1999 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE PASSENGER READ SIDE SUSPENSION BROKE. THE CONTACT PULLED AND THE VEHICLE TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE DEALER REFUSED TO TOUCH THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) BUT THE DEALER WAS UNSURE WHEN SHE WOULD RECEIVE A RECALL NOTICE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 115,000. UPDATED 01/11/2011*LJ UPDATED 03/02/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRAME RUSTED AND THE STABILIZER BAR BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT'S MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FRAME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 187,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE CONDUCTING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HE FOUND THE FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION WAS CORRODED AND COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS FAILURE. THERE WAS A RELATED RECALL BUT THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT PROVIDED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION SCHEDULE; NHTSA RECALL#10V436000; SUSPENSION: REAR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT INFORMED HIM THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE RECALL BUT HAVE NOT MADE A DECISION ON HOW TO HANDLE IT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,600. UPDATED 01/19/11 *BF UPDATED 01/31/11

MY 1999 HONDA PASSPORT WAS IN NEED OF A INSPECTION STICKER. I PROCEEDED TO THE SERVICE STATION FOR MY STICKER WHEN THE RIGHT REAR SHOCK SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME AND WAS DRAGGING ON THE ROAD. I RETURNED HOME AND INSPECTED THE FRAME WHICH WAS RUSTED AND FALLING APART. THE TOP COIL SPRING MOUNTS WERE PUSHED UP AGAINST THE BODY. THE REAR WHEEL STABILIZER HANGERS ARE READY TO LET GO. I CALLED REPAIR SHOPS AND WAS TOLD THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT REPAIRABLE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WELD ON TOP OF RUST. MY HONDA NOW SITS IN MY YARD. IT IS DRIVABLE BUT WOULD BE A HAZARD TO MY LIFE AND SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS. *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE FRAME BROKE. THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED THAT IT BROKE FROM THE CAR. SERIOUS SAFETY RISK FOR US. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT. THE CAR IS TOTALED. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT HAD IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS GOING FAST IT COULD HAVE KILLED THE OCCUPANTS. NO FRAME OF A CAR SHOULD RUST LIKE THAT AND BREAK. I GOOGLED AND APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THESE MODELS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP AS PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM THE DEFECT. REPORTS SAY THAT THE CARS WERE BUILT WILL SUBPAR METALS AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE RUSTING BEFORE THEIR TIME. *TR

OUR 1999 HONDA PASSPORT HAS 81,168 MILES ON IT AND FROM OUTWARD APPEARANCES, LOOKS GREAT. HOWEVER, LAST WEEK, MY DAUGHTER, ALMOST LOST CONTROL WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP SAYS THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR STABILIZER IS BARELY ATTACHED. MY SON, IN DISBELIEF, WENT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND LOOKED FOR HIMSELF AND CONFIRMED THE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH GOOD METAL LEFT ON THE FRAME TO MAKE REPAIR WELDS. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND WE ARE BEING TOLD IT SHOULD BE SALVAGED FOR PARTS! THANK GOD THE CAR WASN'T BEING DRIVEN AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WHERE AN ACCIDENT MAY VERY WELL COULD'VE HAPPENED!!! ON AUGUST 9,2010 I AM TOWING IT TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED TO GET THEIR EVALUATION. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS 1999 HONDA PASSPORT FROM A FRIEND KNOWING IT HAD SOME FRAME REPAIR THAT WAS NEEDED WHICH I HAD DONE AT A COST OF $800. RECENTLY(1 WEEK AGO) THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE REAR BUMPER. UPON TAKING IT TO A REPAIR SHOP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR PORTION OF HE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED PERHAPS BEYOND THE POINT OF REPAIR SHORT OF HAVING THE ENTIRE FRAME REPAIRED. THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS RUST PROBLEM IS WAY OUT PROPORTION TO THE AGE, MILEAGE(100K) AND SHAPE OF THE REST OF THE VEHICLE AND OTHER VEHICLES OF LIKE CHARACTERISTICS. HONDA MUST KNOW THAT THIS A MANUFACTURERS DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER IT MIGHT TAKE TO EFFECTUATE A REAPER OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THE REAR SUBFRAME EXHIBITED RUST. THE FRONT SWAY BAR HAD BROKEN AS A RESULT OF EXCESSIVE RUST CORROSION WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR AXLE AND WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE ONE YEAR AGO. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

DRIVING APPROX 45 MILES PER HR. PASSPORT SUDDENLY PULLED US INTO THE LEFT LANE. WE WERE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO CORRECT LANE AND PULL VEHICLE OVER. DROVE DIRECTLY TO OUR MECHANIC AT APPROX 20 MILES PER HR. FOR ABOUT 2 MILES. HE LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAID TRAILING HEAD WAS BROKE FROM FRAME AND FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE VEHICLE IS SITTING IN MY DRIVE UNABLE TO DRIVE. BOTH SIDES ARE BROKE AT TRAILING HEAD AND RUSTED SO BAD YOU CAN PUSH AND BREAK A HOLE IN THE FRAME. THE FRAME IS THE ONLY RUST ON THE VEHICLE. WE WERE LUCKY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC COMING TOWARDS US AND THAT WE WERE NOT GOING VERY FAST. THERE WAS NO PRIOR NOTICE, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR VEERED LEFT INTO THE OTHER LANE AND IT WAS HARD TO GET IT CONTROLLED AND INTO THE CORRECT LANE AND PULLED OVER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WANDER TO THE LEFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT DECREASED THE SPEED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY COVERED WITH RUST AND THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 116,000. UPDATED 6/19/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE JERKED STRONGLY TO THE LEFT. IT AS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT. THE TRAILING HEAD ARM BROKE DUE TO SEVER RUST ON THE RIGHT SIDE. UPDATED 07/21/10.*JB