1998 Honda Passport SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

MASTER CYLINDER COMPLETELY WENT OUT, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. NO PRIOR WARNING. *AK *ML

WHEN TRAVELING AND UPON MAKING A GRAUDAL STOP ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT CONSUMER NOTICED PULSATION WITHIN THE BRAKE PEDAL, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, PARTS HAVE YET TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS EA-99-008. *AK

WENT ON WET PAVMENT, APPLIED BRAKES, AND THEY SHUTTERED LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO CATCH, BUT KEPT GLIDING FORWARD, THIS HAPPENED OFTEN. ALSO, HAPPENED ON DRY PAVMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKES SEEM TO DISENGAGE EVERY TIME BUMBS ARE ENCOUNTERED. *AK

SLOWING TO MAKE RIGHT TURN, BRAKING OVER RIPPLES IN ROAD; ABS FAILED-BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP; PROCEEDED ABOUT 10' FURTHER THEN BRAKING WOULD HAVE PROVIDED. SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN PAST HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA AND HONDA DEALER. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE PER HONDA DIRECTIONS; FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *AK

WE RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION. HE WAS STOPPED AND WE ATTEMPTED TO STOP. THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AND WE CONTINUED TO ROLL INTO THE CRV. WE HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIME TO THE LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIPS. THE PROBLEM IS THE BRAKES WILL RANDOMLY STOP WORKING EVEN THOUGH WE ARE APPLYING MAXIMUM PRESSURE, THEY WILL "CHATTER" AS THE DEALER DESCRIBED IT. THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHARACTERISTIC BUT SAY WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. IT SUPPOSEDLY IS A DESIGN ISSUE. THE ABS SENSES SOME WHEEL ANOMILY AND DISENGAGES THE BRAKES AND RE-ENGAGES THEM RAPIDLY BUT NOT RAPIDLY ENOUGH AND THE VEHICLE CONTIUES TO GO FORWARD. WE HAVE ROLLED THROUGH STOP SIGNS, LIGHTS, INTO INTERSECTIONS, ETC. THIS TIME INTO A VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT HURT BUT IT ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL A MAJOR INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS. AGAIN THE DEALERSHIPS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CHARACTERISTIC BUT SAY THEY CAN DO NOTHING TO "FIX" IT BECAUSE TECHINICALLY IT IS NOT BROKEN. A TECHINICIAN SAID THE FIX IS "OFF THE RECORD" AND THEY DISCONNECT THE ABS DURING SERVICE AND DO NOT CONNECT IT AGAIN GIVING REGULAR BRAKES BACK WITHOUT THE ABS. I REQUESTED THIS TO BE DONE BUT THEY CANNOT DO IT LEAGALLY. MY INSURANCE COMPANY IS FARMERS INSURANCE AND THE AGENT WARREN ALDOUS IS LOCATED IN KEMAH/SEABROOK, TX AREA. *AK

TWICE UPON BRAKING, A BRAKE FAILURE OCCURED IN WHICH THE BRAKES ENGAGED AND THEN SUDDENLY THE BRAKES SEEMED TO RELEASE. THIS CAUSED AN ADDITIONAL 20 TO 30 FEET OF ADDITIONAL VEHICLE TRAVEL ON WET PAVEMENT. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME OTHERWISE A COLLISION WOULD HAVE OCCURED. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE ABS SYSTEM RELEASES FOR TOO LONG. OTHER ABS SYSTEMS I HAVE DRIVEN IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON THE SAME ROAD DID NOT PRESENT THIS PROBLEM. THERE WAS A CONSTANT RATE OF DECELLERATION. THIS '98 RODEO HAD MARKED PERCEIVABLE PERIODS OF DECELLERATION AND THEN ACCELERATION (ABOUT 1 SECOND) AND THEN DECELLERATION UNTIL A COMPLETE STOP. THIS BRAKE FAILURE IS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENING. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ONLY WET.

WHEN APPLYING ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, BRAKES WOULD RELEASE AND THEN GRAB, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *YC

NO SUMMARY.

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPING DISTANCE WHICH AMY RESULT IN A CRASH. ALSO, BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER/FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS BECAME INOPERATIVE, PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE, THE GAS PEDAL IS SOMETIMES PRESSED WHEN TRYING TO BREAK.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKES DISENGAGING WHENEVER VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP. *AK

WHEN CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP OR REDUCE SPEED, BRAKES DIDN'T STOP VEHICLE OR REDUCE SPEED, ESPECIALLY AFTER PASSING A BUMP. *AK

EA9900; ABS BRAKING SYSTEM; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES UNDER UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL IS SPONGY AND THE SYSTEM DOES NOT ENGAGE RIGHT AWAY, WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVER TO MISJUDGE A STOP. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE ANY FURTHER PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PE98051, BRAKING SYSTEM/ABS; WHEN MAKING A REGULAR BRAKING STOP, THE PEDAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOORBOARD. A NOISE CAME FROM THE ABS SYSTEM, BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO TRAVEL AN ADDITIONAL DISTANCE, ABOUT 10 FEET BEFORE STOPPING. THE ROADS WERE COVERED WITH SNOW WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE PROLBEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKES WEARING PREMATURLY CAUSING NOISE. YH

WHILE BRAKING AT 50MPH ON A DAMP ROAD, APPLIED BRAKES NORMALLY TO STOP FOR A LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE ABS CLICKED LOUDLY, AND THE CAME TO REST PAST THE INTENDED STOPPING POINT.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. DIRT/DUST IN BRAKES CAUSING BRAKES NOT TO STOP. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER CHANGING THE MASTER CYLINDER. *AK