Hello,
I just purchased a beautiful Cherry Pearl 2013 RTS with only 6k miles. I spent hours on this forum before purchasing the truck. This forum is wonderful and rich with Ridgeline information.
I really like the truck but I believe I am having an issue with the heating system. After the truck warms up, for the first 30 minutes of my drive, I cannot fully control the heat. It blasts out full high temperature heat whether in auto or manual mode. Turning the temperature knobs does not vary the temperature of the air.
If I change the temp from 85 to 58 degrees, it delivers the same full high temp heat from the selected vents. Only when I change it to the LO setting does it begin to blow very cold (outside) air . I can vary the fan settings and vent(s) direction/output but have no control over the air temp/heat. Then only after driving for 22 to 30 minutes, does something change where I can then control the heat temp with the driver and passenger temp knobs.
I took it to my local dealer and was told that this is "normal operations for a 2013". They ran the basic diagnostics. There were no error codes logged.
I find it very difficult to believe that this is normal operations for a heating system. This is ridiculous to even ask but I would like to ask other late model owners how their heating system works during the first 30 minutes of your drive?
After your truck has warmed up in the first 5 to 10 minutes, are you able to vary the air temperature by varying the temperature control knobs?
I will take this thread and your responses to my dealer and let you know what happens next.
Thank you for your time and comments.
I just purchased a beautiful Cherry Pearl 2013 RTS with only 6k miles. I spent hours on this forum before purchasing the truck. This forum is wonderful and rich with Ridgeline information.
I really like the truck but I believe I am having an issue with the heating system. After the truck warms up, for the first 30 minutes of my drive, I cannot fully control the heat. It blasts out full high temperature heat whether in auto or manual mode. Turning the temperature knobs does not vary the temperature of the air.
If I change the temp from 85 to 58 degrees, it delivers the same full high temp heat from the selected vents. Only when I change it to the LO setting does it begin to blow very cold (outside) air . I can vary the fan settings and vent(s) direction/output but have no control over the air temp/heat. Then only after driving for 22 to 30 minutes, does something change where I can then control the heat temp with the driver and passenger temp knobs.
I took it to my local dealer and was told that this is "normal operations for a 2013". They ran the basic diagnostics. There were no error codes logged.
I find it very difficult to believe that this is normal operations for a heating system. This is ridiculous to even ask but I would like to ask other late model owners how their heating system works during the first 30 minutes of your drive?
After your truck has warmed up in the first 5 to 10 minutes, are you able to vary the air temperature by varying the temperature control knobs?
I will take this thread and your responses to my dealer and let you know what happens next.
Thank you for your time and comments.