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I called my dealer (the one I bought the pickup from, and where I buy parts and things), said I'd received the letter, and talked with them. I was headed out of town, so I ended up talking with them a couple or few times.

In the end, they set me up with an Enterprise rental. A signed waiver to do with acknowledging the issue, and saying I will not drive the Ridgeline for any reason other than to bring it to the dealer for repair, and that I will not sell it or give control of it to anyone (unless I call and talk to Honda immediately), was required. That _may_ be only because my pickup is at my house, not the dealership.

It was a painless process, and my dealer did actual work to help make sure the process was easy for me.

 

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I hadn't heard anything about the new parts not fitting. I can't say I've been watching these threads very well, though.

I'm happy with my dealer's handling of this situation. I have a vehicle to drive that's comparable in function to my Ridgeline, and it isn't costing me anything to have/use it. It isn't going to hurt the Ridgeline to age in my garage as much as it would for it to age outside at work. Heck, even Mom's old Durant that sat in the garage, waiting to be spruced up, for decades didn't have permanently flat-spotted tires in under almost a decade. I truly do see angling for extra payments or 'liability' as whining over imaginary harms, especially given how much Honda is willing to do for its owners/customers on this. Perhaps there are some who are not being treated as well by their dealers. What I know is that I've been happy with mine since I bought the pickup. Sales, parts, and service experiences have all been great!

Arrowhead Honda in Peoria, AZ, if anyone cares.

 

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As of yesterday, my service manager says no news on the airbag repair. I'm 3 months and nearly 8000 miles into my Accord loaner.

Dang, Speed...!

I guess, as I think about it, I'm about a month in now, myself. The letter from Honda said "summer," so it seems likely, or at least reasonable, that I have a similar wait ahead.

 

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CVTs will smoke manuals if the driver of the manual can't or just doesn't slip the clutch a lot to make it launch more quickly. Given good launch control, a relatively peaky engine like every 4-cylinder Honda ever made will often be quicker to 60 with a stick shift. Obviously, tranny control programming for the CVT can have a big impact, too.

I'm with you, speed; I can't exactly complain about most CVT-equipped vehicles I've driven (apart from a super-drony Ford rental I had years ago). I just don't like them. The driving dynamic isn't there for me with most of them. My wife's hybrid Camry was the only exception to that for me.