2000 Honda Passport

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIE ROD FELL OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS CORRODED AND WOULD COST $800 TO REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS AN UNUSUAL, BUT POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY; THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT ASSIST. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 103,009. UPDATED 05/27/09 *BF UPDATED 06/02/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HIS MECHANIC TO HAVE THE BRAKES INSPECTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRAME HAD EXCESSIVE RUST AND CORROSION. THE FRAME WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STILL HAS POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS INOPERATIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000. UPDATED 10/30/08. *LJ UPDATED 10/30/08. *JB

MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE REPAIRS PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP WHERE PERFORMANCE LEVELS OF WORK COMPLETED ARE UNSATISFACTORY WORKMANSHIP. POWER STEERING, STEERING LINKAGE, TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, INCOMPLETE CAM BEARING REPLACEMENT RESULTING TO ENGINE FAILURE, AND ENGINE REPLACEMENT FOR A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 65,000 MILES. OTHER SERVICES NOT PERFORMED OR NON-REQUESTED SERVICES PERFORMED WERE ONLY TO INCREASE REVENUE. BE ADVISED ONCE DONE, AMERICAN HONDA REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE CONSUMER BEFORE OR AFTER REMOVAL OF VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS FORCED TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE FROM THE DEALERSHIP, REQUEST THE CAR TO BE REASSEMBLED AND ELECTED ALTERNATIVE SERVICES PERFORMED ELSEWHERE. CONTACTED AMERICAN HONDA IN CALIFORNIA AND RECEIVED UNSUPPORTIVE AND CAVALIER EFFORTS RESOLVING ANY OR ALL ISSUES WITH SERVICES PERFORMED IN A 6-MONTH PERIOD. (THIS IS PROBABLY THE REASON WHY HONDA ONLY OFFERS SHORT-TERM VEHICLE WARRANTIES). AMERICAN HONDA HAS NOT MADE ANY EFFORT OR ATTEMPT TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS... UNFORTUNATELY; I AM NOT A PARTICIPANT OF A RACING TEAM WHERE THEY HAVE APPARENT INFLUENCE. CASE NUMBER(S) AND CASE MANAGERS?? HAVE LITTLE OR NO REGARD FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND ALL DEALERSHIPS SEEM TO WORRY ABOUT IS THE MONETARY VALUES IN REVENUE. UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS A LOYAL HONDA OWNER FOR 22 YEARS, AND HONDA STOOD BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT IN THE PAST. WITHIN THE PAST 6 YEARS, HONDA HAS RECEIVED ENORMOUS PUBLICITY ABOUT THEIR AUTOMOBILES, UNFORTUNATELY, HONDA HAS DISREGARDED THEIR PAST, PRESENT CUSTOMERS WHEN PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE OCCURS. UNTIL THE CUSTOMER REALIZES THE DEALERSHIP OR AMERICAN HONDA DID NOT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE RESOLVING CAR PROBLEMS IN OR OUT OF WARRANTY, CONSUMERS HAVE NO RECOURSE WHILE OR UNTIL INVOLVING THE GOVERNMENT OR COURTROOM. AMERICAN HONDA WILL CONTINUALLY SWEEP CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WITH CERTAIN VEHICLES UNDER THE RUG. *NM

GAS GAUGE IS NOT READING CORRECTLY. GAS TANK HOLDS 21.2 GALLONS, YET WHEN THE GAUGE READS 1/4, IT ONLY TAKES 8 GALLONS TO FILL. DO A 360 TURN, THE GAUGE GOES FROM AN INDICATED 1/2 FULL TO EMPTY, THEN LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. AS I STRAIGHTEN OUT THE GAUGE TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO RECOVER. I FIND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CLASS OF AUTOMOBILE. ISUZU RODEO, AMIGO, AND OTHER HONDA PASSPORTS, 1998 TO PRESENT. I'VE BEEN QUOTED BETWEEN $500 - $700 TO FIX. FROM MY RESEARCH, THE FIX MAY LAST ONLY 30K MILES. *JB

HONDA PASSPORT 2000: CONTINUOUS FAILURE OF THE GAS SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK. EXPENSIVE PROCEDURE TO FIX AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN ADVISED BY DEALER THAT THE REPAIR IS COSTLY AND NOT EFFECTIVE. BECAUSE IT CAUSES THE OBC TO "CHECK ENGINE" CAR ALWAYS FAILS STATE EMISSIONS TEST. I PURCHASED THIS CAR USED AND THE USED CAR DEALER COULD NOT EVEN EXPLAIN THE ERROR AT FIRST. THE CAR IS MADE BY IZUZU AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ALSO WITH THE RODEO'S A RECALL NEEDS TO BE MADE AS I AM SURE MANY CARS ARE FAILING THE EMISSIONS TEST AS WELL AS RUNNING OUT OF GAS, WHILE DRIVING, BECAUSE THE SENSOR FAILS. *JB

