Toyota Tundra vs Honda Ridgeline: which is more reliable?
The Toyota Tundra and the Honda Ridgeline are level on the federal record — 69/100 against 68/100 across the years we score. Which one to buy is decided by the model year, not the badge.
The record, side by side
Toyota Tundra
- 11 model years scored
- 1,320 owner complaints on record
- about 22 complaints per year on the road
- 79 recall campaigns, 33 safety-critical
- best year 2015 (86/100) · worst 2023 (32/100)
Honda Ridgeline
- 8 model years scored
- 1,211 owner complaints on record
- about 37 complaints per year on the road
- 48 recall campaigns, 22 safety-critical
- best year 2024 (85/100) · worst 2025 (48/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Tundra against Ridgeline
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Toyota Tundra
- Engine — 281 complaints
- Electrical System — 206 complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System — 171 complaints
Honda Ridgeline
- Electrical System — 265 complaints
- Engine — 253 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 143 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Tundra's complaints concentrate in Engine, the Ridgeline's in Electrical System. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Toyota Tundra — avoid: 2023.
Honda Ridgeline — avoid: 2025.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Toyota Tundra prices at about $46,200 and a Honda Ridgeline at about $51,700 — the Toyota Tundra is roughly $5,500 less, and they return 20.0 against 21.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Toyota Tundra or the Honda Ridgeline more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Toyota Tundra scores 69/100 against the Honda Ridgeline's 68/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Toyota Tundra and Honda Ridgeline years should I avoid?
Toyota Tundra: 2023. Honda Ridgeline: 2025. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Toyota Tundra and the Honda Ridgeline?
The largest complaint group on the Toyota Tundra is Engine (281 complaints); on the Honda Ridgeline it is Electrical System (265).
Is the Toyota Tundra or the Honda Ridgeline cheaper to own?
A recent used Toyota Tundra prices at about $46,200 and a Honda Ridgeline at about $51,700, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.