[phineas]

To all the 2017 RL buyers, look at the black rocker moldings on the truck especially on the forward part of the bed, As I dropped mine off at the dealer yesterday my wife and I were looking at the new models, she pointed out that the molding on the front of the bed seemed bent, I bent down to look at it and when I touched it, it fell off, I checked the one other that they had and the rocker molding was barely attached. 3 clips were broken.

I just checked my rocker panels from front to back on both sides and they are fine. But it's the second time I've checked because someone else posted a while back that they had an issue as well. Clearly there were problems with this operation.

REAR DOOR CLOSING ISSUE

An issue I have been wrestling with is door closing. When three doors are closed and you go to close the fourth the air pressure inside the vehicle makes it slightly more difficult to close that last door. But I have a problem with the right rear door that it just all too frequently stands ajar after being "closed." If you slam it, it always closes but if you send it in motion with just the right amount of force, not only does it not close, it's not latched in the least. If I were to drive around a curve to the left, it would fly open.

By comparison, the left rear door (and in fact all three other doors) always closes. It's the sort of problem that drives dealers and owners nuts because people do these things in different ways. I've always been a minimum force kind of guy. (Thank God my 11-year-old is the exact opposite.) Is the service manager or mechanic the type of person who always slams the door? Well then you're likely to get "we couldn't find anything wrong." It's my 14-year-old daughter who usually sits in his right rear seat, though. She is not the type to slam the door. There is a safety issue is as well as a danger for another car or pedestrian if the door were to swing out.

My plan is to live with this for another couple of days and keep testing it myself I want to see that it consistently has this issue. But then I have to pursue this if I believe that there is something wrong with the door.

 

[Doobiewah]

I just checked my rocker panels from front to back on both sides and they are fine. But it's the second time I've checked because someone else posted a while back that they had an issue as well. Clearly there were problems with this operation.

REAR DOOR CLOSING ISSUE

An issue I have been wrestling with is door closing. When three doors are closed and you go to close the fourth the air pressure inside the vehicle makes it slightly more difficult to close that last door. But I have a problem with the right rear door that it just all too frequently stands ajar after being "closed." If you slam it, it always closes but if you send it in motion with just the right amount of force, not only does it not close, it's not latched in the least. If I were to drive around a curve to the left, it would fly open.

By comparison, the left rear door (and in fact all three other doors) always closes. It's the sort of problem that drives dealers and owners nuts because people do these things in different ways. I've always been a minimum force kind of guy. (Thank God my 11-year-old is the exact opposite.) Is the service manager or mechanic the type of person who always slams the door? Well then you're likely to get "we couldn't find anything wrong." It's my 14-year-old daughter who usually sits in his right rear seat, though. She is not the type to slam the door. There is a safety issue is as well as a danger for another car or pedestrian if the door were to swing out.

My plan is to live with this for another couple of days and keep testing it myself I want to see that it consistently has this issue. But then I have to pursue this if I believe that there is something wrong with the door.

That is usually an easy adjustment to the latching mechanism. We had an '03 Avalanche with a similar issue and it took the mechanic just a few minutes to make the adjustment once we pointed it out to the dealer when we noticed it on delivery inspection.

 

[longboat]

I just checked my rocker panels from front to back on both sides and they are fine. But it's the second time I've checked because someone else posted a while back that they had an issue as well. Clearly there were problems with this operation.

REAR DOOR CLOSING ISSUE

An issue I have been wrestling with is door closing. When three doors are closed and you go to close the fourth the air pressure inside the vehicle makes it slightly more difficult to close that last door. But I have a problem with the right rear door that it just all too frequently stands ajar after being "closed." If you slam it, it always closes but if you send it in motion with just the right amount of force, not only does it not close, it's not latched in the least. If I were to drive around a curve to the left, it would fly open.

By comparison, the left rear door (and in fact all three other doors) always closes. It's the sort of problem that drives dealers and owners nuts because people do these things in different ways. I've always been a minimum force kind of guy. (Thank God my 11-year-old is the exact opposite.) Is the service manager or mechanic the type of person who always slams the door? Well then you're likely to get "we couldn't find anything wrong." It's my 14-year-old daughter who usually sits in his right rear seat, though. She is not the type to slam the door. There is a safety issue is as well as a danger for another car or pedestrian if the door were to swing out.

