Jeep Patriot vs Honda Passport: which is more reliable?
The Jeep Patriot is clearly ahead of the Honda Passport on the federal record: 78/100 against 66/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Jeep Patriot
- 6 model years scored
- 1,852 owner complaints on record
- about 27 complaints per year on the road
- 9 recall campaigns, 7 safety-critical
- best year 2017 (94/100) · worst 2014 (61/100)
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: Patriot 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
Jeep Patriot
- Engine — 631 complaints
- Electrical System — 313 complaints
- Power Train — 291 complaints
Honda Passport
- Electrical System — 168 complaints
- Forward Collision Avoidance — 166 complaints
- Engine — 121 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Patriot's complaints concentrate in Engine, the Passport's in Electrical System. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Jeep Patriot: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017.
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 Jeep Patriot prices at about $21,800 and a Honda Passport at about $40,800 — the Jeep Patriot is roughly $19,000 less, and they return 21.0 against 21.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Jeep Patriot or the Honda Passport more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Jeep Patriot scores 78/100 against the Honda Passport's 66/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Jeep Patriot carries about 27 complaints per year on the road against 22 for the Honda Passport.
Which Jeep Patriot and Honda Passport years should I avoid?
Jeep Patriot: 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 Jeep Patriot and the Honda Passport?
The largest complaint group on the Jeep Patriot is Engine (631 complaints); on the Honda Passport it is Electrical System (168).
Is the Jeep Patriot or the Honda Passport cheaper to own?
A recent used Jeep Patriot prices at about $21,800 and a Honda Passport at about $40,800, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.