Honda Ridgeline

[OSTATE]

Does anyone own a Honda Ridgeline pickup and if so, how satisfied are you with it?

[cyclotic]

My mom’s husband has a first gen Ridgeline and loves it. He doesn’t really like the looks of the current model though

[Grampa Dave]

We have the first Ridgeline model and love it.

It will be like our 16 year old Lexus, it will stay around doing what it does with no problem.

The one caution is it can’t be fitted with skid plates for real off road driving.

A few years ago one of my BIL’s and his wife visited for a few days. He is a big guy 6’5” and he was comfortable riding as a passenger or driving. We let he and his wife drive it a couple of times.

They live in Polar Vortex land and big snow land. After they got home, he traded his big GMC pickup for a Ridgeline. His wife wasn’t ready yet.

One morning at 30 below and with ice and crud in the road, her big SUV wouldn’t start. She used his Ridgeline to travel to her work place (40 mile round trip on icy two lane roads). It and its all wheel drive worked great. She traded her big SUV for another Ridgeline. They still love them.

I fly fish and some of my hand made fly rods and reels are very expensive. The hidden trunk in the bed hides and secures this gear. My BIL has some expensive tools, and the stay in his hidden trunk until needed.

We had to replace the battery and get a new set of tires this past year. Besides normal oil changes maintenance, that is it. So, it appears to have the Honda reliability and long life.

[devane617]

Remember, it’s an Accord with a truck like body. It is NOT a true truck to be used to tow a boat or work. It is a city truck—maybe. I am a Honda guy and have three ninth yard now so no bias against Honda...The Ridgeline will run forever but DO NOT expect lots from it.

[OldNukeDaddy]

It is literally a Honda Pilot turned into a truck. I have one and I like it, but you are correct, it is not a working truck. The 5 ft length of the truck bed makes one sharpen their tie-down skills for hauling standard 4x8 ft sheets of construction materials.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Dont own a Ridgeline or know anyone who does but I am fully satisfied with it. A+++++ rating Fast shipper.

[Crolis]

I’d love to get a generation 1 Ridgeline. I’m not crazy about the Gen 2 looks — I think the front end looks a bit too “soft”.

Have to wait a little while but I’d love to get a 2014 RTL. They are still pricey though.

[Son-Joshua]

I just got a Ridgine yesterday. Compared to other mid size trucks it offered the most w features and comfort. Every review I read was the same. A great value.

[willk]

I have a 2017. It is the Swiss army knife of pickups.

[Pollard]

Don't own one and have rarely seen one. I would be leery about parts availability for something they didn't sell many of to begin with. Likewise with finding a mechanic that's familiar with them and has the scan tool capabilities. Some vehicles/scan tools need a specific module for specific vehicle.

Sure made plenty of Tacomas - and they're full frame rather than unibody

[doragsda]

It’s a great vehicle as long as you understand they are really a Honda Odyssey minivan with the back cut off. And the Odyssey is built on an Accord unibody pan and drivetrain, so don’t expect it to be a “real” truck in terms of load capacity. But if you just need a light duty pickup they have Honda’s reliability and build quality going for them.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

If they could tow I’d get one

[Mariner]

It’s not a pick-up and is built on an auto frame.

It only carries 500lb and tows about the same, with a 150lb tongue weight.

[AlaskaErik]

First and foremost, the Ridgeline is not a truck. It’s a unibody CUV with the back hacked off. And a CUV is nothing more than a sedan with a raised station wagon-like body. A real truck is body-on-frame. If you need a real truck, don’t get the Ridgeline. If you don’t need a real truck, get the Honda Pilot, which is what a Ridgeline is before the backend is hacked off.

[Tamatoa]

I of the best little truck I had ever owned. Never a problem. Climbed the pass in Oregon from Bend to Salem a couple of times in a snow storm with iced roads. Everyone had chains on and climbed it with none. Just solid all wheel drive and great automatic rebalancing system.

[Hardastarboard]

I did quite a bit of research on them at one point, but went with something else. They are, as others on the thread note, a Pilot / Odyssey with a bed on it. IIRC they come with either 2WD or AWD. I would get the AWD, just because. Their GVW is pretty good as I recall, as is the towing capacity, but as noted throughout this thread, the bed is the size of a saltine cracker.

It ultimately depends on what you want. Dependability, surprisingly good mileage for a truck, good power (Honda 3.5 V6 is strong), good resale (ridiculous resale, IMO), BUT - as others have noted - they aren't selling a lot of them (27,000 last year, IIRC). That's why you don't see a lot of them.

[NorseViking]

I briefly owned a Pilot SUV which is related. Not too bad but there are better trucks to consider.

[ThunderSleeps]

Agreed. They also took a year off between gen 1 and gen 2, that didn't help sales or market penetration. I see a few of them around here. I own a small Honda sedan I use as a commuter vehicle. 3+ years in and I'm very satisfied with it, 45+ MPG and it isn't even a hybrid. I also own a 3/4 ton 4x4 diesel crew-cab pickup. There is no way a Ridgeline could replace our truck.

I look at the Ridgeline (and other similar small pickups) as really SUVs with an open back. ie. they are for people who might normally have a sedan/SUV/minivan but occasionally need to haul stuff that is a bit too bulky or muddy/messy to want to put inside their vehicle. The Chevy Avalanche was more or less the same idea - just larger scale.

[blam]

My best friend gave me his 2017 Ridgeline with 4,000 miles on it before he died. It has been an excellent vehicle.

I recently learned that all the Ridgelines ever made are made in Alabama

Roll Tide

[chrisinoc]

The Honda Ridgelines are popular pickup truck in the Prescott AZ area. The Ridgeline has a more comfortable ride than other pickups and that is a priority among an older population that Prescott has.