[DriveAllNight]

15,000 plus miles and no issue with this.
I did get the recall and will be bringing it in as soon as I get some time.

 

[Ridgerunner67]

Best Truck

So Honda has sold over 35,000 Gen 2 Ridgeline in the US and we have fourteen reports out of 140 respondents of the AWD system problems in this poll.
This won't even be an issue in a couple of months.

All-in-all the updated the RLs are much improved over Gen 1 version.
And there may be a PU coming from Acura which will be based on the hot selling RL.

 

[uglytunasaloona]

Picked up the truck on 11/08/2016. I have had not this issue. I only have 1600 miles on it. It is garage kept and obviously low mileage. I have been driving it in wet conditions along with snow and slush over the past 2 weeks without a problem. I've plugged the VIN into the recall look up and it shows no recalls pending. I'm hoping my truck was built with the appropriate harness.

 

[phineas]

The Northeast and other parts of the country are in a drought. Until very recently my truck had not even driven through the rain, never mind sand and salt. I think the odds of corrosion beginning in a drought condition are not high. My truck is among those that is being recalled but I'm going to delay as long as possible in bringing it in, in hopes that it will begin to display the signs of initial corrosion — if it's ever going to. Also an important point about the recall: it doesn't appear that they're doing anything to protect the vulnerable connection from future incursion of water. They don't talk about covering it, sealing it, or rerouting it. Until there is some definite sense that they will add preventive measures as part of the recall, I'm going delay as long as possible. I'm also considering getting an extended warranty, but I don't know if that would protect from this problem now.

 

[DSERVIT]

The Northeast and other parts of the country are in a drought. Until very recently my truck had not even driven through the rain, never mind sand and salt. I think the odds of corrosion beginning in a drought condition are not high. My truck is among those that is being recalled but I'm going to delay as long as possible in bringing it in, in hopes that it will begin to display the signs of initial corrosion — if it's ever going to. Also an important point about the recall: it doesn't appear that they're doing anything to protect the vulnerable connection from future incursion of water. They don't talk about covering it, sealing it, or rerouting it. Until there is some definite sense that they will add preventive measures as part of the recall, I'm going delay as long as possible. I'm also considering getting an extended warranty, but I don't know if that would protect from this problem now.

Mine is garaged and hasn't seen any heavy rain for sure. Until the details of Repair A are released we have no idea what it entails. I am with you on the warranty and waiting to take it in. Mine is due for the first oil change and state inspection this month but I am waiting until the end of the month to take her in.

 

[BillmanMotion]

Repair procedure A was filled in yesterday, 1-7-17. Refer to the recall thread for details.

 

[rxitrxit]

Just took mine in for an oil change, while I haven't received anything on a recall from Honda yet, my vehicle is affected. I got a loaner from the dealer. They said it would be a day or two.

 

[huyscm]

Might pay to start a poll on which fix people had and at what mileage.

 

[Cronick]

Almost 9K miles everything was fine. Had it replaced recently, still no problems. I am in Portland, OR. We had a lot of snow and rain this winter, had mine replaced in March.

 

[beley]

I have just over 5,000 miles on my BE and have gone through probably 10-12 car washes with strong sprayers and have not had any issues. Bought just a few months ago, manufactured in 2017. I did a search for recall on my VIN and nothing came up.

 

[phineas]

I have just over 5,000 miles on my BE and have gone through probably 10-12 car washes with strong sprayers and have not had any issues. Bought just a few months ago, manufactured in 2017. I did a search for recall on my VIN and nothing came up.

It probably doesn't apply to you. I've forgotten the date, somewhere in the range of August 9 to August 12 of 2016 was the cutoff date. But the kicker is it's not the date of the truck's manufacture, it's the date of manufacture of the rear wiring harness. To get that information you need to pop off the left tail light and you'll find that the date is on a tag on the wiring harness right there. Very easy to find. Check the label on your driver's side door jamb for your truck's month of manufacturing, which is expressed as a two digit number. If it's October or later I wouldn't worry about it. If it's September or earlier, I would pull the tail light. All the information you need to do this is in this this thread if you go back. The recall happened in January.

 

[smile-on]

Overall about a 13.5 % failure rate.

Statistically it is incorrect assumption as with such small sample your error of measuring failure is way more than 0.5% :grin: Plus majority of owners are outside of this forum, we got bias in the sample as well. Don't jump to conclusions on actual size of the problem, please.

 

[GreginJaxFL]

Does not look like enough have had the problem to have Honda do anything about. Last 2-3 weeks I have drove in rain daily, sometimes so heavy the wipers could not begin to keep up. Some roads were flooded with 6+ of water and my RT-E has not complained in the least.

 

[zroger73]

Does not look like enough have had the problem to have Honda do anything about. Last 2-3 weeks I have drove in rain daily, sometimes so heavy the wipers could not begin to keep up. Some roads were flooded with 6+ of water and my RT-E has not complained in the least.

This issue was identified and resolved and a recall was issued over a year ago. It affected only the first few months of production of the 2017 Ridgeline. It does not apply to later 2017 models or any 2018-2019 models.

 

[robertsison]

My 2017 has over 15,000 miles and have no problem with it.

 

[jonesbb630]

This issue was identified and resolved and a recall was issued over a year ago. It affected only the first few months of production of the 2017 Ridgeline. It does not apply to later 2017 models or any 2018-2019 models.

I had a 2017 Canadian version that was not part of the recall and had the issue nonetheless. My issues came up mostly during winter months drive through car wash with the under spray. They would't fix it. I put a complaint and they agreed to pay parts as long as I paid labor plus they offered me $1000 off my next Honda. I donèt do the underspay washes anymore. Traded it for a 2019 Ridgeline. Acura MDX had same issues..