2009 Honda Element Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2009 Honda Element is built around this exact year, engine and trim lineup, so the torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostic steps inside are the ones Honda published for the Element and its 2.4L K24A8 engine, not a generic SUV substitute.

Engines covered

• 2.4L inline-four (144 cu in) — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sport utility

Trims covered

• EX
• LX
• SC

Known issues on the 2009 Element. Nine recalls are on federal record for this model year. Seven of them cover the frontal air bag inflator module — three on the driver side, four on the passenger side — where inflators assembled as an original or prior recall-remedy part can rupture after long-term exposure to heat and humidity and send metal fragments at the driver or front passenger. An eighth covers a replacement accelerator pedal assembly whose rotating section can bind, keeping the engine from returning to idle once the pedal is released. The ninth covers an accessory trailer hitch wiring harness where the turn-signal and stop-lamp wires were swapped, so the trailer's turn signals only flash when the brake lights do. Owners have filed 30 complaints for the year. The factory diagnostic and repair procedures behind each of those systems are here.

Whether you're tracing an air bag inflator recall, sorting out a trailer wiring fault, or working through a routine service interval, it keeps you on the OEM procedure and the correct spec for your 2009 Element.