Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - INSTRUMENT PANEL | ||||||||||||||||
| 10V001000 | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | from 06/11/2004 to 06/07/2006 | V (Vehicle) | 76000 | 03/15/2010 | ODI | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 01/04/2010 | 01/04/2010 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | Honda is recalling certain model year 2006 and 2007 ridgeline vehicles manufactured between january 17, 2005, and june 7, 2006. a wiring harness connector for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (hvac) blower motor located under the passenger's side of the instrument panel may be accessible to kicking by the front seat passenger's feet. if this occurs, the connector terminal may overheat, and this may cause the wire insulation to melt or the wiring connector to melt. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | Should the wiring insulation melt and the exposed wires make contact with each other (short circuit), a fire may occur. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will inspect and if the wiring connector is damaged it will be replaced and all vehicles will have the protective cover installed free of charge. the safety recall began on march 15, 2010. owners may contact honda at 1-800-999-1009. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Honda's safety recall no. r27.owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov . | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| 1205 | 12/16/2005 | 10018873 | Srs diagnostic trouble code 81-64. *tt | 01/19/2006 | |
| 09012005 | 09/01/2005 | 10018482 | Taking the mystery out of the maintenance minder system. *nm | 12/27/2005 | |
| 1105 | 11/16/2005 | 10018258 | Vtm-4 fuse #4 blown after trailer hitch installation. *tt | 12/19/2005 | |
| 060105 | 06/16/2005 | 10018198 | Cranks, won't start or intermittently cranks, won't start. *jb | 12/16/2005 | |
| 060105 | 06/16/2005 | 10018164 | Power locks lock self, cycle twice to lock. *jb | 12/16/2005 | |
| 06012005 | 06/01/2005 | 10018026 | Back-up lamp circuit can't handle additional load. honda servicenews. *tt | 12/13/2005 | |
| 805 | 08/16/2005 | 10016775 | Navigation system software bug causing the clock to randomly change the displayed time. *tt | 10/05/2005 | |
| 04012005 | 04/01/2005 | 10016336 | Gauge control module display says not available. honda servicenews. *tt | 09/08/2005 | |
| 405 | 04/16/2005 | 10016353 | Transferring odometer mileage at odometer r&r. *tt | 09/08/2005 | |
| 05012005 | 05/01/2005 | 10016316 | Check fuel cap message in odometer display or mid. *sc | 09/08/2005 | |
| 05162005 | 05/16/2005 | 10016304 | Accessories-back up light connection in trailer connector/the 7-pin trailer connector does not support back-up lights, even though the connector schematic molded into the connector cover says back up lamp. *sc | 09/06/2005 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||||
| SB-12-002 | 01/12/2012 | 10043248 | Honda: on some model vehicles, there is an alternator/starter tester (ast) module capable of testing alternators, installed on gr8 diagnostic battery station. *pe | 03/06/2012 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - STARTER ASSEMBLY | |||||
| SB-12-002 | 01/12/2012 | 10043248 | Honda: on some model vehicles, there is an alternator/starter tester (ast) module capable of testing alternators, installed on gr8 diagnostic battery station. *pe | 03/06/2012 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||||
| 07022 | 10/30/2007 | 10022956 | No back-up circuit for trailer in vehicle's rear wire harness. *nj updated 2/20/08. *nj | 10/09/2007 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - INSTRUMENT PANEL | ||||||
| PE09008 | HONDA (AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.) | 02/12/2009 | 06/16/2009 | FIRE | 10V001000 | |
| The office of defects investigation (odi) opened this investigation based on three vehicle owner questionnaire (voq) reports alleging a fire occurred in the instrument panel.in addition, there were three voq reports alleging a burned, melted, or shorted hvac fan motor wiring harness.honda reports that during august and september, 2006, it conducted a study regarding melting of the hvac fan motor harness connector.honda concluded that the damage to the harness connector could result from contact by a passenger's foot or handling of the hvac unit during vehicle assembly.honda instituted changes to address these issues.all complaint vehicles were manufactured before honda implemented these changes.odi's analysis of the data (both odi and honda) show there are six reports (duplicates removed) alleging a fire in or near the instrument panel.four of those resulted from an unknown cause, one resulted from an hvac fan motor failure, and one is reported to have been arson. in addition, there were nine reports of hvac fan motor harness failure that resulted in smoke in the passenger compartment but no vehicle fire.the remaining five reports resulted in smoke in the passenger compartment and included failures of the air conditioning compressor, hvac fan motor, and a power transistor.this investigation did not find that failure of the hvac fan motor connector, which can result in smoke, would also lead to a fire.similarily no defect trend was iedntified from examination of the six reported fires.a safety related defect has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.accordingly this investigation is closed.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by nhtsa that a safety-related defect does not exist.the agency will take further action if warranted by the circumstances. | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/30/2012 | 84000 | 1 | |
