Used Car Checklists

2025 Honda Passport: What to check before buying

Owners have filed 11 complaints with NHTSA about this car. The 7 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.

Honda Passport2025
Owner complaints
11
Recalls
0
Crashes reported
0
Reliability
Excellent
82/100 on Auto Reliability Index

Run the VIN before you go

A history report shows accidents, title brands, odometer readings, and open recalls for this 2025 Honda Passport. Ask the seller for the VIN; it is also on the dash at the base of the windshield.

Your inspection sheet

Tick items off on your phone at the car, or print it. Ticks stay on this device.

0/7 checked

1

Paperwork and questions

Before you go, or before you touch the car0/1

2

Walk-around and cabin

Engine off, key in hand0/1

3

Cold start, engine bay, and underside

Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/1

4

Test drive

At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/4

These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.

Reported on other Passport years with the same design

These years share the 2025's design and most of its parts, so their problems are the ones to look for on this car too.

2024 Passport

12 owner complaints
  • Brakes 4
  • Steering 2
  • Electrical 2

Worth adding to your 2025 checks

  • Inspect the front rotors for scoring or uneven wear and ask for records of any repeat rotor or pad replacements.
  • Drive at highway speed on an open road and watch for sudden braking with nothing ahead.
  • Let auto idle-stop shut the engine off at several stops and confirm it restarts every time.
Open the 2024 checklist

2023 Passport

24 owner complaints
  • Brakes 5
  • Electrical 4
  • Transmission 4

Worth adding to your 2025 checks

  • Have a mechanic confirm both front caliper bolts are present and tight, and check the front rotors for warping.
  • Brake firmly from highway speed and feel for shaking, rattling, or a slow pedal response.
  • Drive open and winding roads and watch for automatic braking with nothing ahead.
Open the 2023 checklist

2022 Passport

45 owner complaints
  • Transmission 8
  • Electrical 6
  • Automatic emergency braking 5

Worth adding to your 2025 checks

  • Get proof that back over prevention recall 23V431000 has been completed.
  • Start the car cold, ideally after a freezing night, and listen for a single click with no crank.
  • Accelerate from a stop and shift into reverse; reject hesitation, lurching, delayed upshifts, or a harsh engagement.
Open the 2022 checklist

Which Passport is it?

EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Honda Passport. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.

VersionDriveEPA rating
3.5L 6-cylAWD21 mpg
  • Reset the trip computer at the start of the drive. A Passport that averages well under the EPA 21 mpg combined on a mixed route may have an engine or tire problem.

Where the 2025 fits in the Passport's history

Redesigns and mid-cycle updates change what can go wrong.

The 2025 is the seventh model year of the Passport's third generation (2019–2025).

It includes the 2024 update.

What changed for 2024

  • Changes include larger center console and new Black Edition trim replacing Elite.

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