2001 HONDA PASSPORT

SUSPENSION:REAR

ISUZU IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 1998-2002 ISUZU RODEO AND MODEL YEAR 2002 ISUZU AXIOM VEHICLES, AND HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN 1998-2002 HONDA PASSPORT VEHICLES, THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD, OR ARE CURRENTLY REGISTERED, IN THE STATES OF MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND,

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WERE BUILT WITH THE INFLATORS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MODULES HAVING THE WRONG AMOUNT OF GENERANT.

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIR BAG INFLATOR MODULES WERE MANUFACTURED AND SHIPPED WITHOUT A NECESSARY COMPONENT KNOWN AS A CHECK VALVE PIN.

GOT INTO VEHICLE AND STARTED IT UP. PUT INTO REVERSE AND THE ENGINE REVVED UP AND SHOT BACKWARDS VERY FAST. WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE IT HAD NO EFFECT UNTIL SLAMMING INTO THE HOUSE THAT WAS ACROSS THE STREET.

Mileage: 250,000

ON JUNE 18, 2015, WHILE ON THE BRAKE AND STOPPING BEHIND A VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION (MOVING AT A CRAWL SPEED, LESS THAN 0.5 MPH), MY HONDA PASSPORT LUNGED FORWARD HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE CAR WAS CONTAINED THE DRIVER AND A PASSENGER. BELIEVING AT THAT TIME MY BRAKES JUST FAILED (I COULDN'T GRASP HOW ACCELERATION AND FORWARD MOVEMENT COULD OCCUR WHEN I WAS FIRMLY ON MY BRAKES), I HAD MY BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. ON JUNE 29, 2015 IN A PARKING SPACE, WHILE I WAS AT

Mileage: 175,625

WHILE STEPPING ON BRAKE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT CONTROL. BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING. AVOIDED OTHER VEHICLES BY STEERING OFF ROAD. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

Mileage: 97,000

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA PASSPORT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE . THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED SEVERAL TIMES, FOLLOWED BY NO POWER RESPONSE. WHEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ENGAGED THE VEHICLE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE TO THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 6/1/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE STOP WAS

Mileage: 70,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED, BUT NO ONE WAS CITED. *AK *SC

Mileage: 51,000

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR HAD SUDDENLY RUNAWAY, AND WHILE THE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THESE PROBLEMS HAD OCCURRED ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT DUPLICATE BUT THE SENSOR WAS REPLACED/ADJUSTED. THE DEALER FOUND THE POTENTIOMETER CIRCUIT BOARD CONTAMINATED WITH GREASE WHICH WAS ALSO REPORTED AS THE CAUSE OF THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION. MR SCC *JB

I EXPERIENCED 2 CIRCUMSTANCES ON THIS DAY IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. OUR TWO CHILDREN, THEN AGES 4 AND 3, WERE ALSO IN THE VEHICLE THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT MY DAUGHTERS DANCE STUDIO, THE DANCE WORKS ON ROUTE 125 IN BRADFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AND IT CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING BEHIND THE VEHICLE. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE AT THIS POINT. ON THE SAME DAY, T

ON JANUARY 10, 2003, I WAS PULLING INTO A FLEET ATM MACHINE PARKING SPACE. OUR TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE ALSO. AS I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE PROCEDED TO ACCELERATE VERY HIGH AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SURGER FORWARD AND HIT THE POLE IN FRONT OF THE ATM. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER. HAD THAT POLE NOT BEEN THERE, I COULD HAVE CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE HONDA DEALER IN SALEM, NH THE FOLLOWING DAY. HONDA STATES TH

WHILE CAR WAS IN PARK IT ACCELERATED UP TO ABOUT 20MPH, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

CAR HIT A TREE HEAD-ON AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES.*AK