[CCDAstro]

If your system died, select the mileage at which it first died. If it has not, select your current mileage.

Maybe this will give us an idea of how common this is and how long it takes to show up. When I say "system died", I mean you actually got dash message and/or lost some functions, not just water in the connector and such. Of course environment is a big factor, but it is hard to take account of that.

I have posted a link to the poll on the main page so that not just folks with the problem fill out the poll.

Thanks!

 

[CCDAstro]

Gonna bump so it stays near the top. Pretty interesting, actually. It appears most have failed at under 3000 miles (6 out of 8 at this writing) and most of that group at under 1000 (4 out of the 6). Of course we could be looking at two groups, the good ones that can go more miles and the bad ones that cannot. OTOH, older ones that have lots of miles also should have the bad parts. Perhaps too small a sample or other factors like climate are more important (but climate should be random). Overall about a 13.5 % failure rate.

 

[CCDAstro]

While I agree that both VIN and date of manufacture as well as weather, owner behavior, and probably some other things are all relevant, it would be impossible to do a poll that took account of all the variables. That is why I chose mileage.

Just for background, mine is part of the recall but was checked and found to be clean and dry. It was packed with dielectric grease by the mechanic as a stopgap until the real fix is available.

 

[CCDAstro]

Can you please define "Rear Harness Failure"? What system are we talking about and what are the indications?

Looks like you are new to the forum as this has been discussed for quite some time on numerous threads. The thread below, although not current, describes some of the issues:

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/185-2g-problems-fixes-tsb-s/138721-problem-indicators-multi-informational-display-warning-messages.html

And this thread talks about the recall:

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/185-2g-problems-fixes-tsb-s/156177-safety-recall-rear-wire-harness-rear-subframe-harness.html

And the worst case repairs:

http://www.ridgelineownersclub.com/forums/185-2g-problems-fixes-tsb-s/141938-naked-ridgeline-pics-pt1.html

 

[CCDAstro]

It's a water intrusion problem.

Pretty sure that 100k miles of desert driving would be fine. Mileage is not something you can really use as a predictor here.

What you need to know is who goes splashing through puddles and slush. or otherwise driving in wet climates.

Pete

All true but impossible to track with a poll. I am looking for overall incidence.

 

[CCDAstro]

Kinda odd stats, it is probably just randomness - but lots of failures (10) under 3K, a few after 5K (3) but none between 3 and 5 K. Almost looks like most of those that are gonna fail do so pretty soon.

 

[CCDAstro]

This would be pretty good statistics as well.

Might be educational but then later VIN numbers would also tend to have fewer miles which might mask an issue if there is one.