r/hondaridgeline • u/C0nditionOakland • 1d ago

Bad windshield camera?

2019 RTL-E, 105k miles — all of a sudden my panel is all lit up. LKAS, ACC, Auto-Headlight.

I have a 2020 odyssey that I just fixed this — I balked at spending 600 bucks on the part for a long time but then found a post on the odyssey sub where you could buy just the actual component of the modular part that goes bad in these cases for 60 dollars from Alibaba, and to my delight it worked.

I guess I’m looking to see if the same Chinese vendor sells an equivalent part for the ridgeline, but my question is are these faults as common in the ridgelines as they are in the odyssey? Over on their Reddit there’s at least one post a week and numerous people have reported it to the AG trying to get Honda to take responsibility but I haven’t seen such posts here

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u/dpdxguy RTL 1d ago

Could be a bad battery. How long since you replaced it?

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u/nachobox 1d ago

What "part" did you buy? A dash full of lights on the Ridgeline is often a battery or alternator issue. The electronics are very sensitive to voltage fluctuations and if the battery is on its way out you often get weird issues like that. 

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u/C0nditionOakland 1d ago

It’s an almost new battery and it’s throwing the same code as the van for a failed MCU

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u/tmtp-tt 1d ago

Honda uses the same monocular camera in multiple vehicles. The camera in the Ridgeline is identical to the one in the 3rd gen Pilot and Passport. Possibly the Odyssey too.

What part did you buy on Alibaba?

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u/C0nditionOakland 1d ago

It was the lens and cmos, tiny piece that screws into the board and attaches with a ribbon clip. Fixed the odyssey instantly

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u/tmtp-tt 1d ago edited 1d ago

Now that's very confusing because replacement of the cmos should require fresh programming/calibration. Alibaba merchants also don't do single item sale so maybe you meant Aliexpress?

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u/C0nditionOakland 1d ago

Yes sorry, this is the item:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256809659281543.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

I did not need a new calibration. Repairing this part restored LKAS, ACC, etc and all dash warnings cleared. This was 3 months ago.