Used 2018 Honda Ridgeline Crew Cab Consumer Reviews
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Love my Ridgeline_form & function!
Jen Smith, 04/18/2018
2018 Honda Ridgeline Sport 4dr Crew Cab SB (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
As other reviews have stated, if you need to do heavy duty hauling and towing, this probably isn't the truck for you. However, if you're looking for a truck for weekend projects, but you still want the creature comforts of a nice ride on your daily commute, this truck is fantastic. I fall in the latter category, and really fell in love with how this vehicle handles after driving several other trucks. In fact, I had my heart set on a Tacoma until I drove one. Lack of safety features, poor acceleration and squishy handling were all a huge surprise and a huge disappointment. Consumer Reports got this one right, ranking the Ridgeline the #1 mid-size pickup truck: "if people bought pickup trucks on what they ACTUALLY use them for, more people would be driving Ridgelines".
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Excessive wind noise - was told, "It's a truck".
M Moto, 01/13/2020
2018 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Our experience was nearly identical to Stephen Zimney's on 12/19/17. Vehicle: 2018 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 6A) January 2018, we purchased a 2018 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E from Findlay Honda, Las Vegas. I had finally convinced my other half that Honda's were a great choice. We got the truck up to highway speed (65) and could hear air noise from the driver’s side front window. It was as though the window was open a crack. There was just a little bit of noise coming from the front right window. We both thought it was ridiculous to have wind noise on a brand spanking new vehicle...so we took the vehicle back to the dealer to get it fixed. They ended up replacing a trim panel and the rubber gasket on the driver’s side door/window. The air noise was worse…it now started at around 40mph and got louder the faster we drove. The next trip to the dealer, we were basically told to deal with it because “it’s a truck”. Frustrated, we kept the music level up pretty high to mask the noise. We finally took it in again and were told the noise was inherent with the vehicle. They said they drove a NEW 2020 Ridgeline and heard the SAME noise! Was told there was nothing they could do. WORDs TO THE WISE: Be aware that unless you’re deaf in your left ear or always have the music turned up loud, you’ll probably be hearing wind noise. Do your test drive in the actual vehicle you’re buying, make sure the radio is turned off and get up to highway speed. Conclusion: Thanks, Honda…for doing NOTHING to prove to my other half that buying a Honda was a good idea.
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Love My New Ridgeline
CC, 12/29/2017
2018 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
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La Black Mamba knows how to dance
tonye, 08/03/2018
updated 08/12/2019
2018 Honda Ridgeline Black Edition 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
14 of 18 people found this review helpful
This is my first truck, EVER.... and it's likely like my 30th car (no kidding) by now. I wanted something in which I could carry something tall, like a fridge, every so often ( as in never so far )... but I didn't want to be penalized with a truck. Now, for a while we had an Acura TLX V6 with SH-AWD and I love how torque steering in an AWD system handles.... so the Ridgeline and Pilot both have it, except American Honda tunes it not as aggressively and won't tell you about. The MDX was too expensive, we'd had three RDXs AWD in a row... and besides only the Rigdeline could do the fridge loading. Anyhow, we've done two road trips with this baby... 1000 miles to the Bay Area and 3000 to the Puget Sound and both times we cruised at 80++ mph. This baby has some issues, sure, like the rear doors don't open wide enough and the tailgate won't lock (which means stealing the OEM hard tonneau is way too easy) but other than that, this is a clear winner. And, gotta tell ya, going through those cloverleaf freeway transition roads, with the loud pedal modulating the attitude of the truck (via rear torque vectoring) is an eye opener.... Like I wrote, this is La Black Mamba and she knows how to dance! Well, after two years the lease was over. We put some 25K miles on it, half of that on three trips up the I5 from SoCal to the Puget Sound and trips to the Bay Area and Central California. The truck was a delight to drive. In winter snow and rain it felt secure, in summer the AC kept up chilled. The AT6 worked infallibly and the suspension soaked the bumps on the highway easily. The only additional "complain" that I could add is that there is almost no difference in "feel" between cruising at 70 or 85.. so whenever I drove on the interstates without using cruise control, I'd find myself doing 85. We got quite a few complements from pick up truck owners about the Ridge, it IS a very nice looking truck. Many were amazed at the workings of the tailgate. Heck, I don't think I ever used the tailgate by dropping it down, I only used it opening it sideways. Much more convenient. All in all it was a great experience. We used the truck bed only once and it was for stuff that fit under the tonneau closed, never used it to haul anything big, so this time around we've replaced it with a '19 Honda Passport Elite AWD, so we'll see how that goes... it has the AT9 and the same iVTM4 as the Ridge.
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Short Timer
Ken L., 01/13/2018
updated 08/02/2021
2018 Honda Ridgeline RTL-E 4dr Crew Cab AWD SB (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
First of all, I have only driven it about 60 miles so far, as I just recently took delivery. I should probably not be writing this review so soon, as the only problems I have had so far have to do with all the new technology that I am having to learn with this machine. My normal go-to car was 20 years old so the Ridgeline is pure luxury in comparison. It is a beautiful vehicle and a real pleasure to drive so far. Seems to be insulated quite well, as the road noise is nil compared to what I have been used to in the past. Review #2 July 26, 2018 Don't put on many miles, but took it on a road rip to northern Montana & Idaho mid-June 2018. The truck performed beautifully with no disappointments. Drove 10 hours in one day and not fatigued at all. Performed well in the mountains. Great machine and very glad I bought it.
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