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1997 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 1997 record →

Air Bags › FrontalCrash1 injured
Filed Jun 16, 1998FL

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT, REAR ENDED VEHICLE HEAD ON. DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO CONSUMER. HONDA WILL SEND SOMEONE TO INSPECT. *AK

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Mar 12, 1998TX

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED WITH THE KEY OR POWER LOCKS WHEN TEMPERATURE IS NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING.

Visibility › Windshield
Filed Mar 2, 1998NY

WHEN IT RAINS OR DURING COLD CONDITIONS THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WILL REMAIN FOGGY . OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AND THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP CONSUMER. *AK

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System
Filed Feb 23, 1998PA

OWNER CLAIMS THAT THE DEFROSTER UNIT DOESN'T WORK. ALSO, GAS GUAGE DID NOT READ ACCURATELY AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE TANK/REPLACED DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY. *AK

Seats › Front Assembly › ReclinerCrash2 injured
Filed Sep 30, 1997OH

DURING REAR IMPACT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED BACKWARDS, RESULTING IN MULTIPLE INJURIES. *AK

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under DashFire
Filed Jun 19, 1997CT

WHILE DRIVING, AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE DASH ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL, CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

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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