1999 Honda Passport Structure

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000. *TR

LAST YEAR I NOTICED RUST THAT HAD BECOME A GAPING HOLE IN THE UPPER PART OF MY HONDA PASSPORT'S UPPER FRAME. THEN I NOTICED THERE WERE RUST LOCATIONS AT VARIOUS PARTS OF THE ROOF AND REAR. THIS CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN SOLELY ON OAHU, SO THERE IS NO ISSUE OF DEICER OR ROAD SALT HAVING CAUSED THIS, AND I LIVE MILES FROM THE OCEAN. THE GAPING HOLE IS GROWING AND THIS PROBLEM MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD AND IT MAKES THE CAR IMPOSSIBLE TO SELL, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'D INTENDED TO DO SOON, AS MY GIRLFRIEND WILL ALSO START DRIVING "OUR" VEHICLE AND SHE'S UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A LARGER CAR. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT A NUMBER OF SITES HAVE NOTED THAT THE HONDA PASSPORT AND THE ISUZU RODEO (BOTH THE SAME CAR FROM THE SAME PLANT IN INDIANA) HAVE SPECIAL PROBLEMS WITH RUSTY FRAMES, BUT I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT MINE, TOO. *TR

WENT TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE A NEW ALTERNATOR PUT IN AND WHEN HE HAD IT UP ON THE LIFT NOTICED SEVERE RUST ON THE FRAME. HE NOTIFIED ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND RECOMMENDED GETTING RID OF IT. I TOLD HIM I COULD NOT BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED THE VEHICLE A YEAR AGO AND STILL OWED MONEY ON IT. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I REALIZED THAT THIS WAS APPARENTLY A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE VEHICLES. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO A COUPLE WELDING SHOPS AND ONE OF THEM TOLD ME IT WAS TOO RISKY TO TRY AND REPAIR IT AND THE OTHER TOLD ME THEY COULD TRY AND DO SOME REPAIRS, BUT OF COURSE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD LAST ANY LONGER. MY VEHICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED IN OHIO WHICH WAS ONE OF THE STATES INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND IT REMAINED IN THAT STATE UNTIL 2010. *TR

I HAD MY VEHICLE INSPECTED DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANICS SHOWED ME EXTENSIVE CORROSION ON THE FRAME OF MY VEHICLE. THEY SAID IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE I FOUND OUT A RECALL FOR A SUSPENSION BRACKET EXPIRED. BUT I ALSO FOUND OUT SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAD EXTENSIVE CORROSION AND HONDA WAS WORKING WITH THEM ON THE FRAME CORROSION WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED DURING THE RECALL BUT WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I CALLED HONDA AND THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID SINCE THE RECALL EXPIRED THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. AGAIN, IT APPEARS HONDA KNOWS OF MORE THAN USUAL/SEVERE CORROSION OF THE FRAME ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAS DEALT WITH A FEW CONSUMERS ON IT. BUT WHEN I ASK THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I NEED HELP. IT APPEARS THERE IS A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN WHAT THEY INITIALLY STARTED THE RECALL FOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED AND A NEW FRAME WOULD NEED TO BE PURCHASED BEFORE THE REPAIRS COULD BE PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 146,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE PROBLEM WITH 1999 HONDA PASSPORT VEHICLE IS DUE ENTIRELY TO FAULTY MATERIALS SELECTION AND/OR WORKMANSHIP ON HONDA'S PART. HONDA MADE AN UNREASONABLE, UNFAIR OFFER TO BUY THE CAR BACK, AND OUTRAGEOUS TO EXPECT ME AND MY FAMILY TO SUFFER A FINANCIAL BURDEN DUE TO A MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP PROBLEM CAUSED BY HONDA WHICH IS NON OF MY FAULT AT ALL. HONDA ACKNOWLEDGES TO FIX THIS ISSUE BUT HAS FAILED TO FIX AND DOES NOT COMPENSATE FAIRLY FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE OR EVEN DOWN PAYMENT ON A SIMILAR PERFORMING VEHICLE. *LN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL NOTICE FOR RECALL 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR), SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION THEY INFORMED HER THAT THE BRACKET STATED IN THE RECALL NOTICE WAS FINE AND REFUSED TO DO ANY REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE HAD A RUSTED CROSS FRAME MEMBER WHICH WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL NOTICE. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ANYMORE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

