1998 Honda Passport: brake failure

6 of the 229 complaints about the 1998 Honda Passport describe brake failure.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 3%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 13 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Brake failure by model year

2023
2
2021
1
2019
1
2002
1
1999
11
1998
6
1997
1
1996
1
1995
2

What owners say

Filed Nov 24, 2003 · Brakes · DC · crash

Problems with brake equipment on 1998 honda passport.*mr prior to recall notification, when the consumer attempted to brake, the vehicle did not respond and therefore the consumer was unable to stop the vehicle in time to avoid a collision with another vehicle. The brakes failed to respond on a second occasion while driving on a rough bumpy pavement, again the consumer collided with another vehicle. *jb

Filed Apr 11, 2000 · Brakes · OR

When applying ABS brakes pedal goes to the floor, resulting in extended stopping distance. Also, brake pedal and the gas pedal are located very closely together which causes them to depress at the same time. *ak

Filed Dec 8, 1999 · Brakes · IN

Brake failure.

Filed Nov 18, 1999 · Brakes · TX · crash

We ran into the back of another vehicle at an intersection. He was stopped and we attempted to stop. The brakes did not work and we continued to roll into the crv. We have reported this problem several time to the local honda dealerships. The problem is the brakes will randomly stop working even though we are applying maximum pressure, they will "chatter" as the dealer described it. They have acknowledged the characteristic but say we have to live with it. It supposedly is a design issue. The ABS senses some wheel anomily and disengages the brakes and re-engages them rapidly but not rapidly enough and the vehicle contiues to go forward. We have rolled through stop signs, lights, into intersections, etc. This time into a vehicle. Fortunately, we were not hurt but it only a matter of time until a major injury or death occurs. Again the dealerships have acknowledged the characteristic but say they can do nothing to "fix" it because techinically it is not broken. A techinician said the fix is "off the record" and they disconnect the ABS during service and do not connect it again giving regular brakes back without the ABS. I requested this to be done but they cannot do it leagally. My insurance company is farmers insurance and the agent warren aldous is located in kemah/seabrook, tx area.

Filed Jan 11, 1999 · Brakes · NY

Twice upon braking, a brake failure occured in which the brakes engaged and then suddenly the brakes seemed to release. This caused an additional 20 to 30 feet of additional vehicle travel on wet pavement. Luckily there was no vehicle immediately in front of me otherwise a collision would have occured. It seems as though the ABS system releases for too long. Other ABS systems I have driven in similar conditions on the same road did not present this problem. There was a constant rate of decelleration. This '98 rodeo had marked perceivable periods of decelleration and then acceleration (about 1 second) and then decelleration until a complete stop. This brake failure is extremely frightening. The road conditions were only wet.

Filed Sep 22, 1998 · Brakes · NY

While braking at 50mph on a damp road, applied brakes normally to stop for a light and the brake pedal went to the floor, the ABS clicked loudly, and the came to rest past the intended stopping point.