FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda Passport

Owners have filed 2,290 complaints about the Honda Passport with NHTSA across model years 1981 to 2026. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2021 Honda Passport

219 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2025 Honda Passport

49 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda Passport year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 B 74 0 0 850 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 A 49 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2024 C 23 6 0 Brakes
2023 C 69 8 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 B 97 1 0 38,100 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021 D 219 21 0 3,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 C 140 3 0 7,600 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2019 D 431 12 0 5,583 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2002 B 31 6 0 138,000 Suspension
2001 C 160 10 0 98,000 Body & Structure
2000 B 128 6 0 108,000 Body & Structure
1999 D 299 36 0 106,000 Brakes
1998 D 315 28 0 112,000 Brakes
1997 B 69 3 1 99,800 Engine & Cooling
1996 B 55 7 0 138,441 Body & Structure
1995 C 84 14 0 142,660 Engine & Cooling
1994 C 46 12 0 Engine & Cooling
1981 1 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a Honda Passport

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2019

Brakes 275 12.0%

Worst in 1999

Engine & Cooling 257 11.2%

Worst in 2019

Body & Structure 232 10.1%

Worst in 2001

Worst in 2019

Suspension 192 8.4%

Worst in 1999

Worst in 1999

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2019

Worst in 1998

Airbags 49 2.1%

Worst in 1995

Steering 45 2.0%

Worst in 2026

Worst in 2019

Tires 32 1.4%

Worst in 1999

Exactly what failed on a Honda Passport

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Frame AND Members 134 18.6%
Automatic Emergency Braking 112 15.6%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 105 14.6%
Warnings 81 11.3%
Rear 76 10.6%
Body 55 7.6%
Engine 46 6.4%
Gasoline 38 5.3%
Adaptive Cruise Control 37 5.1%
Automatic Transmission 36 5.0%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda Passport, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 45 Aug 2026

Honda Passport problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda Passport

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.