2025 Honda Ridgeline problems, complaints & recalls

Updated Oct 10, 2026 from NHTSA data · How we count

Owners have filed 96 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Honda Ridgeline, most often about electrical system. There are 2 recalls for this model year.

Complaints: 96
Recalls: 2
Crashes: 2
Fires: 1
Injuries: 1
Median mileage: 500 mi

Key facts

Lighting is the most-reported problem area, named in 26 of 96 complaints (27%).
Electrical System (26) and engine (23) follow.
Half of the complaints that list mileage happened before 500 mi.
Owners reported 2 crashes, 1 fire and 1 injury.
The 2025 Honda Ridgeline has 2 recalls on file.
NHTSA has opened 1 defect investigation covering this vehicle.
It ranks 8th of 20 Honda Ridgeline model years by our severity-weighted complaint score (1st = worst).
That is 57% more complaints than the 2024 model year (61).

A complaint can mention more than one problem area, so categories add up to more than the total.

Most-reported components

Component (as filed with NHTSA)	Complaints
Electrical system	26
Exterior lighting	25
Engine	23
Unknown or other	16
Forward collision avoidance: warnings	11
Service brakes	8
Forward collision avoidance: adaptive cruise control	4
Vehicle speed control	4

When problems happen (mileage)

Mileage at the time of the problem, for 2025 Honda Ridgeline complaints that list mileage.

2025 Honda Ridgeline recalls (2)

Recall 26V332000May 21, 202698,892 vehicles
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) is recalling certain 2018-2021, 2023 Acura TLX, 2019-2024 RDX, 2017-2020, 2022-2026 MDX, 2017-2021, 2023, 2025 Honda Ridgeline, 2017-2022 Pilot, 2019-2021 Passport, 2018-2026 Odyssey, 2019-2022 Insight, 2019-2021 HR-V, 2018-2020 Fit, 2020-2022 CR-V Hybrid, 2017-2022 CR-V, 2017-2018, 2021 Civic Type R, 2017-2021 Civic hatchback, 2016-2020 Civic coupe, 2016-2022 Civic, 2017-2022 Accord Hybrid, and 2016-2022 Accord vehicles. The front passenger seat weight sensor may crack and short circuit, which can cause the air bags to deploy unintentionally during a crash.
Risk: Air bags that deploy unintentionally during a crash increase the risk of injury.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the seat weight sensors, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 7, 2026. Owners may contact Honda's customer service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's numbers for this recall are BOL, WO9, OOA, WOM, XOH, NOC, POD, BOE, UOF, POB, EOG, AOI, QO8, TOJ, DO7, and SOK. This recall expands previous NHTSA recall number 24V064. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning May 29, 2026.
Recall 24V321000May 9, 2024187,290 vehicles
BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA
Honda (America Honda Motor Co) is recalling certain 2020-2024 Ridgeline vehicles. The rearview camera (RVC) tailgate wire harness may fatigue and break, which can prevent the rearview camera image from displaying.
Risk: A rearview camera that does not display an image can reduce the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the RVC tailgate wire harness, free of charge. Owner letters were mailed November 8, 2024. Owners may contact Honda service at 1-888-234-2138. Honda's number for this recall is YI7.

NHTSA defect investigations

EA25004Opened Mar 26, 2025Open
No Restart After Auto Start/Stop Engages
On June 3, 2022, the Oﬃce of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Preliminary Evaluation PE22005 after the agency received VOQs and several ﬁeld reports concerning the Auto Idle Stop (AIS) feature on 2016-2019MY Honda Pilot vehicles. The complaints allege that the engine fails to restart on its own from a complete stop at a traﬃc light or road intersection with the AIS function engaged. The subject vehicles are equipped with a 3.5L engine with a 9-speed automatic transmission. On January 6, 2023, Honda released service bulletins 23-008 and 23-009. These service bulletins address the failure to r…

Recent 2025 Honda Ridgeline complaints

Excerpts of the newest owner complaints, lightly cleaned of personal details. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Filed Oct 8, 2026OHLighting
The automatic high beams on my ridgeline tend to be a saftery issue the do not function correctly many owners report they have this issue as well there has been no damage yet however they have not worked since factory I've asked the dealer about it ans have been told it's normal
NHTSA complaint #11769777 · source
Filed Oct 7, 2026FLEngine
The vehicle was stopped at a light and just died. We are 99% sure the start/stop button was turned off but Honda insisted it must have been active because they have had to replace many starters due to the starter not starting after the vehicle has stopped at a light. We were not told this could happen. They said they do not know how long it would take for the part to come in and just press the start/stop button everytime after starting the car and it would be fine. We had…
NHTSA complaint #11769650 · source
Filed Oct 5, 2026SCEngine
starter went bad due to the auto idle start/stop the vehicle shut off at an intersection and would not start back they replaced the battery and said it was bad 3000 miles later the starter is bad according to the Fred Anderson honda dealership as i was having the same issue
NHTSA complaint #11769070 · source
Filed Oct 5, 2026FLElectrical System
Auto start stop system. Shuts off engine at stop lights, will fail to re-start engine when I release the brake and step on the gas. Has happened several times. Came close to being rear ended. Dealer service manager told me to dit the disable switch every time I start the vehicle.
NHTSA complaint #11769046 · source
Filed Oct 3, 2026RIDriver Assistance & Safety Tech
The vehicular every day now gives false warnings and has applied braking when there are no other vehicles is the area . Turns seem to be the issue . When in a round about it will go off when no other vehicles are in the area , almost ghost like
NHTSA complaint #11768661 · source
Filed Oct 1, 2026VAEngine
This afternoon, the Auto Engine Stop System Problem light came on, the truck hard-stalled at a very busy intersection, and it forced a manual reboot from Park to get moving again.
NHTSA complaint #11768385 · source
Filed Sep 27, 2026VAElectrical System
My vehicle has approximately 17,200 miles on it. On XXX I approached a stop light and stopped for the red light. When the light turned green my vehicle did not move. I checked to see if it was in drive and it was in neutral. I attempted several times to get it into drive mode but it would not move. I then realized the vehicle had turned off. After several attempts I got the vehicle restarted. I drove to the dealership, Pohanka Honda in [XXX]. After inspecting my vehicle the…
NHTSA complaint #11767246 · source
Filed Sep 24, 2026ARDriver Assistance & Safety TechLighting
This 2025 Honda Ridgeline has an auto high beam function. When the headlights are on, the auto high beam will cycle on and off for absolutely no reason. Often only 3-5 seconds apart. There will be no oncoming traffic and no road signs illuminated by the headlights that would possibly confuse the system that a vehicle is approaching. ALSO, the forward collision warning system is way too sensitive. It will often either flash a brake warning on the dash, or actually activate…
NHTSA complaint #11766644 · source

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Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation public data, as of Oct 10, 2026. Complaints are submitted by owners and are not verified by NHTSA or by us; a complaint does not prove a defect exists. View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov Methodology