2024 Honda Ridgeline
This year drew an ordinary 50 complaints for a Honda Ridgeline — the model's median is 98. What they were about is the unusual part: 18% of them mention anything, against 7.1% across the other years of this generation.
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 | 50 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 98 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 20.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- anything — 18% of this year's complaints, against 7.1% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: anything, sunroof, impact, shattered.
- twice — 16% of this year's complaints, against 5.4% across the other years of this generation (3×). Owners wrote it as: twice, markers, bright, bright lights.
- restarted — 14% of this year's complaints, against 4.5% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: restarted, red light, vehicle failed, failed accelerate.
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.
What owners wrote
My husband was driving the vehicle to school with the sunroof shade closed. Without any impact or anything hitting the sunroof, it shattered. I tried filing a warranty claim with Honda, and they denied the claim without requesting any evidence.
I was driving alone on US-HWY 45 in Chunchula, AL......I heard the loudest noise ever sounded like a high power rifle blast in my ear then I was showered with glass. The sunroof exploded. I had a police report written, I literally thought I had been shot at. T…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V321000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
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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