2024 Ridgeline TrailSport | Stuck in the Mud 

Ridgeline is a legit good truck

Omg that little dog just hanging around next to the RL haha...

Love the criticism. I think Honda is going to hear what everyone is saying.

I dont think honda is gearing the ridgeline for insane offroading. The tires do stuggle in muddy terrain like you tested but i dont think this truck was ever ment to be a serious offroader. It was ment to haul a uhaul trailor or haul a camper but it was never ment to compete with a wrangler or a silverado. Its a midsize truck. Its geared towards 90% of americans who lets face it never really go offroading but own a silverado and want to go offroading. To me its the perfect truck for most americans who need to haul something but very rarely go offroading and when they do they probably are not rock climbing or own a ranch. I love my 2024 trailsport but i am someone who needs a truck to go on some BLM land with a few hills and a few rough spots but thats it. I dont need a silverado and i am ok with that. I need a bed to haul a kayak or a small boat and that is all. If you need a serious offroader then why are you even considering a midsize truck. The tacoma with the same features cost 50K plus while this is 46K. Why spend 50K plus on something you maybe go offroading once a year in. Plus these are way more comfortable on the road then a tacoma.

You can't have a damped bed with a DUAL ACTION TAILGATE!

A young Stephen Root on the left. 😅

Takes bootleg AT tires into soft mud, surprised at low performance -- details at 10 :D Wrong tire for sure

Never used it as a truck! Had it for a year. Sold it to Carvana! Had other mechanical issues! Calipers and suspension creaked like a 20 year old truck. That was my second Honda with major issues. I will never buy Honda again! 😢

Suzuki also took a risk on the idea that brand-loyalty for bikes is strong enough for someone to want that same badge on the truck they use to haul their bikes. That risk was the 2009-2012 Suzuki Equator, and less than 6,000 of them were sold throughout that entire period. The Equator failed because (1) it was launched right at the beginning of a recession that saw truck sales across the board take a major nose dive, (2) because Suzuki dealerships were few and far between, and (3) because it was based on an already existing and much more accessible pickup (Nissan frontier) The Ridgeline is successful because it is unique, versatile, practical, and accessible. The Ridgeline is more than "A Honda truck to haul your Honda toys", and Honda knows this. Its in-bed speakers and trunk make it the ultimate tailgater. Its lack of wheel-well bulges in the bed make it perfect for carrying anything that will need to be shoveled, scraped, or raked out. It has the ride quality and road manners of an suv, with the capability and practicality afforded by an open bed... and has enough towing and payload capacity to be able to exercise that capability and practicality. Having said all of that... it is getting old (this generation first went on sale in June 2016) and you have to shell out over $40,000 to get into one.

That’s a Maverick!!

I think it needs a redesign to be competitive in the US market. It needs to increase ground clearance, offer a brake controller, increase MPG. Get rid of trunk and doughnut, no way to access if your hauling anything in the bed. The tailgate needs to be split. Also the sides of the bed need to increase offering more bed cargo space. Honda had several years before the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz yet those two stole the marketplace. I might be crazy but the numbers Ford is selling I can see other manufacturers coming to get a piece of that market. I don't think Honda will be able to keep their market share unless they produce what Americans want. I like the truck but think those changes are essential to keep or improve their market share.

Maybe it’s not the tire but the driver. An older model with street tire did better in arguably worst conditions on Driving sports TV.

Still not a real truck