1998 Honda Passport Suspension Problems

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 RUST AND THE FRAME THAT HONDA SAID EXPIRED, BUT THEY HAD US TOW OUR VEHICLE TO HONDA CENTER THEN OFFERED 100 DOLLARS TO US AFTER THE TOW FEE WAS DEDUCTED OR WE COULD PAY 1800 TO FIX IT. WE HAD IT IN A SAFE PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN US MUCH MORE MONEY FOR TOTALING IT OUT BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T FIX IT DUE TO THE REPAIR STILL BEING UNSAFE. THIS IS THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE CENTERS WAY OF GETTING UNSAFE HONDA'S OFF THE ROAD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10629390

Incident

Aug 22, 2014

Mileage

186,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO BOUNCE AND VEER WITHOUT THE CONTACT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

NHTSA ID

10565571

Incident

Feb 21, 2014

Mileage

171,000 mi

I TOOK MY HONDA PASSPORT TO FOX HONDA, TO GET THE RECALLS LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID THAT THE FRAME WAS RUSTED OUT AND THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, SO THEY SAID THE RECALL FOR THE FRAME HAD ENDED ALREADY SO THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY LET ME DRIVE THE HONDA OFF THERE LOT KNOWING THAT I COULD GET IN A WRECK. THERE'S GOT TO BE A MANDATORY RECALL ON THESE PASSPORTS AND GET THEM OFF THE ROAD. ITS JUST NOT GOING TO KILL YOU BUT OTHER PEOPLE TOO. *TR

NHTSA ID

10536580

Incident

Aug 1, 2013

Mileage

163,000 mi

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. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

NHTSA ID

10485246

Incident

Sep 20, 2012

Mileage

165,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED INTO ANOTHER LANE ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC. AFTER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE ISSUE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE MISSED THE EXPIRATION DATE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 175,000.

NHTSA ID

10482764

Incident

Oct 14, 2012

Mileage

175,000 mi

I TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR REGULAR SERVICE ON AUGUST 7, 2012. THE MECHANIC CALLED ME AND SAID THAT ELEMENTS OF THE REAR SUSPENSION, PARTICULARLY THE REAR AXLE LOWER LINK BRACKET MENTIONED IN THE 1998 HONDA PASSPORT RECALL - #00V058000, AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER PARTS RELATED TO THE REAR SUSPENSION, WERE SO CORRODED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I HAD TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED HONDA DEALER TO ADDRESS THE RECALL MENTIONED ABOVE, AND AT THAT TIME THEY APPLIED AN ANTI-CORROSIVE COATING TO THESE AFFECTED PARTS. THIS SOLUTION DID NOT SEEM TO WORK. AT THE TIME, SOME OWNERS OF THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF THIS VEHICLE HAD THEIR VEHICLES BOUGHT BACK BY THE MANUFACTURER. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN OFFERED THAT OPTION. INSTEAD, A VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME THAT WAS UNSAFE TO TRANSPORT MY FAMILY. *TR

NHTSA ID

10470131

Incident

Aug 7, 2012

Mileage

160,688 mi

I BROUGHT MY 1998 HONDA PASSPORT IN TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE FRAME INCLUDING BRACKETS WERE ENTIRELY RUSTED. IT WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ABOUT RUST. I DEPEND ON MY TRUCK AND MY GRANDCHILDREN HAVE TO RIDE IN IT. PLEASE MAKE THIS A MANDATORY RECALL, SOME ONE IS BOUND TO BE KILLED BY HONDA MISTAKES. (WHO KNOWS HOW MANY ACCIDENTS THERE HAVE BEEN.) I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND HAVE HAD ALL UPKEEP DONE . ONCE AGAIN PLEASE MAKE THIS ISSUE A MANDATORY RECALL, FOR SAFETY SAKE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10462878

Incident

Jun 11, 2012

Mileage

169 mi

THE LEFT REAR SUSPENSION ARM HOLDER RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE AWAY FROM FRAME WHICH LET THE REAR AXLE TO MOVE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SWAY. FORTUNIATELY IT HAPPENED IN A 30 MPH ZONE. THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND NOT FIXABLE. HONDA CANCELED THEIR RECALL AND DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *JS

NHTSA ID

10461053

Incident

Jun 8, 2012

Mileage

112,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED SHE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) AND TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED AND THAT RECALL REPAIRS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED DUE TO THE RUST AND CORROSION FOUND ON THE FRAME. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,300.

NHTSA ID

10425244

Incident

Sep 9, 2011

Mileage

127,300 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). AFTER THE REPAIRS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION WAS STILL RUSTING. THE DEALER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH FURTHER REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF ASSISTING THE CONTACT WITH THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,700.

NHTSA ID

10419644

Incident

Aug 1, 2011

Mileage

69,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR) AND WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A NEW BRACKET WAS MOUNTED ONTO A SEVERELY CORRODED FRAME. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE REMEDY WAS INADEQUATE AND UNSAFE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 170,000. UPDATED 05/04/11 *BF UPDATED 12/07/11

NHTSA ID

10395989

Incident

Mar 17, 2011

Mileage

170,000 mi

BACK HALF OF FRAME SHOWS SEVERE RUST DAMAGE INCLUDING HOLES IN FRAME. REAR END VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEED. FOUND WHEN INSPECTING TAILPIPE WHICH HAS BROKEN AND WAS HANGING. *TR

NHTSA ID

10395559

Incident

Apr 11, 2011

Mileage

172,000 mi

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL LOUD VIBRATION, FEELING OF BACK OF VEHICLE BEING LOOSE, NOT IN CONTROL, LOOSE REAR END ON VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10379390

Incident

Dec 5, 2010

Mileage

200,000 mi

MY 98 HONDA PASSPORT IS APART OF THIS RECENT RECALL. MY TRUCK HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A WEEK NOW AND THEY ARE WAITING TO HEAR FROM HONDA. IT SEEMS TO ME MAY BE UNDRIVABLE. *LN

NHTSA ID

10375215

Incident

Jan 4, 2011

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARRANT AND CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL OVER ON ITS WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A RUPTURED SPLEEN, SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE AND ARM, COLLAPSED LUNG AND SEVERAL BRUISES AND LACERATIONS TO THE FACE. THE CONTACT LATER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) AND BELIEVED THE DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.

NHTSA ID

10373906

Incident

Dec 15, 2010

Mileage

230,000 mi

I HAVE A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT AND THE BOTTOM FRAME IS ALL RUSTED AND THE REAR AXLE OR REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM RUSTED TILL IT FELL OFF. LUCKILY IT HAPPENED WHILE MY SON WAS LEAVING OUR DRIVEWAY AND HE WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SO IT IS NO LONGER DRIVEABLE AND WE TIED UP THE FALLING PART AND IT WAS PARKED IN OUR YARD FOR ALMOST A YEAR BECAUSE WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT REPAIRED. WE NOW HAVE TO MOVE TO A TOWNHOUSE AND THERE IS NO PLACE TO PARK THIS VEHICLE SO WE HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTOBODY SHOP FOR AN ESTIMATE. THE INITIAL ESTIMATE FOR COST OF REPAIR IS ABOUT $2,000 WHICH IS MORE THAN WHAT WE CAN AFFORD AND IT COULD POSSIBLY GET HIGHER ONCE THE REPAIRS GET STARTED. SO THIS IS WHERE WE STAND. WE BOUGHT A HONDA, USED IT FOR 2.5 YEARS AND DUE TO THE POOR QUALITY OF PARTS USED TO MAKE THIS VEHICLE, IT ROTTED OUT ON US AND FELL APART AND WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO USE IT SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2009 AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GET IT REPAIRED. WE FEEL THAT HONDA SHOULD BE REPONSIBLE FOR OUR LOSS OF USE OF THIS VEHICLE. WE WERE HOPING TO KEEP THIS VEHICLE AND USE FOR A LONG TIME BUT NOW IS UNABLE TO.

NHTSA ID

10322131

Incident

Jun 15, 2009

Mileage

115,100 mi

1988 HONDA PASSPORT - VEHICLE'S DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL STABILIZER BAR RUSTED OFF, CAUSING A NEAR ACCIDENT. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, BUT WAS ONLY GOING 5 MPH IN A PARKING LOT, SO WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. ENTIRE FRAME IS RIDDLED WITH RUST. AREA IN REAR OF VEHICLE WHERE COIL SPRINGS ARE ATTACHED TO FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. RUST IS EXTENSIVE, FROM TO REAR OF FRAME, PRETTY MUCH SWISS-CHEESED WITH RUST. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. NO AREA OF FRAME IS UNAFFECTED. ABLE TO PUSH FINGER THROUGH THE FRAME IN MANY AREAS. BODY OF VEHICLE IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH NO BODY RUST. LOOKS NEW, EXCEPT FOR THE FACE THAT THE FRAME IS BASICALLY RUSTING OFF OF THE BODY OF THE HONDA PASSPORT. HONDA AMERICA STATES THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. I PERSONALLY FEEL HIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, THESE VEHICLES ARE NOT SAFE OR TRUSTWORTHY TO DRIVE. NO WARNING THERE WAS A PROBLEM WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, SUDDEN "BOOM" AT WHICH TIME I STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT THE CURB OF THE DRIVEWAY TO THE PARKING LOT. VEHICLE IS UNUSABLE. AREA WHERE STABILIZER BAR FELL OFF IS NOT REPAIRABLE BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOOD METAL ON THE FRAME TO WELD A REPAIR TO. PASSPORT WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF, EXCELLENTLY MAINTAINED, BODY, INTERIOR AND ENGINE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. JUST HAVE NO FRAME TO PUT THE BODY ON. HONDA AMERICA TOLD ME "WE ARE AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT WHEN THOUSANDS ARE AFFECTED AND MILLIONS OF THESE WERE MADE, WE DON'T CONSIDER IT TO BE AN ISSUE". ISUZU RODEO ARE AFFECTED IDENTICALLY, THE SAME AREA OF RUST IS THE FIRST INDICATION THERE IS AN ISSUE, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE STABILIZER BAR FALLS/RUSTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. WE ARE THE SOLE OWNERS OF THIS PASSPORT, NOT A FLOOD CAR, NOT NEAR THE OCEAN AND NOT IN AN AREA WHERE SALT IS USED EXTENSIVELY ON THE ROADS. AGAIN, THERE IS NO PART OF THE FRAME UNAFFECTED BY RUST. A 50 YEAR OLD VEHICLE HAS A BETTER FRAME ON IT THAN MY 1998. *TR

