Honda Passport Best and Worst Years

Counting owner complaints filed in each model year's first three years, the 2019 Honda Passport drew the most (86; most described: stalling or shutting off while driving and auto start-stop problems) and the 2023 the fewest (22).

Data: US EPA and NHTSAUpdated Sep 28, 2026

Every model year since 2019 in one place: EPA fuel economy, NHTSA recalls, owner complaints and crash test ratings. The best fuel economy rating, 22 mpg combined, arrived in 2019. EPA and NHTSA list the current Passport from the 2019 model year.

Best and worst years, by owner complaints

Model years ranked by owner complaints filed with NHTSA in their first three years (model year Y: filed by the end of Y+2), so every year is measured over the same time on the road. Years without three full years of data, and launch or final years with very few sold, are left out. Counts are not adjusted for how many were sold.

Model year	First 3 years	All complaints	Recalls
2019 Passport Most described: stalling or shutting off while driving and auto start-stop problems	86	276	10
2021 Passport Most described: phantom braking or false collision alerts	56	141	7
2022 Passport Most described: auto start-stop problems	29	61	4
2020 Passport Most described: auto start-stop problems	24	100	10
2023 Passport Most reported: forward collision avoidance	22	39	5

Year by year

Model year	Best rating	Recalls	Complaints
2026 MPG · Recalls and problems	21 mpg Gas	1	63
2025 MPG · Recalls and problems	21 mpg Gas	0	39
2024 MPG · Recalls and problems	21 mpg Gas	1	17
2023 MPG · Recalls and problems	21 mpg Gas	5	39
2022 MPG · Recalls and problems	22 mpg Gas	4	61
2021 MPG · Recalls and problems	22 mpg Gas	7	141
2020 MPG · Recalls and problems	22 mpg Gas	10	100
2019 MPG · Recalls and problems	22 mpg Gas	10	276

Owner complaints by model year

All complaints filed so far. Counts rise with sales volume and with time on the road, so recent years look better than they may turn out. The highlighted bar is the model year with the most complaints in its first three years.

2019: 276 complaints

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Owner complaints by model year, Honda Passport
Model year	Complaints
2019	276
2020	100
2021	141
2022	61
2023	39
2024	17
2025	39
2026	63

Best combined rating by model year

The best-rated version in each model year. Gas: 21 to 22 mpg (every year from 2019 to 2026); highest in 2019.

2026: gas 21 mpg

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Honda Passport best combined mpg by model year
Model year	Best gas version
2019	22
2020	22
2021	22
2022	22
2023	21
2024	21
2025	21
2026	21

Comparisons

Honda Passport vs Honda PilotMPG, fuel cost, recalls and crash tests

Questions

Which Honda Passport years have the most problems?

Counting owner complaints filed with NHTSA in each model year's first three years, the 2019 (86) drew the most, then the 2021 (56). Owners of the 2019 most often describe stalling or shutting off while driving and auto start-stop problems.

Which Honda Passport years have the fewest problems?

The 2023 (22) and 2020 (24) drew the fewest complaints in their first three years. The 2024, 2025, and 2026 are not ranked yet: they have had fewer than three full years on the road.

Which Honda Passport years should you avoid?

Complaint counts can't tell you whether a particular car is sound, but they show where owners reported the most trouble: the 2019, against 29 complaints in a typical Honda Passport year. Whatever the year, check the car's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before you buy. Safety recall repairs are free at Honda dealers.

Which Honda Passport years have the most recalls?

The 2019 and 2020 have the most safety recalls in NHTSA's file (10 each). A recall can cover a problem that affects only a few cars, so open a year's page to see what each one covers. No recall for 2019 to 2026 models tells owners not to drive the car or to park it outside.

What are the most common Honda Passport problems?

In the 736 owner complaints NHTSA lists for 2019 to 2026 models, owners most often describe auto start-stop problems (94 complaints, most of them for the 2019 and 2025); stalling or shutting off while driving (91 complaints, most of them for the 2019, 2020, and 2025); and the engine not starting (66 complaints, most of them for the 2019 and 2020). One complaint can describe several problems. Each year's recalls and problems page lists what owners describe for that year.

Which Honda Passport year has the best MPG?

The best EPA fuel economy is 22 mpg combined, first reached by the 2019 gas version.

Sources and method

US EPA fuel economy data (fueleconomy.gov), file dated Sep 18, 2026.
NHTSA recall file dated Sep 29, 2026 and owner complaint file dated Sep 28, 2026; NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings.

Complaint counts are unverified owner reports and are not adjusted for sales volume. How we build these pages. Spotted an error? Tell us.