2017 HONDA RIDGELINE Complaints

ON PAGE 32 OF THE RIDGELINE OWNER'S MANUAL IT STATES THAT THE FOB WILL LOCK THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE DOES NOT LOCK. THE CAVITY IN THE BED LOCKS BUT NOT THE TAILGATE. I HAVE A CAP ON THIS VEHICLE YET CANNOT SECURE VALUABLES IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. WILL IT TAKE A LAWSUIT FOR PROPERTY LOSS FOR HONDA TO ADDRESS A FIX ????? I AM NOT RECOMMENDING THE RIDGELINE TO MY LARGE NETWORK UNTIL THIS IS ADDRESSED.

UNABLE TO FILL UP GAS DUE TO ICE FORM AND ICE FORM IS DUE TO WATER RETAIN IN THE CAP-LESS GAS FILLER.

BRAKE PEDAL FEELS GOOD AT NORMAL DRIVING . STOPPING IS OK . BRAKE PEDAL SINKS TO THE FLOOR WHILE AT A STOP .

VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS ARE COMING ON POWER STEERING. VEHICLE STABILITY. HILL START. EMISSION CONTROLS. HAPPENS AT START AND STAYS ON. GOES OFF. WHEN DRIVING TRANSMISSION FAILED TO UPSHIFT LIGHTS GO ON BUT EVENTUALLY AFTER A DAY OR TWO GO OFF.

RAIN/SNOW WATER LEAKED INTO THE CAP-LESS GAS FILLER NECK. WATER SETTLES BETWEEN THE OUTER AND INNER FILLER FLAPS. EXPERIENCED THE WATER FREEZING WHICH PREVENTED THE OUTER FLAP FROM OPENING INWARD. BECAUSE OF THE ICE BLOCKAGE, WAS UNABLE TO FUEL VEHICLE DURING FREEZING TEMPERATURES. THE INABILITY TO FUEL THE VEHICLE COULD RESULT IN A LIFE-THREATEN SITUATION WHERE THE VEHICLE IS STRANDED IN FREEZING ENVIRONMENTS. REQUESTING A RETROFIT TO PREVENT WATER INTRUSION OR TO ALLOW PROPER DRAINAGE.

VEHICLE HAS ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL TO REDUCE SPEED BY BRAKING WHEN OTHER VEHICLES MAY BE STRUCK. UNFORTUNATELY THIS MODELS BRAKES ARE OFTEN APPLIED WHEN THE RADAR DETECTS OTHER TRAFFIC WHICH WILL NOT BE A FACTOR; I.E. A SECOND CAR HAS LEFT THE INTERSTATE AND IS SLOWING TO STOP BEFORE TURNING ON A SECONDARY ROAD. MY VEHICLE WILL BRAKE REGARDLESS WHETHER A THIRD VEHICLE IS CRUISING A HIGHWAY SPEED BEHIND ME. SIMILARLY IF I AM MOVING WITH TRAFFIC IN THE CENTER LANE AND OVERTAKING AN 18 WHEELER ON THE RIGHT MOVING 10+ MILES SLOWER. MY VEHICLE WILL BRAKE TO MATCH THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED OR PROXIMITY OF VEHICLES BEHIND ME. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISES THIS IS MY VEHICLES DESIGN AND NO FIX OR MODIFICATION IS NEEDED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE REPORTED TO MULTIPLE DEALERS SINCE ABOUT 5000 MILES. HI HOW

PLASTIC PARTS ON MY VEHICLE ARE BUCKLING AND MELTING, INCLUDING THE TRIM ON THE WINDOWS, THE FRONT BUMPER, THE WHEEL WELL AND REARVIEW MIRRORS. HONDA REPLACED THESE PARTS ONCE AND THEY STARTED TO BUCKLE AND WRINKLE THE VERY NEXT DAY. HONDA SAYS THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF UV REFLECTIVE MATERIAL ON MY NEIGHBORS' WINDOWS REFLECTING LIGHT ONTO MY VEHICLE, BUT NONE OF THE OTHER CARS ON MY STREET HAVE THIS PROBLEM. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER WHERE I PARK MY CAR (STREET, MY DRIVEWAY, NOT NEAR ANY WINDOWS)..THIS HAPPENS AND GETS WORSE AS THE DAYS GO ON. HONDA SAYS THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO THEIR CARS AT HONDA HQ...BUT WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING THE MATERIAL IN THESE PARTS CHANGED TO SOMETHING WHICH DOESN'T MELT. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR....... I COVERED THE MELTING PARTS IN REFLECTIVE TAPE IN HOPES OF STOPPING THIS DAMAGE. THE ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWS THE REFLECTIVE TAPE, WHICH IS WHERE THE MELTING IS HAPPENING ON THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. HONDA SAYS THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN MY VEHICLE IS PARKED.

CAPLESS FUEL / GAS FILLER SYSTEM FREEZES IN WINTER AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR VEHICLE TO BE FUELED AT GAS STATION. HAIR DRYER NEEDED TO BE USED FOR 3-5 MINUTES TO THAW THE DOOR AND THEN A SCREW DRIVER USED TO PRY IT OPEN. PICTURES OF REMAINING ICE ARE ATTACHED

CAPLESS FUEL FILLER ALLOWS WATER TO COLLECT BETWEEN THE OUTER DOOR AND THE INNER DOOR OF THE FILLER NECK. APPROXIMATELY 15ML OF WATER COLLECTS IN THIS AREA AFTER ANY RAINFALL. THE WATER ENTERS THE TANK WHEN THE FUEL NOZZLE IS INSERTED. WATER IN THE FUEL SYSTEM CAN CAUSE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE PROBLEMS AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE CODES WHICH REQUIRE DEALER SERVICE TO REPAIR. IN COLD CLIMATES, THE WATER FREEZES PREVENTING FUELING OF THE VEHICLE. THIS SITUATION HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE ALREADY THIS WINTER, ONE TIME REQUIRED THE VEHICLE TO STAY INSIDE UNTIL THE ICE MELTED AND THE WATER COULD BE EXTRACTED.

NEEDED GAS IN SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES AND COULD NOT INSERT THE GASOLINE NOZZLE INTO THE CAP-LESS FUEL FILLER. THERE WAS A CHUNK OF ICE BETWEEN THE OUTER DOOR AND INNER DOOR PREVENTING INSERTION OF THE NOZZLE. I HAD TO FORCE THE OUTER DOOR OPEN WITH THE NOZZLE TIP AND BREAK UP THE ICE WITH THE NOZZLE BEFORE I COULD INSERT TO REFUEL. THE AREA BETWEEN THE OUTER DOOR AND INNER DOOR IS PRONE TO ACCUMULATION OF WATER DURING HEAVY RAIN OR CAR WASHES.