1999 HONDA PASSPORT Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TRANSMISSION OIL GASKET. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 148,000. ..UPDATED 07-17-13 *BF THE BALL JOINTS, EXHAUST, TIE ROD END, ENGINE GASKETS, SWAY BAR LINKS AND TIMING BELT ALL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

Mileage: 148,000

THIS CAR BURNS OIL AT A VERY FAST RATE, WITH NO SIGN OF LEAKS, ETC. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY CAN'T FIND SOURCE. I HAVE TO CHECK OIL LEVEL AND USUALLY REPLACE EACH WEEK - I DRIVE ABOUT 150 MILES WEEKLY. SEEMS VERY EXCESSIVE TO ME, ESPECIALLY W/ NO SUGGESTION ON HOW TO FIX. *NM

Mileage: 32,000

AFTER A YEAR OF OWNING THIS VEHICLE, STARTED STALLING OUT EVEN WHILE DRIVING (AUTOMATIC TRANS). CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WANTS OVER $600 TO DO SO. I CAN'T AFFORD IT YET, SO I'M DEALING WITH THE STALLING UNTIL I CAN PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED, BUT I'M WARY OF IT BECAUSE I'VE RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND THE DEFECT IS REPETITIVE IN THIS VEHICLE. *NM

Mileage: 65,000

THE ENGINE COUGHED AND CHOKED, AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. I AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WASN'T WARMED UP ENOUGH BEFORE I STARTED DRIVING IT, SO I WARMED IT UP IN THE MORNING FOR ABOUT 5 MIN. THE PROBLEM DIDN'T OCCUR FOR A SHORT WHILE, THEN CAME BACK. I BROUGHT IT TO A HONDA DEALERSHIP. THEY TESTED IT AND ADVISED ME THAT THE HEAD CYLINDER GASKET WAS BLOWN, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. ALSO ONE CYLINDER HEAD IS CRACKED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE OTHER CYLINDER HEAD HAD TO BE MACHINED. IT TOOK ABOUT A MONTH TO GET IT FIXED. I FOUND IT VERY UNUSUAL THAT A MAJOR ENGINE WORK HAD TO BE DONE WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. *LA

Mileage: 59,000

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS WRONG, BUT THEY BELIEVED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 77,000

VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT SURE WHAT WAS WRONG, BUT THEY BELIEVED THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO B EREPLACED. *AK

Mileage: 77,000

TWO PROBLEMS. ONE IS THAT THE ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING. STARTED OUT LIGHT AND AT ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE REACHED OVER 2000 RPM. CALLED TAYLOR HONDA SERVICE AS SOON AS THE NOISE STARTED AND THEY TOLD ME THE FIRST THEY COULD LOOK AT IT WAS ONE WEEK LATER. EVENTUALLY, THE KNOCK BECAME AN OBVIOUS BREAK OF SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE. I STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR NUMEROUS OWNERS JUDGING FROM INTERNET REPORTS. THE DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM YET. I AM EXPECTING A CATASTROPHIC PROBLEM. THE FUEL GAUGE HAS ALSO BEEN REGISTERING EMPTY FOR OVER TWO MONTHS. *JB

Mileage: 61,000

WHILE DRIVING MY 1999 HONDA PASSPORT, THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF AND I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO GRAND HONDA IN ELMHURST ILLINOIS ON NOVEMBER 10, 2003. THE VEHICLE REMAINED AT THE DEALER FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND THEN WAS TOLD THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BUT THEY THOUGHT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ENGINE AND THEY SAID THEY WERE UNSURE, BUT THOUGHT THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE MINE REPLACED. I AGREED AND THEY LATER TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND A REASONABLY PRICED ENGINE AND THAT IT WOULD BE CHEAPER FOR ME TO TAKE MY SUV SOMEWHERE ELSE. I CONTACTED HONDA CORPORATE AND WAS TOLD THE SAME. HONDA DID NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR VEHICLE. THE HONDA DEALER TOLD ME TO HAVE MY VEHICLE PICKED UP. I ARRANGED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE AND DELIVER IT TO MY HOME. WHEN THE VEHICLE ARRIVED AT MY HOME HONDA HAD NOT EVEN PUT THE VEHICLE BACK TOGETHER. I PAID THEM $290 TO TELL ME THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR MY VEHICLE. I CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER AND THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE $290 WAS ONLY TO TAKE THE VEHICLE APART NOT PUT IT BACK TOGETHER. I BELIEVE THAT MY ENGINE IS DEFECTIVE. *CB

Mileage: 77,000

WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, HE NOTICED ALL THE FLUIDS WERE POURING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, TRANSMISSION FLUID, OIL, RADIATOR ETC. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. *JB *NM

