How reliable is the 2025 Honda Passport? Here’s what Consumer Reports says – Jalopnik

The Honda Passport is a midsize two-row SUV that competes with the likes of the Chevrolet Blazer, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Nissan Murano, Toyota Crown Signia, Mazda CX-70 and Ford Edge. And while the Edge was discontinued after 2024, the 2025 Passport is also a used car: the all-new 2026 Passport started making its way to dealerships in February 2026.

That seems like good news if you’re looking for a used SUV. Consumer Reportshowever, has some words of caution. Honda’s CR reliability rating is well behind both the class leader – the Crown Signia – and the second-in-class Blazer. The Grand Cherokee also had a slight lead over the Passport, which did have an edge over the Murano and CX-70.

According to CR, the biggest reported problem areas were the Passport drive system and minor engine issues such as belt and pulley issues, engine knocking/pinging and fuel/oil leaks. Drivers also had some complaints about the brakes and body hardware. That said, the Passport had the best possible customer-reported reliability scores in a host of other areas, including major engine problems, the transmission and the car’s electronics.

The 2024 Ford Edge had a significantly higher CR reliability score than the 2025 Passport – although this is where things get a bit tricky. The 2024 Passport was much closer in CR reliability score to the ’24 Edge than the ’25 Passport, despite the fact that the two Hondas were essentially the same.

First some context. The first two generations of the Honda Passport ran from approximately 1994 through 2002 and were essentially badged versions of today’s Isuzu Rodeo. These were rugged, body-on-frame SUVs that were very different from the unibody, crossover-style Passport that returned to the Honda family in 2019, marking the nameplate’s third generation.

In the first three years of production, the Passport crossover went from No. 1 in its class in reliability to No. 3, but the exact score didn’t waver that much. The Passport then saw its trust score increase by almost 34% in 2022 – before falling by almost 60% in 2023, rising by 43% in 2024 and falling again by almost 34% in 2025. Some of that wobble is undoubtedly due to Passport updates over the years, with the biggest changes coming for the high-scoring 2022 model year; this was the moment when the first TrailSport model germinated an idea for the future.

The Passport rankings follow a similar pattern, but the correlation is not exact. Here’s what we mean: The 2025 Passport had the lowest CR reliability score of the third generation, but was in the middle of its class this year. The 2023 Passport, with a slightly higher CR score, ranked ninth out of 11. Meanwhile, the 2019 Passport, which topped all rivals in the year’s rankings, would have ranked fourth in 2022.

The new TrailSport trim of the new-generation 2026 Honda Passport is a diamond in the roughing department, deriving a lineup that catches the reliability pendulum on the uphill road. Well, the predicted reliability, since the Passport was only redesigned this year and doesn’t have much of a track record to measure things against yet. The Consumer Reports However, Magic Eight Ball must have released ‘Outlook Good’.

The fourth-generation Passport begins its career with a near-perfect score for predicted reliability, far topping all nine other entries in its CR segment – ​​while setting a new all-time high for historic Passport reliability. It’s especially notable this year because it means the Passport not only outperformed the Toyota Crown Signia and Chevrolet Blazer, but also the Subaru Outback which itself refines a proven formula for 2026.

Additionally, the Passport may not have been on the road long enough to get a real-world reliability score (just a predicted score), but the most recent Consumer Reports Autos Survey did provide enough data for the owner-reported analysis of the website’s problem areas. Again, it was almost universally excellent results for the Passport, which only caused problems for owners in a single area – albeit an important one. People apparently had some issues with the SUV’s in-car electronics, which extended to Honda’s infotainment system. Top scores were seen in the 16 other trouble spots, so the 2026 Honda Passport should be a top choice for today’s buyers.