BOUGHT NEW 2000 HONDA PASSPORT (ISUZU RODEO) OCTOBER 2001. JULY 2002, APPROXIMATELY 11K MILES STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, DESCRIBED TO MECHANICS AS CLUNKING,BANGING, NOISE & IN REVERSE,VEHICLE HESITATED. (I HAVE CONCERNS DOCUMENTED)REPORTED PROBLEM MULTIPLE TIMES BUT TOLD COULD NOT DUPLICATE."THEN,NOV 2004,PREVIOUSLY CONDITIONS WORSENED & TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 45K MI. TOWED TO MIKE'S TRANSMISSION WHO INSTALLED REPLACEMENT TRANS. WEEK LATER GOT VEHICLE & WITH IN A MONTH,TRANS LIGHT CAME ON & CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING. HAVE HAD TO TAKE CAR IN ALMOST EVERY MONTH TO GET TRANSMISSION FIXED,AT LEAST 10X IN LESS THAN 1 YR. I WAS TAKEN OUTSIDE BY ONE MECHANIC & TOLD I SHOULD TRADE CAR IN B/C PASSPORTS "ALL HAVE THIS PROBLEM" & THEY KEEP "REPLACING DEFECTIVE PARTS" IN MY VEHICLE WITH NEW DEFECTIVE PARTS". COUPLE DAYS LATER, THE TRANS LIGHT CAME BACK ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO MILLER HONDA & PAID FOR A 2ND OPINION & WAS TOLD TRANS WAS SHOT & FLUID IN TRANS WAS "BURNT".CALLED MIKE'S & THEY AGREED TO REPLACE THE TRANS AGAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER,GOT VEHICLE BACK. LAST THURSDAY,LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER RECEIVING NEW TRANSMISSION WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY IN FAR LEFT LANE AT 70 MPH & LOST ALL POWER FROM GAS PEDAL TO ENGINE. CARS SPEEDING PAST ME AS I UNCONTROLLABLY LOST SPEED. MANEUVERED ACROSS 5 LANES & EXITED. FRIDAY, FOUND OUT FLEX PLATE/FLY WHEEL SEVERED,CONNECTS ENGINE TO,GUESS WHAT,TRANSMISSION!3 MECHANICS TALKED TO NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE,EXTREMELY UNUSUAL.SO UNUSUAL THAT WARRANTY CO WON'T COVER B/C THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT,NOR IS IT LISTED ANYWHERE IN THEIR BOOKS. SO,TO HAVE A VEHICLE,COST IS $1,766. I'M SO UNBELIEVABLY UPSET I'VE BEEN SITTING AT HOME,WITH NO TRANSPORTATION,CRYING. IS IT UNREASONABLE TO EXPECT A NEW VEHICLE SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 3 YEARS?(BOUGHT VEHICLE 10/01, TRANS FAILED 11/04)MECHANICS CAN'T BELIEVE TRANS FAILED AT 45K MI (HAD BEEN COMPLAINING OF PROBLEMS AS EARLY AS 11K MI)NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO OWN RODEO/PASSPORT HAVE SAME PROBLEM.WHAT'S NECESSARY FOR HONDA/ISUZU RECALL THIS VEHICLE?*JB

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INCIDENTS, BUT AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS THAT SICK IN MY MIND. THE FEELING THAT MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN REAR ENDED, LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, NO CAR BEHIND ME. I HAD MY TRUCK IN THE SHOP AT WALT'S AUTOMOTIVE ON AUBURN BLVD. AT LEAST TWO IF NOT THREE TIMES AND TOLD THEM THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. FINALLY, IN JANUARY I PUT MY TRUCK IN THE SHOP AT DON HILL AUTOMOTIVE. THEY DROVE THE TRUCK, TOLD ME THERE WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION LEAK, AND HAD IT SEND TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THEY USE. I WAS TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS "FRIED" AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS TOO FAR GONE TO BE REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY $3,000 IF NOT MORE TO REPAIR IT. DON HILL AUTOMOTIVE ALSO TOLD ME THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE MY ENGINE WAS GETTING READY TO THROW A ROD. I CONTACTED BOTH THE LOCAL HONDA AND ISUZU TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS. I WAS TOLD THERE WASN'T. I WAS ALSO TOLD BY DON HILL AUTOMOTIVE THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THE FLAP THAT EITHER KEEP THE ENGINE COOL OR ENABLES THE ENGINE TO WARM UP WAS STUCK OPEN,AND THAT WOULD COST APPROX. $260.00 TO REPAIR. AT THAT POINT IN TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST MORE TO REPAIR THE TRUCK THEN IT WAS WORTH. IT HAS 84,000 MILES ON IT. I EXPECTED TO GET AT LEAST TWICE THAT MUCH BEFORE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS. HELP!!! ARE THERE ANY RECALLS ON THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM? RIGHT NOW MY TRUCK IS JUST PARKED WHERE I LIVE. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE JANUARY

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES ON DRY ROAD SURFACE ABS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY ENGAGE ITSELF FROM 10-0 MPH AND CAUSE THE BRAKES TO MOMENTARY LOCK UP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY CAUSE A VEHICLE CRASH IF THIS ISSUE CONTINUED. *AK WHEN DECREASING SPEED TO 15 MPH OR LOWER THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD BEGIN TO PUSH BACK AND TREMBLE. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A SPRING LIKE NOISE WHICH WOULD SOUND LIKE THE ABS WHEN ENGAGED IN WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE REAR WIPERS WERE INOPERATIVE. ALSO WHEN THE DEFROST WAS ON, THE VEHICLE IDLE WOULD GO UP EXTREMELY HIGH, THEN DROP, STALL OUT AND SOMETIMES THE ABS WOULD ACTIVATE WHEN DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. *SC *JB