Honda Passport Complaints (1998)

229 consumer complaints on file.

#10375215January 8, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
MY 98 HONDA PASSPORT IS APART OF THIS RECENT RECALL. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WEEK NOW AND THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM HONDA. IT SEEMS TO ME MAY BE UNDRIVABLE. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373906January 3, 2011
SUSPENSION:REAR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARRANT AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL OVER ON ITS WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A RUPTURED SPLEEN, SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE AND ARM, COLLAPSED LUNG AND SEVERAL BRUISES AND LACERATIONS TO THE FACE. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) AND BELIEVED THE DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10373454December 30, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE FACTORY COOLING TOOLS WERE INSERTED IN THE ENGINE BLOCK ELECTROLYSIS AND CORROSION WAS PRESENT WHICH RENDERED THE COOLING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER VALID THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369942December 10, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
FRAME RUST FROM FRONT TO BACK REAR IS REALLY BAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10362894October 29, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING ROUTINELY SERVICED, THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REAR FRAME WAS CORRODED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS AND THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 164,835 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 167,523.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359627October 8, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR UNRELATED ISSUES, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS CONFIRMED AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT THE UNDER FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 141,709.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10359164October 4, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUALLY LOUD BANG AND THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THE SUSPENSION DID NOT FEEL NORMAL. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED EXCESSIVE FRAME RUST AND THE SHOCKS WERE BEING HELD UP BY THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND MECHANIC STATED THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND REPAIR. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRAME WAS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR AND SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS DUE TO THE RUST ISSUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS VIA THE INTERNET REGARDING EXCESSIVE FRAME RUST FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000. UPDATED 01/19/11 *BF UPDATED 01/31/11. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352465August 28, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
1998 HONDA PASSPORT WITH SEVERE FRAME ROT, ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT WHEN LOWER CONTROL ARM RUSTED OFF AND BROKE, THANK GOD MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE CAR WITH ME! HAD TO GET WELDED AND NOW THE UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE ROTTING OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10344664July 22, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
OUR FAMILY OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT WITH SERIOUS FRAME RUSTING AND FRAME ROT. WE HAVE MAINTAINED AND SERVICED THE VEHICLE REGULARLY AND HAVE HAD IT SERVICED NUMEROUS TIMES. OUR INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIVE LIKE A TANK. IN OTHER WORDS IT BECAME HARD TO TURN AND YOU COULD FEEL EVERY BUMP IN THE ROAD. UPON INSPECTION OF THE CAR I FOUND THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE CAR HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. ALLOWING THE REAR AXLE SPRINGS TO RIDE DIRECTLY ONTO THE CAR BODY. ALSO THE FRAME STABILIZER BAR MOUNT WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND BREAKING OFF. THE REAR FRAME SUPPORT BAR THAT CONNECTS THE REAR END OF THE FRAME TOGETHER WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. THIS FRAME IS SO RUSTED THOUGHT THAT YOU CAN POKE HOLES IN IT WITH YOUR FINGERS!!!!! THE ENTIRE FRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTED THROUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10343556July 16, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING A TURN AT 25 MPH, THE REAR AXLE FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE AXLE WAS DAMAGED AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 112,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10334285June 2, 2010