| My odometer 'hangs' and does not update the display to reflect the fact that i'm driving. pressing the button to scroll to tripa and tripb and oil life does nothing. then the door open indicator also 'hangs'. sometimes after the engine is restarted the display comes back to normal with updated mileage. this seems to be a common problem for 2006 honda ridgeline (as i did research on internet) and repair requires replacement of the instrument cluster that runs around $1000. it seems that almost all complains are related to 2006 model, with few single posts related to 2007 model. *tr | |||
| 01/30/2012 | 84000 | ||
| My odometer 'hangs' and does not update the display to reflect the fact that i'm driving. pressing the button to scroll to tripa and tripb and oil life does nothing. then the door open indicator also 'hangs'. sometimes after the engine is restarted the display comes back to normal with updated mileage. this seems to be a common problem for 2006 honda ridgeline (as i did research on internet) and repair requires replacement of the instrument cluster that runs around $1000. it seems that almost all complains are related to 2006 model, with few single posts related to 2007 model. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 30000 | ||
| The remote entry system has failed. initially the electronic key would not open doors other than the drivers side. now it will not even open the drivers side. there is no change using the spare electronic key. a new battery was installed in the every day electronic key and no change. the panic button is also no longer functional. | |||
| 04/15/2007 | 5000 | ||
| I own a 2006 honda ridgeline. i was notified of a possible recall for the odometer being defective but when i brought it to my dealer i was told that my truck was not affected yet my odometyer has been off since day one which does not seem to matter to the dealer, the odometer always has read up too 10 miles more per tank full of gas then my gps unit does which in a week can ad up to 40 miles extra on the odometer that i have not yet traveled. how can i get my odometer and milage corrected? thank you. | |||
| 01/15/2011 | 100000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2006 honda ridgeline. while driving at approximately 55 mph the contact notice a burning smell and smoke escaping from the the passenger side vent and the defroster. the contact then noticed a flame coming out of the passenger side vent. the contact stopped the vehicle at the shoulder of the road. the fire department reported to the scene and a report was filed. the vehicle was destroyed. the insurance company stated the failure was electrical. the vehicle was included in the recall under nhtsa campaign id number: 10v001000 (electrical system: instrument panel). the contact did not received the recall notice before the failure occurred. the approximate failure mileage was 100,000. ds | |||
| 04/15/2007 | 37000 | ||
| I own a 2006 honda ridgeline that i purchased when it was new. right after it was out of warranty all of my heat/a/c controls stopped working, you actually have to push in the knob & twist or bang it to make the motor come on and then it is only at one speed- either that speed or off and it turns on & off for the length of the trip when ever it wants. the dealer states that they need to replace the whole control console which will cost well over $1,000! this should be a safety recall considering that there must be a wire issue in this vehicle. also, i know that there was a recall on the heat/a/c and brought mine in for that recall but was told that mine was not part of the group- is this the same problem? i also saw that there was a recall on the odometers and brought mine in for that recall only to be told that my truck was not part of that recall but my odometer is always counting at least 25 miles more per tank full of gas then what i actually have driven. therefore my warranty expired so fast because of this issue and i was told that my truck was not involved in the recall even though i pointed out that i have a gps unit, always have had one and everytime that i gas up i check the poor gas mileage that i get and they never are even close, as i stated around 25 miles off each tank full!! none of my doors will unlock when the truck is placed into park and i complained abouit this and was told that this is a safety part of teh truck, the kids can not open a door, my kids are over 18 yrs old, please tell me how to correct this issue so that my passangers can get out in case of an emergency! | |||
| 07/10/2010 | 85000 | ||
| My 2006 honda ridgeline started blinking off and on at the odometer area. now it comes on when it wants to. i have read two other compaints of this same nature by two other people. my only other compaint is the computer went out while it was under warranty an the dealer took care of this. | |||
| 12/15/2010 | 91000 | ||
| I own a 2006 honda ridgeline which i purchased new from the honda dealership in hempstead, new york. on december 15, 2010, i was driving on utopia parkway in queens, new york when i noticed a burning smell. i had the heat on and turned it off. i pulled over to check where the smell was coming from. i saw smoke coming from the glove compartment area, i immediately called 911. when i opened the hood, there were flames coming from the same area. i have reported this to honda. after doing some research online, i find that this same thing has happened to a number of 2006/2007 honda ridgeline owners. it is obvious there is some kind of defect and not just a coincidence. i am waiting for honda to get back to me. | |||
