Honda PassportYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 1,700 NHTSA owner complaints across 17 model years, the Honda Passport years to avoid are 2019, and the strongest years are 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. The Passport has 29 safety recalls on record.

Honda Passport

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Elise240SX, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Complaints by system

Most common Honda Passport problems

All model years combined: 1,700 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system2486
Structure2349
Suspension1902
Forward collision avoidance18110
Power train1713
Engine1591
Service brakes, hydraulic15334
Engine and engine cooling1173
Service brakes877
25 other systems59394
10 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the Passport

  1. No Restart After Auto Start/Stop EngagesEA25004 · 2019–2025 · still open
    Open
  2. Inadvertent Automatic Emergency BrakingEA25002 · 2019–2023 · still open
    Open
  3. Inadvertent Automatic Emergency BrakingPE24008 · 2019–2022 · closed Jan 17, 2025
    No recall
  4. Fuel Tank Retention FailureDP18001 · 2001–2002 · closed Mar 5, 2020
    No recall
  5. Rear Suspension Lower Link DetachmentEA09018 · 1998–2002 · closed Oct 15, 2010
    Led to recall 10V-436
  6. REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINK FAILUREPE09030 · 1998–2002 · closed Dec 8, 2009
    Led to recall 10V-436
  7. SEAT BELT LATCH FAILURESRQ02009 · 1994 · closed Dec 17, 2002
    Led to recall 02V-125
  8. BRAKING SYSTEM/ABSEA99008 · 1998–1999 · closed Jul 31, 2002
    Led to recall 02I002000
  9. BROKEN ACCELERATOR PEDALPE98053 · 1998 · closed Feb 18, 1999
    No recall
  10. BRAKING SYSTEM/ABSPE98051 · 1998 · closed Mar 31, 1999
    No recall