POLL: Have you found water under the carpet in your 2017+ Ridgeline?

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Chasrob

Discussion Starter · May 4, 2021

This is my first posting but have been lurking for a couple of years. I had a 2008 RTX that I traded in for a 2021 Ridgeline Sport back in March. After reading a post on the water intrusion problem I decided to check mine by pulling up the sill plate and checking under the carpeting and found the foam under the carpet soaked on the rear seat on the passenger side. I have it at the dealer at the present time and they’ve ordered new carpeting and removing the rear seats, etc., to try and locate the leak. They claim that they have not seen this problem before on the 2021 Ridgelines and I believe that the reason is because owners don’t realize it’s leaking because you can’t tell by just feeling the top of the carpet, you have to check underneath. I love this truck and it’s my second Ridgeline and feel the dealer will make this right but want to get the word out to other owners of 2021 Ridgelines that aren’t aware of this problem . Hopefully Honda will be made aware of this issue and correct it. My build date by the way is 2/21. Good luck, it’s still a great truck in spite of certain build problems.

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· #41 · May 8, 2021 (Edited)

So for those that don't check for soaked foam and it goes unnoticed other than air quality wouldn't mold be all over the place and an odor? Years ago with an Odyssey, in the winter my boots got the carpeted matts wet and they stunk and this was from an area that didn't hold more than a tea cup. Could it be possible that the RL has this foam for a reason and it's a case of what you don't know won't hurt you? It seems like some RL issues (rear window, tailgate harness, fuel cover) are where there is differentiation from the Pilot and Honda just did a sh*t job in manufacturing and design. Early on there were reports of bumpy welds on the doors causing rust and leaks. Its been 5 production cycles and one MMR and we are still talking about the same stuff. Crazy rash of leak threads lately but maybe wet foam is more common? I've never checked so don't know.

This probably has been posted before but looks like a textbook case of what folks are reporting.

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· #204 · May 26, 2021

These rear cab leak threads are troubling. Just speculating here. Maybe it's more than a manufacturing issue? Isn't that a vulnerable part of the unit body design that they had to beef up when they changed the bulkhead (fortress) around from the G1?. Is it a flex issue? Remember that gentleman that had the body creak so he dumped his RL for a Ram. I wonder if that one had a noticeable leak. It's kind of strange that water doesn't easily dissipate of a vertical surface like the back of a cab. Window seals and grommets I can understand but body seams they miss so many? I think there's more to the story and if Honda ever gets around to it maybe they'll do the good old countermeasures until a redesign. Other than the shared issues between the Pilot and RL (injectors, frozen fuel fillers) the remaining pattern issues stemmed from design elements and parts mutually exclusive to the Ridgeline like the tailgate harness and the harness that had a splice outside the cab on early 2017's. Hopefully, the problem is not as widespread as these forum posts suggest. Honda should investigate this.

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· #224 · May 27, 2021

I'm trying to find the pics when billmanmotion pulled his bed to get to the harness. It would give some perspective to these pics. One thing though is I don't see any rust in those compartments along the seams which is encouraging but the fix is like painting with a blindfold on. Hopefully this sudden rash of dealers seeing leaks will get a response from Honda. Hope Honda doesn't say it's "normal."

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· #264 · May 31, 2021

Those flashing tape products are amazing. However, the ones I've used can't be exposed to sunlight so I use gutter seal tape products that can be exposed to sunlight. Came in handy for filling gaps where insects or water could enter. For all you folks that sealed you cabs if the results hold up after a winter of freezing and thawing you should be golden.

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· #521 · Aug 30, 2021

Water has been an issue for these 2nd gen Ridgelines. Water in a wiring harness, water from carwashes reacting with the fuel tank, water freezing in the gas filler tube, water getting past door weather stripping due to bumpy welds and water getting into the cab from either the rear window or a body seam in the rear of the cab. No one on here knows failure rate of these issues but Honda has addressed two of them, hopefully there will be more Honda support coming for customers and dealers.

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· #547 · Sep 7, 2021

lionsm13 said:
Thanks for letting us know about these. What two issues have been addressed?
You would think that all of these quality control issues could/would be?

The water in the wiring harness was addressed for very early production 2017's.
The water freezing in the fuel filler was addressed with a new design in he 2018 (I think model year). There was a TSB issued for earlier models but apparently dealers would only address it if you had the problem which is ridiculous.

The car wash soap reacting with some part of the top of the fuel tank resulted in some sort of cover that was part of a recall (I believe).

So Honda has addressed 3 (not 2) of the issues. As far as the Ridgeline goes, they also addressed the fuel injectors but not the tailgate harness (which I believe is a large failure problem).
Hopefully, they will address these leaks.

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· #615 · Sep 24, 2021

Even if rare, this is an unfortunate situation for owners and dealers. It doesn't seem like it's a remove and replace a component, it's a workmanship/assembly issue that's difficult to fix at the dealer level. At least until the problem is identified. Honda should do the right thing and take the hit and provide new trucks.

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