Mileage: 130,841

I PURCHASED A 99 HONDA PASSPORT FROM MAZDA OF KNOXVILLE LOCATED IN KNOXVILLE TN. THE VEHICLE HAD 49000 MI. 3 DAYS LATER IT STARTED MAKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE, AND ALSO THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AS WELL AS THE AIR CONDITIONER. I CALLED THEM BACK, THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT BACK TO THEM. THEY KEPT IT A WEEK AND A HALF. I PICKED IT UP AND BROUGHT IT HOME. THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE DONE 3700 DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK TO IT TO FIX IT. I RETURNED HOME AND 2 DAYS LATER AND HAD THE OIL CHANGED, THE PEOPLE CHANGING MY OIL ASKED ME IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN UNDER WATER BEFORE, I SAID I DIDN? KNOW. WHEN I HAD THE OIL CHANGED IT STARTED MAKING NOISES AGAIN. I CALLED THEM BACK AND THEY SAID THE NOISE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT, IT IS NORMAL SO THIS TIME THEY OFFERED NO HELP. SAID IT WAS MY PROBLEM. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND NOW NOT ONLY IS IT MAKING NOISE BUT IT ISN?T RUNNING RIGHT. IT WILL NOT IDLE SOMETIMES AND OTHER TIMES IT WILL IDLE AT 4000 RPM TO THE POINT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE. IT HAS DIED ON ME A NUMBER OF TIMES IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS AND IS ONLY GETTING WORSE.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER HAVING AN OIL CHANGE THE VEHICLE REGISTERED LOW OIL LEVEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE DISCONTINUED ENGINE WAS THE CAUSE. *NLM *CB *NLM

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKING. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS WERE REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 40,000

THE ENGINE CONSUMED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL, THE MANUFACTURER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. *JB

FUEL GAUGE HAD NOT GIVEN ACCURATE READING FOR 5-6 MONTHS. USED HONDA REPAIR FACILITY'S SUGGESTION OF GAS TANK CLEANING TO ELIMINATE THAT POSSIBILITY FOR CAUSE OF START FAILURE. WITHIN THE SAME TANK FULL OF GAS, CAR STALLED AND WOULDN'T RESTART. REPAIR FACILITY FINALLY DETERMINED ECU AND FUEL PUMP TO BE THE CAUSE. SEEMS THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE, AND ONLY INFORMED PEOPLE SEARCH OUT FORUMS LIKE THIS TO REPORT THE PROBLEM.*JB

Mileage: 45,000

ENGINE HAD BEEN CONSUMING OIL, WAS TOLD 1 QT./1000 MI. IS STANDARD. AT 54,000 MILES ENGINE EVENTUALLY CONSUMED 5-6 QUARTS IN 3000 MILES AND FAILED - NUMBER 1 & 2 RODS AND BEARINGS SHOT. HONDA REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM WITH OIL CONSUMPTION AND BLAMES FAILURE ON OIL DEPRIVATION (LACK OF MAINTENANCE) EVEN THOUGH OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS AND WITNESSES TO LAST 3000 MI. OIL ADDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER HONDA PRODUCT, EVEN IF IT IS BUILT BY THEM! *NLM

Mileage: 54,000

CONSUMER STATES THAT INTERMITTENLY WHEN DRIVING AND DECELERATING TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL SLOW DOWN, BUT ONCE STOPS WILL "LURCH" FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING COLLISIONS WITH OTHER CARS. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. TS

FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM: FUEL GAUGE FREQUENTLY HAS BEGUN TO DROP TO A READING OF ZERO WHEN THE CAR IS NOT MOVING BUT RUNNING. THE RESERVE LIGHT WILL BLINK AND THE FUEL GAUGE WILL NOT SHOW ANY FUEL READING UNTIL THE CAR BEGINS MOVING AGAIN. IT CAN TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE A CORRECT READING IS SHOWN. INTAKE MANIFOLD SYSTEM FAILURE: DATE AND MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATED, WILL LOCATE RECORDS WITH EXACT DATE AND MILEAGE. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS WERE REPORTED AS "CRACKED" BY THE DEALER AND REPLACED AT A CHARGE OF $400 (NOT UNDER WARRANTY). ENGINE IDLED ROUGHLY AND STALLED PRIOR TO REPAIR. TSB FROM HONDA IS AVAILABLE.

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE IS CONSUMING ONE QUARTER OF OIL EVERY ONE THOUSANDS MILES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

