Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 11/21/2012 | 89000 | 1 | |
| Heater blower fan stopped working. took to dealer 11/29/12. dealer inspected, found melted wiring harness beneath dash. cost to repair approximately $900.00. this is a fire hazard and has affected 07 and earlier model ridgelines per nhtsa campaign id number: 10v001000. recall should be expanded to include 2008 models. *tr | |||
| 11/21/2012 | 89000 | ||
| Heater blower fan stopped working. took to dealer 11/29/12. dealer inspected, found melted wiring harness beneath dash. cost to repair approximately $900.00. this is a fire hazard and has affected 07 and earlier model ridgelines per nhtsa campaign id number: 10v001000. recall should be expanded to include 2008 models. | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 82400 | 1 | |
| Honda ridgeline was parked. started truck, ac was on, set at 66 but no cold air was blowing. moved the manual blower button to high, still no cold air blowing. shut ac off and switched to heater no air was blowing. *tr took truck to honda dealer in new hampshire for oil change/tire rotation and had them look at ac/heater problem. they said that blower motor may have a bad resistor, if they replace resistor and blower still not working they would have to replace blower motor. dealer looked at recall history for this problem for honda ridgline, said there was recall for ac/heater issues but not for my year (2008). i googled honda ridgeline 2008 ac problems and found other truck owners reporting the same problem. | |||
| 06/28/2012 | 82400 | ||
| Honda ridgeline was parked. started truck, ac was on, set at 66 but no cold air was blowing. moved the manual blower button to high, still no cold air blowing. shut ac off and switched to heater no air was blowing. took truck to honda dealer in new hampshire for oil change/tire rotation and had them look at ac/heater problem. they said that blower motor may have a bad resistor, if they replace resistor and blower still not working they would have to replace blower motor. dealer looked at recall history for this problem for honda ridgline, said there was recall for ac/heater issues but not for my year (2008). i googled honda ridgeline 2008 ac problems and found other truck owners reporting the same problem. | |||
| 03/04/2011 | 19000 | ||
| 2008 honda ridgeline blower fan stopped working due to failure of wiring harness with melted connnector. the 2008 model year is not covered by recall for same problem for previous honda ridgelines (2005-07). | |||
| 01/13/2011 | 50500 | ||
| Tl-the contact owned a 2008 honda ridgeline. the vehicle was parked and shut off for a few minutes when the contact noticed a fire started on the dashboard near the passenger side. a fire truck appeared on the scene to extinguish the fire and a police report was also filed. no injuries were reported but the vehicle was destroyed due to fire damage. the vehicle was towed to an insurance lot where they were in the process of diagnosing the failure. the failure and current mileages were 50,500. the vin was unavailable. sm. | |||
| 05/22/2010 | 40000 | ||
| 2008 honda ridgeline fan blower motor failed causing wiring harness and resistor to fail. wiring harness melted but fuse did not blow. this is a definite fire and smoke hazaed. there are many other instances of this same exact problem in 2006 - 2008 my vehicles. | |||
| 08/22/2009 | 15000 | 1 | |
| Possible fire hazard: a/c stopped working on 22nd of august. dealer ship said that the wiring harness melted and blower fan seized. the fuse did not blow. they said they are also going to replace the transistor on the circuit. the car is a 2008 honda ridgeline rtx with 15000 miles on it. the high temperature was 86 f. *tr | |||
| 07/15/2009 | 4000 | 1 | |
| The air conditioner on my new 2008 honda ridgeline stopped working. truck had 4,000 miles at the time. i brought it to the dealership and was told that a wire inside the dash board had melted and that a wire harness needed to be replaced. repairs were made under warranty and problem is resolved but i was lucky not to have a fire. *tr | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - INSTRUMENT PANEL | |||
| 11/21/2012 | 89000 | 1 | |
| Heater blower fan stopped working. took to dealer 11/29/12. dealer inspected, found melted wiring harness beneath dash. cost to repair approximately $900.00. this is a fire hazard and has affected 07 and earlier model ridgelines per nhtsa campaign id number: 10v001000. recall should be expanded to include 2008 models. *tr | |||