1999 HONDA PASSPORT Complaints

THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. READS EMPTY AT LEAST 11 GALLONS BEFORE TRULY IS EMPTY. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. RUNNING OUT OF GAS IS NOT SAFE AS WELL AS THE HARM IT DOES TO THE VEHICLE. MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

THE ENGINE COUGHED AND CHOKED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. I AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WASN'T WARMED UP ENOUGH BEFORE I STARTED DRIVING IT, SO I WARMED IT UP IN THE MORNING FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T OCCUR FOR A SHORT WHILE, THEN CAME BACK. I BROUGHT IT TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY TESTED IT AND ADVISED ME THAT THE HEAD CYLINDER GASKET WAS BLOWN, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. ALSO ONE CYLINDER HEAD IS CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE OTHER CYLINDER HEAD HAD TO BE MACHINED. IT TOOK ABOUT A MONTH TO GET IT FIXED. I FOUND IT VERY UNUSUAL THAT A MAJOR ENGINE WORK HAD TO BE DONE WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. *LA

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS WRONG, BUT THEY BELIEVED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE JERKS & SHIFTS HARD AT VARIOUS SPEEDS DURING GEAR CHANGES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP 1 YR BEFORE THE JERKS BECAME VIOLENT DUE TO DECREASE IN SMOOTHNESS OF GEAR CHANGES. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NORMAL IN THE PASSPORT/ISUZU & THAT IT WOULDN'T GET ANY WORSE. IT HAS! *NM

1999 HONDA PASSPORT - FUEL GAUGE CONTINUALLY READS EMPTY WHEN GAUGE REACHES ABOUT 1/2 TANK. HAVE DRIVEN FOR OVER 200 MILES ON EMPTY WITH GAS LIGHT ON AS I CALCULATE MILEAGE INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE GAUGE. SEEMS TO BE NUMEROUS REPORTS ON THIS ISSUE - WOULD LIKE TO SEE INVESTIGATION AND/OR RECALL. VERY FRUSTRATING AS I LIKE THE CAR. THIS IS BECOMING THE NORM VERSUS THE EXCEPTION. AT FIRST THE FUEL LIGHT WOULD NEVER COME ON WHEN THE TANK WAS NEARING EMPTY. NOW IT STAYS ON PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THE TIME. WHEN I STOP FOR GAS, I HAVE YET TO PUT MORE THAN 10 GALLONS IN; THUS, I'VE ONLY USED ONE-HALF TANK! *AK

GAS GAUGE IS CONSISTENTLY READING EMPTY - EVEN WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL. APPEARS TO BE FUEL SENDING UNIT MENTIONED ON ISUZU RODEO SITE AS WELL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO B EREPLACED. *AK

WHEN FUEL GAUGE READS FULL THE TANKS FUEL WILL DROP TO HALF RAPIDLY. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

TWO PROBLEMS. ONE IS THAT THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. STARTED OUT LIGHT AND AT ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE REACHED OVER 2000 RPM. CALLED TAYLOR HONDA SERVICE AS SOON AS THE NOISE STARTED AND THEY TOLD ME THE FIRST THEY COULD LOOK AT IT WAS ONE WEEK LATER. EVENTUALLY, THE KNOCK BECAME AN OBVIOUS BREAK OF SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE. I STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR NUMEROUS OWNERS JUDGING FROM INTERNET REPORTS. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM YET. I AM EXPECTING A CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM. THE FUEL GAUGE HAS ALSO BEEN REGISTERING EMPTY FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. *JB

MY FUEL GAUGE HAS STARTED FLUCTUATING WILDLY. THE MOST COMMON THING THOUGH, IS THAT IT READS OUT OF GAS SHORTLY AFTER A FILL UP. THIS IS THE SAME MODEL AS AN ISUZU RODEO AND THE PROBLEMS ARE DUPLICATED THERE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE A RECALL HAPPENS AND THAT IT COVERS THE HONDAS AS WELL. *AK