Honda Ridgeline 2018–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin APaS01172019901 · NHTSA communication 10152755 · issued Jan 17, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2018–2019
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Dealer message - American Honda (AHM) is investigating certain 2018-2019 Ridgelines with a customer complaint of the tailgate not opening from the side. To fully understand the cause of this condition, AHM would like to inspect the vehicle prior to you attempting a repair of any kind.
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.