Every recall campaign and owner complaint the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration holds for the 1998 Honda Passport. Nothing on this page is written from memory — it is all imported from NHTSA's public database.
3 recall campaigns filed by Honda for the 1998 Passport, newest first.
| Campaign | Component | What the recall says |
|---|---|---|
| 02I002001 2002-06-03 |
Service Brakes, Hydraulic Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip |
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH AN ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS). THE VEHICLES CAN EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES IN CERTAIN TYPES OF BRAKING EVENTS.
Risk: EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE COULD RESULT, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. Fix: DEALERS WILL PROVIDE A REPLACEMENT COMPUTER ALGORITHM FOR THE ABS THAT IS BASED ON THE ALGORITHM USED IN HONDA'S MY 2000 AND 2001 VEHICLES, WHICH HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM. THIS CAMPAIGN WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PHASES, WITH THE MY 1998 2WD VEHICLES COVERED FIRST, SINCE THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE MOST… |
| 98V170002 1998-07-24 |
Electrical System Wiring Front Underhood |
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. A GROUND CONNECTION TERMINAL WAS NOT PROPERLY CRIMPED IN THE SUPPLIER'S ENGINE WIRING HARNESS MANUFACTURING LINE. THIS IMPROPER CRIMPING PROCESS CAN LEAVE AN IMPRESSION ON THE TERMINAL THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A STRESS FRACTURE.
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Risk: IF A TERMINAL IS FRACTURED, THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) CAN RECEIVE AN ERRONEOUS SIGNAL INDICATING A HIGH VEHICLE SPEED, THEREBY CAUSING THE PCM TO CUT THE FUEL, CAUSING A 'NO-START' CONDITION, OR A POSSIBLE ENGINE STALL. Fix: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE WIRING HARNESS ON THESE VEHICLES. |
| 97V206002 1997-11-13 |
Unknown Or Other | VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MULTI-PURPOSE PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A DRIVER'S SIDE OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT RUBBER FLOOR MAT. REPEATED MOVEMENT OF THE DRIVER'S FEET AND ACTUATION OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAN RESULT IN A SHIFTING OF THE MAT'S POSITION. THIS SHIFTING CAN CAUSE AN INTERFERENCE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL.
Risk: THIS COULD CAUSE A RESTRICTION OF THE PEDAL'S RETURN TO THE IDLE POSITION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. Fix: HONDA IS ASKING FOR THE RETURN OF THE FLOOR MAT SET AND WILL REIMBURSE OWNERS FOR THE COST OF THE RUBBER FLOOR MAT SET ALONG WITH ANY RETURN SHIPPING COSTS. |
Summaries are quoted verbatim from NHTSA's official campaign records. A single campaign often covers dozens of model years and several nameplates, so a summary may name vehicles other than the 1998 Passport — that is normal. Every record listed here carries this vehicle's own make, model and model year in NHTSA's database. Whether a recall is still open on a particular car can only be determined by VIN.
270 owner complaints on file with NHTSA for the 1998 Passport, grouped by the component owners reported. Counts reflect how many owners complained, not how often the fault actually occurs.
| Reported component | Complaints | |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic 10 crash, 3 injured |
48 | |
| Suspension 1 crash, 1 injured |
37 | |
| Structure 2 crash, 1 injured |
26 | |
| Engine And Engine Cooling 2 crash, 1 injured |
20 | |
| Power Train | 18 | |
| Electrical System | 14 | |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 12 | |
| Fuel System, Other | 11 | |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 8 | |
| Service Brakes, Air | 7 | |
| Suspension,Structure | 6 | |
| Air Bags 5 crash, 5 injured |
5 |
A complaint is an unverified owner report. It is a signal about where to look, not proof of a defect.
Verbatim excerpts from NHTSA complaint filings on this model year. These are the owners' own words, not our diagnosis, and each one is a single unverified report.
