Honda Passport

Registered from 1996 to 2027.

Honda Passport
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About this model

The Honda Passport is a line of sport utility vehicles (SUV) from the Japanese automaker Honda. Originally, it was a rebadged version of the Isuzu Rodeo, a mid-size SUV sold between 1993 and 2002. It was introduced in 1993 for the 1994 model year as Honda's first entry into the growing SUV market of the 1990s in the United States. The first and second generation Passport was manufactured by Subaru Isuzu Automotive in Lafayette, Indiana. Like various other Honda models, it re-used a name from their motorcycle division, the Honda C75 Passport. The other two name candidates were Elsinore and Odyssey, the latter would be re-used a year later on a minivan.

From the Wikipedia article Honda Passport, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it stands out against its peers

Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

Crash test

Overall★★★★★
Frontal crash★★★★☆
Side crash★★★★★
Rollover★★★★☆
Stability controlStandard
Forward collision warningStandard
Lane departure warningStandard

Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.

Specification

YearMeasured
20272125 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · Suv, 4-door
2026285 hp · 2125 kg · 2890 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2025280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2024280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2023280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2022280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2021280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2020280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
2019280 hp · 1890 kg · 2820 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Suv, 4-door
200213.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 12.4 motorway
200113.8 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 12.4 motorway
200014.7 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 13.1 motorway

Recalls

Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.

37% of 2022 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.

6 more campaigns have been filed against this model. A dealer can check by VIN which apply to one car.

Regulator investigations

Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.

What the maker told its dealers

Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.

Honda filed 6 bulletins about the 2026 Passport.

Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.