2008 HONDA RIDGELINE — Complaint #1177708
Open-data reference.
NHTSA Complaint about EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:INTEGRATED JACK/LEVELER/STABILIZER filed April 25, 2015
NHTSA complaint #1177708 (ODI reference 10712874) concerns a 2008 HONDA RIDGELINE and was filed on April 25, 2015. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 25, 2015. The report was geocoded to Washington based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as equipment:mechanical:integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA RIDGELINE cohort independently describe similar equipment:mechanical:integrated jack/leveler/stabilizer failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2008 HONDA RIDGELINE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
THE OEM FACTORY JACK IS TOO SHORT TO RAISE THE 2008 HONDA RIDGELINE HIGH ENOUGH TO REMOVE THE TIRES. I EXTENDED THE JACK AS HIGH AS IT WOULD GO ON FLAT, LEVEL GROUND. I WAS FORCED TO FIND A WOOD BLOCK TO RAISE IT HIGH ENOUGH. SHOULDN'T THIS BE A RECALL ITEM? THERE ARE RIDGELINE OWNERS EVERYWHERE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1177708 |
| ODI Number | 10712874 |
| Date Filed | April 25, 2015 |
| Failure Date | April 25, 2015 |
| VIN | 2HJYK16408H |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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