2007 Honda Ridgeline Engine Problems

ENGINE DEVELOPED A SUDDEN MISFIRE IN #4 CYLINDER FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS, THEN CLEARED. SUBSEQUENTLY, HAD LARGE WHITE CLOUDS OF COOLANT AND BURNED OIL COMING FROM TAILPIPE WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREETS. AFTER TURNING ENGINE OFF AND LETTING IT COOL, NOTICED COOLANT LEVEL LOW IN RESERVOIR, LOW OIL LEVEL ON DIPSTICK. LOW COMPRESSION ON #4 CYL. AND BURNED OIL ON #4 SPARK PLUG. IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE RUNNING, COOLANT WOULD BE CONSUMED, RESULTING IN OVERHEATING AND ENGINE SEIZING WHILE DRIVING.

OIL CONSUMPTION - HAPPENS WHEN ENGINE IS RUNNING - CONSUMES ~1QT EVERY 2,000 MILES

THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED, W/ COIL BLOW OUT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. NO ADVANCE WARNING OF A PROBLEM NOR DID THE ENGINE CHECK-LIGHT WARNING COME ON PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE TRUCK WAS SERVICED ROUTINELY ACCORDING TO THE FACTORY RECOMMENDATIONS BY CERTIFIED HONDA DEALERS. THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD IN TWO PIECES. ONE PEACE CAME OUT AND BLEW THE COIL PACK INTO THE FAN, WHICH THEN LANDED ON THE BATTERY AND MELTED RIGHT THROUGH IT. THE SECOND HALF WENT DOWN THRU THE ENGINE SHOOTING METAL AND DEBRIS INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK DESTROYING THE ENGINE AT ONLY 67,442 MILES. REPLACEMENT/REPAIRS QUOTE WAS $12,048.85 AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY (5 YRS OR 100,000 MILES) ALLEGEDLY DOESN'T COVER SPARK PLUGS! IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO ONLINE OWNER BLOGS WITH HONDA ENGINES IN GENERAL: HTTP://WWW.RIDGELINEOWNERSCLUB.COM/FORUMS/7-1G-UNDER-HOOD-PERFORMANCE/45379-BLEW-SPARK-PLUG-HEAD.HTML HTTPS://WWW.FITFREAK.NET/FORUMS/1ST-GENERATION-GD-01-08/76611-SPARK-PLUG-EJECTION-W-COIL-BLOW-OUT.HTML

AFTER HAVING SPARK PLUGS, VALVE COVER GASKETS, INTAKE PLENUM GASKETS REPLACED, VEHICLE IS NOW CONSUMING HUGE AMOUNTS OF OIL WITH MINIMAL USE; MECHANIC SAYS IT NEEDS COMPLETE ENGINE OVERHAUL, RING JOB, ETC. OR REPLACEMENT ENGINE AT COST OF SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.

FOR YEARS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED A RIDGE LINE HONDA. NOW I HAVE ONE. I HAD PURCHASED MY TRUCK FEBRUARY 2015. I ONLY DROVE THE TRUCK LITERALLY FOR 4 MONTHS AND I PAY A LOT OF MONEY EACH MONTH TO CAPITAL ONE. I HAVE ALREADY PLACED A TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR IN IT AROUND FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF 2016. I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS OKAY DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. IT IS SAFE TO DRIVE AND TRAVEL WITH. SO TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE - I HAD DROVE FROM OHIO TO ALABAMA. ON JUNE 17, ON MY WAY TO CHURCH THE ENGINE BLEW UP ON THE EXPRESSWAY. IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 2 MONTHS WITHOUT MY TRUCK. I AM PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT. I HOLD CAPITOL ONE AND THEY SAID ASK YOU ALL IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LET ME EXCHANGE FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY IN CHARGE OF LETTING ME BORROW MONEY. THEY SAID THAT HONDA HAS THE POWER TO DO THAT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA RIDGELINE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE ENGINE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE SPARK PLUG FRACTURED AND FELL INTO THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS DESTROYED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000. UPDATED 06/29/16*LJ *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS CATASTROPHIC INTERNAL ENGINE FAILURE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSON WITH ME AND WE WERE OUT TO RUN A QUICK ERRAND. I DETECTED A STRANGE NOISE THAT I THOUGHT WAS A STONE IN MY WHEEL. I DECIDED TO TURN THE TRUCK AROUND AND FOREGO THE ERRAND, AS IT WAS AN ODD NOISE. MOMENTS AFTER I TURNED THE TRUCK AROUND MY VTM-4 AND VSA WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND LOOKED THESE WARNING LIGHTS UP IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL. BASED ON WHAT I READ, THEIR WAS NO DANGER IN PROCEEDING SLOWING, AS THESE INDICATOR LIGHTS ARE RELATED TO STABILIZATION AND EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF TORQUE. THE MANUAL SUGGESTED IT BE TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. I NO SOONER PULLED OUT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE RIDGELINE CEASED. I HAD NO STEERING, NO POWER, NOTHING. I MANAGED TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THANKFULLY, I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS GOING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WAS A SCARY EXPERIENCE FOR MY GRANDSON AND ME. I HAD TO HAVE THE RIDGELINE TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A PISTON RING BROKE AND GOUGED THE CYLINDER. THE ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED. I TALKED TO HONDA OF AMERICA TO INQUIRE IF THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM HISTORICALLY WITH THIS ENGINE, BUT COULDN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER. I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY OFFERED WITH THIS VEHICLE BUT IT EXPIRED AT 100,000 MILES. I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT BASED ON THE INFORMATION I HAVE SINCE READ REGARDING THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT WITH THIS ENGINE. BECAUSE MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, I BEAR THE COST OF THIS EXPENSE. DISAPPOINTED THAT MY HONDA DIDN'T LIVE UP TO IT'S REPUTATION. THIS IS A VEHICLE THAT WAS WELL MAINTAINED, WITH AN EXPECTED ENGINE LIFE OF TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE MILES. *TR

2007 HONDA RIDGELINE RADIATOR FAILURE, CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND ANTIFREEZE LEAK INTO TRANSMISSION FLUID. *TR

I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST HONDA MOTOR COMPANY FOR THEIR DEFECTIVE CONDENSER THAT THEY BUILD INTO THEIR VEHICLES KNOWING THAT THEY CAN BE EASILY DAMAGED. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT CHOOSE TO IGNORE THAT IT IS AN ISSUE. THEY ALSO HAVE CHANGED THEIR 2008-2009 MODELS AND CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THEIR MODELS WHENEVER AND HOWEVER THEY WANT. THEY TRULY ARE NOT CUSTOMER SERVICE ORIENTED. THIS IS AN UNJUST COST THAT THEY ARE PLACING ON THEIR CONSUMERS. *TR