1999 Honda Passport problems
Owners have filed 299 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Honda Passport. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 27% of complaints. Next are suspension (17%) and body & structure (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 299 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 36 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 106,000 miles 128 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 | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 11 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 19 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 18 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 17 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 9 |
What the data shows
Of the 128 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 106,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 63,000 miles (20 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 36 complaints mention a crash; 14 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Honda Passport with enough data (156 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Breaking problems cause me to be involve in a wreck upon entering an intersection I hit a small bump in the highway and the breaks let off causing me to turn into the center lane where I was hit by a truck.
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 45MPH. Upon impact, air bag did not deploy, causing minor injury to driver. Vehicle is at the bodyshop at this time.
Consumer rearended another vehicle at 45 MPH, seatbelt did not restrain consumer. Hit his head on steering wheel. Damage to vehicle unknown at this time.
Dt: consumer got a recall letter in march 2004 on the ABS module system . Had recall problem fixed on july 29, 2004. Now, when brakes applied, the car will not stop at required distance and continues on a few feet more while driving forward or backward. Drove on a cold day ,and when he parked vehicle and turned it off, it made a noise like a fan blowing. Took it to dealer, and they fixed the ABS module system at owner's expense. The brakes are still not right.
Noticed that fuel gauge is not working properly because it went empty even though I have a tank full of gas. I did some internet research and found out that this is related to a defective 'fuel sending unit'. It affects honda passports and isuzu rodeo vehicles . My SUV honda passport fuel gauge is not working due to bad float chamber on the pump component has manufacturing defects. My fuel gauge has started fluctuating wildly. The most common thing though, is that it reads out of gas shortly after a fill up.