Is the Honda Passport worth the 40, 000 miles?
Honda’s Passport didn’t stir many strong emotions over 40,000 miles, but its solid reliability, comfort, and versatility were easy to appreciate. Our opinions on cars often shift over the course of 40,000 miles. We’ve evaluated long-term vehicles that we loved at the beginning of a test, but after so many miles it turned out to be less than love.
Where did I go on my Honda Passport?
The Honda Passport is built to tackle adventures and that’s exactly what we intend to do. In our first week of ownership, the Passport took a 2,000-mile trip to Oregon and back. Shortly after that it trekked to a coastal state park for a weekend of camping.
What kind of gas mileage does Honda Passport get?
Fuel economy ratings are typical: 20 mpg city, 25 mpg highway and 22 mpg combined for the 2WD, and 19/24/21 for the AWD. Confirming the highway number, we achieved 24.8 mpg in 340 miles of mostly rural highway driving.
What are the pros and cons of Honda Passport?
Again, depending on your needs, this “con” could be a “pro.” The Passport doesn’t offer a third row, but cargo and passenger space are abundant. For some SUV shoppers, however, those extra seating positions are essential, even with the limitations we found in the larger Pilot.
“Instead of just coasting up to its preferred gap, the Passport overshoots the buffer zone, then hits the brake—causing rubber-banding behind—then has to accelerate to catch up.” All of our recent highway travel has helped to nudge the Passport’s average fuel economy up 1 mpg to 21 mpg.
What are the complaints about the Honda Passport?
Among them were complaints about Honda’s adaptive cruise-control system, which can be both slow to close gaps to cars ahead and lazy to react to slowing vehicles. “In traffic, the adaptive cruise control drives like it just got its learner’s permit and might have already failed its driving test once,” Ramsey wrote.
What kind of engine does the Honda Passport have?
The Passport’s naturally aspirated V-6 engine, an increasingly rare feature in a segment thick with turbocharged engines, also continues to earn favor for its flexibility and character. Tingwall wrote: “There’s ample torque for around town with a satisfying crescendo up the tach when you floor it.”
Honda’s Passport didn’t stir many strong emotions over 40,000 miles, but its solid reliability, comfort, and versatility were easy to appreciate. Our opinions on cars often shift over the course of 40,000 miles. We’ve evaluated long-term vehicles that we loved at the beginning of a test, but after so many miles it turned out to be less than love.
What was last service done on Honda Passport?
Since its last scheduled service at around 20,000 miles, we’ve swapped the Passport back to its standard all-season tires and stopped at a dealership in Ohio at 29,847 miles for its routine A12 service. The visit set us back only $55, but that dealer failed to perform the entire recommended service and instead merely changed the oil.
Are there any problems with the Honda Passport?
Multiple staffers complained of false alerts from its forward-collision-warning feature, including one instance where the system activated the automated emergency braking despite no immediate threat of a collision. It’s possible to adjust the system’s sensitivity, but even in the least sensitive setting, the false alarms continue.
Front-wheel-drive models get an EPA-estimated 20 mpg in the city and 25 mpg on the highway. Adding all-wheel drive lowers those figures to 19 mpg in the city and 24 mpg on the highway. Those fuel economy ratings are about average for a midsize SUV with a V6 engine.