| 01/19/2006 | 40000 | 1 | |
| I had a 2006 honda ridgeline that had passenger side dashboard fire. *tr | |||
| 02/05/2010 | 100000 | 1 | |
| After shutting off the ridgeline i filled the fuel tank. upon starting the vehicle again the yellow engine emission display light was lit and the navigation system/radio displayed a notice requiring a code. the code was entered after finding the code location in the manual. within a few minutes of driving on the freeway, we started smelled hot or burning or melting electric wire insulation. the windows were opened to vent the smell. it soon cleared up. we stopped at the next exit to inspect the vehicle. we could not locate the source of the melting wire smell. after about three more engine stop/start cycles, the engine emission warning display light went off. the honda dealer service person said they had not heard of this problem. *tr | |||
| 11/05/2009 | 31125 | 1 | |
| On 5 nov 09, i attended a business meeting in deerfield beach. when i was ready to return to west palm beach, i turned on the truck ignition to start it and it made a couple of clicks and nothing happened. i automatically assumed it was the battery since it was over four years old and the hot weather in florida takes its toll on batteries. i also noticed that the instrument cluster did not light up when i attempted to start it but i thought it was because the battery was dead. i called aaa and they arrived an hour later and jump started the vehicle. the engine turned over several times like it wasn't getting enough fuel but then started on the second attempt. the aaa representative agreed that he thought the battery was dead and needed replaced. i started to leave and noticed the instrument cluster still did not light up except for the battery display, the vtm display and one other display i cannot remember. i immediately drove to the dealership and explained what had happened and after significant troubleshooting it was determined that the instrument cluster somehow shorted out and needed to be replaced to the tune of $900+. *tr | |||
| 05/10/2009 | 30000 | 1 | |
| Fan went out, appears that wiring to fan overheated. *tr | |||
| 10/08/2009 | 51415 | 1 | |
| The ac fan ceased to function. dealer said wire supplying power to ac fan had burned through, thus preventing power to fan motor. dealer said it needed a new wiring harness. burning wire inside dash is a potential fire hazard. *tr | |||
| 10/02/2009 | 55062 | 1 | |
| During vehicle start up a heavy smell of burning plastic was noted. took the vehicle in and they discovered that a fire occurred along the drivers side of the engine compartment, melting the powersteering assembly, wire harnesses and power steering hose. i am collecting information and dampened components to take to the honda dealership for examination. *tr | |||
| 07/29/2009 | 73000 | 1 | |
| Leading event - i've driven my 2006 honda ridgeline without incident since i bought it in august 2005. last week, one day my ac worked the next day my ac stopped blowing. the failure - i just had exactly the same problem others have had with my 2006 honda ridgeline rtl my ac went out on the 29th of july, 2009. the honda dealer is telling me the blower motor connector, the connector of the ac harness was melted to the blower motor. consequences - after reading about similar problems, i cant believe this isn't a major safety issue. because the blower does not blow the defrost doesn't work and when its raining, the humidity builds up inside your vehicle and you can't see to drive. what was done - the parts are on a national critical back order (i wonder why) and the honda parts person says it could be days, weeks or months before they fix it. i have to pre-pay for the part and winter may come before the part does. i guess i'm sweating this summer out. i'm waiting for my new blower estimated $129.00, new power transistor $87.00, new ac harness $49.00. labor will be about 4 to five hours at $80 dollars and hour. *tr | |||
| 07/20/2009 | 150000 | 1 | |
| Blower motor on my 2006 honda ridgeline melted created smoke so im sure there was a flame but very bad smell and lots of smoke . i do have old part but i have not replace it yet just don't use ac anymore but we really need it since i live in texas and its end of july. can smell burning as soon as its turned on. *tr | |||
| 07/11/2009 | 51000 | 1 | |
| I own a 2006 honda ridgeline that just experienced a failure in the hvac fan motor wiring harness. this is listed as a cause for at least 3 fires in this vehicle and i wanted to make sure i get it reported. my vehicle only shorted the system out with no failure but cost over $700 in repairs. i also own the same year accord with the same motor. *tr | |||
| 06/24/2009 | 96403 | 1 | |
| 2006 honda ridgeline blower motor, ac wire harness fire electrical fire i have a 2006 honda ridgeline rtl, fully loaded w/ factory accessories only. well driving with the a/c on , i smelled a burning smell and the a/c fan went off. i immediately turned off the ac . i troubleshoot the blower as per the service manual and found that the connector on the a/c harness to the blower motor, and the blower motor terminal were burnt and melted. honda denies any knowledge of this issue, but tons of identical reports are showing up on ridgeline forums. *tr | |||
| 05/03/2009 | 40500 | 1 | |
| Dashboard led odometer flashes on and off and goes blank (led includes doors, odometer, tire monitoring. item is off warranty. *tr | |||
