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Old 06-07-2005, 08:38 PM
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Question "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

If anyone is interested...Helm Incorporated has finally released the "new" 2006 Honda Ridgeline Owner's Manual (Item # 31SJC602), cost: $34.00 plus handling. The original version was item # 31SJC601...don't know just yet what is changed. Should know in about a week or so...
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Old 06-08-2005, 04:19 AM
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

Why should existing owners have to pay for this ? We plunked down $30k for our vehicles, and should be sent the new manual in the mail. It's not like they changed it for the 07 models. What if there is a warranty issue, and the dealer uses the line "The owners manual states ........." , but you have an orig. manual, and the dealer is using the updated one, etc.................
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Old 06-08-2005, 05:10 AM
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

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Why should existing owners have to pay for this ? We plunked down $30k for our vehicles, and should be sent the new manual in the mail. It's not like they changed it for the 07 models. What if there is a warranty issue, and the dealer uses the line "The owners manual states ........." , but you have an orig. manual, and the dealer is using the updated one, etc.................
I concur, Honda should send updated manuals to existing customers!!
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Old 06-08-2005, 05:13 AM
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

Nobody ever reads the manual anyway! Seriously, I doubt they changed much. I know my manual didn't say that all doors unlock automatically which some people manual's here said they do. Probably that type of stuff that got corrected.
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Old 06-08-2005, 05:18 AM
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

Some owners don't view these changes as "corrections". They see them as a reduction in promised features. The revised manual is Honda's way of covering their you-know-what.
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

Maybe that was a bad example, but it was the 1st one I thought of. It seems like something else was different in mine than what I'd read, but I can't remember what it was.
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

One thing the manual got wrong was the tow ratings. These are the correct figures which should be in the new manual:


Passengers - trailer wt - tongue wt
1-2 5000lb 600lb
3 4750lb 600lb
4 4750lb 570lb
5 4500lb 516lb

This is for assumed passenger weight of 150lbs and 175lbs of cargo in the trunk.
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Damn, all I was trying to do was pass on some information...please don't "kill" the messenger!!!
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

So they have corrected some of the typos in this version?

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Old 06-08-2005, 11:15 PM
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Re: "New" 2006 Ridgeline Owner's Manual...

Just received the Ridgeline Service Manual...... holy cow, it's huge!

I wonder how big the body and electrical manuals are?


I hope they come out with a CD version. It would be nice to read up on stuff on the good ol' laptop and print out only the pages I want.
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