2006 Honda Ridgeline electrical complaints

Filed Apr 8, 2008 · Electrical · 12 miles · CT

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.

Filed Jan 26, 2008 · Electrical · 28,500 miles · NY · fire

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.

Filed Aug 18, 2006 · Electrical · 19,000 miles · NV

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.