The underside frame of my 2000 Honda Passport is so rusted, a sway bar connected to the axle broke free. I have been told by my mechanic and by a Honda dealer that the rust is so bad, there is nothing to attach the sway bar to. The bar attached to the frame (which this sway bar is attached to) was fixed in the recall 1.5 years ago. It is still attached to the frame, so Honda will not fix this issue or give me compensation for my car. I believe it is all related and the recall did not work to fix the suspension issues. My Honda dealer basically told me I had to deal with corporate and to come pick up the car. I was shocked by this as the car was unsafe to drive and a potential safety hazard. When my wife pressed the service manager, he then said the car should not be driven. As for the recall, my Honda dealer wrote down the wrong VIN number on my invoice, so they thought the car was a 1999 Passport. If you read the recall, there is a difference on how the dealer should handle a 10 year old car versus an 11 year old car. According to Honda corporate, this would not actually affect how my car was fixed by the recall. But it gets better. The recall work was subbed out to a 3rd party for a stage 3 repair. No one at corporate or the dealer will tell me if this was authorized by corporate, as someone at the NHTSA told me was proper protocol. And I can't believe that no one at the dealership, when the recall work was done, told me how bad the underside of my car was. Could this be because if they didn't do the recall work they don't get paid? there is no conflict of interest here at all. I talked with corporate a week ago and asked them to have the Honda corporate district manager for my dealership call me. He hasn't called. Honda won't back up the Honda name on this broken down Isuzu.

- Villa Park, IL, USA

I purchased this vehicle on the 5th of July 2013. Took the vehicle home and noticed a badly defective tire on the right rear and that the brakes were having issues which included poor stopping and a vibration in the back. I got down on my hands and knees to look at the tire and then noticed large rotted holes in frame by tires. I then laid on my back and noticed that the entire frame was rotted out from front to back. This is so bad that I can push holes through the frame with just my fingers. I have since gotten online and discovered that there has been a recall issued on this vehicle for a control arm bracket that breaks off of the frame due to rot. This issue has far exceeded that recall and I am wanting to know what would be my best course of action from here? I am now afraid to even move this vehicle out of my drive way due to safety concerns for myself or others around me. Thank you so much for your time on this issue and I look forward to a response from you on this matter.... [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Sioux City, IA, USA

I took my car to a mechanic last week because I was having to put brake fluid in it. I thought maybe I had a leak. The mechanic called me back and said I wouldn't drive that car anymore. It has excessive corrosion underneath. The frame is broke at least in one spot and the back is about to break into and come up through the floorboard. This is my only vehicle and I have to drive it. I don't know what to do. I just can't understand. I know that I live in a somewhat wintry area, but I am fanatical about keeping my car cleaned. The vehicle is only 12 years old. My husband has a Subaru that's almost 20 years old and has 272000 miles on it. Its no where near rusted like mine. I know that there was a recall on 2001-2002 Honda Passports for this reason but year 2000 wasn't involved in that. I definitely think that it should have been. You would never believe my undercarriage unless you look at it. Please help me to get some kind of help with this issue. I found a forum online and there is a lot more people with this same problem.

- Newland, NC, USA