[ECinEI]

Thanks, zroger. Looks pretty easy...

Steve

yes doing that is pretty easy as I figured that out the other day. Now in my case, lifting that sill off still didn't allow much access to allow you to lift the carpet very much, so I'm going to assume if it's leaking and wet it's pretty obvious...

 

[ECinEI]

you may want to review the lemon laws for your state. There may be some relief there. I also participate in a BMW forum and those guys invoke lemon laws frequently and have had some success with hard to repair problems with the car out of service for extended periods of time in getting the vehicle bought back by BMW.

My Ridgeline Sport has been at the dealership since last Tuesday. They sent me pictures and said that the warranty rep at Honda confirmed the warranty job and that they were going to do the repair. The water intrusion was at a seam on the back wall that they said they will have to weld. The pictures indicate that the back seat and carpeting is removed and I know the carpeting is on back order. I haven’t heard from them since yesterday but I am not happy with this situation having the truck for only 2 months and with 1400 miles on the odometer. If anymore problems arise involving the build quality of this truck I’m getting rid of it once and for all and will part ways with Honda. One of the biggest mistakes I have made in some time is trading in my 2008 RTX for this truck.

 

[ECinEI]

it's great YOU have the skills, time and space to effect these sort of repairs that shouldn't be an issue in the first place. However, I'm not sure denigrating those that don't have the time, talent or space to do the same is necessarily helpful. That said, that appears to have been some poor work on Cjmit's truck. Even though water intrusion appears to have been a long standing problem, it might be at some point having Honda foot the bill for warranty repairs may trickle down to having the apparent problems in the manufacturing process addressed.

This is why any waterproofing that might need to be done will be performed by ME, not the incompetent/careless dealership staff.
I can't believe how many people trust their $35K-$45K vehicles to these bozos.

 

[ECinEI]

could be a couple of things. One, the water intrusion problem doesn't seem to obviously manifest itself until you have it bad. You have to kind of look for it. I have a 2021 and check after every heavy rain storm when the truck is parked outside. Ridiculous for a new vehicle when you think about it.
Two, and this is more cynical, advertising dollars?

With all the reported water issues I'm at a loss as to why the respected major car reviewers have nothing about this in their comments or complaints updates. Maybe they should somehow get involved/become aware and report these issues so that Honda and others can react to them. I've searched Edmunds, Motor Trend, Car and Driver, KBB, etc.. and not a peep on the water intrusion. What gives?

 

[ECinEI]

Got my truck back... It is still leaking. Washed my truck tonight and water was there again. Gonna look at my options to get rid of this truck. Unfortunate, because I really liked this truck. I have no confidence in it anymore at this point.

Easy for me to say as mine appears to be dry, to date. I really don’t trust it though. Having said that, I would suggest, as others have, to keep bringing it back until properly repaired. I’d also be looking into the “Lemon Laws” for your state. By bringing it back repeatedly you may be building a better lemon law case.
However, in your situation I’d likely be thinking the same thing.

 

[ECinEI]

You did a great job with the Web Site sfrl. My hat is off to you!

I agree, the web site is very professionally done and very matter of fact. I like the non-confrontational approach. I can see where this could possibly be an excellent resource for folks building a lemom law case.

Good job