| 03/15/2009 | 40000 | 1 | |
| Same as consumer complaint: odi case number: 10251118 the maintenance minder display started blinking and then went blank at times. dealer says to repair it requires replacing the entire instrument display at a cost of $575. without the display you have no odometer and no door open or other indicators. i repaired the problem my self by taking the instrument panel out & disassembling it no easy task. you have to separate the pc board from the plastic housing, the done by removing instrument pointers and releasing the plastic catches holding the pc board. once you done that you will find 4 pins coming from the display into a connector on the pc board you need to reset the connector (gently separate the display from the connector the re-insert repeat it a couple times to remove any oxidation. then reassemble. *tr | |||
| 04/04/2009 | 1 | ||
| This is my second problem, the first being a electrical system ( blower motor ) failure and under dash melting of wires on my 2006 honda ridgeline. the starter motor failed and stopped working without any warning. after attempting to start it a few times, i smelled smoke, when the aaa tow truck came, i tried to start again, he said to stop there is smoke coming from the starter. no dealership in northern ca carries these in stock because according to the parts department, they never break down. my answer to that is, well mine did. they quoted $ 344.00 for parts and $ $280.00 labor ( which i thought was high). has anyone else had a starter issue? *tr | |||
| 01/15/2009 | 84300 | 1 | |
| Driving vehicle smelled smoke, pulled over parked,saw smoke and flames in passenger vent and passenger a pillar. used fire extinguisher to put out fire. fire department and police department arrived on scene and determined no additional flames however when key turned to on position flames reappeared. car towed. like complaint 10216065 filed 1/25/2008 and similar to complaint 10144782 filed 11/25/2005. *tr | |||
| 11/15/2008 | 44500 | 1 | |
| The maintenance minder display started blinking and then went blank at times. dealer says to repair it requires replacing the entire instrument display at a cost of $575. without the display you have no odometer and no door open or other indicators. *tr | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | |||
| 03/12/2008 | 44000 | 1 | 02/13/2007 |
| The second problem just occurred. we left the vehicle at a airport parking garage while we were going on vacation. my son in law was going to pick up the vehicle when he got off of work at the airport in about 6 hours. however when he went to start the ridgeline nothing happened. no matter what he tried nothing happened. he even tried to jump start the truck but nothing would happen so he left us a phone message and found a ride to his home. when we returned a week later we also tried to start and jump start it with out the truck responding in anyway what so ever so we had the truck towed on a flat bed to the dealership in ct. after some time checking out the truck the dealership found that for some reason, still unknown what that reason is, the truck's main fuse and all other fuses were blown and the battery was completely dead. the dealership replaced the battery and the fuses and it works fine once again, at least until the next time. the dealership could not explain why or what caused this problem and stated that my truck was the first one to have this happen to it, great now we hold a unwanted record!! does anyone have any idea what or why this happened? *tr | |||
| 03/12/2008 | 12 | 2 | 02/07/2007 |
| I have had two problems with my 2006 honda ridgeline. the first was with the original battery. from the first week until i replaced the battery myself the factory installed battery would go dead. i would contact the dealer and was told to bring the vehicle in. in order to do this i needed to jump the battery which in turn allowed the battery to becomecharged while driving it to the dealers 20 miles away. this type of incident happened over 15 times, each time i was told to drive the vehicle to the dealer, each time when i got to the dealers they found nothing wrong with the battery, it was charged. mean time i told the dealer that in order to get the vehicle to them i needed to either jump start or charge the battery which in turn would make it appear ok once i arrived at the dealership. every time the dealer ship refused to replace the battery because it appeared ok. i had to go to sears and put a new die hard into the truck myself since the dealership refused to do anything. *tr | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 08/10/2006 | 19000 | 25 | 10/19/2005 |
| Ridgelines built prior to 8/24/2005 does not support trailers with surge brakes. tow electrical harness needs a 12v line into the trailer to disengage brakes when trailer is backing up. during reverse, since there is no 12v into the trailer, the trailer cannot be back up. the disk brakes are locked in the trailer. honda has rectified the issue on newer ridgelines. *nm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 01/25/2008 | 28500 | 1 | 07/13/2005 |
| Moments after dropping my son off at school returning back home, i noticed smoke coming from the far right passenger side vent. i pulled over, turned the vehicle off, lifted the hood -saw nothing- closed the hood, went to passenger side, looked in ac vent noticing flame which then rapidly spread through the dash board engulfing the truck. fire dept. came and extinguished the flames. i really enjoyed the truck but feel there is some kind of defect in the manufacturing process. *tr | |||