I FOUND OUT THAT THE ANTI-SKID BRAKE SYSTEM ON MY CAR HAD PROBLEMS, WHICH COMES WITH A RECALL BY NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY. I CONTACTED MY DEALER(HONDA) BUT I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED. I READ YOUR RECALL HISTORY, WHICH INDICATES THAT MY CAR BELONGS TO THOSE HAVING THIS PROBLEM LATELY. HOWEVER, SINCE THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE FREE SERVICE AND PARTS AS TO MY REQUEST, I HAVE TO REPORT THIS ISSUE TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPT. THE FOUND PROBLEM IS WHEN I WAS SLOWLY DRIVING THIS CAR AND NEEDED TO PRESS BRAKE, BUT THE CAR KEPT MOVING FORWARD, WHICH I DID NOT FEEL THE BRAKE APPL Crash reported
filed 02/24/2006 · ODI 10151177
PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT ON 1998 HONDA PASSPORT.*MR PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND AND THEREFORE THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND ON A SECOND OCCASION WHILE DRIVING ON A ROUGH BUMPY PAVEMENT, AGAIN THE CONSUMER COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB *NM Crash reported
filed 11/24/2003 · ODI 10048734
DRIVING STARTED TO SWAY SLIGHTLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON, ON THE WAY HOME THERE WAS A SUDDEN GRINDING AND LOSS OF CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE STAYING IN ONE LANE, I PULLED IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LOOKED AT IT. THE REAR TRAILING ARM RUSTED AND SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OVER THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS COMPLAINTS THAT CANADA IS REIMBURSED AND IN THE US IT IS HARD TO GET THE PROPER COMPENSATION. HAD THE VEHICLE FOR TWO YEARS, WERE ASSURED THERE WERE NO RECALLS WHEN WE BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER, WE WERE NEVER INFORMED OF ANY RECALLS WHILE OWNING IT. VEHICLE HAS RECALLS ON
filed 08/29/2014 · ODI 10629390
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE FRAME AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS RUST AND CORROSION ALL OVER THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO NOTIFIED HIM OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) HOWEVER, THE RECALL WAS EXPIRED FOR HIS VEHICLE AND HE SHOULD CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO VERIFIED THAT THE RECALL WAS EXPIRED AND REFERRED HIM BACK TO THE DEALER.
filed 11/20/2012 · ODI 10485246
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE FRAME. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION) WAS RECEIVED BACK IN 2011 AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT WILLIAMS HONDA IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TREATED WITH AN ANTI-CORROSIVE COMPOUND. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000.
filed 07/11/2017 · ODI 11004267
I BOUGHT A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT AT THE AUCTION IN SALEM NEWHAMPSHIRE ON DECEMBER 20, 2014, THE VEHICLE HAS AN ESTIMATE OF 87;000 MILES ON IT, WHICH IS WHY I BOUGHT THE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, HOWEVER TO MY SURPRISE AFTER TAKING MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC, I WAS TOLD THAT THE FRAME TO THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY ROTTED AND WOULD MOST LIKELY BE A HAZARD. I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL FOR FRAME ROT ISSUES UNTIL TODAY DECEMBER 29,2014, I TRIED TO RECEIVE CO-OPERATIONS FROM A HONDA DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RECALL WAS
filed 12/29/2014 · ODI 10668826
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE FACTORY COOLING TOOLS WERE INSERTED IN THE ENGINE BLOCK ELECTROLYSIS AND CORROSION WAS PRESENT WHICH RENDERED THE COOLING SYSTEM INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER VALID THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.
filed 12/30/2010 · ODI 10373454
EXCESSIVE VALVE TRAIN NOISE AT 84000 MILES, WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES HOWEVER NO RECALL OR HELP INFO EXISTS AT HONDA MOTOR, SIMILAR PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH ISUZU RODEO ENGINES (SAME MODEL), I AM UNSURE OF EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR ENGINE RELIABLITY. *AK
filed 08/24/2004 · ODI 10088492
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Yes. NHTSA records 3 recall campaigns filed by Honda for the 1998 Passport. The most recent is campaign 02I002001, filed 2002-06-03, covering Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip.
The most-reported component is Service Brakes, Hydraulic with 48 of the 270 owner complaints on file, including 10 reports involving a crash. Complaint counts show where owners report trouble; they are not proof of a defect.
270 complaints with NHTSA for the 1998 Passport, spread across 43 reported component groups.
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