{
  "id": 9109249,
  "title": "U.S. regulator closes Honda Ridgeline camera probe without action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/u-s-regulator-closes-honda-ridgeline-camera-probe-without-action",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-22T08:05:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/us-regulator-closes-honda-ridgeline-camera-probe-without-action-93CH-4910019"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced on Tuesday that it had closed an investigation into rear-view camera failures in Honda Ridgeline pickup trucks, despite no action being taken, according to reports. The inquiry began in 2024 and was upgraded to an engineering analysis in February 2025 following complaints of wire-harness failures in vehicles that had already undergone the initial recall fix. After conducting testing and inspections, NHTSA concluded that the evidence did not support the notion that repaired wire harnesses would fail, as reported by several owners. The agency stated that most of the complaints concerned other rear-view camera or wire-harness issues, which could not be linked to the durability problem under examination. NHTSA's Vehicle Research and Test Center surveyed owners, inspected selected vehicles, and performed durability testing on the wiring harness. The tests revealed that rear-view camera failures were not caused by damage to the wire harness, and the part was not anticipated to malfunction within a typical vehicle lifespan.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "NHTSA closed Honda Ridgeline camera probe without action",
    "Investigation upgraded to engineering analysis in Feb 2025",
    "Tests showed rear-view camera failures not due to wire harness"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}