2001 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE FRAME UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE HAD DETERIORATED BEYOND REPAIR. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING LINK MOUNT BROKE OFF OF THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND THEN TOWED TO HIS HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SINCE THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF THAT TYPE OF FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT TOW THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WILL NOT BE REPAIRED. HE THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT SPECIALIZED IN FRAME REPAIRS BUT IT WOULD COST HIM OVER A $1000 TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND FOUND THAT THE THERE WERE TWO STABILIZER BARS HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS SEVERE FRAME RUST. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO WAS NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE AND ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS HESITANT TO TOW THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEN AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER, THE DRIVERS SIDE FRAME FRACTURED DOWN THE CENTER. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CONSULTED WITH AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THE FRAME REPAIR WOULD ONLY LAST FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO YEARS BEFORE THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,554 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,529.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE PULLING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY AT SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE FRONT AXLE BEGAN RUBBING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME HAD RUSTED AND BEGAN CORRODING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE VEHICLES AGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

I WAS DRIVING THIS MORNING WHEN THE LEFT REAR TENSION BAR SNAPPED AWAY FROM THE FRAME OF MY 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A GARAGE AND INSPECTED BY A TRUSTED FRIEND, HE HAS JUST INFORMED ME THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER IN DRIVABLE CONDITION, AS THE ENTIRE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH. *TR

WHILE STEPPING ON BRAKE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT CONTROL. BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING. AVOIDED OTHER VEHICLES BY STEERING OFF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 HONDA PASSPORT WHEN IT STARTED JERKING TO ONE SIDE AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS,BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY,LIKE WIND HAD HIT THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN. THIS WENT ON FOR A COUPLE DAYS,AND WHEN I WAS GOING AROUND A TURN,I HEARD A LOUD NOISE,LIKE SOMETHING BREAKING AND GRINDING,AND THE CAR STARTED TO SHIMMY ALL OVER THE ROAD. WHEN I HAD IT LOOKED AT,I WAS TOLD ITS UNFIXABLE BECAUSE THERE IS FRAME ROT WHERE THE REAR SUSPENSION LOWER LINK COMPLETELY ROTTED OFF THE FRAME AND THE A-ARM ALSO COMPLETELY ROTTED OFF. THERE ARE SWISS-CHEESE LIKE HOLES ALL THROUGH THE FRAME. IT IS NOW UNDRIVEABLE. ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE, AND A POSSIBLE RECALL. I VERY STRONGLY AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. I WAS VERY LUCK Y THAT WE WERE ONLY GOING ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED,OR THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS CRASH. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER ERROR. *TR

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE . THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED SEVERAL TIMES, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE. WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE TO THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 6/1/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE STOP WAS TOO LATE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND HER VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. UPDATED 07/08/10.*JB

I WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT 2-LANE STATE ROUTE. WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTING 4-LANE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A SMALL NOISE IN THE REAR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CROSSING THE INTERSECTION, I EXPERIENCE ENTIRE LOSS OF CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I SWERVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW DOWN AND WAS SURE THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO ROLL OVER ON ITS SIDE. AFTER SLOWING TO A STOP, I WAS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A SMALL TURN-AROUND FACING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I DID NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ANY FURTHER AND CALLED FOR A TOW. THE TOW-DRIVER INDICATED THAT HE SAW THE PROBLEM AND TOOK ME TO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE THEN SHOWED ME THE REAR LINK BAR HAD DISCONNECTED FROM THE FRAME. IT APPEARED IT HAD RUSTED AWAY FROM THE FRAME. WE THEN LOOKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TO SEE THAT IT WAS ALSO RUSTED VERY BADLY WAS ALSO READY TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE FRAME. WHEN MY LIFE FLASHED BEFORE MY EYES, ALL I COULD DO WAS PRAY AND BE THANKFUL THAT MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME AND THAT MY NEWLY LICENSED 17 YEAR OLD WAS NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING HONDA OF AMERICA CUSTOMER RELATIONS TO BE ADVISED AS TO THEIR STANCE ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE FRAME ON MY 2001 HONDA PASSPORT HAS RUSTED BEYOND REPAIR. IT HAS BECOME UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE ROTTING/RUSTING FRAME. *TR