STRUCTURE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE UNDERBODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 11,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10330330May 13, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, EQUIPMENT
I OWN A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT, I BOUGHT IT IN 2008, AND WAS UNAWARE OF THE RUSTING PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE RUST ON THE FRAME, AND THE AXLES. THAT THE TRUCK IS NOT AT ALL SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE RUST OF THE FRAME. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE GAS TANK IS ALSO ROTTING OUT, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH RUST UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK ON THE FRAME. I DID PAY A MECHANIC TO FIX SOME OF THE FRAME,AND AXLE TO WELD SOME NEW METAL ONTO THE FRAME, BUT THAT DIDN'T HELP IN THE INSPECTION PROCESS, THE TRUCK STILL FAILED TO PAS INSPECTION. THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR OVER A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE NO WAY TO FIX IT, OR DRIVE IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329415May 8, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
REAR FRAME ON MY 1998 HONDA PASSPORT BROKE AND DRIVER REAR CONTROL BAR BROKE OFF FRAME. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329304May 7, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE FRAME OF MY 1998 HONDA PASSPORT RUSTED AND BROKE IN OCT 09 WHILE AT SCHOOL. IT COST ME OVER $1500.00 TO HAVE IT WELDED (REPAIRED), SO I COULD DRIVE IT HOME. WHEN I GOT IT HOME IN MAY I HAD MY GARAGE CHECK THE CAR'S REPAIR JOB AND CONDITION. THE WELD JOB ON THE LEFT MID-FRAME HELD, BUT THE REAR OF THE FRAME WAS IN BAD SHAPE. THE REAR OF THE FRAME AND COIL SPRINGS ETC. HAD TOTALLY RUSTED AND DETERIORATED TO THE POINT THAT THE CAR WAS SAGGING AND UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE TO OPERATE. THE BODY, ENGINE, AND TRANSMISSION ARE FINE. THE FRAME ACTUALLY HAS HOLES RUSTED THROUGH IT AND CRUMBLES IN YOUR HANDS. THE CAR IS ECONOMICALLY UNREPAIRABLE AND I HAVE TO JUNK THE CAR. I HAVE LEASED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO GET TO WORK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10329181May 6, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) 1998 HONDA PASSPORT WITH ALMOST TOTAL FRAME ROT OUT VIN NUMBER IS [XXX] I NOTICE THIS WHEN UP ON A LIFT AT MY MECHANICS GARAGE THEN I SEE ALL THE COMPLAINT ON THE WEB ABOUT THE FRAME ROT. MY TRUCK IS IN PERFECT SHAPE OTHERWISE AND , WAS TOLD IT CAN NOT BE FIX.. I AM LOW INCOME AND CANNOT AFFORD A NEW TRUCK AND HAVE JUST PUT IN 800 + DOLLARS OF ENGINE WORK.. I M AM HOPING SOMETHING CN BE DONE , BEFORE ME OR A FAMILY GET HURT OR KILLED THANK GOD I ONLY TRAVEL 6 MILES A DAY TO AND FROM WORK I PRAY EVERY DAY THAT IT DOES NOT LET GO AND HOPE WE CAN GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THESE COMPANIES HONDA AND ISUZU YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT [XXX] *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322797March 30, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE FRAM IS RUSTING OUT FROM THE BACK DOORS TO THE BACK OF THS SUV
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322131March 25, 2010
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SUSPENSION:REAR
I HAVE A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT AND THE BOTTOM FRAME IS ALL RUSTED AND THE REAR AXLE OR REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM RUSTED TILL IT FELL OFF. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED WHILE MY SON WAS LEAVING OUR DRIVEWAY AND HE WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SO IT IS NO LONGER DRIVEABLE AND WE TIED UP THE FALLING PART AND IT WAS PARKED IN OUR YARD FOR ALMOST A YEAR BECAUSE WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT REPAIRED. WE NOW HAVE TO MOVE TO A TOWNHOUSE AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO PARK THIS VEHICLE SO WE HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTOBODY SHOP FOR AN ESTIMATE. THE INITIAL ESTIMATE FOR COST OF REPAIR IS ABOUT $2,000 WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND IT COULD POSSIBLY GET HIGHER ONCE THE REPAIRS GET STARTED. SO THIS IS WHERE WE STAND. WE BOUGHT