Let’s walk through this. It seems that despite working for General Motors as a technician, this particular person bought a 2009 Honda CR-V and found it to be very reliable. Now, he’s buying a used 2022 Honda Ridgeline and hoping for the same.
A Used-Car Buyer Wonders About Honda Ridgeline Reliability
Let’s here from the original Facebook post:
“Thanks for adding me. Finally picked up my 22 RTLE after about 3 years of wanting a Ridgeline. It replaced my 2009 CR-V with 292k miles on it. The CR-V was my daily driver for about 12 years and the most reliable vehicle I have ever owned. I hope this truck is half as reliable as the CR-V. So far the Ridgeline is one of the smoothest and most practical vehicles I have ever driven. Love it so far.”
One commenter pointed out that Hondas are known for reliability.
“You can* beat a Honda, for quality and ride. I used to be a Chevy guy back in the 60’s & 70’s, I switched to a new Honda Accord in the 80’s and drove Accords till 2006 I believe when Honda came out with the Ridgeline, been driving Ridgelines ever since.”
We believe the poster here meant “can’t beat” instead of “can.”
That’s where the original poster mentioned his work from GM: “i used to be a GM tech. I decided a long time ago that I was tired of fixing my gm/ ford vehicles that I owned so I drive Hondas. Lol”
Lots of commenters popped up in praise of the Ridgeline’s reliability, we’ve seen this several times now.
This next one sums it up best - and reminds us that even reliable vehicles need maintenance in order to keep going for many years and miles.
“You got a good one but you're going to have to understand that you got to keep up with more maintenance than you did with the CRV. The differentials the rear end and the transmission fluid, not to mention just oil changes. And you need to really do them all about every 45,000 mi if you want to keep it for a long time. You can do them all yourself, plenty of YouTube videos, but if you don't have any idea of where you are right now with when they were changed last, just change them all and know where you're starting. Use only original Honda fluids. Sometimes the fluids off of Amazon for Honda fluids or $20 to $50 cheaper than going to the dealership, but sometimes not, so always check the prices before you just buy from Amazon. All these fluids you need to do this first change are still going to cost about $200 even doing yourself.”
Other Honda Owners Are Happy
There were a couple of other folks who were happy campers with their Ridgeline.
“I bought a Pearl White 2022 RTL-E in Sept. of '25 with just 23K miles; perfect condition. My brother is a retired aircraft mechanic/AirBus A330 Captain and has the same truck. He tells me it is the only vehicle he will own/drive. I love this truck; super gas mileage, smooth ride.”
“I love my 2018 rtle and have been with it for a little over 2 years now and don’t plan on selling it anytime soon, great vehicle but you do need to keep up with the fluid changes pretty regularly, and always use oem fluids too, mine hasn’t given me a single problem in 2+years”
The CR-V also got some love from a commenter: “Hard to beat a before 2022 CR-V!” one said.
Once again, we’re seeing anecdotal evidence, and a fair bit of it, that Honda Ridgeline owners are enjoying their trucks and finding them to be quite reliable. It appears that the Honda CR-V is also reliable.
Honda seems to be doing something right.
Images: Honda
About The Author
Tim Healey is an experienced automotive writer and editor from Chicago. He has covered automotive news at Consumer Guide Automotive, Web2Carz, AutoGuide, and was the managing editor at The Truth About Cars. Tim is a member of the Midwest Automotive Media Association. You can find him on Facebook, X/Twitter, and on LinkedIn.
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