MY FRAME ROTTED OUT ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE TRAILING ARM LINKAGE, BREAKING FREE WHILE DRIVING. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE UNTIL I GOT INTO A PARKING LOT. TOWED THE VEHICLE TO MY FAMILY'S GARAGE AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE, EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FRAME WERE MISSING. PUT IN SOME PATCHES IN ABOUT A TWO TO THREE FOOT AREA ON THE FRAME. FAST FORWARD 2 YEARS, RECEIVED A NOTICE OF THE TRAILING ARM RUST PROBLEM FROM HONDA. CALLED HONDA BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A TRAILING ARM ISSUE, IT IS A FRAME ISSUE. I GOT A SPECIAL CASE NUMBER, BRING IT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP. TWO DAYS LATER THEY CALL AND SAY EVERYTHING IS ALL SET AND LOOKS GOOD. I GET THE VEHICLE BACK AND CHECK IT OUT. THEY SPRAYED SOME BLACK STUFF THAT DOESN'T DRY ONTO THE TRAILING ARM LINKAGE, THEY DIDN'T EVEN COVER THE AREA OF FRAME THAT WAS WELDED IN, JUST THE LINKAGE. WOULDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE FRAME HAD ROTTED OUT AND WAS WELDED. THIS IS A FRAME ROT ISSUE NOT A TRAILING ARM WELD BREAKING. THE FRAME WAS IMPROPERLY COATED, AND ROTS ON THE ENTIRE BACK HALF OF THE CAR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRAME RUSTED AND THE STABILIZER BAR BECAME DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONTACT'S MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE FRAME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 187,000.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE FRAME BROKE. THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED THAT IT BROKE FROM THE CAR. SERIOUS SAFETY RISK FOR US. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT. THE CAR IS TOTALED. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT BUT HAD IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS GOING FAST IT COULD HAVE KILLED THE OCCUPANTS. NO FRAME OF A CAR SHOULD RUST LIKE THAT AND BREAK. I GOOGLED AND APPARENTLY THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF THESE MODELS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP AS PEOPLE WILL DIE FROM THE DEFECT. REPORTS SAY THAT THE CARS WERE BUILT WILL SUBPAR METALS AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE RUSTING BEFORE THEIR TIME. *TR

OUR 1999 HONDA PASSPORT HAS 81,168 MILES ON IT AND FROM OUTWARD APPEARANCES, LOOKS GREAT. HOWEVER, LAST WEEK, MY DAUGHTER, ALMOST LOST CONTROL WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. THE LOCAL REPAIR SHOP SAYS THE FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR STABILIZER IS BARELY ATTACHED. MY SON, IN DISBELIEF, WENT TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND LOOKED FOR HIMSELF AND CONFIRMED THE CONDITION. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH GOOD METAL LEFT ON THE FRAME TO MAKE REPAIR WELDS. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND WE ARE BEING TOLD IT SHOULD BE SALVAGED FOR PARTS! THANK GOD THE CAR WASN'T BEING DRIVEN AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WHERE AN ACCIDENT MAY VERY WELL COULD'VE HAPPENED!!! ON AUGUST 9,2010 I AM TOWING IT TO THE HONDA DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED TO GET THEIR EVALUATION. *TR

I BOUGHT THIS 1999 HONDA PASSPORT FROM A FRIEND KNOWING IT HAD SOME FRAME REPAIR THAT WAS NEEDED WHICH I HAD DONE AT A COST OF $800. RECENTLY(1 WEEK AGO) THE VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE REAR BUMPER. UPON TAKING IT TO A REPAIR SHOP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR PORTION OF HE FRAME WAS SEVERELY RUSTED PERHAPS BEYOND THE POINT OF REPAIR SHORT OF HAVING THE ENTIRE FRAME REPAIRED. THE REST OF THE VEHICLE IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS RUST PROBLEM IS WAY OUT PROPORTION TO THE AGE, MILEAGE(100K) AND SHAPE OF THE REST OF THE VEHICLE AND OTHER VEHICLES OF LIKE CHARACTERISTICS. HONDA MUST KNOW THAT THIS A MANUFACTURERS DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER IT MIGHT TAKE TO EFFECTUATE A REAPER OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE REAR LEFT SHOCK HAS COMPLETELY ROTTED OFF. THE FRAME IN THE REAR IS ROTTED WHERE THE MOUNT FOR THE SHOCK MEETS THE FRAME. THIS IS CAUSING SWAYING AND MULTIPLE SHOCK REPLACEMENT ON DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

