Best Year Honda Passport

‍2019 Honda Passport

The 2019 Honda Passport is a mid-sized SUV with two rows of seats, powered by a powerful V6 engine. It is comfortable, fun to drive, and well-equipped with many features. It performs well on the pavement and is also suited for light to moderate off-roading.

The Honda Passport is available in four trims, Sport, EX-L, Touring, and Elite. It is a reliable SUV targeted towards buyers looking for a practical SUV that is an all-rounder package.

Design Features

The 2019 Honda Passport wears a cohesive and sleek look thanks to its shorter than seven-seat SUVs length. It stretches approximately 190 inches from nose to tail and flaunts a long wheelbase of 111 inches between the front and rear axles.

One of the first design features that catch the eye is the unpainted portion on the front bumper. It might give the SUV a rugged look but seems to struggle when blending in with the relatively large grille above it. Outboards from the grille are LED headlights with design accents that seem to follow the grille.

The side view of the Passport flaunts a balanced look. The character line running from the front to rear wheel wells gives the vehicle an imposing side profile. We are not fans of roof racks, but on the Passport, we think that it adds to the aesthetics and should have been a standard feature.

The vehicle's rear has two relatively small tail lights, which seem to be connected by a dark chrome trim. Something about the rear reminds us of Chevrolet SUVs, as the Passport has a wide tailgate with the lights sitting on rear fenders.

Step inside, and you will have trouble recalling if you are in a Pilot or a Passport; the resemblance is uncanny. The cabin feels spacious with the dashboard sitting low and graceful with sweeping lines and curves. The audio system touchscreen is located between the two vents and above the climate control.

The base Passport comes with a five-inch touchscreen and cloth upholstery. All other variants are equipped with an eight-inch infotainment system and leather upholstery.

Performance Features

The 2019 Honda Passport shares its powertrain with the Honda Odyssey minivan. It delivers powerful accelerations and is fun to handle on the road. Just don't treat it like a full-fledged off-roader.

All variants of the Passport are powered by the same 3.5-liter V6 engine that produces 280 hp and 262 lb.-ft torque. It is coupled with a nine-speed automatic transmission controlled using some sophisticatedly laid out buttons on the console. We would appreciate sticking to the traditional shifting lever, but the buttons provide a more futuristic look and feel to the vehicle, or so Honda believes.

The V6 engine feels powerful and luxurious. Picky drivers (that's us) might notice a high-pitched squeal enter the cabin when the engine is running at high rpm, but it mostly remains quiet and composed. The transmission is responsive and delivers rapid shifts, matching well with the engine's power to deliver a pleasant drive.

The Passport's suspension is tuned to provide a comfortable and smooth ride. Even with the twenty-inch wheels, which have short sidewalls, the SUV feels composed and smooth on the road. There are four driving modes, Normal, Snow, Sand, and Mud, that alter the throttle response, traction control, and transmission settings on the all-wheel-drive Passport.

It performs well during light to moderate off-roading adventures and is a formidable contender against all kinds of surfaces. Its good ground clearance even allows for it to go over some rocks. It does more than what most owners will likely ask it to.

The front-wheel-drive variants of the Passport have less ground clearance and cannot tow as much load as the all-wheel-drive. The AWD can tug along 5,000 pounds with the optional tow package installed, and the FWD runs normally with 3,500 clamped to its tail.

Comfort and Space Features

Even with a body that is six inches shorter than the Pilot, the Passport does not forego too much practicality or comfort. It asks you to get your friends and then look for adventures.

The front seats are comfortable, spacious, and on most variants, power-adjustable. They offer good back and side support for all kinds of driving. They are positioned well to provide ample headroom, legroom, and excellent outside visibility.

Passengers on the rear seat also get pampered with a lot of space and wide-opening doors for easy entry and exit. There is plenty of space for tall passengers in the back with legroom of nearly 40 inches. The backseat is also comfortable and supportive and is well suited for two adults and a child for long trips.

Behind the rear seat is a reasonably sized cargo area. It offers 41 cubic feet of space for your luggage and gear, which can be expanded to 78 cubes by folding down the rear seat. There are two large storage bins under the cargo floor, which are difficult to remove and clean.

There are multiple small storage bins around the cabin, including deep door pockets on all doors, a large center console box, small bins for storage in the center console, and a large glove box.

Safety Features

The best year Honda Passport gets respective ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

The NHTSA awards the 2019 Passport with five stars for overall safety. The SUV gets five stars for side crashes and four for frontal crashes and rollover.

The IIHS awards the Passport top "Good" scores for most crashworthiness tests. It gets the second-best "Acceptable" ranking for the Small Overlap test for the passenger side.

