1998 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

VALVE TRAIN PREMATURE WEAR. REQUIRES AN UPPER END REBUILD AT MY EXPENSE. MAKING A LOUD CLICK DURING ACCELERATION. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. BUT, DEALERSHIP WILL NOT WARRANTY AN OBVIOUSLY MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768006

I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT ANOTHER (AS THE DEALOR PUTS IT) "COMMON DEFECT" WITH MY PASSPORT. IN ADDITION TO THE VALVE TRAIN PREMATURE WEAR, THIS ENGINE ALSO HAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL CONSUMPTION. OIL CONSUMPTION IS SPORADIC, BUT CAN EXCEED MORE THAN TWO QUARTS PER 1000 MILES DRIVEN. OIL CONSUMPTION OCCURS REGARDLESS OF DRIVING CONDITIONS OR LOAD ON VEHICLE. IN COMBINATION WITH NO DASH WARNING, THE OIL CONSUMPTION CAN LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE WITHIN THE REGULAR OIL CHANGE INTERVAL. ENGINE FAILURE REPLACEMENT AT OVER 10,000 DOLLARS PER DEALORSHIP. NO EXTERNAL SIGNS OF OIL CONSUMPTION AT THE VEHICLE'S REAR. MR

HONDA PASSPORT STALLS OFF/ON / WAS TOLD THIS WAS THE ELECTRICAL HARNESS AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, SECURITY SYSTEM IS ON ERROR DEFAULT GOES OFF ALL THE TIME WHEN CAR IS RUNNING AND WHEN PARKED .*AK

BRAKES WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE IF ROAD SURFACE IS BUMPY. TODAY, VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS NOT GOING TO STOP AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS NEVER BEEN GOOD.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 20-25 MPH, THE CAR WILL CUT OFF AND LOSE ALL POWER. UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER THAT, RETURRNED TO DEALER FOR SERVICE AND CAR WAS RETURNED TO OWNER DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS THIS HAS HAPPENED AROUND 5-10 TIMES, HOWEVER EACH TIME WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS NO ANSWER OR SOLUTION TO THE ONGOING PROBLEM. NLM

THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG BECAUSE THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED ON DEMAND. LAST WEEK WHEN SLOWLY MAKING A RIGHT-HAND TURN INTO A NEIGHBORS DRIVE, THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED CAUSING A CRASH. *AK

BRAKES MALFUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALER TWICE, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK SEE 10039844 FOR MORE DETAILS.

THE INCIDENT DATED 12/21/01 OCCURED AS THE VEHICLE EXITED OFF THE FREEWAY IN SAN PEDRO, CA. MY BROTHER WAS DRIVING AND WAS AWARE OF THE PREVIOUS BRAKE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN RAINY CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED THE OFFRAMP AT 25 MPH. WE HAD AMPLE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE US AND THE CAR IN FRONT. AS THE CAR CAME TO A SLOW DOWN, MY BROTHER STEPPED ON THE BRAKES BUT THEY DID NOT WORK. THERE WAS A RUMBLING SOUND AS THE TIRES KEPT ROTATING. HE VEERED OVER TO THE LANE TO OUR LEFT SO AS NOT TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF US. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SLIDE ABOUT 10 MORE FEET ON ITS OWN UNTIL MY BROTHER PULLED ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AS THIS WAS HAPPENING AN 18 WHEELER TRUCK WAS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND US. FORTUNATELY HE WAS ABLE TO STOP, THE SCREECHING OF HIS BRAKES WAS LOUD, AND ALTHOUGH OUR BUMPERS WERE TOUCHING NO ONE OR NO VEHCILE WAS DAMAGED. THE OTHER TWO INCIDENTS OF THE BRAKES LOCKING UP ALSO OCCURED IN RAINY CONDITIONS. THE FIRST HAPPENING ON THE DAY I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. AGAIN, FORTUNATELY NO OTHER CAR WAS IN FRONT OF ME OR FOR SURE I WOULD HVAE DEFINITELY HAD REAR END COLLISIONS AS MY VEHICLE SLID ABOUT 2 FEET AFTER THE BRAKES WERE PRESSED. ALSO, IN VERY HOT TEMPERATURES (90-100 DEGREES) THE BRAKES WHEN PRESSED MAKE THE VEHICLE RUMBLE LOUDLY TO THE POINT WHERE THE REAR VIEW MIRROR SHAKES FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. THE OTHER ONGOING PROBLEM HAS BEEN THE SCREECHING AND SQUEALING OF THE BRAKES FROM THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *AK

THE SAFETY PROBLEM IS THE LACK OF WARNING SYSTEM TO NOTE FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATOR. THE FIRST INDICATION OF FAILURE IS SHUTDOWN OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY SUDDEN ENGINE SHUTDOWN. THIS LEAVE LITTLE TIME TO MOVE TO A SAFE POSITION. THIS ONE OCCURRED ON A MOUNTAIN PASS.

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER A ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD/ IN WET OR DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS VEHICLE SHAKES LIKES IT IS FALLING APART. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK