Honda Passport

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Honda Sedan 1995–2002, 2019–2026

Updated June 27, 2026Last reviewed June 27, 2026By CarFaultIQ Editorial Team

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Make: Honda
Model: Honda Passport
Year range: 1995–2002, 2019–2026
Generation: 1995–1997 · 1st Generation; 1998–2002 · 2nd Generation; 2019–2025 · 3rd Generation; 2026 · 4th Generation
Vehicle taxonomy: Passport

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Honda Passport 1998–2002 coverage

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If you are checking a used Honda Passport, start here. This hub collects midsize SUV buyer checks, future common-problem pages, OBD clues, and year-window risk notes as they are reviewed.

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This Honda Passport page is a vehicle hub, not a final reliability verdict. Verify open recalls by VIN, scan for stored codes before buying, and use sourced fault/year pages when they are available.

If you are checking a used Honda Passport, this hub is the starting point. It is built to gather the practical questions a buyer or owner actually has: what usually goes wrong, which year windows deserve caution, what warning signs matter, and what to check before money changes hands.

The Honda Passport is tracked here as a midsize SUV coverage hub. This page is a researched coverage page, not a final reliability verdict. Specific defect claims should come from sourced child pages, not guesswork.

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Honda Passport 1998–2002

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Official evidence for this model

Coverage below spans the explicitly mapped model years. Records do not apply to every model year or configuration.

US safety recalls

27 distinct official identifiers · US

Campaigns matched to recorded model years. Only an official VIN check can confirm whether an individual vehicle is affected.

26V424000 — model years 2026
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2026 Pilot and Passport vehicles. The rear subframe bolts may have been tightened improperly.
26V365000 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
American Honda Motor Company (Honda) is recalling certain 2016-2022 Honda Pilot, 2017-2023 Ridgeline, 2019-2023 Passport, and 2014-2020 Acura MDX vehicles that were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,…
26V332000 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021…

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Manufacturer communications / TSBs

429 distinct official identifiers · US

Manufacturer service communications are not safety recalls and do not prove that every vehicle has the described condition.

11032796 — model years 2024, 2025
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2024-2026 Odysseys & Ridgelines and 2024-2025 Passports with a customer complaint of the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) on with the DTC P0441 (EVAP System Purge Flow Malfunction) stored. To better understand the…
11031495 — model years 2024, 2025
Dealer Message - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. (AHM) is searching for certain 2024-2026 Odysseys & Ridgelines and 2024-2025 Passports with a customer complaint of the Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) on with the DTC P0441 (EVAP System Purge Flow Malfunction) stored. To better understand the…
11031289 — model years 2026
Tech Line Summary - The vehicle's infotainment system displays previously viewed SMS messages upon each ignition cycle, when the customer's Android phone is connected via Bluetooth.

Official NHTSA source

US defect investigations

9 distinct official identifiers · US

An investigation records a regulator review of a suspected defect. It is not automatically a finding or a recall.

EA25004 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
On June 3, 2022, the Oﬃce of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE22005 after the agency received VOQs and several ﬁeld reports concerning the Auto Idle Stop (AIS) feature on 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles. The complaints allege that the engine fails to restart on…
EA25002 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
On March 7, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24008) to assess reports of inadvertent activation of the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in model year 2019-2022 Honda Insight and 2019-2022 Honda Passport vehicles. The complainants allege activation of the…
PE24008 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
On March 7, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24008) to assess reports of inadvertent activation of the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in model year 2019-2022 Honda Insight and 2019-2022 Honda Passport vehicles. The complainants allege activation of the…

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Canadian recalls

17 distinct official identifiers · CA

Canadian-market records remain separate from US campaigns. Confirm applicability with Transport Canada and the manufacturer.

2026325 — model years 2026
Issue: On certain vehicles, the rear subframe bolt(s) may not have been tightened properly. As a result, the bolt(s) could loosen and the rear subframe could detach. This could lead to poor handling and a loss of vehicle control. Safety Risk: Poor handling and a…
2026275 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Multiple source assertions are retained for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific details.
2026251 — model years 2019, 2020, 2021
Multiple source assertions are retained for this identifier. Consult the official record for configuration-specific details.

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US owner complaint reports

1,581 distinct reports · US

Distinct ODI complaint identifiers, deduplicated across component and product rows. Reports are allegations, not confirmed defects, failure rates or reliability scores.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: 182 reports
UNKNOWN OR OTHER: 148 reports
ENGINE: 135 reports

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