2018 Honda Ridgeline

Name: 2018 Honda Ridgeline owner-filed safety complaints per 1,000 sold
Creator: YearsTell

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2018 Ridgeline as about the typical Ridgeline year. Among the 7 Ridgeline years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2020 (0.92 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2017 (2.64).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.01 per 1,000

1.1 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 33 complaints filed in the first three years, of 163 ever. 95% lower bound 0.67.

Every Ridgeline model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years

This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.92

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.56	19
2009	0.08	2
2010	0.61	10
2011	0.08	1
2013	0.19	3
2014	0.84	13
2017	2.64	77
2018	1.01	33
2019	1.56	50
2020	0.92	30
2021	1.33	49
2022	1.85	78
2023	1.98	94

Issues owners of the 2018 Ridgeline report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

55% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 22,300 miles, from 49 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

5 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 90 complaints about this component over roughly 64 months before an investigation opened.

Rear-View Camera Failure

Questions buyers ask about the 2018 Honda Ridgeline

Is 2018 a good year or a bad year for the Ridgeline?

What problems does the 2018 Ridgeline have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Electrical System (49), Back Over Prevention (31), Engine (22).

Is the 2018 Ridgeline reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Ridgeline years: for every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2018 Ridgeline as about the typical Ridgeline year.

Which Ridgeline year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2020, at 0.92 per 1,000 sold. Every Ridgeline year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Ridgeline.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.