My plan is to live with this for another couple of days and keep testing it myself I want to see that it consistently has this issue. But then I have to pursue this if I believe that there is something wrong with the door.

Check to see if you can move the striker post out a hair. You can usually put a wrench on the post, loosen it slightly, and move it in/out as needed, then re-tighten. If you can do this, you may be able to move it out, say, 1/32-inch, and that would allow the door to latch easier, hopefully while still keeping door to body panel differences within tolerable specs.

 

[phineas]

That is usually an easy adjustment to the latching mechanism. We had an '03 Avalanche with a similar issue and it took the mechanic just a few minutes to make the adjustment once we pointed it out to the dealer when we noticed it on delivery inspection.

Yup. I hear you. The repair part of this is minor. It's the diagnosis part that I have some experience in the past with being blown off even though I proved to be right later on.

 

[northernlights]

Did Honda lose the truck in the dash that shows which door is a jar. And how about the TPM does it show which tire is low or a guessing game on which one like may vehicles. Those are a couple things I like about old bone RL not to mention the heated windshield they got rid of that didnt they.

 

[Cym]

Did Honda lose the truck in the dash that shows which door is a jar. And how about the TPM does it show which tire is low or a guessing game on which one like may vehicles. Those are a couple things I like about old bone RL not to mention the heated windshield they got rid of that didnt they.

On the dash it actually shows you which door didn't close all the way and it actually beeps and the tire pressure still shows on the dash. It's actually better than the G1 now since it shows you how much air pressure is in each tire now and yup they got rid of the heated windshield. You only get that in the Canadian version now which is a bummer.

 

[zroger73]

Did Honda lose the truck in the dash that shows which door is a jar. And how about the TPM does it show which tire is low or a guessing game on which one like may vehicles. Those are a couple things I like about old bone RL not to mention the heated windshield they got rid of that didnt they.

Indication of the specific door, trunk, and/or tailgate that is open along with individual tire pressures appear in the full-color screen in the instrument cluster. The heated windshield is gone from US models, but is standard on Canadian models.

EDIT: Cym beat me to it. BTW, Cym... The 2009-2014 models with navigation show individual tire pressures as well. 2006-2008 models showed which tire(s) were low, but not the individual pressures.

 

[Cym]

Indication of the specific door, trunk, and/or tailgate that is open along with individual tire pressures appear in the full-color screen in the instrument cluster. The heated windshield is gone from US models, but is standard on Canadian models.

EDIT: Cym beat me to it. BTW, Cym... The 2009-2014 models with navigation show individual tire pressures as well. 2006-2008 models showed which tire(s) were low, but not the individual pressures.

wasn't aware the 09-14 showed the tire pressure. I had a 08 so it only showed which tire was low.

 

[northernlights]

So does it show the pressure on each tire all the time or just when one is low and shows that pressure. Or can you see them go up and down form heat or cold.

 

[Cym]

So does it show the pressure on each tire all the time or just when one is low and shows that pressure. Or can you see them go up and down form heat or cold.

Yeah, it shows tire pressure for each tire. There's multiple screens you can look at on the new Ridgeline. Tire pressure is one of the screens you can monitor.

 

[northernlights]

Thanks. Damn these new vehicles, wonder about all the tech now just makin it easier for the one that uses the phone while drivin and hopin the car drives itself but thats what its becomin. Its against the law to text but makin thing much more easier for one to do. I dont like it..... I understand vehicle issues on the dash but some of this other stuff I still question, one still has some sort of responsibility.

 

[Cym]

Did Honda lose the truck in the dash that shows which door is a jar. And how about the TPM does it show which tire is low or a guessing game on which one like may vehicles. Those are a couple things I like about old bone RL not to mention the heated windshield they got rid of that didnt they.

Here's all the screens you can monitor.

 

[phineas]

Let me put a cap on this right-rear door thing. I spent some time this evening trying all four doors and I got into a rhythm of being able to throw the door at nearly the same rate every time. My conclusion: there's nothing wrong with my right rear door that isn't wrong with all four doors. And it only happens when the three other doors are closed, so the air pressure is a factor. But bottom line: user error. The doors don't close the way I'm used to. Toyota doors close a bit more positively. Throw the Honda door just right and it literally bounces off the latch with the aid of a little air pressure. I just need to close the Ridgeline's doors a bit more firmly. I have to teach my kids too. All they've ever known is Toyotas. Sorry for the false alarm.

