Honda Element Trailing Arm Rust Issues Exposed!

[@Wheel_Horse]

All that bracket that they added does is prevent the trailing arm from falling out when the mounts rust out. They did NOTHING to mitigate the actual rust issue to start with. Part of the recall was that they were supposed to spray a shat bucket full of some rust preventative, like "Fluid Film" or something similar into those drain holes, but that's not a permanent fix at all.

[@TCreatorO]

Dude this video was amazing! I hope you're ok and didnt get tetanus, you havent posted in a while, cant wait to see your next element project 😎👍🏼

[@canuckfixit7722]

The TC recall is not in effect in all provinces. It does not apply to BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba as "heavy road salt usage" was not considered applicable in those provinces. Obviously, Honda minimized their Canadian obligation as a cost saving measure.

[@bisket2003]

I read things over more and realized after I made this it only applies to 11k elements up north………

[@blahber222]

bro when u said it’s almost 2023 after i saw when u posted this, i had to double take lol thx for the info

[@bisket2003]

Hahhahaha. Yeah. I recorded it in 2022. It was a year of me dragging my feet to edit and upload……..doh’

[@ketoninja]

Would like to hear any stories about the trailing arm giving way at high speed. Does it usually happen that way, causing catastrophic injury or death, or does it usually happen when it is going slow or sitting? Somehow every failed balljoint I've ever had on a Honda has failed when I was going slow (

[@JasonSimonSmith]

Wish I could order a set of those reinforcement brackets.. Let me know if anyone has a line on how to order a set..

[@tannerlabelle]

It took a bit but the second half of this video was very informative. And now I'm going to hyper fixate on my rockers and rear mounts 😅

[@bisket2003]

Thanks for powering through my man! I tend to ramble, and not edit that out. Hahahhaha

[@landygm]

Great video, thanks mate!

[@JersayPedro]

Your delivery made this the most painful video I've ever watched.

[@shiftn2gear]

Mine is an auto AWD and I wanna do a manual conversion as I love driving manual. I’d love a video breakdown of what you did.

[@bisket2003]

Thanks for the love man!

[@d.phothirath5084]

Great 👍🏻 Video 😂 ! I loved my Element b4 my gf Hit a deer 🦌 with it a while back. I'm going to look at one this weekend so this video helped so I know what to look for.

[@bisket2003]

Good luck in your search! ALWAYS check for rust!!!

[@jordandesjardins5310]

Mine rusted off completely 😢

[@HoncotheHonda]

How much did this repair cost you estimated??

[@bisket2003]

Since I did this myself, I can cut out the cost of time and labor. The driver side donor pieces I bought pre cut from a scrapped E for $60, and this new passenger side rocker I cut from a yard and paid $35. It's the time, labor and having the tools to do so that will get you if you need to pay a shop/welder to fix for you. Mist estimates for this type of RLCA repair are in the range of $2/$3K.

[@josephwj7199]

Heh, going off-topic with this here question. But did you ever end up finding that old mobile phone that had the contra 4 redux game on it?

[@bisket2003]

have it. Haven't powered it up in years though.

[@josephwj7199]

@@bisket2003 Wonder what the odds are it still works... still haven't given up hope in being able to backup that game data!

[@luftwaffels7815]

looks as crusty as my ford explorer U2. Can you please show us a new and more detailed video about your brothers 1.9 tdi engine? c:

[@bisket2003]

HAHHAHhAHHAHHAHa. Well, we did talk about it the other day. Gunna make and sell the TB adaptors this year. What else do you want or need to know?

[@tonycaporale9382]

This was the most painful video I've ever watched

[@bisket2003]

@@tonycaporale9382 Hahhaha. I terms of the content or because of all the rust and failed mounts pulling out??

[@HotRod-wv4vm]

Ashamed you can’t put a frame underneath because it’s unibody

[@GleepGlop2]

Very cool to (eventually) see what a clean RTA mount looks like from the inside. Terrible design. One winter in salt country youre fine, the next winter your car is a write off.

[@elizabethf8078]

I was about to brag about my I undercarriage ,,,but I don't want to jinx it.

[@bisket2003]

HAHHahHAHa. Well, if you live in a state that doesn't have regular snowfall and use salt to melt it, you should brag about that instead!

[@joshsmith210]

OK SO YOURE TELLING US OLD NEWS..

[@bisket2003]

You'd be surprised of how many people I see post about finding this issue nearly every week..... SO many E owners still have no clue about this really common issue.

[@nicoledawson634]

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