1996 Honda Passport — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 53 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Body & structure13 (24.5%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2019–2026.
• Suspension7 (13.2%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 1998–2026.
• Engine6 (11.3%)
• Air bags (restraint system)5 (9.4%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2001–2021.
• Electrical system4 (7.5%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1995–2020.
• Brakes3 (5.7%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1998–2023.

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (3.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (3,162 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: driver-assistance systems, brakes and body & structure.
• Safety recalls (81 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, suspension and air bags (restraint system).
• Transport Canada recalls (54 records, model years 2019–2026) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (1,454 records, model years 1995–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 78 records for 1995 78
2. 1996 75 records for 1996 75
3. 1997 90 records for 1997 90
4. 1998 344 records for 1998 344
5. 1999 305 records for 1999 305
6. 2000 165 records for 2000 165
7. 2001 198 records for 2001 198
8. 2002 61 records for 2002 61
9. 2019 481 records for 2019 481
10. 2020 237 records for 2020 237
11. 2021 249 records for 2021 249
12. 2022 153 records for 2022 153
13. 2023 125 records for 2023 125
14. 2024 51 records for 2024 51
15. 2025 54 records for 2025 54
16. 2026 63 records for 2026 63

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 7mention a crash
• 10mention an injury
• 4mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 34
• Owner complaints NHTSA 41

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0101 in 1 record
• P1870 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.