 

[Alexderaven]

Let me put a cap on this right-rear door thing. I spent some time this evening trying all four doors and I got into a rhythm of being able to throw the door at nearly the same rate every time. My conclusion: there's nothing wrong with my right rear door that isn't wrong with all four doors. And it only happens when the three other doors are closed, so the air pressure is a factor. But bottom line: user error. The doors don't close the way I'm used to. Toyota doors close a bit more positively. Throw the Honda door just right and it literally bounces off the latch with the aid of a little air pressure. I just need to close the Ridgeline's doors a bit more firmly. I have to teach my kids too. All they've ever known is Toyotas. Sorry for the false alarm.

All vehicles have vents which allows the pressure to "escape" when closing the doors. In the Taco its behind the rear seats, also where most of the road noise comes in. I wonder where the RL hides these vents? Unlikely that it's behind the rear seats as there is no gap between the bed and the cab. I wonder if the flaps in your vents, where ever they are, are perhaps stuck.

 

[zroger73]

Let me put a cap on this right-rear door thing. I spent some time this evening trying all four doors and I got into a rhythm of being able to throw the door at nearly the same rate every time. My conclusion: there's nothing wrong with my right rear door that isn't wrong with all four doors. And it only happens when the three other doors are closed, so the air pressure is a factor. But bottom line: user error. The doors don't close the way I'm used to. Toyota doors close a bit more positively. Throw the Honda door just right and it literally bounces off the latch with the aid of a little air pressure. I just need to close the Ridgeline's doors a bit more firmly. I have to teach my kids too. All they've ever known is Toyotas. Sorry for the false alarm.

Thanks for the update. I don't think you're completely crazy, though. Each of my three G1's doors - especially the rear doors - required a bit different closing force. It was very noticeable when I went directly from my 2010 to my 2014 - the left, rear door required a more deliberate closing force else only the first latch would catch. I've found each vehicle somewhat unique in this regard. Heavy doors, light doors, cheap cars, expensive cars...they're all been a bit different for me. It didn't take but a few days/weeks to get used to the uniqueness of each vehicle, though.

 

[Blue1892]

I was messing around inside my Black Edition tonight and found that the rear passenger door does not open from the interior. I tried a thousand different things and it just doesn't work. Hoping to find a quick resolution tomorrow. Keep everyone posted.

 

[Earl E. Bird]

I was messing around inside my Black Edition tonight and found that the rear passenger door does not open from the interior. I tried a thousand different things and it just doesn't work. Hoping to find a quick resolution tomorrow. Keep everyone posted.

Check the child door safety switches......

 

[Blue1892]

Ill check again tomorrow but the driver side rear door opened no problem and I feel like I tried a lot of different stuff. Thanks for the suggestion and I will keep the forum posted.

 

[phineas]

That's going to be the child safety switch. It's a little black switch below the strike plate on the door itself. Just move it to the other position and you'll be set.

 

[daddy-o]

Let me put a cap on this right-rear door thing. I spent some time this evening trying all four doors and I got into a rhythm of being able to throw the door at nearly the same rate every time. My conclusion: there's nothing wrong with my right rear door that isn't wrong with all four doors. And it only happens when the three other doors are closed, so the air pressure is a factor. But bottom line: user error. The doors don't close the way I'm used to. Toyota doors close a bit more positively. Throw the Honda door just right and it literally bounces off the latch with the aid of a little air pressure. I just need to close the Ridgeline's doors a bit more firmly. I have to teach my kids too. All they've ever known is Toyotas. Sorry for the false alarm.

All vehicles have vents which allows the pressure to "escape" when closing the doors. In the Taco its behind the rear seats, also where most of the road noise comes in. I wonder where the RL hides these vents? Unlikely that it's behind the rear seats as there is no gap between the bed and the cab. I wonder if the flaps in your vents, where ever they are, are perhaps stuck.

One thing I do to every vehicle I own is Ventvisors. I don't know if they have them for the G2 RL yet, but I never have my Windows all the way up with those on. No pressure build ups, air flows on hot days, no worries about rain. Just a thought on the door pressure issue.