1999 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE IS CONSUMING ONE QUARTER OF OIL EVERY ONE THOUSANDS MILES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

THIS IS THE THIRD HONDA I HAVE OWNED, BUT THE ONLY ONE WITH PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TWO HAD OVER 300,000 MILES COMBINED....NO PROBLEMS. THIS REALLY ISN'T EVEN A HONDA, IT IS AN ISUZU. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT ALL PARTS INSIDE AND OUT WERE MADE BY HONDA AND THAT ISUZU SUPPLIED ONLY THE SEATBELTS AND THE ACTUAL CAR FRAME. I HAVE HAD THE A/C BLOWER REPLACED TWO TIMES, THE FIRST TIME WAS UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER THE FIRST REPLACEMENT, THE CD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING AND THEN THE CAR STARTED EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WHEN I TURNED ON THE BLINKER, THE A/C WENT OUT ALONG WITH THE AUTO TRANSM. SPENT OVER $150 PLUS COST OF RENTAL CAR AND HONDA SAID THE PROBL. WAS WITH THE TRAILER HITCH. I DID NOT PAY FOR REPAIR...THEY WANTED OVER $600...HOWEVER, WHEN THE CAR WAS GIVEN BACK, MYSTERIOUSLY THE CD PLAYER BEGAIN WORKING AND SO DID THE A/C...CHECKED AND THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER (ALTHOUGH THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING) AS SOON AS I PICKED UP THE CAR...NO MORE PROBLEMS DURING THAT TIME. A YEAR LATER (NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY) THE A/C BLOWER WORKS INTERMITTENLY, THE TRANSMISSION TODAY JUST STARTED TO MANUALLY SHIFT ITSELF FROM 2 TO 3RD GEAR AND MAKES A HARD CLUNKING SOUND. A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WAS SHIFTING ITSELF FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL OR LOW AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE. ALSO, THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS INOPERABLE...THE TANK REGISTERS EMPTY AND THE LIGHT FLASHES CONSTANTLY. HEARD THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR ISUZU RODEOS AND PASSPORTS. I EVEN WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A 99 RODEO AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS, BUT HIS FUEL SENDING UNIT WENT OUT WHILE HE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE HONDA DEALER DOWN HERE WANTS OVER $600 FOR REPAIR. I FEEL MISLEAD. I PURCHASED HONDA DUE TO SUCCESS ON MY OTHER TWO HONDAS. I COULD HAVE SAVED OVER $10,000 AND PURCHASED AN ISUZU RODEO, BUT I THOUGHT BY PURCHASING A HONDA, I WAS GETTING A RELIABLE SUV. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA/ISUZU AGAIN...I HAVE GOTTEN NO SUPPORT FROM THE HONDA DEALERS. TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL!

WHILE DRIVING ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT BRAKES WILL LOCK UP, AND IT WILL BE HARD TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

AFTER VEHICHLE COOLS DOWN AND I GO TO START THE CAR AND SHIFT DOWN TO DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION SKIPS DOWN TO L GEAR AND WHEN I TRY TO TAKE IT BACK UP TO THE D POSITION IT WILL TAKE THAT GEAR BUT WHEN I TAKE OFF THE CAR KNOCKS REALLY HARD WHEN IT TRIES TO SHIFT GEARS AND WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO STOP AND IT TRIES TO SHIFT DOWN IT ALSO DOES A HARD KNOCKING.*AK

THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN STARTING THE CAR, AND A LOUND WINDING SOUND CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE ABS MOTOR WAS CONTINUING TO RUN, EVEN WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF. I HAD TO DISCONNECT IT TO GET IT STOP SO I COULD TAKE IT TO THE SHOP. THE COST OF GETTING IT FIXED WAS $1750, WHICH WASN'T COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

AFTER JUST PULLING ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A "KNOCKING" SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY VEHICLE. AT REGULAR IDLE SPEEDS THIS SOUND COULD NOT BE HEARD. AFTER CHECKING THE OIL IT WAS FOUND TO BE 4.25 QUARTS LOW. THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND AFTER ADDING OIL BACK TO THE ENGINE, THE KNOCKING SOUND STILL CONTINUES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AT SERVICE INTERVALS WELL WITHIN THE DOCUMENTED RECCOMENDATIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE DEALERSHIP.*AKI

GAS GAUGE ON THE CAR HAS MALFUNCTIONED. THE PROBLEM HAS ALSO OCCURRED TO 6 OTHER PEOPLE. THE NEEDLE WILL ALWAYS SHOW EMPTY WITH THE LOW FUEL LIGHT FLASHING.*AK

THE ABS SENSOR ON THE CAR HAS MALFUNCTIONED. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND THIS HAS ALSO OCCURRED TO 14 OTHER PEOPLE. NUMEROUS OTHERS AHVE COMPLAINED ABOUT ABNORMAL BRAKING MODULATIONS, AND SENSATIONS WHILE BRAKING. INCLUDING THAT THE BRAKES SKIPPING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE HIGHER THAT 40MPH, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON , AND IT HAD A ROUGH IDLE.

ABS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, AFTER SHUTTING OFF ENGINE ABS PUMP KEPT RUNNING. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK