Model-year matrix

Honda Passport
which year?

Compare every Honda Passport model year the EPA recorded, 1994 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Honda Passport year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Honda Passport?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Honda Passport years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2019

272 indexed complaint reports; electrical system is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2019 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect1998

229 indexed complaint reports; service brakes, hydraulic is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1998 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect1999

228 indexed complaint reports; service brakes, hydraulic is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1999 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Honda Passport model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2025 Honda Passport

NHTSA complaint allegations: 32
Combined EPA economy: 21 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,950
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsengine 11unknown or other 11electrical system 10

Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2026 Honda Passport

NHTSA complaint allegations: 52
Combined EPA economy: 20–21 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 2
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,950–3,100
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 10electrical system 9unknown or other 9

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2026 has 20 more indexed complaint allegations than 2025.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Honda Passport by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Honda Passport model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2026	52	forward collision avoidance 10electrical system 9unknown or other 9	20–21	2	$2,950–3,100	Dossier →
2025	32	engine 11unknown or other 11electrical system 10	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2024	15	service brakes 8electrical system 3engine 2	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2023	36	forward collision avoidance 15service brakes 9unknown or other 8	21	1	$2,950	Dossier →
2022	56	forward collision avoidance 17electrical system 13engine 10	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2021	136	forward collision avoidance 63electrical system 24engine 23	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2020	93	forward collision avoidance 45electrical system 26engine 16	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2019	272	electrical system 85forward collision avoidance 79unknown or other 53	21–22	2	$2,800–2,950	Dossier →
2002	23	suspension 7structure 6engine and engine cooling 3	16–17	4	$3,600–3,850	Dossier →
2001	134	structure 70suspension 34vehicle speed control 12	16–17	4	$3,600–3,850	Dossier →
2000	102	structure 32suspension 24engine and engine cooling 14	16	4	$3,850	Dossier →
1999	228	service brakes, hydraulic 74suspension 51structure 34	16–17	4	$3,600–3,850	Dossier →
1998	229	service brakes, hydraulic 66suspension 50structure 36	16–17	4	$3,600–3,850	Dossier →
1997	56	engine and engine cooling 13structure 13power train 8	15–18	5	$3,400–4,100	Dossier →
1996	41	structure 13engine and engine cooling 8suspension 7	15–18	5	$3,400–4,100	Dossier →
1995	60	engine and engine cooling 18structure 12air bags 8	15–18	5	$3,400–4,100	Dossier →
1994	36	engine and engine cooling 10service brakes, hydraulic 10seat belts 5	15–16	5	$3,850–4,100	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.