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.

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Elise240SX, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Honda Passport years to avoid
Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the Passport median. Tap a year for its full report.
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Most common Honda Passport problems
All model years combined: 1,700 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.
| System | Complaints | Crash, fire or injury |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical system | 248 | 6 |
| Structure | 234 | 9 |
| Suspension | 190 | 2 |
| Forward collision avoidance | 181 | 10 |
| Power train | 171 | 3 |
| Engine | 159 | 1 |
| Service brakes, hydraulic | 153 | 34 |
| Engine and engine cooling | 117 | 3 |
| Service brakes | 87 | 7 |
| 25 other systems | 593 | 94 |
Honda Passport recalls
Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.
Showing the 12 newest of 29 recalls. Each model-year page lists all recalls for that year.
NHTSA investigations of the Passport
- No Restart After Auto Start/Stop EngagesOpen
- Inadvertent Automatic Emergency BrakingOpen
- Inadvertent Automatic Emergency BrakingNo recall
- Fuel Tank Retention FailureNo recall
- Rear Suspension Lower Link DetachmentLed to recall 10V-436
- REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINK FAILURELed to recall 10V-436
- SEAT BELT LATCH FAILURESLed to recall 02V-125
- BRAKING SYSTEM/ABSLed to recall 02I002000
- BROKEN ACCELERATOR PEDALNo recall
- BRAKING SYSTEM/ABSNo recall