NHTSA Complaint #11403730 — 2017 HONDA RIDGELINE

VEHICLE BEGAN TO DISPLAY WARNING LIGHTS: VEHICLE STABILITY ASSIST (VSA) PROBLEM, EMISSIONS SYSTEM PROBLEM, ALL WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM PROBLEM, POWER STEERING SYSTEM PROBLEM, HILL START ASSIST PROBLEM AND TRAILER STABILITY ASSIST PROBLEM (TSA.) ONCE LIGHTS APPEAR, THE TRUCK GOES INTO "LIMP" MODE RESTRICTING ACCELERATION TO 2,000 RPMS MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ACCELERATE (DANGEROUS IF PULLING ONTO A BUSY ROAD) OR IF LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND RPMS OVER 2,000 THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY DOWN SHIFTS MAKING A DANGEROUS DECELERATION (ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY.) HONDA DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BAD CAMSHAFT, CAMSHAFT THRUST COVER AND CMP SENSOR (AS NOTED IN HONDA SERVICE NEWS ARTICLE FROM JANUARY 2018 A18010I VERSION 1.) AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS NOT UNCOMMON FOR THIS MODEL AND YEAR, IT'S A KNOWN PROBLEM BY HONDA RESULTING FROM A DEFECTIVE CAM SHAFT. HOWEVER, HONDA REFUSED TO STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT. IT'S A $2,300 REPAIR FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND 69,000 MILES. I'VE MADE A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA CORP, MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP AND NOW NHTSA.