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And the inspection/repair:
Rest easy - as others have noted, 2024 is not affected by this recall.
Well not yet, but that is no surprise. The later model Ridgelines may or may not end up being recalled. Much more often than not, it takes 3 or 4 years minimum for these sorts of problems to be fully revealed, and then to have enough failure instances that a recall eventually is forced on the manufacturer. For obvious reasons, auto manufacturers do NOT want to do major recalls -- it costs them a lot of money, and their reputation suffers.
Case in point -- the Toyota Tundra redesign -- 2022 to present. These trucks are blowing engines right and left. The 2022 and 2023 were finally recalled. Blown engines on warranty initially were being replaced with short blocks -- lots of labor for the Toyota techs. But now they are replacing them with long blocks.
The 2024 Tundras and even some 2025's have also started blowing engines, but the recall has not yet been expanded to 2024-25. Clearly Toyota has not solved the problem. I expect the newer ones will eventually be added to the recall, but that will take some time.
Similarly, it will take a few years to see if any of the later model Ridgelines end up with the same V6 issues. The jury is out and will be out for a while.
