2020 HONDA RIDGELINE mirror

Contents
This owner’s manual should be considered a permanent part of the
vehicle and should remain with the vehicle when it is sold.
This owner’s manual covers all models of your vehicle. You may find
descriptions of equipment and features that are not on your
particular model.
Images throughout this owner’s manual (including the front cover)
represent features and equipment that are available on some, but
not all, models. Your particular mo del may not have some of these
features.
This owner’s manual is for vehicles sold in the United States and
Canada.
The information and specifications in cluded in this publication were
in effect at the time of approval for printing. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
reserves the right, however, to discontinue or change specifications
or design at any time without notice and without incurring any
obligation.2 Safe Driving P. 29
For Safe Driving P. 30 Seat Belts P. 35 Airbags P. 42
2Instrument Panel P. 73
Indicators P. 74 Gauges and Multi-Information Display P. 106
2Controls P. 111
Clock P. 112 Locking and Unlocking the Doors P. 113
Security System P. 132 Opening and Closing the Windows P. 135
Adjusting the Mirrors P. 160 Adjusting the Seats P. 162
2Features P. 195
Audio System P. 196
General Information on the Audio System P. 276
HomeLink ® Universal Transceiver P. 320 Bluetooth® HandsFreeLink ® P. 323
2 Driving P. 357
Before Driving P. 358 Towing a Trailer P. 366
Braking P. 462Parking Your Vehicle P. 466
2Maintenance P. 481
Before Performing Maintenance P. 482 Maintenance MinderTM P. 485
Checking and Maintaining Wiper Blades P. 507
Climate Control System Maintenance P. 521
2Handling the Unexpected P. 531
Tools P. 532 If a Tire Goes Flat P. 533
Overheating P. 549 Indicator, Coming On/Blinking P. 551
When You Cannot Unlock the Fuel Fill Door P. 563
2 Information P. 567
Specifications P. 568 Identification Numbers P. 570
Emissions Testing P. 573 Warranty Coverages P. 575

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Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide
Visual Index
❚Gauges (P106)
❚Multi-Information Display
(P107)
❚System Indicators (P74)
❚ECON Button (P396)
❚Collision Mitigation Braking SystemTM
(CMBSTM) OFF Button (P423)
❚
Heated Windshield Button (P155)
Canadian models
❚Parking Sensor System Button* (P468)
❚Steering Wheel Adjustments (P159)
❚ENGINE START/STOP Button (P141)
❚AC Power Outlet Button* (P184)
❚Road Departure Mitigation (RDM)
Button
(P456)
❚ (Vehicle Stability AssistTM (VSA ®)
System OFF) Button
(P405)
❚Bed Light Button (P185)
❚Audio System (P196)
❚Navigation System*
() See the Navigation System Manual
❚Front Seat Heaters and Seat
Ventilation Buttons* (P181)
❚Climate Control System (P187)
❚Hazard Warning Button
❚Rear Defogger/Heated Door Mirror*
Button
(P155)
❚Front Seat Heater Buttons* (P180)

Visual Index
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Quick Reference Guide❚Power Window Switches (P135)
❚Master Door Lock Switch (P125)
❚Memory Buttons* (P158)
❚SET Button* (P158)
❚Fuel Fill Door Release Button (P478)
❚Driver’s Front Airbag (P45)
❚Shift Button (P388)
❚Auxiliary Input Jack (P199)
❚Parking Brake (P462)
❚Interior Fuse Box Type A (P559)
❚Hood Release Handle (P490)
❚Door Mirror Controls (P161)
❚Accessory Power Socket (P178)
❚Accessory Power Socket (P178)
❚USB Port (P197)
❚Auto Idle Stop OFF Button (P400)
❚Mode Button* (P397)
❚Passenger’s Front Airbag (P45)
❚Glove Box (P173)
❚Trunk Main Switch (P130)
❚USB Port (P197)
❚USB Ports* (P197)
❚Interior Fuse Box Type B (P560)
❚Rearview Mirror (P160)
❚Snow Button* (P398)
❚Rear Outer Seat Heater buttons* (P182)