THIS IS THE THIRD HONDA I HAVE OWNED, BUT THE ONLY ONE WITH PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TWO HAD OVER 300,000 MILES COMBINED....NO PROBLEMS. THIS REALLY ISN'T EVEN A HONDA, IT IS AN ISUZU. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR, I WAS TOLD THAT ALL PARTS INSIDE AND OUT WERE MADE BY HONDA AND THAT ISUZU SUPPLIED ONLY THE SEATBELTS AND THE ACTUAL CAR FRAME. I HAVE HAD THE A/C BLOWER REPLACED TWO TIMES, THE FIRST TIME WAS UNDER WARRANTY. AFTER THE FIRST REPLACEMENT, THE CD PLAYER STOPPED WORKING AND THEN THE CAR STARTED EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. WHEN I TURNED ON THE BLINKER, THE A/C WENT OUT ALONG WITH THE AUTO TRANSM. SPENT OVER $150 PLUS COST OF RENTAL CAR AND HONDA SAID THE PROBL. WAS WITH THE TRAILER HITCH. I DID NOT PAY FOR REPAIR...THEY WANTED OVER $600...HOWEVER, WHEN THE CAR WAS GIVEN BACK, MYSTERIOUSLY THE CD PLAYER BEGAIN WORKING AND SO DID THE A/C...CHECKED AND THEY REPLACED THE BLOWER (ALTHOUGH THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING) AS SOON AS I PICKED UP THE CAR...NO MORE PROBLEMS DURING THAT TIME. A YEAR LATER (NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY) THE A/C BLOWER WORKS INTERMITTENLY, THE TRANSMISSION TODAY JUST STARTED TO MANUALLY SHIFT ITSELF FROM 2 TO 3RD GEAR AND MAKES A HARD CLUNKING SOUND. A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WAS SHIFTING ITSELF FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL OR LOW AND THEN BACK TO DRIVE. ALSO, THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IS INOPERABLE...THE TANK REGISTERS EMPTY AND THE LIGHT FLASHES CONSTANTLY. HEARD THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR ISUZU RODEOS AND PASSPORTS. I EVEN WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A 99 RODEO AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS, BUT HIS FUEL SENDING UNIT WENT OUT WHILE HE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE HONDA DEALER DOWN HERE WANTS OVER $600 FOR REPAIR. I FEEL MISLEAD. I PURCHASED HONDA DUE TO SUCCESS ON MY OTHER TWO HONDAS. I COULD HAVE SAVED OVER $10,000 AND PURCHASED AN ISUZU RODEO, BUT I THOUGHT BY PURCHASING A HONDA, I WAS GETTING A RELIABLE SUV. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HONDA/ISUZU AGAIN...I HAVE GOTTEN NO SUPPORT FROM THE HONDA DEALERS. TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL!

AFTER JUST PULLING ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM MY PARENTS DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A "KNOCKING" SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF MY VEHICLE. AT REGULAR IDLE SPEEDS THIS SOUND COULD NOT BE HEARD. AFTER CHECKING THE OIL IT WAS FOUND TO BE 4.25 QUARTS LOW. THE OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND AFTER ADDING OIL BACK TO THE ENGINE, THE KNOCKING SOUND STILL CONTINUES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REGULARLY MAINTAINED AT SERVICE INTERVALS WELL WITHIN THE DOCUMENTED RECCOMENDATIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER. THE SERVICE HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT THE DEALERSHIP.*AKI

ABS SYSTEM PUMP WAS CONTINUOUSLY RUNNING WITH KEYS REMOVED FROM IGNITION. PUMP WAS EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH AND HAD TO BE DISABLED BY REMOVING THE ABS SYSTEM FUSE. ABS SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON AND IS STILL ON. NO PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE SYSTEM PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE. CAR WAS SERVICED FOR EXHAUST PIPE REPLACEMENT 1 DAY PRIOR TO ABS SYSTEM FAILURE. *AK

LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR CAME ON. WHEN I CHECKED OIL, 4 QUARTS LOW. VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN 4000 MILES SINCE LAST OIL CHANGE. CONTACTED DEALER WHO CHANGED OIL/FILTER AND HAS INITIATED OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. NO VISIBLE LEAKS. SINCE MONITORING, VEHICLE HAS CONSUMED 1/2 QUART OIL IN 400 MILES. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT AN ENGINE DEFECT.

THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED UP WITH NO WARNING DUE TO LACK OF OIL ALTHOUGH HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANY SIGNS OF AN EXTERNAL LEAKS, THE CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS SOME TYPE OF ENGINE MALFUNCTION. NLM

COOLING FAN BROKE AND FELL INTO RADIATOR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED WITH NO WARNING AT TIMES. WARNING MAY COME ON & THEN THE ENGINE DIES. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2-3 TIMES. DEALER ASKED CONSUMER TO LEAVE IT OVERNIGHT. CONSUMER HAS AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER & WILL ADD ADDTIONAL INFORMATION. *AK THE DEALER COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. *YH

ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS FUEL SENSOR, FOLLOWED BY CYLINDERS BEING REPLACED, UNRESOLVED WHINING NOISE, RECALL ON REAR SUSPENSION, AND NOW RECALL ON HEAD IMPACT PROTECTION. CAR HAS CONSTANTLY BEEN IN SHOP SINCE PURCHASE, AND WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE OVERALL SAFETY AND DURABILITY OF THIS MODEL. LOCAL DEALER HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN TRYING TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS, BUT OVERALL QUALITY AND SAFETY ISSUES HAVE US SEEKING ANSWERS FROM YOU AS TO WHAT STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO HAVE VEHICLE REPLACED BY MANUFACTURER.

WHENEVER GAS IS PUMPED INTO VEHICLE THERE IS A SMELL OF FUEL VAPORS PRESENT IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK