Ridgeline 06

[David]

Gas cap! Make sure you twist it on tight. The service light comes on if
you do not.

35,000 miles on this truck and it goes off road in muddy fields, grass land
and woods almost weekly being used as a work vehicle by a land surveying
company and the only time it has been in the shop was because of the gas cap
not being put on properly.

The gas cap is the first weekness so far. The company I work for used to
drive a Chevy 2500 which used to literally sink in the mud as it sat for too
long. That truck was always in the shop for brakes or other engine
problems.

Anyone else find any faults with the ridgeline?

-David

 

[High Tech Misfit]

Gas cap! Make sure you twist it on tight. The service light comes on if
you do not.

35,000 miles on this truck and it goes off road in muddy fields, grass land
and woods almost weekly being used as a work vehicle by a land surveying
company and the only time it has been in the shop was because of the gas cap
not being put on properly.

The gas cap is the first weekness so far. The company I work for used to
drive a Chevy 2500 which used to literally sink in the mud as it sat for too
long. That truck was always in the shop for brakes or other engine
problems.

Anyone else find any faults with the ridgeline?

-David

Just out of curiosity, what year was the last car you owned? Was it older
than 1996?

The gas cap thing applies to ALL vehicles of model years 1996 and newer by
ALL manufacturers, as well as some pre-'96 ones. This is how OBD-II works.

 

[ed]

Gas cap! Make sure you twist it on tight. The service light comes on if
you do not.

35,000 miles on this truck and it goes off road in muddy fields, grass
land and woods almost weekly being used as a work vehicle by a land
surveying company and the only time it has been in the shop was because of
the gas cap not being put on properly.

The gas cap is the first weekness so far. The company I work for used to
drive a Chevy 2500 which used to literally sink in the mud as it sat for
too long. That truck was always in the shop for brakes or other engine
problems.

Anyone else find any faults with the ridgeline?

I have an 06 Ridgeline, and with 9000 miles have had no problems to date,
except the dealer doesn't like my practice of changing the oil before the
maintenance minder says I should. I also have had the gas cap message, but
found it was caused by "topping off" when I bought gas. I now stop when the
pump clicks off, and have not seen the message in over 6,000 miles.
Ed

 

[garray]

Agreed. This is nothing unique to the Ridgeline. You have to fill it up and
turn the cap until it clicks 3+ times. I heard that on a new Chevy I bought
YEARS ago.

To read up on how happy owners seem to be about the Ridgeline, check out -
www.ridgelineownersclub.com.

Good luck.