2019 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

SUN ROOF SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED ON HIGHWAY WITH NO OTHER VEHICLES IN AREA, NOR ANYTHING OVERHEAD, NOR ANY ROAD DEBRIS. PRIOR TO EXPLOSION, MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN GARAGED AND NEVER HIT WITH DEBRIS OF ANY KIND. WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED I WAS DRIVING UP RAMP TO HIGHWAY SPEED (60MPH) FIRST THERE WAS A LOUD POP, THEN A VERY LOUD EXPLOSION ABOUT 200-300 YARDS LATER. I LOOKED TO SEE IF ANYONE WAS AROUND ME (OR ANYTHING OVER ME) IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE WAS SHOOTING AT MY CAR. SHORTLY AFTER THE LOUD EXPLOSION I COULD HEAR GLASS FRAGMENTS RAINING DOWN INSIDE MY SUN SHIELD (THANKFULLY CLOSED) OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IN SHATTERED GLASS WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. GLASS FRAGMENTS SKITTERED OVER MY ROOF AND SHOOK ABOVE MY HEAD UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO EXIT ROADWAY AND MAKE A COMPLETE STOP. I CLIMBED ONTO MY RUNNING BOARD AND SAW DIAGONAL STRESS FRACTURES FROM CORNER TO CORNER. I DROVE STRAIGHT TO DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS A SLIGHTLY OVERCAST DAY AND I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RAIN. I TOOK ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE SHATTERED SUNROOF AT THE DEALERSHIP: THE GLASS IS BROKEN OUT IN THE SHAPE OF AN HOURGLASS. DEALER TOLD ME REPAIR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I CALLED AMERICAN HONDA AND THEY CLAIMED THEY'D NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING AND REFUSED TO COVER DAMAGE AND TOLD ME TO HAVE REPAIR DONE BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. FORTUNATELY, MY DEALER ULTIMATELY TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR HONDA'S SHORTCOMINGS AND REPAIRED AT NO COST. I AM AFRAID TO EVER DRIVE VEHICLE WITH SUNSHADE OPEN FOR FEAR THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. I AM LUCKY I DID NOT CRASH ON HIGHWAY AND WOULD HAVE IF SHADE HAD BEEN OPEN.

2019 HONDA PASSPORT TOURING W/ 10K MILES O BLIND DOWNHILL S-CURVE APPROX ONE MILE FROM MY HOME.. MY ZF-9 SPEED TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN LOUD GRINDING, LURCHING, AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. INCIDENT OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER A FULL STOP AT THE END OF MY LANE BEFORE ENTERING MAIN ROADWAY AND DOWNHILL CURVES. I HAD TO COAST TO THE BOTTOM WITH THE GRINDING AND GNASHING GEARS AND BUCKING, LURCHING VEHICLE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, NOR HAD THEY EVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. THEY ALSO STATED THAT DIAGNOSTICS DID NOT IDENTIFY ANY ISSUES WHICH IS ODD BECAUSE I COULD GIVE THEM A TIMEFRAME OF EXACTLY WHEN INCIDENT AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. I ALSO CALLED HONDA CORPORATE WHO TRIED TO TELL ME THAT THIS WAS "A NORMAL BREAKING IN" SCENARIO AND THAT I SHOULD CONTACT THEM WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN BECAUSE THEY WOULD DO NOTHING FOR FIRST REPORTED INCIDENT. CLEARLY, AMERICAN HONDA CO DOES NOT CARE ABOUT CONSUMER SAFETY. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE

WHEN DRIVING THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WILL FLASH EVEN IF I CAR OR OBJECT IS IN FRONT OF THE CAR AND THEN JUST GO AWAY OR AT TIMES THE LIGHT FLASH AND THE BRAKES WILL LOCK THIS HAPPENS ON THE CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY

THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN AT MODERATE SPEED, 45-50 MPH, WITHOUT WARNING A LOUD EXPLOSION WAS HEARD AND VEHICLE CONTROL WAS SEVERELY LESSENED. THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON A BRIDGE WHICH REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO BY DRIVEN SLOWLY APPROX. 1.2 MILE TO A SAFE LOCATION. INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE HAD SUFFERED SUDDEN CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF AIR. INSPECTION BY TWO KNOWLEDGEABLE MECHANICS AND A CONTINENTAL TIRE REP. FAILED TO LOCATE AND SIGNS OF PUNCTURE. WE ARE AWARE OF A RECALL ON THE MODEL OF OUR TIRES HOWEVER OUR SIZE IS NOT LISTED AS A RECALLED ITEM. THE TIRE IN QUESTION IS STILL IN OUR POSSESSION AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IF NEEDED.

EVERYTIME I START MY CAR IT SAYS MY HOOD IS OPEN BUT IT IS NOT, I HAVE TO GET OUT AND OPEN AND CLOSE MY HOOD. MY FANS WON'T RUN AND AC OR HEAT WON'T WORK IF THIS ERROR OCCURS.

NOTED THAT THE DASHBOARD BLANKED OUT MOMENTARILY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE SPEEDOMETER CAME BACK, FIRST, FOLLOWED BY THE REMAINING DASHBOARD ITEMS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE UPDATE (RECALL) HAD BEEN COMPLETED 3 WEEKS PREVIOUSLY AND APPROXIMATELY 1200 MILES PRIOR TO THIS EVENT. DID NOT EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE SOFTWARE UPDATE. RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR RECHECK BUT THEY DID NOT NOTE ANY SOFTWARE ERROR CODES.

VERY FREQUENT FALSE WARNINGS FOR COLLISION BRAKING SYSTEM. BUSHES, ROAD SIGNS, ROUNDABOUTS, ONCOMING TRAFFIC, ETC. WILL FALSE TRIGGER THE SYSTEM. MANY OWNERS REPORTING FALSE WARNINGS OR BRAKING BUT NO FIX. DISTRACTING AND DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS. ONCE THE VEHICLE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES FOR NO GOOD REASON DUE TO A CAR TURNING OFF THE ROADWAY FAR AHEAD AT LOW SPEEDS. THE SYSTEM IS DISTRACTING AND COULD IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES APPLY BRAKES WHEN NO REASONABLE THREAT IS PRESENT. CAREFUL DRIVER WHO LEAVES DISTANCE, AND I NOW DISABLE THIS SUPPOSED SAFETY SYSTEM TO BE SAFER FROM IT.

SYSTEM GIVES FALSE POSITIVES AND TRIES TO SLAM ON BRAKES WITH NOTHING IN FRONT. THIS HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN SO I HAVE TO DISABLE THE SYSTEM BUT STILL GET THE WARNING FREQUENTLY

WHEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE ON A TWO LANE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WILL GIVE FALSE FORWARD COLLISION ALERTS FROM ONCOMING VEHICLES IN THE OPPOSING LANE. WHEN DRIVING ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY WITH ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, VEHICLES DRIVING SLOWER IN THE LANE TO YOUR LEFT WILL CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN SUDDENLY (THERE ARE NO VEHICLES IN FRONT ). BOTH OF THESE ISSUES HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY AND CAN CAUSE AN UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION WHEN TRIGGERED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT A DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON FIVE OCCASIONS. THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

THE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE CAR IS DRIVEN VERY LITTLE AND THERE WERE NO NAILS OR CAUSE FOR THE FLAT ACCORDING TO TECHNICIAN. THE TIRE WAS SIMPLY DAMAGED. WE CALLED THE DEALER AND WERE ONLY TOLD THAT TIRE COULD NOT BE ORDERED BECAUSE THERE'S A REPORTED ISSUE WITH THE TIRES FOR OUR VEHICLE. CAR IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD AND LOW MILEAGE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY FOR 4 DAYS WHEN WE NOTICED.