1998 Honda Passport problems
Owners have filed 315 complaints with NHTSA about the 1998 Honda Passport. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 23% of complaints. Next are suspension (16%) and body & structure (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 315 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 28 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 112,000 miles 92 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 12 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 12 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 10 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 14 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 92 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 112,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 28 complaints mention a crash; 28 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1998 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Honda Passport with enough data (175 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Was traveling 50-55MPH when another vehicle cut in front of passport, cutting it off at 10-15MPH & was rearended. Upon impact, the passport's air bags (driver/passenger) did not deploy. Had vehicle repaired. Passenger had facial cuts. Driver had disc problems, some damage to left arm.
While driving, consumer attempted to depress the brakes which failed on wet road conditions and slid from side to side. This resulted in a collision. A few days after the collision, the consumer received technical service bulletin # 03012(mfr) 10001303(NHTSA) regarding brake problems. *scc
Consumer was driving at approximately 45 MPH ,hit a vehicle head-on and dual airbags did not deploy, causing serious back injuries.
The dealership did not have the parts for the antilock brake system recall 02 I 002 001, within a reasonable time.
Problem with brake system of honda passports. There is a delay in stopping and car glides forward several feed even after brakes are applied. Had this problem ever since purchasing the car but not as bad. Always was told it is the nature of ABS brakes to do that! Took it to the dealership 3 times and they said they could not similiate the problem and that there was nothing wrong with the brakes. Took it to an independant and he was able to find out the same problem with brakes in 2 hours!