Honda Ridgeline
Owners filed 2,227 complaints across 23 model years of the Honda Ridgeline. The 2017 drew the most (347).
Which Honda Ridgeline years should you avoid?
Going by 2,227 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Honda Ridgeline years to avoid are 2017 and 2006.
- 2017347 complaints, 2.8× a typical Ridgeline year, most often about the engine.
- 20062.7× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (15 fires, 21 crashes).
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2014 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Honda Ridgeline model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 103 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 74 | 1 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 132 | 5 | 2 | 3 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2022 | 119 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2021 | 103 | 7 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 170 | 9 | — | 1 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 238 | 12 | 2 | 8 | Engine | Above average | |
| 2018 | 162 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2017Avoid | 347 | 9 | 7 | 3 | Electrical System | Above average | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2014 | 34 | 7 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2013 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2012 | 24 | 12 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2011 | 39 | 11 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Fatalities reported | |
| 2010 | 42 | 10 | — | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 35 | 9 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 143 | 10 | 6 | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 160 | 10 | 5 | 6 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006Avoid | 243 | 14 | 15 | 21 | Air Bags | Above average | |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine | |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.