NHTSA ID

10305217

Incident

Jan 21, 2009

Mileage

150,000 mi

THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TRAIL ARM BRACKET / CONTROL ARM BRACKET HAS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT HAS RUSTED / ROTTED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10277239

Incident

Jul 17, 2009

Mileage

114,000 mi

I WILL BE DRIVING AND MY CAR WILL JUST SHUT OFF, I ALSO HAVE THE EXTENDED STOPPING PROBLEM AND BRAKING CAUSING ME TO MANUALLY STEER. I HAVE ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING OR STARTING SLOWLY. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE SEVERAL RECALLS BEFORE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY WERE REPAIRED - THE ABS WAS DONE LAST YEAR BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I WOULD LIKE THE ABS REPLACED. I CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE FOR OUTSTANDING RECALLS AND FOUND. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE ABS WAS DONE 2/04 BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM - EXTENDING STOPPING. I HAVE HAD MY PASSPORT 3 YEARS AND HAVE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RECALL - BUT THE PROBLEM CURRENTLY EXISTS ... EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE ONLY RECALL STICKER IN THE DOOR IS FOR THE PEDAL. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK TURNING OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN (FORCING ME TO MANUALLY STEER MY CAR) 98V70 (DESCRIBES IT COMPLETELY) MY TRUCK ALSO REFUSES TO START PROPERLY. IT STARTS AND THEN SHUTS OFF - SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO 3 TIMES TO TURN ON AND STAY ON. (SB03-03-S003 DESCRIBES THIS AS WELL) SINCE I CANNOT DETERMINE WHO PERFORMED THE OTHER RECALLS, HOW CAN I BE CERTAIN THEY WERE DONE OR DONE PROPERLY? MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE THE IDENTICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING RECALLS: NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 02I002001 - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC; ANTI-LOCK (5/29/02) 98V170000 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING, FRONT UNDERHOOD (7/23/98) 98V170002 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING FRONT UNDERHOOD (7/23/98) 00V058000 - SUSPENSION, REAR (2/29/00) 97V206002 - OTHER (11/11/97) I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT, BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR IF MY CAR JUST SHUTS OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN, OR ON THE FREEWAY AND AT LOW SPEED. I HAVE ALSO HAD IT ACCELERATE WHILE ON THE FREEWAY REVVING THE ENGINE CONSTANTLY - THESE HAVE ALL HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS WITH NO RECALL NOTICES.*JB

NHTSA ID

10136490

Incident

Sep 13, 2005

Mileage

43,000 mi

VEHICLE SHAKES SEVERELY AT 40 MPH AND FASTER. THE SHAKE IS WORSE WHEN THE SPEED REACHES AND EXCEEDS 70 MPH. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. THE TIRES WERE BALANCED AND ROTATED TWICE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10079480

Incident

Jun 18, 2002

Mileage

20,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10079457

Incident

Apr 17, 2004

NAR 9-10-03. CONSUMER COMPLAINT ON A DEFECTIVE 1998 HONDA PASSPORT PURSUANT TO MARYLAND'S LEMON LAW. BATTERY CABLES REPLACED, BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES, REAR SUSPENSION DEFECTIVE, AND BRAKES PEDAL INOPERABLE. *CB

NHTSA ID

10039844

Incident

Nov 16, 1998

Mileage

1,417 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS VEHICLE SHAKES, CAUSING IT TO SWERVE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10038514

DUE TO THE SUSPENSION DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE, WHILE MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE TURNED OVER. CONSUMER RECEIVED AN OWNER NOTIFICATION IN REGARD TO THIS ISSUE. VEHICLE TOTALED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10027095

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER A ROUGH PATCH IN ROAD/ IN WET OR DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS VEHICLE SHAKES LIKES IT IS FALLING APART. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

892664

Incident

Jun 1, 2001