Honda Ridgeline Complaints (2022)

119 consumer complaints on file.

#11774297October 28, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
The component that failed is the starter motor assembly. It is currently installed in the vehicle and is available for inspection upon request. This failure creates a severe safety hazard by disabling critical Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). When the vehicle's Auto Idle Stop feature engages at a stop and then attempts to restart the engine, the internally defective starter draws excessive current. This causes the vehicle's electrical system voltage to plummet to 9 Volts. This sudden low-voltage condition immediately triggers warning messages and disables the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) and the Forward Collision Warning system. My safety and the safety of others are put at immediate risk because the primary emergency automatic braking systems are deactivated during normal driving operation. The problem has been definitively reproduced and confirmed by an authorized Honda dealership. The manufacturer is aware of this defect and issued TSB 23-010 and a March 2023 Warranty Extension covering this exact issue. Initially, at the manufacturer's instruction, the authorized dealer performed a valve adjustment. However, on May 20, 2026, the dealership's technician officially documented on the repair order: "After repair battery voltage still dropping to 9V when restarting." Despite written confirmation from their own authorized dealership that the dangerous voltage drop and safety system failures persist, the manufacturer's District Parts & Service Manager denied the subsequent required starter motor replacement. The vehicle was fully inspected and diagnosed by the dealer, but the manufacturer refuses to complete the hardware repair, leaving the vehicle in an unsafe condition. The warning symptoms include a strained engine restart from an Auto Idle Stop event, immediately followed by CMBS and Forward Collision warning lamps illuminating on the dashboard
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11772678October 21, 2026
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
Complete failure of most safety system’s systems as well as adaptive cruise control. Is reported this is a very common problem due to failure of front camera Contacted Honda and was told owner responsible for repairs.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11765478September 19, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Car failed to restart engine after auto stop/start, battery is fairly new and was replaced because a few incidents like this and assumed it was a faulty battery. It becomes a very dangerous situation when trying to join traffic while exiting a parking lot or when stopped at a traffic light and the car does nor restart. It has to be placed in park, turned off, open a door, close it and then press the ignition button to start again.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11764833September 16, 2026
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
just got on the freeway when car lost power, slowed down, check engine light turns on, and more lights start flashing. Potentially could have caused an accident if I was going faster on road. Went to mechanic, Code P0301, after diagnosis, fuel injectors failing. Mechanic was able to reproduce incident. Similar to recall for previous models, but not recalled on 2022 model. Need to replace fuel injectors. Had minor loss of power a few days prior, but not as severe
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11764023September 14, 2026
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
The contact owns a 2022 Honda Ridgeline. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact stated that the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended. The contact stated that the engine seized. The contact was able to start the vehicle. The dealer was contacted by phone and made aware of the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the failure was confirmed. The contact was informed that an unknown software update was performed, adjustments were performed, and the computer was reset. The failure reoccurred. The manufacturer was contacted by phone, and a case was filed. The contact was informed that the failure was a known failure with the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11763742September 11, 2026
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
The windshield camera for the cruise control malfunctioned. Excessive warning lights is a distraction. Not using cruise control on long trips is stressful. Seems like a common problem on these vehicles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11759300August 25, 2026
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
Most of the safety features of the vehicle stopped working in the middle of a long distance trip from [XXX] to [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11752035July 22, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
My Honda Ridgeline 2022 stalled out at a red light in [XXX] on XXX and ,in [XXX] cross-section also on XXX. It again stalled Exit [XXX] at the red-light stop on XXX. I took the truck to Dover Hona Dealer down here in [XXX]. They said 'they tested battery, ("battery is testing okay") scanned trouble codes found none, test drove 3 times, started 20 times next morning and it seemed to start every time with no issues'" could not find anything wrong. They wrote , " No repair for the time being - customer to monitor for the being" But the truck got stalled again on XXX at [XXX] and [XXX] cross-section in [XXX]. I will be taking the truck to Stratham Honda Dealer in [XXX] this Friday for another check-up. Every time , the truck stalled all warning lights were lit on the dashboard. I brake was stiff. It went black when pressing P button. And it a couple seconds it started and ran just fine. I have now begun to disengage the auto-idle-stop. It's runnig good. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11746458June 25, 2026
ENGINE
The contact owns a 2022 Honda Ridgeline. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, and it was determined that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11744909June 17, 2026
AIR BAGS
Part 573 Safety Recall Report for the Seat Weight Sensor recall for Honda includes 2017-2021 and certain cars in 2023. Mine Ridgeline is a 2022. My curtain airbags on the drivers side spontaneously deployed while I was driving along a 4-lane highway. I was stunned, but I was able to pull of the road safely, but I am bruised on my shoulder, hip, and thigh due to the impact of the airbags. The 2022 Ridgelines should have been included in the recall. Honda has so far not taken responsibility for the air bag deployment. Because an actual accident did not occur, but a 'mechanical failure', my insurance agency has refused to file and pay for the damage.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11728764April 2, 2026
