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2020 Honda Ridgeline

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2020 Ridgeline as about the typical Ridgeline year. Among the 7 Ridgeline years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, 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.

0.92 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 30 complaints filed in the first three years, of 172 ever. 95% lower bound 0.59.

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 yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.5619
20090.082
20100.6110
20110.081
20130.193
20140.8413
20172.6477
20181.0133
20191.5650
20200.9230
20211.3349
20221.8578
20231.9894

Issues owners of the 2020 Ridgeline report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Electrical System 50 complaints

camera3162%
backup1122%
back camera1020%
backup camera1020%

When it breaks

50% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 34,000 miles, from 26 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages

Questions buyers ask about the 2020 Honda Ridgeline

Is 2020 a good year or a bad year for the Ridgeline?

For every car sold, owners filed about as many complaints about the 2020 Ridgeline as about the typical Ridgeline year. Among the 7 Ridgeline years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, the 2020 (0.92 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2017 (2.64). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2020 Ridgeline have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Electrical System (50), Unknown Or Other (42), Engine (39). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2020 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 2020 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.