2017 Honda Ridgeline problems
The 2017 Honda Ridgeline has 447 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns engine. After that come electrical system (21%) and fuel system (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 447 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 10
- Injuries and deaths
- 2 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 39,000 miles 177 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 68 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 21 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 40 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 12 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 177 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 39,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 86,000 miles (27 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 10 complaints mention a fire; 2 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Honda Ridgeline with enough data (261 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving on a one hi way my prevention system detects and on coming car in its own lane perfectly legal and fully applies the braking system without warning or cause then and audible warning and yellow light on the dash telling me to brake, the steering becomes stiff and vibrates and hard to control. Meanwhile the speed of 65 has dropped to 30 MPH and the semi diesel truck behind you is about to run over your car all this happens within seconds not giving me anytime to react very dangerous I've opened a case…
Tl* the contact owned a 2017 honda ridgeline. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, it caught on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire and a fire report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to an insurance tow lot. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and opened case number: 09006658. The approximate failure mileage was 21,000. The VIN was not available.
The contact owned a 2017 Honda Ridgeline. The contact stated that after parking on the side of the road and with the engine idling, a burning odor was present coming from the vehicle. Moments later smoke and flames were seen coming from the engine compartment which caused the hood to blow open. The fire department was immediately called to the scene and extinguished the flames. During the incident, the vehicle and personal property inside the vehicle were destroyed.
On 8/22/17 I brought my ridgeline to apple honda in riverhead ny due several warning lights being activated. The activated warning lights are as follows: collision mitigation, road departure mitigation, blind spot info system, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, power steering system, vehicle stability assist, hill start assist, trailer stability assist.