Second caliper to lock up and create serious overheating' 'Due to rust, only with rear brakes, the pads freeze up and everything needs replacing.$400.00 Three times so far, in 88000 miles' 'Rear passenger side was frozen and had to be replaced.' 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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