MODELYEARINDEX

Honda Ridgeline

1,234 complaints across 9 scored model years and 33 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Honda Ridgeline Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2017 vs model median 1.7×
Model median3× median
Electrical 43
Fuel System 25
Driver Assist 15
Avoid

2017 · 2019

Best

2012 · 2014

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.20× 18 B
2012
0.11× 13 B
2013
0.43× 36 B
2014
0.19× 20 B
2017
1.65× 170 F
2018
1.00× 99 D
2019
1.55× 129 F
2020
1.40× 135 D
2021
1.22× 113 D
2022 P
1.74× 150 D
2023 P
1.75× 169 D
2024 P
0.73× 71 B
2025 P
1.22× 104 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway18 / 24
Engine3.5L, 6 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,950

Recalls

33 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
23V858000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2017–2020 2,490,460
16V061000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2014 2,232,187
16V344000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 1,790,894
19V501000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2014 1,657,752
19V182000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2014 1,101,534
26V365000 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS 2017–2023 880,514
24V064000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER 2020, 2021 750,114
21V932000 STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD 2017–2020 724,826

+ 25 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Trucks

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Colorado
20152016
B
Ford Ranger
2019
C
GMC Canyon
20152016
B
Jeep Gladiator
2021
C
Nissan Frontier
20122013
B
Toyota Tacoma
20162019
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Ridgeline
Complaints in window
170
Severity-weighted
202.5
Model median (weighted)
123
vs model median
1.65×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
2
Score 37 F