Or promoted to the chief VCM device installer.
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Funny you say this. I was thinking the other day if I had to take mine in for the fuel pump recall, I'd take out the rear seat and all trim myself as I wouldn't trust the dealership to do it right (they'd probably put a scratch on the sill as they removed it).
And that's based on the fact that yours' doesn't leak? If Bill's doesn't leak neither does anyone else's? All those that actually have a leak are making it up? And you don't think there are a whole lot of people out there that haven't looked so don't know theirs is leaking?2019 RTL, our recent trip to Montana, 40 above zero to 20+ below zero. Rain and piled up snow on the vehicle most of the trip, still no water under the carpet!
Honestly folks, if you could poll each and every Ridgeline owner, I would be willing to bet that the number of vehicles actually experiencing water leaks would be minimal to minuscule.
Bill
I'm not getting defensive. Just saying there are a lot that have leaking Ridgelines and a lot that don't know whether they have leaking Ridgelines as they haven't checked. It's not rocket science.
Then there are those that won't have anything bad said about the Ridgeline.
Looks good, but I'd be a little worried about not noticing the alarm if it went off. If you could hook the alarm up to something like this though, that should do the trick...
Well, I checked under my rear carpets and guess what? The driver's side was wet - not dripping wet, but quite damp. The funny thing was, mine is just over 2 years old and has seen a fair bit of rain but there was no odor at all to the water trapped in the carpet.
So I removed the rear seat to try and find out where it was coming from. I had the truck pointed slightly down-hill and ran the hose for a good 20 mins all over the rear window, rear sill and bed. Not a dribble inside the cab or rear window.
Then I inspected the carpet further nearer the rear wall. That was bone dry, which suggested the water couldn't have come in from the rear wall. So after hunting around for another minute or two, the only other obvious place it could have come from is a rubber plug on the floor. So I stuck a hose under the truck, pointing up and there it was - straight into the cab through the rubber plug.
It was fairly obvious the plug was loose fitting, so I removed the plug, added some 3M automotive caulk around the hole, reinserted the plug (nice and tight now) and duck-taped it down. What I suspect happened is I have an under car spray attachment on my pressure washer - when I'd sprayed under there, it must have been enough to lift the plug up and water got into the truck. That's the only reason I can think of for the water being odorless (if it had been road spray, I'm sure it would have smelled).
Anyway, it's all good now. Photo of offending hole and plug - it's located behind the driver's seat, about 1 foot from the door sill and 1 foot from the rear wall:
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So I removed the rear seat to try and find out where it was coming from. I had the truck pointed slightly down-hill and ran the hose for a good 20 mins all over the rear window, rear sill and bed. Not a dribble inside the cab or rear window.
Then I inspected the carpet further nearer the rear wall. That was bone dry, which suggested the water couldn't have come in from the rear wall. So after hunting around for another minute or two, the only other obvious place it could have come from is a rubber plug on the floor. So I stuck a hose under the truck, pointing up and there it was - straight into the cab through the rubber plug.
It was fairly obvious the plug was loose fitting, so I removed the plug, added some 3M automotive caulk around the hole, reinserted the plug (nice and tight now) and duck-taped it down. What I suspect happened is I have an under car spray attachment on my pressure washer - when I'd sprayed under there, it must have been enough to lift the plug up and water got into the truck. That's the only reason I can think of for the water being odorless (if it had been road spray, I'm sure it would have smelled).
Anyway, it's all good now. Photo of offending hole and plug - it's located behind the driver's seat, about 1 foot from the door sill and 1 foot from the rear wall:
Now it's [not loose] for a reason. I don't have any reason to let water out, but I do have a reason to stop it coming in
And apparently, for those that have leaks through the rear wall, they're not that effective at draining it back out
Edit: must add, from a practical point of view this can't work as a drain. The foam underneath the carpet is almost an inch thick and just like a sponge. Unless you're pouring gallons of water onto the rear carpet, there's no way it's draining anything - even then I doubt it will drain much as it's like a plug in a plughole.
Oliver is a boy's name, so his would be appropriate. And no rules against your first post stating concerns about the Ridgeline - it has plenty of issues to choose from
.Nothing to suggest the 2022 is any less susceptible than 21s and other earlier years. Some leak and some don't.
I'm not saying they can't or shouldn't fix it. Just that there are reports of 2017's, 2018's, 2019's, 2020's, 2021's and 2022's leaking. There is not enough data to show if any one MY is more susceptible than another or what percentage leak. Just that it's been going on for 5+ years (for G2) and no evidence of it having been fixed.
You're good - they're on the driver's side only.
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