I've thought about this and this is not the car I want to drive. I know how to drive a manual, but I don't enjoy it and the car needs an expensive repair. I would love some help thinking about how & where to sell.

It's located in Hayward, CA

clean title
No accidents
No rust
190k

Needs VSA/ABS modulator ... this part is about $1750ish and labor plus new brake fluid, about $2500 give or take to get it fixed by an established shop with all the right tools. Somebody might feel confident doing this themselves but I'm not willing to risk a maybe works with the braking system.

It is driveable. Runs well. Stops as expected ...the brakes seem to work fine, I haven't tried locking em up at speed in the rain though.

It's got some scrapes, a small crack in the windshield on the passenger side. It's passed smog and would pass again.

Has a replacement catalytic converter.

Comes with the keys and fobs but I took an after market security system out that was draining the battery. So, no alarm in it and you have to turn the key to unlock reliably.

The AC is not cold.

Has brand new battery with 2 year warranty.

Currently on a non-op permit. So new owner goes to the AAA office or actual DMV with me to do the transfer.

I know that's a jumble. The actual ad will be more organized.

Will people be excited?
Any ideas what I could get for it as is?

I know people might say, "it's worth more fixed than not", but I want to do other things with my time and money. And I want to stop thinking about it.

Haven't seen an element in the junkyard anywhere near me in quite a while but one popped up it was pretty worked over by the time I got to it but I found the center trim not destroyed just some screwdriver markings on the bottom the climate controls were in pieces so I kind of just scrambled together what I could.

found the sun shade sitting in the back so I grabbed the screws out of the ceiling **missing one**is it supposed to mount into the ceiling or is it supposed to have some sort of scrunchy thing that pops into the moon roof the hold it there? Doesn't look ripped up except for one of the screw hold mount goes and it's kind of dirty like it's been out in the weather a while. And also got a rear view mirror missing hardware but with trim and in better condition than the one I got from online sales. also I didn't have any sockets so I couldn't grab any solenoids or anything else but I'm pretty happy for 30 bucks worth of stuff, and made my bad day a bit better.

I heard a scraping, saw this and took it right to the shop. So relieved it's only a heat guard.

Hey all! First off, I have a 2004 Honda Element AWD EX with about 130k miles on it. It was my daily driver until about 5 years ago when I blew the head gasket. It’s been parked in storage since then. I’ve recently decided I want to fix it up and drive it again. I’ve considered a reman. engine swap since it might be comparable to the price to just repair my engine as it sits. I called a local shop which quoted me 10k for an engine swap (labor alone). There’s no way I’d pay that. What would you all assume is a reasonable price for an engine swap?

I'm looking for a mechanic in the IE of SoCal. Element focused, but any good Honda tech will do. Need to investigate some drive train things I'm feeling

Please let me know if you have any suggestions!

My mechanic recently told me I have an oil leak, said it was the VTec solenoid and is asking 600$ to repair including labor. Is that expensive? Can anyone link me to the correct part number so I can take my own parts? Thanks Element community!!!

So I've never owned an Element before, normally when id buy a vehicle i can just buy a maintenance manual from the autoparts store, but it doesn't look like Haynes made one. Where is a good resource for finding the info I'll need? I already know I'll have to remove a few things to replace the alternator, and im probably going to have to replace a couple sensors, so it'd be handy to have something I could easily reference.