Used 1999 Honda Passport SUV Consumer Reviews
Car From Hell
I was a Honda Accord owner before I decided to get the Passport. Huge mistake. It is definately NOT a Honda. It was in the shop at least every 3 months. I was on the phone constantly with the the corporate office. Since I was in a lease they claimed they could not do anything. In the end my warranty was extendended from 36,000 to 60,000, which was the only postive thing. If I had not gotten the extention, I would have been thousands of dollars in the hole.
excellent
had no problems with mine it held up great and was tough to my tailgate didnt squeak at all the seats were a little firm but still comfy the 4 wheel drive was great i was dissapointed when they quite making them but they replaced them with the pilots which are bigger and ride more like a car and get better gas mileage
An Excellent Car
This car handles very well, even at over 70 MPH. The Passport V6 achieves around 20mpg with mostly freeway use, and the engine is always ready to press you against the seat. The seating is quite comfortable and the engine sounds great. It blew the doors of my girlfriend's Explorer and had better pick up than my neighbor's V8 Grand Cherokee.
Expected so much more...
The problem started a month later when I needed to replace the ABS and few times the check engine light turned on with no apparent reason. The driving is very very harsh, extremely bad control (although I have a stick shift) and the worse thing is breaks. The do some weird stuff when breaking on wet asfalt or when it vibrates (somehow ABS kicks in an doesn't let breaks do their work !?!?) Tailgate is squicking all time and there is excessive noice. BTW, a reall weird stuff is that the cigarette lighter is being catapulted off the craddle when heated, I already burned my stick shift boot.
Death Trap
The Passport was bought used with 30K miles. In less than a year, the ABS system had to be replaced, the Check Engine light enables & disenables on a regular basis, the gas gauge broke & the component for that was replaced, & the computer require "adjustment". The worst thing of all, while driving & no method to the madness, the engine simply turns off. It's an automatic & is very difficult to stop without the engine on. I sincerely fear for my & my children's lives (age 7 mos. & 8 years). Honda should take some responsibility for this one.