DISCOVERED TOTAL FRAME RUST. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO WANDER TO THE LEFT WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT DECREASED THE SPEED AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS SEVERELY COVERED WITH RUST AND THAT THERE WAS NO REMEDY. THE CONTACT HAD CONCERNS OF THE POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERATIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 116,000. UPDATED 6/19/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE JERKED STRONGLY TO THE LEFT. IT AS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE STRAIGHT. THE TRAILING HEAD ARM BROKE DUE TO SEVER RUST ON THE RIGHT SIDE. UPDATED 07/21/10.*JB

THE FRAME IS RUSTED OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ALL THE WAY BACK TO WHERE THE CONTROL ARM AND BODY MOUNTS MOUNT TO THE FRAME. I AM NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOW AS IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND IS UNDRIVEABLE. THE LAST TIME I DROVE THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO SHAKE, TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES TO MY DESTINATION (HOME). I SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH (ON THE FREEWAY) AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND DROVE IT STILL SHAKING BUT SOMEWHAT CONTROLLABLE AT THIS POINT. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM HOME, I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, UPON ACCELERATION FROM A COMPLETE STOP I HEAR A VERY LOUD CLUNK FROM THE REAREND AND THE VEHICLE IS SHAKING AGAIN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. I DROVE HOME AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND SEE THAT THE CONTROL ARM IS ALMOST DETACHED FROM THE FRAME. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL MECHANICS AND A FRAME REPAIRERS LOOK AT IT AND THE MECHANIC SAID NOT TO DRIVE IT AND THE FRAME REPAIRER SAID 1600.00 TO 2000.00 TO FIX IT (BASICALLY REPLACING THE ENTIRE FRAME RAIL ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND PART ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AS IT IS STARTING TO RUST NOW AS WELL). THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE FRAME REPAIRER FOR AN ESTIMATE ON MAY 13, 2010 BUT HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE INCIDENT ON MARCH 5, 2010. *TR

I OWN A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT AND THE FRAME IS RUSTED BAD ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRAME BETWEEN THE REAR TIRES AND WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION. I HAVE SEEN THIS IS A COMPLAINT THAT IS NOT NEW SO THIS OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF BY HONDA. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE TRAILING ARM DETACHED FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ONE YEAR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE UPPER COIL SPRING MOUNT AND UPPER SHOCK MOUNT RUSTED IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IN WHICH A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL TANK MOUNTS RUSTED AND DETACHED FROM THE LEFT REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 182,000. UPDATED 05/18/2010.*LJ UPDATED 6/3/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE FRAME RUSTED AND THE TRAILING ARM BRACKET, DRIVER SIDE UPPER COIL SPRING AND SHOCK MOUNT ALL SEPARATED DUE TO FRAME RUST. UPDATED 09/07/10*JB

DRIVING NORMALLY ON A COUNTY ROAD AND SUDDENLY COULD NOT STEER. AFTER AN INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FRAME WAS TOTALLY ROTTED AND CANNOT BE REPAIRED. THE STEERING CONTROL ARM FELL OFF!! I AM THE SECOND OWNER AND PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 7/28/09. IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. FORTUNATELY I DID NOT CRASH WITH THE VEHICLE BUT MY LIFE WAS IN DANGER THE ENTIRE TIME IT WAS DRIVEN. *TR

ON TURNPIKE, CAR WAS GOING OUT OF CONTROL. APPROX. 3 MI OFF PIKE,GOT HOME, WENT OVER SMALL SPEED BUMP HEARD LOUD NOISE UNDER AUTO. SAW THAT FRAME BROKE IN HALF. INSPECTED UNDER AUTO THE ENTIRE UNDERCARRIAGE IS CORRODED, INCLUDING THIS FRAME. TOWED TO HONDA DEALERSHIP. MANAGER STATED HE HAS NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN ALL YEARS WORKING FOR HONDA. CALLED HONDA HEADQUARTERS PUT IN A CLAIM. THEY GAVE ME CASE#NO32OO28-11-2401915. I AM ON DISABILITY FOR PANIC DISORDER, I NEED TO GET TO DOCTORS. I NEED RENTAL UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. I HAD 4 YR.OLD GRANDDAUGHTER IN AUTO WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THANK GOD NOBODY GOT HURT. DEALERSHIP SAID TO TELL HONDA HEADQUARTERS CAR IS TERMINAL, A TOTAL. CANNOT BE REPAIRED. *TR