2001 Honda Passport

THE DRIVER'S SIDE LINKAGE THAT CONNECTS THE REAR AXLE TO THE FRAME SEPARATED COMPLETELY DUE TO CORROSION. I TOOK IT TO HONDA FOR THE RECALL, WHICH SERVICE BULLETIN 10-079 STATES HONDA WILL PAY FOR VEHICLES LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE RECALL (SEPT 2010)), AND THEY DETERMINED THE DAMAGE WAS SO BAD THAT THEY WOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO FIX THE VEHICLE. I FEEL I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR MY VEHICLE SINCE THE DEFECT HAS CAUSED SUCH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AS TO RENDER THE VEHICLE UNSAFE. *TR

THIS MODEL 2001 HONDA PASSPORT HAS A HISTORY OF FRAME RUST. THERE WAS ONE RECALL 2010 BUT IT DID NOT ADDRESS TANK SHIELD RUST - ONLY REAR AXLE PARTS. THE PASSPORT HAS 72373 MILES AND THE HONDA DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE FOR A REPORT REQUESTED BY HONDA MOTORS. ****AT THIS POINT I DO NOT KNOW IF THE GAS TANK IS GOING TO FALL OUT.**** *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO THE CONDITION OF THE FRAME. IN ADDITION, THE BRACKETS THAT HELD THE FUEL TANK WERE ALSO CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THERE WERE HOLES IN THE FRAME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

9/11/10 WHILE DRIVING 2001 HONDA PASSPORT, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED ON A FLATBED DUE TO EXTENSIVE FRAME ROT. THE HONDA DEALER SAID THE FRAME WAS SO BADLY CORRODED THERE WAS NO PLACE ON THE FRAME THAT THEY COULD ATTACH THE LOWER LINK BRACKET BACK ONTO THE VEHICLE. THE LOUD NOISE WAS THE LOWER LINK BRACKET BREAKING LOOSE FROM THE FRAME BECAUSE THE FRAME ROTTED THROUGH. I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ROAD SAFE AND NEEDED A FRAME REPLACEMENT. SINCE AN EA HAD BEEN OPENED HONDA SUGGESTED I GO TO A GARAGE THAT CAN BYPASS THE CORROSION AND RIG SOMETHING UP THAT WOULD ALLOW A TEMPORARY FIX UNTIL A RECALL WAS ISSUED. I DID THE REPAIR AT A COST OF $1,200.00, BUT IT WAS NOT GUARANTEED OR ROAD SAFE FOR ANYTHING BUT SIDE ROADS AROUND TOWN. LATER A RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE LOWER LINK BRACKETS. MY LOWER LINK BRACKETS ARE NOT DEFECTIVE THEY ARE FINE AND COMPLETELY INTACT. THE PROBLEM IS MY ENTIRE FRAME IS CORRODED THROUGH ALL LAYERS AND IS RIDDLED WITH HOLES. THE BRACKET CANNOT BE ATTACHED BECAUSE YOU CANNOT WELD A BRACKET ONTO RUST AND HOLES. FROM THE DATE OF THE RECALL BOTH HONDA OF TORRINGTON AND THE INDEPENDENT GARAGE THAT DID THE TEMPORARY REPAIR SAID THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ROAD SAFE , FELL WELL OUTSIDE THE PARAMETERS OF THE WORST STAGE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT MY CASE WOULD BE REFERRED TO HONDA TO NEGOTIATE A SETTLEMENT. AFTER MONTHS OF CALLS TO THE DEALER ABOUT THE STATUS I WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE DOWN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. WE REQUESTED TO BE PRESENT AND DID NOT AUTHORIZE REPAIRS UNLESS WE WERE. WE CALLED THE DEALER TO ASK WHEN THEY WOULD BE CALLING US DOWN. THEY SAID TO ARRIVE IN ONE HALF HOUR BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY WOULD BE BRING THE VEHICLE IN. WHEN WE ARRIVED 20 MINUTES LATER, WE WERE TOLD A STAGE 2 REPAIR WAS ALREADY DONE PER THE TECH-LINE. WHICH CONSISTED OF SPRAYING WAX OVER AN UNSAFE FRAME. THEY REFUSED TO PUT ON OUR INVOICE THAT IT WAS ROAD SAFE. *TR

MY 2001 HONDA PASSPORT WENT IN FOR INSPECTION FOR RECALL FOR THE LOWER LINK TRAILING BRACKETS. THE BRACKETS WERE INSTALLED OVER THE RUSTED FRAME ON 03/16/11. IT WAS STATED IN EMAILS TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE THAT EVEN IF THE STAGE 3 REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED AS INSTRUCTED THE VEHICLE WOULD BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE DEEP CORROSION IN OTHER PORTIONS AS WELL. HONDA TOLD JEFFREY HONDA TO STILL PERFORM THE STAGE 3 REPAIR AS THE OTHER CORROSION AREAS DO NOT APPLY TO THIS CURRENT CAMPAIGN. IT IS JEFFREY HONDA'S PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT THE VEHICLE REMAINS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO HEAVY AND DEEP CORROSION TO REAR TRAILING ARMS, REAR FRAME HANGING NOT BOLTED TOGETHER. FUEL TANK HOUSING RUSTED AND HALF WAY PORTIONS AS WELL. HONDA CORPORATE OFFICE REFUSES TO OFFER A BUY BACK OFFER FOR THIS VEHICLE. THEY HAVE BOUGHT BACK OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT AS BAD AS MINE AND TELL ME THAT THEY ARE SORRY BUT THEY WILL DO NOTHING ELSE FOR ME. MY VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND STILL HAS A 2 YEAR LOAN ON IT WITH FULL COVERAGE INSURANCE. IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT HONDA USED DEFECTIVE STEEL WHEN MAKING THESE FRAMES FOR THESE VEHICLES. CASE MANAGER [XXX] SAYS THE BUY BACK OFFERS ARE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. IN OUR MANY CONVERSATIONS HE CAN NOT TELL ME WHY MY VEHICLE DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA. IT IS RUSTED UNDERNEATH FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER. THE TRAILING BRACKETS INSTALLED ARE LIKE A BAND AID FOR A BROKEN LEG. I FEEL DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AS OTHERS GET BUY BACK OFFERS AND ALL I GET IS SORRY. I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES. IT CAN NEVER BE DRIVEN AGAIN WITH ONLY 80,000 MILES AND A PERFECT BODY BECAUSE THE WHOLE FRAME IS ROTTED. I FEEL THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE REOPENED TO INCLUDE THE FRAME. MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL DRIVING THESE VEHICLES WITH THE ROTTED FRAMES AS IT IS THEIR ONLY TRANSPORTATION. THEY ARE RISKING THEIR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS ON THE ROAD BY CONTINUING TO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES. ALL STATES SHOULD OF RECEIVED A INSPECTION NOTICE FOR THESE VEHICLES. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDO

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND EXHIBITED RUST HOLES THROUGHOUT THE FRAME. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE RUST AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD ONLY REPLACE THE UPPER TRAILING ARM BRACKET. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 182,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION: REAR) WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO REPAIR THE LOWER LINK BRACKETS ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF RUST. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE FOR STATE INSPECTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT PASS DUE TO SEVERE FRAME RUST AND FRACTURES. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT DID NOT PASS THE FRAME TEST CHECK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

2001 HONDA PASSPORT. REAR TRAILING LINKAGE RUSTED AWAY FROM FRAME. RECEIVED RECALL A YEAR LATER FROM HONDA. TRUCK IS NOW AT A WELDER GETTING THE REAR FRAME RAILS PATCHED DUE TO RUSTING. ITS NOT ONLY THE FRAME RAILS THAT ARE RUSTING AWAY. MILEAGE ON VEHICLE IS 125000. I HAVE NOTICED THE ENTIRE FRAME FROM FRONT TO BACK RUSTING. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. CAN AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH. MY EXPERIENCE WAS WITH THE REAR TRAILING LINKAGE. WAS DOING 45 MPH DOWN A HIGHWAY, HIT A BUMP, LINKAGE BROKE AWAY FROM THE FRAME.. I FISHED TAILED IN TRAFFIC, LUCKILY NOT HITTING ANYONE OR HURTING MYSELF. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE ROAD. AND CUSTOMERS REIMBURSED AND COMPENSATED. *TR

FIRST THE HONDA DEALERSHIP TOLD HEADQUARTERS THAT MY 2001 PASSPORTS FRAME WAS IN SUCH POOR CONDITION AND UNSAFE THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. SO HEADQUARTERS REQUESTED MORE PICTURES OF THE FRAME DAMAGE FOR THEIR TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT. TODAY SIMON FROM HEADQUARTERS CALLED AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE RECALL REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THIS CAR WILL STILL BE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE RUSTED FRAME WAS WORSE IN THE FRONT THAN IN THE REAR WHERE THEY WOULD INSTALL THE NEW BRACKETS. THE REAR OF THE CAR WAS ALREADY SEPARATING FROM THE BACK OF THE FRAME. SO THEY ARE FIXING A CAR THAT WILL NEVER BE SAFE BECAUSE THEY USED DEFECTIVE MATERIALS ON ALL THEIR FRAMES FOR VEHICLES UNDER RODEO AND PASSPORT FROM 1998-2002. THIS WAS REPORTED MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS OF THIS RUST PROBLEM AND THEN THE RECALL FIX IS ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2010. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET SOME HELP WITH THESE BIG CORPORATIONS WHEN THEY EXPECT US TO DRIVE THEIR UNSAFE CARS AND SIGN WAIVERS ON THE RUSTED FRAME PICTURES. I AM NOT DRIVING THAT PASSPORT ANYWHERE AS HUMAN LIVES ARE AT STAKE, INCLUDING MINE. HOW IS IT THAT SOME RECEIVE A PAY OFF FOR THEIR CAR AND I GET STUCK PAYING A LOAN FOR 2 1/2 MORE YEARS FOR A CAR I CAN'T DRIVE. WHERE IS THE JUSTICE HERE? I THINK THIS IS THE MOST HORRIFIC THING A CAR COMPANY CAN DO TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE WHO WERE LOYAL TO THAT COMPANY. HOW MANY LIVES OR ACCIDENTS IS IT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE WE GET HELP. SOMEONE IN POWER NEEDS TO HELP US GET THIS RESOLVED WITH HONDA AND INCLUDE THE FRAME IN THE RECALL PROCESS AS THEY ARE BASICALLY IN THE SAME CONDITION. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO SIT BACK AND TAKE THIS AND DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS SEVERE INJUSTICE. IF SOMEONE EVEN READS THESE COMPLAINTS WOULD BE A MIRACLE AS IT TOOK MANY YEARS TO EVEN GET A BRACKET RECALL FROM HONDA. PLEASE HELP US WHO HAVE ONLY THIS CAR AS OUR ONLY TRANSPORTATION. I CAN'T EVEN LOOK FOR WORK AS I HAVE NO CAR BUT I HAVE A CAR PAYMENT TO MAKE AND INSURANCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS RUSTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT EVEN IF THEY REPAIRED THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V436000 (SUSPENSION:REAR), THE VEHICLE WOULD STILL NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000. UPDATED 06/02/11 *BF UPDATED 1/13/2012 *LN *TR