The 2019 Passport achieves these ratings thanks to the standard and advanced safety features equipped into the vehicle. Among the standard safety features are the following;

• Standard frontal airbags for the front-seat passenger and driver are located in the dashboard and steering wheel. These airbags save the front occupants from severe head injuries during a frontal crash.
• Side impact airbags deploy in a side crash or a rollover. They protect the upper bodies of the occupants from severe injuries.
• Overhead airbags with rollover sensing keep the occupants' heads protected if the vehicle rolls over.
• Four-wheel-disc brakes with Antilock Braking System and Brake Assist. The advanced braking system provides excellent stopping power, and Brake assist increases pressure on the brakes, multiplying the driver's input to the pedal. The ABS keeps the wheels from locking up during a hard brake; this maintains traction between the tires and the road and prevents uncontrolled skidding, especially on slippery surfaces.
• Traction Control monitors each wheel for lost traction. If it senses a wheel losing traction, the system takes correcting measures to regain traction on all wheels.
• Electronic Stability Control monitors the Passport's performance. If the SUV is being pushed to dangerous limits, the system intervenes to reduce engine power by overriding driver input and bringing the SUV to safe limits.
• Daytime running lights make the Passport easily visible on long stretches of roads.

The following advanced features come standard on all trims of the 2019 Honda Passport:

• Lane Departure Warning with Lane Keep Assist. This system can read the yellow and white marker lines on the road. If it senses the vehicle veering off to either side, it can alert the driver that the SUV is about to leave its lane. The Lane Keep Assist system can make small changes in the steering to ensure that the vehicle stays between the lines.
• Adaptive Cruise Control can slow down the Passport from the set cruising speed to match the vehicle in front. Say you set your Honda Passport's cruise control to 60 mph, and as you are cruising down the highway with your foot off the gas pedal, a vehicle going at 50 mph comes in front of you. The adaptive cruise control will slow the car down to 50 mph and maintain that speed until the slow vehicle moves out of the way. Once the road is clear, the Passport will automatically go back to maintaining 60 mph.
• Forward collision warning with emergency braking. This system can detect a stopped vehicle or other obstacles along the vehicle's path and can trigger emergency braking to avoid hitting the obstacle or minimize the damages if it is unavoidable.

Blind Spot monitors are standard on all trims except the base Sport trim. These watch the areas around the vehicle that the driver cannot easily see. If you try to change lanes, and there is a vehicle in the blind spot, you might not see it, but the system will alert you.

Rear traffic cross alert is also available for trims EX-L and above. This system alerts the driver of any oncoming traffic when backing up into a street. This feature comes in handy for backing your Passport out of a box parking spot or the Garage onto a busy street.

Trim Features

The 2019 Honda Passport is available in four trims, Sport, EX-L, Touring, and Elite.

The base variant, Sport, is not too well-equipped but comes with the following features:

• Five-inch touchscreen operated audio system with seven speakers, USB support, and Bluetooth connectivity
• Keyless entry and ignition with a proximity sensor key
• Automatic high beams
• Three-zone automatic climate control
• Cloth upholstery
• Rearview camera
• Safety features discussed above

One level above the Sport is the EX-L trim, which is equipped with many great features:

• Eight-inch infotainment system with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and HD Radio
• Power-adjustable front seats; ten-way for driver and four-way for the passenger
• Heated mirrors
• Auto-dimming feature for the rearview mirror
• Power tailgate
• Leather-wrapped steering wheel
• Leather seats with heating function for front seats
• Leather upholstery
• Moonroof
• Universal garage door opener

Above the EX-L trim, the Passport adds luxury features and accessories. The Touring trim adds the following features:

• The infotainment system supports navigation and comes with a ten-speaker premium audio system
• Heated rear seats
• 110-volt AC power outlet
• Power folding side mirrors
• Rear and front parking sensors
• Hands-Free tailgate operation

The top-of-the-line Elite trim adds the following features:

• Wireless charging pad
• Ventilated front seats
• Heated steering wheel
• Auto-dimming side mirrors
• Rain-sensing automatic wipers

Fuel Economy Features

The best year Honda Pilot is powered by a 3.0-liter V6, coupled with a nine-speed automatic transmission. It delivers an average fuel economy, which is not too bad.

The front-wheel-drive Honda Pilot gets EPA ratings of 20 mpg in the city, 25 mpg on highways, and 22 mpg for combined driving.

The all-wheel-drive variant changes the numbers to 19 mpg in the city, 24 mpg on the highway, and 21 mpg combined.

Price Range of 2019 Honda Passport

Many factors like location, trim level, mileage, and vehicle condition, can cause a difference in the prices. Generally, the 2019 Passport starts at around $33,000 and goes up to $42,000 with an average price of approximately $37,500.