FaultScore

Worst years for a Honda Ridgeline

Owners have filed 2,729 complaints about the Honda Ridgeline with NHTSA across model years 2006 to 2026. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Honda Ridgeline

294 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2009 Honda Ridgeline

39 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Honda Ridgeline year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 B 11 3 0 Lights
2025 B 117 4 1 Lights
2024 B 75 0 0 34,200 Electrical System
2023 C 172 2 5 32,000 Lights
2022 C 150 3 5 1,350 Lights
2021 C 148 5 0 21,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 D 231 2 0 16,500 Electrical System
2019 F 294 16 4 18,750 Fuel & Propulsion
2018 C 195 4 1 23,650 Electrical System
2017 D 436 3 10 39,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 2 0 0 Airbags
2014 B 36 0 1 14,500 Airbags
2013 C 55 8 1 34,310 Airbags
2012 B 30 0 2 30,000 Airbags
2011 B 44 2 0 49,110 Airbags
2010 C 50 5 0 26,870 Airbags
2009 A 39 0 0 70,000 Airbags
2008 C 155 3 9 72,000 Airbags
2007 C 195 9 8 87,263 Airbags
2006 F 294 27 18 80,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Honda Ridgeline

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 413 15.1%

Worst in 2017

Engine & Cooling 354 13.0%

Worst in 2017

Airbags 349 12.8%

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2017

Body & Structure 165 6.0%

Worst in 2006

Lights 155 5.7%

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2017

Brakes 99 3.6%

Worst in 2017

Steering 40 1.5%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2019

Suspension 32 1.2%

Worst in 2006

Exactly what failed on a Honda Ridgeline

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 101 30.3%
Automatic Emergency Braking 59 17.7%
Camera 41 12.3%
Warnings 37 11.1%
Adaptive Cruise Control 26 7.8%
Rearview System Braking 19 5.7%
Assist 16 4.8%
Blind Spot Detection 12 3.6%
Warning 11 3.3%
Frontal 11 3.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Honda Ridgeline, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2005 peak 76 Aug 2026

Honda Ridgeline problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Honda Ridgeline

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.