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Auto Idle Stop not working. By default it should be on and driver must actively turn it off. Mine does not/not come on. This problem appears different from the numerous other problems reported with the Auto Idle Stop but it still is a problem and indicates the system may have a number of related defects and that its may be just be a metter of time until I experience other more serious problems.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11727013March 25, 2026
LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION, BACK OVER PREVENTION: REARVIEW SYSTEM BRAKING, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
Rear camera wiring harness recall completed 11-21-25. Rear camera again intermittent black screen by end of February. Dealer says must be completely out, not intermittent before recall harness replaced again. Ever present safety danger to driver and passengers.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11722995March 9, 2026
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
The contact owns a 2022 Honda Ridgeline. The contact had received notification of an unknown recall regarding the Auto START/STOP feature. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the contact was advised that the vehicle could not be repaired. The battery on the vehicle was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue; however, no assistance was provided. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11714573January 30, 2026
ENGINE
My engine seized up at only around 74,859 miles. As I was driving it immediately seized up on the roadway causing a hazardous condition. There was no check engine light on to warn me. I had the vehicle towed to dealership and had them inspect the vehicle and take the engine apart. They told me the crankshaft bearings were disintegrated. There were consistent oil changes done with this vehicle. I am now expected to pay $5,000 to $13,000 for a new engine. This is a 2022 Honda Ridgeline.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11713083January 24, 2026
ENGINE
Coming down a ramp in parking deck with right foot lightly riding the brake pedal to control the car’s descent when all of a sudden the vehicle accelerated full throttle as if the gas pedal had been “floored.” The acceleration was so intense that it drove my body backward into my seat and pulled my foot off the brake. At this point, the only control I had was my hands on the steering wheel. With the car continuing to accelerate towards the parked cars, I quickly turned the steering wheel to the right, but too late and the front driver side of my vehicle clipped one of the parked cars. My foot is still in the air and yet the car is still surging ahead full throttle and my vehicle is flying towards a car that had come down the ramp a few seconds ahead of me. At this point I slam my right foot onto the brake pedal, but not in time to avoid the passenger front bumper of my vehicle from hitting the rear of that car. At this point, my vehicle’s engine shut off and the HondaLink automatically dialed for help.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11711572January 16, 2026
ENGINE
The CEL flashed 2 days earlier, I immediately pulled to the side of the road and turned the vehicle off, suspecting it may be a misfire. Restarted the vehicle and all seemed fine. After arriving home i plugged in my scanner to check for a code. No codes were found. I decided to carry my scanner in the vehicle, and plugged it in before starting a 10 mile drive to a store. After 3 miles, the CEL flashed and displayed code P0303 cylinder 3 misfire. I pulled to the side of the busy interstate I was on and turned the vehicle off. When I restarted the engine, a heard a rattling sound and turned it off. I then called the dealer and asked me to have it towed in. The dealer diagnosed a cylinder #3 spun rod bearing. This occured at 68,517 odometer miles.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11709009January 6, 2026
ENGINE
Click noise everything car starts, coming is loose or moving afterwards
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11705397December 16, 2025
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Auto high beams redesigned from g2 to g3 models (mine is a 2022).. They do not work correctly. I know Honda had them working on my 2017 ridegeline, but engineering changes have made they inoperative. There is a multitude of complaints by almost every owner as there were none shipped that worked as designed. Honda support simply ask the owner to adjust the light sensitivity setting (low, med,high) but that is not the issue. While adjusting sensitivity may control the point at which the lights sense the brightness of on coming traffic, is does nothing to fix the problems.. 1.) problem Honda changes from 30MPH min spped to turn on automatically to 45 MPH. Useless at 45 MPH turn on, to many back roads where you need them are under 45 mhp. 2.) high beams go off when they sense the oncoming traffic lights, but alomost 100% of the time they fail to realize oncoming traffic terribly blinding oncoming traffic. 3.) They do not reenable themselves , after taking note, they appear to have a timer such that if they go off, for a set number of seconds (way to long) they may and I mean may re-enable themselves, but by the time they do if they do, the distance traveled before being reenabled is unacceptable. 2017-2020's ridgeline, work as expected, off in oncomng and back on with an sec or 2. 4.). Worst part, Honda continues and continues to make and distribute later ridgeline models with the same safety hazzard and selling them defective. Customer support and dealer are well aware of the issue, bug have not offered any fix or software patch for this design flaw... Hey my recourse is simply this, if they fail to turn off and a the police are my oncoming traffic and issue a ticket, I sue Honda and second and worst yet if it causes an serious accident possilby because a driver went off the road, I sue Honda.. and your folks for failure to tell Honda to fix this.. Way to long , to may complaints to you and Honda yet nothing 4 years later almost is being done... Kinda horrible?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11701981November 29, 2025
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
With the forward collision warning system active, there are frequent false positives - warning sound, shaking of steering wheel when no collision is imminent, startling the driver potentially causing an accident.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11701980November 29, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
With automatic high beam active, the lights frequently switch to high beam with oncoming traffic, potentially blinding the drivers.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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