2007 Honda Ridgeline RTS from North America - Comments

My initial review went to the comments page. MY RIDGELINE IS A LEMON!!! With only 5,000 miles, the trans. light went off. The day after I got it back, it went off again. Next, the instrument cluster was replaced (resulting in a squeaky dash). Round #1 with the squeaky dashboard. Round #2 with the squeak and the rubber windshield seal (Honda Corp. techs. even looked at it). Round #3 with the squeak and rubber seal resulted in no change. Round #4 with the squeal and seal was incredible. The dealership scheduled me in, then refused to work on it when I arrived. It's now November 29th. My problems started on the last week in September...

I enjoyed owning my first new vehicle for about five months. With the problems I've encountered and the dealerships terrible treatment, I will never own another Honda again. Honda Corp. has also been a treat to work with. They refused to take any responsibility. All of the reviews that I read about this truck were sparkling. Consumers Reports rated it high. BUT, of the four people that I personally know that own a Ridgeline, three of us have had multiple mechanical problems. Don't take the chance - buy a Toyota...

You should be telling people to buy American, all these imports are what got us into this mess in the first place.

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No it wasn't the imports that got us in this mess - it was the complacency of the Big Three, and how two of them needed the taxpayers to bail them out of a mess of their own making.

"You should be telling people to buy American, all these imports are what got us into this mess in the first place."

Funny, but wrong. What got us into this mess was the outsourcing of jobs and the offering of pensions. When the Big 3 decided to give their workers pensions, they basically wrote themselves a deathwish. The import companies had NOTHING to do with the demise of the Big 3. The Big 3 brought this upon themselves. It's quite obvious to see this by the way. The Big 3 offered pensions to retired workers, now they're paying the retired workers, so let's say Mr. Retired Autoworker now gets $2,000 a month from his pension. Well, that $2,000 is money that ISN'T being spent on producing good, quality vehicles. Hence cut-corners assembly and lower quality materials. Not to mention the outsourcing that was done. Most "American" built cars are built by Mexicans or Canadians. Not Americans. The Big 3 caused themselves this problem, Honda and Toyota as well as the other import companies didn't offer pensions and other retirement plans. Tougher on the worker? Yes. But it does create a very successful company.

Go with a minimum 100000 mile warranty next time, instead of lemon quick off the hook import warranty. I sold our Honda, had no warranty left, ran out fast.