Five problems related to brakes failed have been reported for the 1998 Honda Passport. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Problems with brake equipment on 1998 Honda Passport. 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.
This problem has been reported to the dealer several times. The dealer found nothing wrong because the problem cannot be duplicated on demand. Last week when slowly making a right-hand turn into a neighbors drive, the brakes completely failed causing a crash.
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.
While driving, consumer attempted to depress the brakes which failed on wet road conditions and slid from side to side. This resulted in a collision. A few days after the collision, the consumer received technical service bulletin # 03012(mfr) 10001303(NHTSA) regarding brake problems.
Brake failure.