Chevrolet Blazer vs Honda Passport: which is more reliable?
The Chevrolet Blazer is clearly ahead of the Honda Passport on the federal record: 83/100 against 66/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Chevrolet Blazer
- 7 model years scored
- 690 owner complaints on record
- about 23 complaints per year on the road
- 11 recall campaigns, 2 safety-critical
- best year 2022 (92/100) · worst 2020 (70/100)
Honda Passport
- 7 model years scored
- 653 owner complaints on record
- about 22 complaints per year on the road
- 37 recall campaigns, 17 safety-critical
- best year 2024 (88/100) · worst 2019 (30/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Blazer against Passport
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Chevrolet Blazer
- Electrical System — 204 complaints
- Power Train — 181 complaints
- Engine — 181 complaints
Honda Passport
- Electrical System — 168 complaints
- Forward Collision Avoidance — 166 complaints
- Engine — 121 complaints
Both nameplates have Electrical System as their largest complaint group, so the choice between them is about how often, not about what.
Years to avoid on each
Chevrolet Blazer: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024….
Honda Passport — avoid: 2019.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Chevrolet Blazer prices at about $40,800 and a Honda Passport at about $40,800 — they price within $1 of each other, which at this level is the same money, and they return 24.0 against 21.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Chevrolet Blazer or the Honda Passport more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Chevrolet Blazer scores 83/100 against the Honda Passport's 66/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Chevrolet Blazer carries about 23 complaints per year on the road against 22 for the Honda Passport.
Which Chevrolet Blazer and Honda Passport years should I avoid?
Chevrolet Blazer: no year scores below 45. Honda Passport: 2019. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Chevrolet Blazer and the Honda Passport?
The largest complaint group on the Chevrolet Blazer is Electrical System (204 complaints); on the Honda Passport it is Electrical System (168).
Is the Chevrolet Blazer or the Honda Passport cheaper to own?
A recent used Chevrolet Blazer prices at about $40,800 and a Honda Passport at about $40,800, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.