DURING VEHICLE OPERATION OVER 40 MPH, A GRINDING NOISE, LIKE METAL TO METAL CONTACT AND VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCED. *AK
1995 Honda Passport complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1995 record →
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON ROUTE 64 NOTICED TRAFFIC SLOWING DOWN, VEHICLE IN FRONT STOPPED, HONDA DRIVER PUT ON BRAKES (ABS), BRAKES FAILED TO HOLD, SLID/REARENDED OTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHEN DRIVING CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT , WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING AND ACCIDENT, HAS ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, ALSO THE CHILD LOCK DOESN'T WORK .*AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT,ALSO THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS DISCOVERED TO BE INOPERATIVE, AND VEHICLE SHAKES WHEN IN IDLE.*JB
WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES YOU GET A SHAKING OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PROBLEM STILL EXITS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF EITHER AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES.
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION. *SD
WHEN DRIVING IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE DRAGGING HAVE ABS ANIT-LOCK BRAKE DEALER SAID ITS GOING THROUGH A TEST PATTERN . TT
THE VEHICLE CUT OFF NINE TIMES WHILE DRIVING. *AK
AUTO-TRAN: WHILE DRIVING; TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS FROM NORMAL DRIVING POSITION TO 2ND GEAR; NO WARNING; WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY BUTTONS; 50 MPH AND UNDER. TT
SHAKES UNCONTROLABLY AT 45MPH AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL. TT
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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