"How reliable is the 2002 Honda Passport?"

"Based on 31 NHTSA complaints, the 2002 Honda Passport has a median complaint mileage of 138000 miles. The most common issue is SUSPENSION."

"What are common problems with the 2002 Honda Passport?"

"The most frequently reported component in NHTSA complaints for the 2002 Honda Passport is SUSPENSION, accounting for a significant portion of the 31 total complaints filed."

2002 Honda Passport: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 31 complaints

Total Complaints

138,000mi

Median Mileage

SUSPENSION

Top Issue

Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

71,000 25th Percentile

138,000 Median Mileage

147,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

SUSPENSION

STRUCTURE:BODY

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

UNKNOWN OR OTHER

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH

Severity Assessment

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING VEHICLE WILL JERK, AND THEN ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND WILL STAY ON REMAINDER OF THE TIME VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK"

"THE MOTOR JUST RUNS HOT. 238 THRU 250. MY '01 RC-51 RAN BETWEEN 190 AND 212. THE '02 HAS TWO COOLING FANS WHICH WILL COME ON WHEN THE TEMP REACHES 219. IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC THE FANS WILL COOL THE MOTOR SOME BUT WHEN RUNNING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH THE FANS WORK AGAINST THE AIR FLOW AND THE MOT..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

When Does Each Component Fail?

Median mileage at complaint for top components.

SUSPENSION 6 complaints

25th: 129,000 mi Median: 139,000 mi 75th: 143,500 mi

STRUCTURE:BODY 4 complaints

25th: 129,250 mi Median: 139,000 mi 75th: 155,500 mi

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

NY: 4 OH: 4 MD: 3 CA: 3 MA: 3 NJ: 2 PA: 2 AR: 2 KS: 2 OK: 1

Who Files Complaints?

41.9%

Original Owners

58.1%

Second+ Owners

Honda Passport — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

Year	Complaints	Median Mileage	Top Issue	Crashes
1994	46	-	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	12
1995	84	142,660	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	14
1996	55	138,441	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	7
1997	69	99,800	STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS	3
1998	315	112,000	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP	28
1999	299	106,000	SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP	36
2000	128	108,000	STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS	6
2001	160	98,000	STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS	10
2019	406	5,583	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	12
2020	125	7,600	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	3
2021	191	3,000	FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING	21
2022	82	25,300	POWER TRAIN	1
2023	54	-	SERVICE BRAKES	5
2024	21	-	SERVICE BRAKES	6
2025	25	-	UNKNOWN OR OTHER	0
2026	24	-	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	0

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28