Honda Passport vs Ford Escort

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Honda Passport	Ford Escort
Complaints on file	2,290	5,050
Model years covered	1981–2026	1981–2003
Worst model year	2021	1997
Best model year	2025	2002
Crashes reported	173	629
Fires reported	1	610
Injuries reported	84	456
Deaths reported	4	24
Most complained-about part	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance	Electrical System
Share of complaints involving harm	11.4%	34%

Honda Passport by year

1 46 84 55 69 315 299 128 160 31 431 140 219 97 69 23 49 74

81 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 303 13.2%

Brakes 275 12.0%

Engine & Cooling 257 11.2%

Body & Structure 232 10.1%

Electrical System 222 9.7%

Suspension 192 8.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 164 7.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 153 6.7%

Ford Escort by year

2 5 7 27 31 53 65 206 199 128 413 222 480 351 725 257 729 470 413 128 85 41 13

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 872 17.3%

Seat Belts 660 13.1%

Engine & Cooling 557 11.0%

Airbags 493 9.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 433 8.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 324 6.4%

Suspension 310 6.1%

Brakes 291 5.8%