2017 Honda Ridgeline Electrical System

BACKUP CAMERA STOPPED WORKING DUE TO BROKEN WIRE WHERE IT GOES THROUGH THE TAILGATE. UNABLE TO USE BACKUP CAMERA NOW IT JUST SHOWS BLACK SCREEN. WIRES ARE EXPOSED NOW ALSO

KEYLESS START SYSTEM PROBLEMS

WHILE DRIVING IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET, ALL OF THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE DASH WILL COME ON AND CYCLE THROUGH STATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH EACH SYSTEM. THE INDICATORS WILL REMAIN ON UNTIL I SHUTDOWN AND RESTART THE TRUCK. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PAST 2 DAYS.

I BOUGHT A 2017 HONDA RIDGELINE IN SEPTEMBER. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS FEW THAN 2000 MILES. I STARTED IT UP THE OTHER DAY AND RECEIVED A DASHBOARD WARNING ABOUT A GAS-GAUGE MALFUNCTION. I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. I GOT TWO BLOCKS FROM MY HOME AND THE POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING. WITHIN A MINUTE I RECEIVED WARNINGS ABOUT TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS MALFUNCTIONS. THE CAR THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AND I STARTED HOME AND IT STALLED AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. IT WAS VERY UN-NERVING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO BABYLON HONDA LOCATED IN WEST BABYLON, NY. THEY CALLED ME A FEW DAYS LATER AND INFORMED ME THAT A RODENT HAD EATEN THE WIRING HARNESS. I WAS LOOKING AT OVER $1800 IN DAMAGES NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. A MECHANIC FRIEND OF MINE TOLD ME ABOUT AN ISSUE WITH HONDA'S INVOLVING RODENTS AND THEIR ELECTRICAL HARNESSES. HE SENT ME AN ARTICLE FROM NBC NEWS REPORTING ON THE ISSUE. HONDA IS NOW COATING THE HARNESS WITH A SOY BASED COVERING. IT ATTRACTS RODENTS. MY TRUCK NOW HAS A NEW "EDIBLE" SOY-BASED WIRING HARNESS. MANY HONDA OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING THAT THEIR VEHICLE END UP BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR YET ANOTHER HARNESS. THIS SEEMS TO PUT THE DRIVER'S AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE. HONDA CLAIMS THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE. SOME HONDA OWNERS HAVE HAD LUCK USING AN "ANTI-RODENT TAPE" WHICH WRAPS AROUND THE HARNESS. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THE TAPE IS SOLD BY HONDA AN IS AN ACTUAL HONDA PART. MY DEALER WOULDN'T PUT IT ON. I WANT TO KNOW IF I'M SAFE IN MY TRUCK. HERE'S A LINK TO THE NBC ARTICLE. I'VE ALSO ATTACHED A COPY. HTTP://WWW.NBCNEWS.COM/BUSINESS/AUTOS/HONDA-S-SOY-BASED-WIRING-COVERS-IRRESISTIBLE-RODENTS-LAWSUIT-N504746

AFTER SITTING FOR TWO HOURS, IN WET SLUSHY CONDITIONS CAME OUT TO START THE CAR, DASH LIGHTS (WARNING ICONS) FLASHING AT VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. DOME LIGHTS BARELY ON VERY DIM LIGHT CAR HAD A EXTREME POWER DRAW (SHORT). WOULD NOT START AND COULD NOT GET ANYTHING TO WORK BUT DOOR LOCKS FROM INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, FOB WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. HONDA ROADSIDE CALLED AND VEHICLE TOWED TO DAVID HOBBS HONDA. WHEN REMOVED FROM THE TOW TRUCK VEHICLE STARTED AND WORKED AS IT SHOULD, DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG, KEPT IT AND SECOND DAY AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG AND HAD ME PICK IT BACK UP. WAS TOLD WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN CALL US. NOT HAPPY WITH UNRELIABLE 2017 HONDA RIDGELINE!!!! I FEEL IT IS LIKELY THE SAME ELECTRICAL DRAW CAUSED BY YOUR RECALL FOR UNDER TRUCK BED ELECTRICAL HARNESS THAT I HAD TO INFORM DEALER ABOUT, BUT WAS TOLD NOTHING CAN BE DONE UNTIL HONDA SENDS ME A RECALL LETTER AND THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CONTACT HONDA TO REPORT THE CONDITION. I THINK BY VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR RECALL, BUT BELIEVE ITS ONLY BECAUSE OTHERS HAVE NOT REPORTED THIS TYPE IF ISSUE YET! VEHICLE SITTING IN PARKING LOT, WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO START AND THAT IS WHEN ISSUE CAME TO BE. I HAVE ABOUT 7000 MILES ON IT NOW. *TR

TPMS FAILURE LIGHT IMMEDIATELY CAME ON DRIVING FROM THE DEALERSHIP. TOOK IT BACK AND AND AS LEAVING IT CAME ON AGAIN. IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK FOR FIX AND UPON NEARING HOME 25 MILES FROM DEALER IT CAME ON AGAIN. HAD TO TAKE IT BACK FOR A LOANER SO THEY COULD DO A 24 HOUR DIAGNOSIS. NEEDED TO ORDER REAR SUB HARNESS PN 32114-TG7-A00. WAITED 2 WEEKS. HAD THE HARNESS INSTALLED AND APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES LATER THE TPMS ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THIS IS A HARD FAULT THAT STAYS ON UNTIL DEALER RESETS. LIGHT ILLUMINATES EACH TIME WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY WHILE IN FWD MOTION.