A HONDA, USED IT FOR 2.5 YEARS AND DUE TO THE POOR QUALITY OF PARTS USED TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE, IT ROTTED OUT ON US AND FELL APART AND WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO USE IT SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2009 AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT REPAIRED. WE FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD BE REPONSIBLE FOR OUR LOSS OF USE OF THIS VEHICLE. WE WERE HOPING TO KEEP THIS VEHICLE AND USE FOR A LONG TIME BUT NOW IS UNABLE TO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10308590February 10, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAS OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY TEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATIONS IN MY 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. (ISUZU) THIS OCCURS MAINLY IN A STOP AND GO SITUATION WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE RPM'S SUDDENLY SHOOT UP TO ABOUT 6000, AND JUST AS SUDDENLY DECREASE. THE REAR WHEELS SPIN WHILE I AM HOLDING THE BRAKE DOWN. ON THE LAST OCCASION, I HAD IT IN PARK AND THE ACCELERATION OCCURRED AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE ISUZU PEOPLE AND HONDA PEOPLE AND THEY COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE, NOR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10305217February 4, 2010
STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, SUSPENSION:REAR
1988 HONDA PASSPORT - VEHICLE'S DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL STABILIZER BAR RUSTED OFF, CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, BUT WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT, SO WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. ENTIRE FRAME IS RIDDLED WITH RUST. AREA IN REAR OF VEHICLE WHERE COIL SPRINGS ARE ATTACHED TO FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. RUST IS EXTENSIVE, FROM TO REAR OF FRAME, PRETTY MUCH SWISS-CHEESED WITH RUST. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO AREA OF FRAME IS UNAFFECTED. ABLE TO PUSH FINGER THROUGH THE FRAME IN MANY AREAS. BODY OF VEHICLE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH NO BODY RUST. LOOKS NEW, EXCEPT FOR THE FACE THAT THE FRAME IS BASICALLY RUSTING OFF OF THE BODY OF THE HONDA PASSPORT. HONDA AMERICA STATES THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I PERSONALLY FEEL HIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE OR TRUSTWORTHY TO DRIVE. NO WARNING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SUDDEN "BOOM" AT WHICH TIME I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT THE CURB OF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE PARKING LOT. VEHICLE IS UNUSABLE. AREA WHERE STABILIZER BAR FELL OFF IS NOT REPAIRABLE BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOOD METAL ON THE FRAME TO WELD A REPAIR TO. PASSPORT WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF, EXCELLENTLY MAINTAINED, BODY, INTERIOR AND ENGINE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. JUST HAVE NO FRAME TO PUT THE BODY ON. HONDA AMERICA TOLD ME "WE ARE AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT WHEN THOUSANDS ARE AFFECTED AND MILLIONS OF THESE WERE MADE, WE DON'T CONSIDER IT TO BE AN ISSUE". ISUZU RODEO ARE AFFECTED IDENTICALLY, THE SAME AREA OF RUST IS THE FIRST INDICATION THERE IS AN ISSUE, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE STABILIZER BAR FALLS/RUSTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. WE ARE THE SOLE OWNERS OF THIS PASSPORT, NOT A FLOOD CAR, NOT NEAR THE OCEAN AND NOT IN AN AREA WHERE SALT IS USED EXTENSIVELY ON THE ROADS. AGAIN, THERE IS NO PART OF THE FRAME UNAFFECTED BY RUST. A 50 YEAR OLD VEHICLE HAS A BETTER FRAME ON IT THAN MY 1998. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10303347January 30, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2 WEEKS AGO I WAS SITTING AT A LIGHT, MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, WHEN THE BRAKE MOVED UNDER MY FOOT. THEN THE GAS REVVED LIKE THE GAS PEDAL WAS BEING HELD DOWN. I COULD BARELY KEEP THE CAR FROM RAMMING THE CAR STOPPED AHEAD OF ME. I PUT BOTH MY FEET ON THE BRAKE AND PUT MY CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED THE KEY OFF. AFTER I RESTARTED THE CAR IT WAS NORMAL. DEFINITELY THE MOST HARROWING EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD! MY VEHICLE IS AN 1998 HONDA PASSPORT, NOT A TOYOTA. COULD IT HAVE THE SAME PARTS? I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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