2018 HONDA RIDGELINE Complaints

ON SUNDAY JANUARY 20TH I WAS HEADING TO MONTREAL FROM TORONTO DURING A SNOW STORM. ABOUT 2 HRS INTO THE TRIP, SOMEONE CUT IN FRONT OF ME , AND I ATTEMPTED TO SOUND THE HORN, HOWEVER IT APPEARED IT HAD FROZEN UP, AND BARELY WORKED. ALONG WITH A HORRIBLE EXHAUST VIBRATION DURING THE LAST 3 HOURS OF MY 6 HOUR TRIP. IT APPEARS THAT HONDA ISN'T READY FOR WINTER AS THRY CLAIM WITH THEIR CRV AD AT THIER WINTER TESTING FACITLY.... THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE NOT HAVING A WARNING DEVICE DURING A SNOW STORM, ALONG WITH THE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW STICKING UNDER THE VEHICLE CAUSING A TERRIBLE EXHAUST NOISE.

DURING ACCELERATION VEHICLE LOSES POWER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. INTERMITTENT FAILURE WHILE MERGING ONTO HIGH-SPEED HIGHWAY.

WATER ENTERS BETWEEN THE TWO FLAPS ON THE CAPLESS FUEL FILLER. IF TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING THE OUTER FLAP WILL FREEZE. HAPPENS WHEN IT IS RAINING OR GOING THROUGH A CAR WASH. YOU CAN SIT THERE AND PUSH IN THE OUTER FLAP AND SEE WATER STREAMING OUT OF IT.

WATER IS ENTERING THE AREA BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER FLAPS ON THE FUEL FILLER NECK AND FREEZING. FUELING CAN NOT BE PERFORMED UNTIL THE ICE IS REMOVED. WATER ENTERING THIS AREA WILL ALSO CAUSE FUEL CONTAMINATION IN WARM MONTHS WITH ENGINE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 HONDA RIDGELINE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE HOOD RAISED APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE HOOD TO ASSURE IT WAS LATCHED PROPERLY. THE DEALER (LODI HONDA, 1700 S CHEROKEE LN, LODI, CA 95240) INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HONDA WOULD HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,165.

2018 HONDA RIDGELINE RTL-E. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO NOISE COMING FROM DRIVERS SIDE FRONT WINDOW WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. *LD *JS

ICE BUILD-UP IN FUEL FILL NECK CAUSING INABILITY TO REFUEL. ICE FORMS ON FLAP INSIDE FILL NECK PREVENTING INTRODUCTION OF FUEL FILL NOZZLE.

WATER GETS IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND FLAP OF THE CAPLESS FUEL FILLER NECK AND FREEZES. THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT IS RAINING AND THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW FREEZING. IF THE TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE FREEZING THE WATER JUST SITS BETWEEN THE TWO FLAPS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN (STATIONARY, IN MOTION, TURNING ETC) IT IS GETTING IN THERE. IT HAPPENS WHEN IT IS RAINING.

THE CAPLESS GAS FILL SYSTEM ALLOWS WATER TO GET IN THE FILL NECK. THE WATER CAN THEN FREEZE AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT A FUEL NOZZLE INTO THE VEHICLE. THE ONLY WAY TO TEMPORARILY CORRECT THE ISSUE IS TO MELT THE ICE.

IN THE WINTER WATER GETS INTO THE FUEL FILLER NECK CAUSING THE CAR UNABLE TO BE FILLED CANNOT PUT THE NOZZLE IN RECOMMEND PUT A SEAL ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR SO THE DOOR WILL SEAL AND WATER WON'T ENTER BETWEEN THE COVER