Honda North America has been forced to recall over 100,000 Ridgeline utes for the potential to catch fire.
Model-year 2017-19 Ridgelines are being recalled because of an issue with the fuel pump feeding ports, which can be corroded by acids in car wash detergents, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says.
The corrosion could allow fuel leakage and the chance of catching fire, which is why a total of 106,683 of the pick-ups have been recalled to have their fuel pumps replaced free of charge.
“(Honda) Dealers will replace the fuel pump, if necessary, and install a fuel pump cover, free of charge,” NHTSA reports.
“Exposure to acids, such as from car wash soaps, can result in the fuel pump feed port cracking,” the recall notice adds.
The Ridgeline, not available in Australia, (and Pilot SUV) was also recalled in April last year for a seat fault which could see the entire seat detach from the floor of the vehicle.
Over 5,800 cars were recalled for the seat fault, which required US Honda dealers to “replace the driver seat frame assembly in Acura MDX vehicles, and replace the driver and front passenger seat slide rail frames in Honda Pilot and Ridgeline vehicles, free of charge,” NTHSA said.
Honda has also had to issue a Takata airbag recall on the late-model Ridegline utes, to the tune of another 1.4 million US-supplied Ridgelines added to the 42 million vehicles containing Takata inflators.
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