1998 Honda Passport electrical system problems
17 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 1998 Honda Passport — 7% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I will be driving and my car will just shut off, I also have the extended stopping problem and braking causing me to manually steer. I have also had trouble with the car not starting or starting slowly. I was told there were several recalls before I purchased the car and they were repaired - the…”
filed Sep 14, 2005
“When you go down the road the passport tries to cut of , you keep pushing the gas and it will take the gas and then it want it dose not cut off,the speedometer goes crazy, took it to the dealer ship, and they said they could not find anything wrong , and had to call other dealer ships and still…”
filed Aug 30, 2005
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related service bulletins
Diagnostic trouble code c0265, open relay circuit. *nm
1203 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Dec 16, 2003
Electrical System problems in other Passport years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Passport | 9 | 18% |
| 2025 Passport | 6 | 22% |
| 2023 Passport | 4 | 11% |
| 2022 Passport | 12 | 22% |
| 2021 Passport | 23 | 18% |
| 2020 Passport | 26 | 28% |
| 2019 Passport | 84 | 31% |
| 2002 Passport | 1 | 4% |
| 2001 Passport | 1 | 1% |
| 2000 Passport | 2 | 2% |
| 1999 Passport | 4 | 2% |
| 1997 Passport | 4 | 7% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1998 Honda Passport
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.