Six problems related to wiring have been reported for the 2006 Honda Ridgeline. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Honda Ridgeline based on all problems reported for the 2006 Ridgeline.
Heater blower motor stopped working,smelled hot, put a test lite on for power, no power to resistor, unplugged resistor, checked blower motor had power, tried to unplugged wire from blower motor, took blower motor out to try and unplug, wire was burned to plug in, finally got plug removed plastic was melted into wiring, wiring harness needs replaced. Noticed this was a recall at one time, was driving hiway speed when blower stopped and then I could smell it getting hot wire did smoke.
Hvac motor stopped working. Looked it up online and found recall for hvac wiring harness was issued . I purchased vehicle on 7/22/2011 (used) recall said Honda would replace bad parts and install a cover to prevent passenger from kicking blower motor. There is no such cover. Local Honda dealer says truck was serviced on 6/20/2011 by previous owner and all recalled parts replaced. I do not believe this truck was repaired at all even though they say it was and if it was why is there no cover? now the same parts recalled have failed again and I do not think it is right that I have to pay them $500 to repair it.
When I first bought this vehicle I had a problem with it at 41,000 miles. The fan motor dial would not turn on correctly. I could be driving then if I hit a bump in the road the fan motor would turn on. Now you have to play with it until it turns on to it won't work at all. I think it may have something to do with the wiring because my inside lights don't work right as well. Map light one side works and the other doesn't. I replaced parts and it still doesn't work.
I own a 2006 Honda Ridgeline that just experienced a failure in the hvac fan motor wiring harness. This is listed as a cause for at least 3 fires in this vehicle and I wanted to make sure I get it reported. My vehicle only shorted the system out with no failure but cost over $700 in repairs. I also own the same year accord with the same motor.
Fan went out, appears that wiring to fan overheated.
Ridgelines built prior to 8/24/2005 does not support trailers with surge brakes. Tow electrical harness needs a 12v line into the trailer to disengage brakes when trailer is backing up. During reverse, since there is no 12v into the trailer, the trailer cannot be back up. The disk brakes are locked in the trailer. Honda has rectified the issue on newer Ridgelines.