1999 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

ABS SYSTEM PUMP WAS CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WITH KEYS REMOVED FROM IGNITION. PUMP WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH AND HAD TO BE DISABLED BY REMOVING THE ABS SYSTEM FUSE. ABS SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STILL ON. NO PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE SYSTEM PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. CAR WAS SERVICED FOR EXHAUST PIPE REPLACEMENT 1 DAY PRIOR TO ABS SYSTEM FAILURE. *AK

WAS COASTING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT. APPLIED BRAKES ON A ROUGH SURFACE AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO HALT THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP EVEN AFTER TRYING TO RE-APPLY THE BRAKES. \ HAD TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART THEN THE BRAKES STARTED TO WORK AGAIN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANCS STATED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL FUNCTION WHEN DRIVING OVER A ROUGH SURFACE FOR THE TIRES TO UNLOCK AS PART OF THE ABS SYSTEM. DEALER DROVE WITH ME TO A GRAVEL PARKING AREA AND SPED VEHICLE AND STEPPED ON BRAKES AND IT DID TO HIM WHAT IT DID TO ME. HE STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL FUNCTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED 8 TIMES THIS YEAR ALONE AND CONTINUES TO SCARE THE HECK OUT OF ME WHEN IT HAPPENS. 2 TIMES ALMOST CAUSED ME TO BUMP ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND BUT USED EMERGENCY BREAK TO HALT VEHICLE. *AK

LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR CAME ON. WHEN I CHECKED OIL, 4 QUARTS LOW. VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN 4000 MILES SINCE LAST OIL CHANGE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO CHANGED OIL/FILTER AND HAS INITIATED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. NO VISIBLE LEAKS. SINCE MONITORING, VEHICLE HAS CONSUMED 1/2 QUART OIL IN 400 MILES. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AN ENGINE DEFECT.

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON,. THEN ABS MOTOR STARTED TO MAKE A HIGH PITCH NOISE AND CONTINUED ON, EVEN AFTER VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY TO TURN OFF ABS MOTOR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH

ABS SYSTEM WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING, BACK TIRES LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO SWING FROM SIDE TO SIDE BEFORE CONSUMER REGAINED CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER NOTED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT STILL WAS UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

VEHICLES ABS SYSTEM SEEMS TO ACTIVATE AT VERY LOW SPPEDS THUS RENDERING THEM INEFFECTIVE, BRAKING BECOMES POOR, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL AT LOW SPEEDS WITH THE BRAKE APPLIED AND WHILE ON DRY PAVEMENT. *JG

WE REAR-ENDED THE CAR INFRONT OF US BECAUSE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ENGAGED WHEN THERE WAS NO REASON TO DO SO. WE WERE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION ON A HOT, CLEAR DAY, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND THE CAR INFRONT OF US MOVED INTO THE INTERSECTION, TURNING LEFT, STOPPING TO LET ONCOMING TRAFFIC PASS. I WAS PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP TO ALLOW THE TRAFFIC TO PASS. AS I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES, WE HEARD A NOISE COME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND PROCEDED TO REAR END THE VEHICLE INFRONT OF US. UNFORTUNATELY, I ONLY CARRIED LIABILITY COVERAGE ON THE TRUCK, SO I WAS FACING HAVING A NON-OPERABLE VEHICLE OR A $3,500 BILL TO FIX THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK. WE MADE SEVERAL CLAIMS TO HONDA OF AMERICA, WHICH WERE PROCESSED, BUT IN THE END, THE STATED THAT THEY WOULD ASSUME NO LIABILITY (MUST HAVE STEPPED ON THE ACCELORATOR I WAS TOLD). I AM SETTING UP AN EMAIL ACCOUNT TO POOL OUR RESOURCES, INFORMATION, STORIES AND RESULTS TOGETHER. PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MY LETTERS TO AND FROM HONDA OF AMERICA AT [email protected]. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE. *AK

CONSUMER REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH, SEATBELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER. HIT HIS HEAD ON STEERING WHEEL. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO DRIVER. VEHICLE IS AT THE BODYSHOP AT THIS TIME.*AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FAILURES OF THE ABS SYSTEM SINCE PURCHASE. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITNT AND GENERALLY AT SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 20 MPH ON DRY ROADS. I WOULD ESTIMATE NO FEWER THAN 25 FAILURES IN TWO YEARS WHEREIN THE BRAKES FAIL TO ENGAGE PROPERLY AT LOW SPEED CAUSING THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE TO BE EXCESSIVE. WHEN BRAKING, THE BRAKES OFTEN FAILED TO ENGAGE PARTICULARLY AT ROUGH INTERSECTIONS. IT FEELS AS IF THE VEHICLE SLIDES OVER THE BUMPS. NOW THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINS LIT. THE ABS UNIT ITSELF RUNS EVEN WITH THE MOTOR OFF. I HAVE REMOVED THE FUSE AND DISENGAGED THE ABS WHICH ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE SAFELY ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO ABS ACTIVE. WITH THE ABS DISENGAGED, I HAVE HAD NO ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND COMMON SAFETY DEFECT WITH THE 1999 PASSPORT. THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA AND ON THE WEB WHICH INDICATE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DEFECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION AND I WOULD RECOMMEND FAST-TRACK RECALL ACTION TO AVOID ACCIDENTS RELATED TO THIS DEFECT.*AK