general problems of the 2008 Honda Ridgeline

Tl the contact owns a 2008 Honda Ridgeline. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle started to stall with the temperature gauge showing a very high reading. The driver restarted the vehicle and drove to her residence. The contact stated he also experience the failure. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The contact stated that when he opened the hood he saw a pink substance bubbling up from an unknown plastic container on the passenger's side of the engine compartment. The contact called the local dealer colonial Honda of dartmouth (225 state rd, dartmouth, MA 02747, (508) 996-6800) and made the dealer aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

On Saturday December 08,2018 @ 550pm I pulled into parking spot at supermarket and left my 2008 Ridgeline running while I went into supermarket about 15 minutes ,and when I returned transmission fluid and antifreeze and drained out my Ridgeline onto ground and rideline would not go into drive. Had to have it towed home.

Just driving along @ 20mph the transmission started to hesitate then start slipping. Lucky enough to limp home 1 mile away from where it started. Transmission fluid was pouring out of the radiator overflow container. I had no transmission fluid showing on dipstick. Engine oil was normal. I replaced the radiator as I saw countless people online with same issue. The trans line inside the radiator ruptured putting into circulation the coolant/trans fluid mixture throughout the engine and heater core. Fortunately this trans fluid mixture was not being sucked back into the transmission, purely a miracle in this case. This is an issue that is a fault in engineering, and not "if" this will happen to your vehicle is a matter of when. This car has 140k on it and has been meticulously maintained, no reason for this failure have had cars with 300k not have this problem.