We bought it new with about 160 miles on it. Al of the problems we had with it have been fixed, except the brakes.. Maybe I was wrong and a little too anal retentive about the brakes being mushy, but I doubt it. The person who buys the E, might never have another problem with it, and think it is the greatest car in the world.
I just got so mad that they would not even consider fixing the brakes as per the TSB. I had to meet the regional rep again, the same one who said that the brakes were fine a month ago. I could have lived with the E, but I could not live with the dealer's service department and this same dealer owns the three Honda dealerships within 75 miles of my home.
All I know is if the person who buys my old E can live with the brakes as is, or is somehow able to get the dealership to fix them, you will have a nice car. It was broken in properly, never smoked in, and looked better than it did when my wife drove it off the lot. I take great care of my vehicles!
I may have overblown the problems with the E, I am only human. But, I will never say that the problems I had with the service dept were overblown. I had a real complaint with the brakes, paperwork to back up my complaint with the brakes, and still nothing happened. Many people have 08 Elements and will not think that the brakes are much of a problem. I am not one of those people.
My E was not a lemon, it was just a little sour, but the dealerships service department was rotten!!
BTW, I found some hail damage on my new RAV4 that I did not notice when we bought the car, the sun has to hit it just right to see the dents. I called the service department yesterday, stopped by the dealership this morning and saw their dent repair guy. He pointed out several dents that I had not noticed on the roof. A few hours later, everything was perfect, no dents. They went over the car with me to make sure there was nothing I thought was missed. No questions asked...they fixed the problem ASAP. THAT is the kind of service I like to be given. 1. problem is found 2. problem is fixed 3.customer is happy.