2008 HONDA RIDGELINE Complaints

ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 08,2018 @ 550PM I PULLED INTO PARKING SPOT AT SUPERMARKET AND LEFT MY 2008 RIDGELINE RUNNING WHILE I WENT INTO SUPERMARKET ABOUT 15 MINUTES ,AND WHEN I RETURNED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ANTIFREEZE AND DRAINED OUT MY RIDGELINE ONTO GROUND AND RIDELINE WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA RIDGELINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V061000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER (BILL PEARCE COURTESY HONDA, 780 KIETZKE LN, RENO, NV 89502, 775-789-7999) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT PARTS FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THE CONTACT, BUT THE CONTACT HAD NOT HEARD FROM THEM. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR MELTED BEHIND THE CENTER LOWER DASH AREA AT A CONNECTION POINT.THE VEHICLE HAD JUST BEEN STARTED AND THE A/C WOULD NOT COME ON. THE A/C CAME ON BRIEFLY THE NEXT DAY AND THEN FAILED AGAIN AND HAS NOT COME BACK ON. INVESTIGATION OF THE WIRING CAME UP WITH MELTED POINT OF CONTACT. THIS COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A FIRE AND WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE YEARS PRIOR TO 2008.

WIRING HARNESS FOR AC AND HEATER NOT WORKING. RECALL WAS DONE TO HONDA VEHICLES UP TOO 2007 WITH SAME PROBLEM. INTERMITTING PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING AND STATIONARY.

FITTING FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION LINE CONNECTION AT RADIATOR, CAUSING DAMAGE TO COOLING SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE IS RENDERED INOPERABLE. SUSPECTED CAUSE IS POORLY DESIGNED RADIATOR FITTING.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA RIDGELINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V029000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED WHITE PLAINS HONDA (344 CENTRAL AVE, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10606, PHONE NUMBER: (855) 252-8616). THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE A RENTAL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED DCH HONDA OF NANUET (10 NY-304, NANUET, NY 10954, (845) 367-4380) AND WAS INFORMED TO PARK THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL WHEN THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE DEALER RECEIVED THE PART FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA RIDGELINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V349000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (SPREEN HONDA IN SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CONFIRM WHEN THE PARTS WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

JUST DRIVING ALONG @ 20MPH THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO HESITATE THEN START SLIPPING. LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIMP HOME 1 MILE AWAY FROM WHERE IT STARTED. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS POURING OUT OF THE RADIATOR OVERFLOW CONTAINER. I HAD NO TRANSMISSION FLUID SHOWING ON DIPSTICK. ENGINE OIL WAS NORMAL. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR AS I SAW COUNTLESS PEOPLE ONLINE WITH SAME ISSUE. THE TRANS LINE INSIDE THE RADIATOR RUPTURED PUTTING INTO CIRCULATION THE COOLANT/TRANS FLUID MIXTURE THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE AND HEATER CORE. FORTUNATELY THIS TRANS FLUID MIXTURE WAS NOT BEING SUCKED BACK INTO THE TRANSMISSION, PURELY A MIRACLE IN THIS CASE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS A FAULT IN ENGINEERING, AND NOT "IF" THIS WILL HAPPEN TO YOUR VEHICLE IS A MATTER OF WHEN. THIS CAR HAS 140K ON IT AND HAS BEEN METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED, NO REASON FOR THIS FAILURE HAVE HAD CARS WITH 300K NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM.

LETTER FROM SENATOR SULLIVAN ON BEHALF OF CONSTITUENT RE HONDA NOT SERVING RECALLED VEHICLES IN ALASKA. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER HASN'T TAKEN THE PROPER ACTION TO ENSURE THAT ALASKAN CONSUMERS HAVE THEIR RECALLS COMPLETED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL REPAIR EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. UPDATED 10/03/2017*JS

I HAD MY RECALL DONE AT GUNN HONDA IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN JULY OF 2017. NOW I HAD A WRECK ON AUGUST 18, 2017, IT IS A TOTAL LOST. THAT WHAT IS GOING ON NOW YOU CAN CHECK WITH MY INSURANCE GEICO POLICY # 4126-49-54-82.