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Quick Reference Guide
❚Side Curtain Airbags (P51)
❚Grab Handle
❚Coat Hook (P176)
❚Seat Belts (P38)
❚Sun Visors
❚Vanity Mirrors
❚Moonroof Switch* (P139)
❚Map Lights (P172)
❚HomeLink® Buttons (P321)
❚Sunglasses Holder (P177)
❚Front Seat (P162)
❚Side Airbags (P49)
❚Seat Belt (Installing a Child Seat) (P63)
❚Seat Belt to Secure a Child Seat (P65)
❚LATCH to Secure a Child Seat (P60)
❚Rear Seat (P165)
❚Map Lights (P172)
❚Back Window Switch* (P137)
* Not available on all models

Visual Index
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Quick Reference Guide❚Maintenance Under the Hood (P489)
❚Windshield Wipers (P153, 507)
❚Power Door Mirrors (P161)
❚Headlights (P145, 501)
❚Front Side Marker Lights (P145, 503)
❚Fog Lights (P148, 504)
❚Side Turn Signal Lights* (P144, 504)
❚Daytime Running Lights /Parking Lights* (P149, 503)
❚How to Refuel (P478)
❚Rear Turn Signal and Back-Up Lights (P505)
❚Door Lock/Unlock Control (P116)
❚Tires (P509, 533)
❚Front Turn Signal/Parking* Lights (P144, 504)
❚Brake/Taillight and Rear Side Marker Lights (P505)
❚Rear License Plate Light (P506)
❚Multi-View Rear Camera (P475)
❚Drop Opening the Tailgate (P128)
❚Rear License Plate Light (P506)
❚Swing Opening the Tailgate (P128)
❚Opening and Closing the Trunk (P129)
❚AC Power Outlet* (P183)
❚High-Mount Brake Light (P506)
❚Bed Lights (P185)

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Quick Reference Guide
Safe Driving (P29)
Airbags (P42)
●Your vehicle is fitted with airbags to help protect you and
your passengers during a moderate-to-severe collision.
Child Safety (P55)
●All children 12 and younger should be seated in the rear seat.●Smaller children should be properly restrained in a forward-facing child seat.●Infants must be properly restrained in a rear-facing child seat.
Exhaust Gas Hazard (P70)
●Your vehicle emits dangerous exhaust gases that contain carbon
monoxide. Do not run the engine in confined spaces where carbon
monoxide gas can accumulate.
Before Driving Checklist (P34)
●Before driving, check that the front seats, head restraints,
steering wheel, and mirrors have been properly adjusted.
Seat Belts (P35)
●Fasten your seat belt and sit upright well
back in the seat.
●Check that your passengers are wearing
their seat belts correctly.
Fasten your lap belt as
low as possible.

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Quick Reference Guide
Power Door Mirrors
(P161)
●With the power mode in ON, move the
selector switch to L or R .
●Push the appropriate edge of the
adjustment switch to adjust the mirror.
●Press the folding button* to fold in and
out the door mirrors.
Selector Switch
Adjustment Switch
Folding Button*
Power Windows (P135)
●With the power mode in ON, open and
close the power windows.
●If the power window lock button is in the
off position, each passenger’s window
can be opened and closed with its own
switch.
●If the power window lock button is in the
on position (indicator is on), each
passenger’s window switch is disabled.
Power Window Lock Button
Window SwitchIndicator
* Not available on all models

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Quick Reference Guide
Honda Sensing®(P417)
Honda Sensing ® is a driver support system
which employs the use of two distinctly
different kinds of sensors, a radar sensor
located behind the emblem and a front
sensor camera mounted to the interior side
of the windshield, behind the rearview
mirror.
The camera is located
behind the rearview mirror.
Front
Sensor
Camera
Radar Sensor The radar sensor is
beh
ind the emblem.
Collision Mitigation
Braking System
TM
(CMBS
TM) (P420)
Can assist you when there is a possibility of
your vehicle colliding with a vehicle or a
pedestrian detected in front of yours. The
CMBS
TM is designed to alert you when a
potential collision is determined, as well as
to reduce your vehicle speed to help
minimize collision severity when a collision is
deemed unavoidable.
Adaptive Cruise Control
(ACC)
(P432)
Helps maintain a constant vehicle speed and
a set following-interval behind a vehicle
detected ahead of yours, without you
having to keep your foot on the brake or
the accelerator.
Lane Keeping Assist
System (LKAS)
(P445)
Provides steering input to help keep the
vehicle in the middle of a detected lane and
provides tactile and visual alerts if the
vehicle is detected drifting out of its lane.
Road Departure
Mitigation (RDM) System
(P454) Alerts and helps to assist you when the
system detects a possibility of your vehicle
unintentionally crossing over detected lane
markings and/or leaving the roadway
altogether.