2001 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

WE DRIVE A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. AS I WAS COMING HOME WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN, MY CAR STARTING TO WANDER TO ONE SIDE, FORTUNATELY I WAS LESS THAN A HALF MILE FROM HOME. I THEN HEARD A TERRIBLE SOUND LIKE SCRAPING. MY HUSBAND LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND REAR DRIVER SIDE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND FALLING APART. THE PASSENGER SIDE IS IN THE SAME CONDITION. WE SAW A NEWS REPORT AND IT DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED TO US. I AM APPALLED THAT OUR LIVES WERE IN DANGER HAD I BEEN GOING ON A HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS GOING THROUGH STATE INSPECTION WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTING. ONE YEAR LATER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,339 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,842.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIFT GEARS, SHAKE AND VIBRATE FROM ONE SIDE TO ANOTHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED. THE REAR FRAME RAIL WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST AND CORROSION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE REPAIR EXPENSE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,495.

I PURCHASED THE CAR IN MARYLAND. I MOVED TO PA IN 2009. PA INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED IN 10/09. THE CAR PASSED INSPECTION. VERY FEW MILES DRIVEN DURING 2009/2010. A HONDA DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE STATION IN PA INSPECTED THE CAR'S FRAME TODAY (7/22/10). THEIR REPORT IS: "INSPECTED FRAME. RUST THROUGH ON LT REAR FAME RAIL BOTTOM, METAL SCALING ON BOTH REAR FRAME RAILS. NO VISIBLE HOLE AT RADIUS RODS. CUSTOMER TO MONITOR SITUATION. VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS PA STATE INSPECTION. PROBABLE RUST THROUGH AT RT REAR ARM." WE WILL NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR SINCE IT IS NOT SAFE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE CHANGING THE BRAKES THE FRAME WAS COVERED WITH AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST. THE CONTACT DID NOT NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION THE FRAME COULD HAVE BROKEN AND CAUSED A CRASH TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 174,000.

FILED ORIGINAL COMPLAINT (ODI NUMBER 10342822) )07/13/10. SINCE THEN I RETURNED THE CAR TO THE GARAGE DUE TO BRAKE PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THAT MY 2001 HONDA PASSPORT FRAME IS SO ROTTED OUT THAT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE PASSED THE LAST INSPECTION AND WILL DEFINITELY NOT PASS FURTHER INSPECTIONS AND SHOULD BE GOTTEN RID OF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE RUSTED FRAME IS NOT REPAIRABLE. I ALREADY SPENT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE A PIECE OF THE FRAME WELDED SO THE CAR COULD BE USED UNTIL ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE COULD BE FOUND. I CANNOT SELL OR TRADE THIS CAR IN, SO IT WILL NEED TO BE JUNKED. NEITHER HONDA OR ISUZU WANTS TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

TOOK HONDA PASSPORT 2001 FOR INSPECTION AND FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED. IT IS BECOMING A SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY FAMILY. GETTING RID OF VEHICLE. *TR

2001 HONDA PASSPORT USED OIL 1 QT. AND HALF EVERY TWO WEEKS, BOUGHT 2001 USED ABOUT 1/2 A QT. BETWEEN OIL CHANGE AT FIRS. AT THIS POINT IT USED MORE DURING THE YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE REAR BEGAN VEERING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED AND RUSTED. IN ADDITION, THE MAIN BEAM OF THE FRAME HAD COMPLETELY FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO REMOVE CHUNKS OF CORRODED METAL FROM THE FRAME BUT ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 133,000. UPDATED 09/24/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME WAS CRACKED AND RUSTED TO THE POINT WHERE THE REAR WINDOW AND TAILGATE WOULD NO LONGER OPEN. UPDATED 09/24/10

WHILE DRIVING MY 2001 HONDA PASSPORT DOWN RT. 51 I HEARD A VERY LOUD ,CRUNCHING NOISE UNDER MY CAR. SUDDENLY I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. TERRIFIED, AND AFTER WEAVING BACK AND FORTH ON THE ROAD AMONG OTHER TRAFFIC, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. IT HAD TO BE TOWED ON A FLATBED TRUCK. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR WAS TOTALLY RUSTED OUT AND THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN A CONTROL ARM TOTALLY RUST OFF A CAR. MY CAR HAS BEEN GARAGE KEPT AND WELL MAINTAINED SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2001. THE COLLISION CENTER THAT IT WAS TOWED TO TRIED TO WELD THE FRAME, BUT, THERE IS STILL MAJOR RUST DAMAGE UNDER THE CAR. I NOTIFIED MY HONDA DEALER OF THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE IT WAS AN ISUZU PRODUCT HONDA HELD NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. THIS AUTOMOBILE ONLY HAS 90,000 MILES ON IT AND I PLANNED TO CONTINUE USING IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME.. *TR