2019 Honda Passport problems
Owners have filed 450 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Honda Passport. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. Next are forward collision avoidance (18%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 450 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 6,000 miles 144 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 | 106 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 17 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 144 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 6,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 5,000 miles (40 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 12 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2019 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Honda Passport with enough data (318 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 10 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.
The contact owns a 2019 Honda Passport. The contact stated while coming to a complete stop the vehicle was struck from behind by a different vehicle; which resulted in the contact's vehicle getting pushed into a concrete median and then into a 3rd person's vehicle. The air bags did not deploy which resulted in the contact sustaining soreness in their body and they sought medical treatment. The contact stated no warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot and a report was taken.
The contact owns a 2019 Honda Passport. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH the vehicle suddenly lost automotive power causing the driver to lose control of the steering and crash into the rear of a Semi-Truck. During the incident, the air bags did not deploy. The driver sustained bruising of the chest and hip areas and pulmonary heart bruising due to the seatbelt restraints. Medical treatment was later administered. A police report was taken at the scene.
While driving a crackle is emitted from the front speakers. The tuner will blank out and display "check tuner", then the entire instrument pod goes dark. No speedometer, no other instrument information. Appears to be doing a reboot , while the car is in motion. Seems to be related to turning corners or hitting small bumps in the road. Very dangerous because it happens at anytime, regardless of speed you are travelling. Suddenly entire dashboard is black.
When driving this vehicle on a two lane road, the vehicle will give false forward collision alerts from oncoming vehicles in the opposing lane. When driving on a four lane highway with adaptive cruise control engaged, vehicles driving slower in the lane to your left will cause the vehicle to slow down suddenly (there are no vehicles in front ). Both of these issues happen intermittently and can cause an unsafe driving condition when triggered. The vehicle has been at a dealer service department on five occasions.