2019 Honda Ridgeline
Complaints about this year name fuel far more often than the other years of this generation — 29% of them, about 16× the usual rate of 1.8%.
Generation 2 of the Honda Ridgeline, which began in 2017. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 231 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 78 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 12 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- fuel — 28.6% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (10.6×).
- pump — 13.9% of this year's complaints, against 2% across the other years of this generation (6.9×). Owners wrote it as: pump, fuel pump, february, injector.
- local dealer — 15.2% of this year's complaints, against 5.4% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: local dealer, hood latch, related failure, engine cooling.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- fuel system — 15% of complaints, 38× usual
- system gasoline — 14% of complaints, 36× usual
- gasoline however — 13% of complaints, 31× usual
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V858000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was m…
notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 23V858000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) and 20E068000 (Equipment); however, the part to do the recall repairs was not yet available. No further information was provided. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20E068000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 21V932000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V215000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 19V053000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 18V664000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V298000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 18V848000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 22V867000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 12. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Honda Ridgeline was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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