2006 Honda Ridgeline Electrical System

2006 HONDA RIDGELINE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO NHTSA SAFETY RECALL 22V-430. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HONDA FOR GAS TANK REPAIRS. THE MECHANIC FOUND FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE FRAME WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

There was a was a recall issued back in 2010 for the 2006 Honda Ridgeline. Mine is a 2006 but when I put in the VIN number it doesn't come up with a recall. I had the problem that you all are describing my vehicle caught fire from probably a faulty wiring harness.[XXX]. I am the 4th or 5th owner from the vehicle but it says that it was never recalled or it was never serviced. I am taking it to the dealership here today, and just want to know how to contact and who do you contact for more service recall information. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

Interior right side of the dash caught fire as I was driving down the road. Seeing the recall of the blower online will take it Monday to a Honda dealership to have them inspected.

I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FOR TWO YEARS. IN THAT TIME I'VE REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR FOUR TIMES. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN INITIATED ON THOSE VEHICLE FOR THE WIRE HARNESS AFTER REMOVING THE BLOWER MOTOR, THE HARNESS IS MELTED ..THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED.

THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED BLOWING AIR. WHILE RESEARCHING THE ISSUE I FOUND A RECALL FOR THE HVAC BLOWER FAN. THIS VIN NUMBER MODEL IS DISPLAYING THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS THE RECALL FOR THE HVAC BLOWER. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT MY VIN MODEL NUMBER DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL OR A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I THINK IS A VALID RECALL BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY MUCH DOING THE SAME THING.

HEATER BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING,SMELLED HOT, PUT A TEST LITE ON FOR POWER, NO POWER TO RESISTOR, UNPLUGGED RESISTOR, CHECKED BLOWER MOTOR HAD POWER, TRIED TO UNPLUGGED WIRE FROM BLOWER MOTOR, TOOK BLOWER MOTOR OUT TO TRY AND UNPLUG, WIRE WAS BURNED TO PLUG IN, FINALLY GOT PLUG REMOVED PLASTIC WAS MELTED INTO WIRING, WIRING HARNESS NEEDS REPLACED. NOTICED THIS WAS A RECALL AT ONE TIME, WAS DRIVING HIWAY SPEED WHEN BLOWER STOPPED AND THEN I COULD SMELL IT GETTING HOT WIRE DID SMOKE.

ON 1/9/18, WHILE MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD IN FAIRMONT, WV THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE STARTED SMOKING. MY HUSBAND AND HIS FRIEND, STOPPED THE CAR AND EXITED THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED 911. WITHIN MINUTES THE SMOKE TURNED INTO A FLAME. THE FIRST RESPONDER WAS A POLICE OFFICER WHO DID NOT HAVE A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. IT TOOK ~10-15 MINUTES FROM THE CALL FOR THE FIRE TRUCK TO ARRIVE AND THE CAB OF THE CAR WAS CONSUMED BY THE FIRE. IT WAS PUT OUT BUT THE ENTIRE CAB WAS DESTROYED AND HOOD AND TOP OF CAR WERE BURNED. WE HAVE NOTIFIED HONDA CORPORATE. THEY DOCUMENTED OUR COMPLAINT BUT NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN DONE. PLEASE SEE VIDEO BELOW AFTER THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT: HTTPS://DRIVE.GOOGLE.COM/FILE/D/0BWNKDO9RN4DRV3PQBKFUEUSYAVC4REJPQWZVZNO3U0I1DGXV/VIEW?USP=SHARING CONCERNING RECALL: HTTP://WWW.LEFTLANENEWS.COM/RECALL-FOR-HONDA-RIDGELINE-ELECTRICAL-FIRE-ISSUE.HTML *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO RECALL#10-012 WHICH INVOLVED THE BLOWER MOTOR IN THE DASHBOARD CATCHING FIRE. IT WAS REPAIRED BY HONDA ON 5/4/10. EITHER THE WORK WAS NOT DONE OR THE REPAIR DID NOT WORK. LIBERTY MUTUAL DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS THE RECALLED BLOWER MOTOR AND PAID US FOR A TOTAL LOSS BUT DID NOT SUBROGATE AGAINST HONDA DUE TO THE EXPIRATION OF AN "IMPLIED WARRANTY" ON THE RECALL REPAIR (MORE THAN 4 YEARS). IF THEIR REPAIR DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE, IT IS DOUBTFUL WHETHER OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WERE RESOLVED ANY BETTER. MY FEAR IS THAT GOD FORBID MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN INJURED. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE AND MY FEAR IS THAT CHILDREN RIDING IN SIMILAR MODELS FROM HONDA COULD BE AT RISK. IS THERE A PROCESS TO DETERMINE WHETHER HONDA'S FIX TOOK CARE OF THE PROBLEM OR ARE THESE VEHICLES SUSCEPTIBLE TO NEGLECT ON THE PART OF HONDA? WHAT IS THE FOLLOW-UP PROCEDURE ON "REPAIRED" RECALLS

HVAC MOTOR STOPPED WORKING. LOOKED IT UP ONLINE AND FOUND RECALL FOR HVAC WIRING HARNESS WAS ISSUED . I PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 7/22/2011 (USED) RECALL SAID HONDA WOULD REPLACE BAD PARTS AND INSTALL A COVER TO PREVENT PASSENGER FROM KICKING BLOWER MOTOR. THERE IS NO SUCH COVER. LOCAL HONDA DEALER SAYS TRUCK WAS SERVICED ON 6/20/2011 BY PREVIOUS OWNER AND ALL RECALLED PARTS REPLACED. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS TRUCK WAS REPAIRED AT ALL EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY IT WAS AND IF IT WAS WHY IS THERE NO COVER? NOW THE SAME PARTS RECALLED HAVE FAILED AGAIN AND I DO NOT THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT I HAVE TO PAY THEM $500 TO REPAIR IT.

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

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. *TR

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 ODOMETER 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 MILEAGE CORRECTED? THANK YOU. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA RIDGELINE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A BURNING ODOR AS SMOKE BEGAN ESCAPING FROM THE THE PASSENGER SIDE VENT AND DEFROSTER. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED A FLAME COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VENT. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TO THE SCENE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DETERMINED THAT THE FAILURE WAS ELECTRICAL. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V001000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL) YET THE CONTACT HAD NOT RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

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 COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME NATURE BY TWO OTHER PEOPLE. MY ONLY OTHER COMPLAINT IS THE COMPUTER WENT OUT WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AN THE DEALER TOOK CARE OF THIS. *TR

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. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA RIDGELINE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V001000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT PANEL) BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR WOULD ONLY OPERATE WHILE ON HIGH. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSISTOR BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL MASTER CONTROL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 125,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

CONSUMER WRITES TO EXPRESS EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT WITH A DEALERSHIPS RESPONSE TO CONSUMER'S EFFORT TO GET A HONDA SAFETY RECALL TAKEN CARE OF *TGW

I HAD A 2006 HONDA RIDGELINE THAT HAD PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD FIRE. *TR

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

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

FAN WENT OUT, APPEARS THAT WIRING TO FAN OVERHEATED. *TR

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

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

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

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