2006 Honda Ridgeline Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I had just entered the interstate at approximately 10 pm in moderate to heavy traffic, accelerated to 65 MPH and set the cruise control, I traveled approximately a 1/4 mile when the vehicle shuddered and immediately lost momentum while the engine r.p.m increased rapidly, I turned on the four way flashers and was nearly rear ended as I attempted to get to the right side of the roadway. …”

“While driving, I suddenly started getting transmission slippage . Engine would rev up, but no power to the wheels. I was able to pull off the road. There was a strawberry milkshake colored fluid coming out of my radiator overflow container. Turns out the that transmission cooler inside the radiator broke loose and allowed engine coolant to mix with the transmission fluid. Apparently it's not an unknown problem. I'm lucky that I was in a rural residential area and not on the interstate.”

“Found out radiator/transmission on Honda Ridgeline has been having catastrophic failures due to transmission line failure. This issue will cause engine failure that could result in wrecks due to the violent nature of this failure. This would cause immediate panic to my pregnant wife and soon to be newborn baby girl. Honda is aware of the faulty connection on radiator that causes this issue and still hasn't issued recall. I believe they are acting negligently towards fixing this issue. …”

“I was traveling from houston to las vegas via interstate 10. About 100 miles from el paso, I heard a loud noise, boom, and we stopped to investigate what we saw what had happened to my truck I was totally shocked. The first thought came to our mind was, we could have gotten killed, the drive shaft snapped in half while traveling at the highway speed. Based on the words of mechanic abel of kelly grimsley Honda in odessa texas, with 14 years of experience, he has never seen anything like it. No repair has been done yet since the cost is approximately $5600. …”

“Honda Ridgeline 2006 has considerable hesitation when accelerating from under 10 MPH, especially when turning. I was leaving the parking lot of convenience store rolling at about 5 MPH and then tried to accelerate out into faster moving traffic. Vehicle hesitated for about 3 seconds which put me in a position where cars on the roadway I was entering had to brake. Hesitation is constant and consistent since purchase of the truck. Now I currently have 2000 miles on vehicle. Called Honda and they say it's normal for the system of drive by wire . …”