{"id":"2024_honda_ridgeline","make":"Honda","make_slug":"honda","model":"Ridgeline","model_slug":"ridgeline","year":2024,"url":"/honda/ridgeline/2024/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":47618,"model":"Ridgeline AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S9)","cyl":6,"displ":3.5,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":18,"hwy":24,"comb":21,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","co2":441,"fe_score":4,"ghg_score":4,"fuel_cost":2950,"save_spend":-3500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Tue Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2024"},{"id":47619,"model":"Ridgeline AWD TrailSport","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S9)","cyl":6,"displ":3.5,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":18,"hwy":23,"comb":20,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","co2":446,"fe_score":4,"ghg_score":4,"fuel_cost":3100,"save_spend":-4250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HNX","modified":"Tue Jul 30 00:00:00 EDT 2024"}],"vclass":"Standard Pickup Trucks 4WD","segment":"Pickup truck","recalls":[{"campaign":"24V321000","component":"BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA","mfr":"Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)","reported":"2024-05-09","owner_notified":"2024-11-08","units":187290,"summary":"Honda (America Honda Motor Co) is recalling certain 2020-2024 Ridgeline vehicles.  The rearview camera (RVC) tailgate wire harness may fatigue and break, which can prevent the rearview camera image from displaying.","consequence":"A rearview camera that does not display an image can reduce the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will replace the RVC tailgate wire harness, free of charge.  Owner letters were mailed November 8, 2024.  Owners may contact Honda service at 1-888-234-2138.  Honda's number for this recall is YI7.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"YI7","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":1,"critical_count":0,"park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"score":92,"grade":"A","complaints":{"count":57,"crash":0,"fire":0,"injured":2,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Electrical System",20],["Exterior Lighting",13],["Engine",12],["Forward Collision Avoidance",10],["Unspecified",6],["Back Over Prevention",5]],"by_year":{"2024":15,"2025":22,"2026":20},"excerpts":[["2025-02-12","Exterior Lighting","The auto dimming headlight feature is too sensitive. There is constant toggle of high and low beams when this feature in enabled. Any and all type of reflection from street and traffic signage trigger the lights to dim which causes the constant on and off of high beams. This causes distraction of both the driver of the\u2026"],["2025-02-03","Fuel/Propulsion System","Gasoline fumes originating from engine compartment and entering the cabin of vehicle via HVAC. Fumes are thick enough to cause eyes to water, mild respiratory distress (coughing) and clothing to smell of gasoline after exiting the vehicle. Concerns exist about possible fuel leak given how dense the fumes are. Multiple \u2026"],["2025-01-16","Exterior Lighting","The headlights automatic dim function is dangerous. It will repeatedly flash the brights or high beams at on coming vehicles as they approach and even when they are quite close as you pass head on. This will blind oncoming traffic and most likely cause road rage in some susceptible people. The function is sometimes aut\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"EA25004","component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","opened":"2025-03-26","closed":"","campaign":"","subject":"No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages","summary":"On June 3, 2022, the O\u00ef\u00ac\u0192ce of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE22005 after the agency received VOQs and several \u00ef\u00ac\ufffdeld reports concerning the Auto Idle Stop (AIS) feature on 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles. The complaints allege that the engine fails to restart on its own from a complete stop at a tra\u00ef\u00ac\u0192c light or road intersection with the AIS function engaged. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 3.5L engine with a 9-speed automatic transmission. On January 6, 2023, Honda released service bulletins 23-008 and 23-009. These service bulletins address the failure to restart issue in the 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles, as well as the 2015-2020 Acura TLX, 2016"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"PU/CC AWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.169,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"PU/CC FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.164,"seats":5,"fcw":"Standard","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":141,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":21,"ncap":5,"complaints":57},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}