2018 HONDA RIDGELINE — Complaint #1747667
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NHTSA Complaint about BACK OVER PREVENTION: CAMERA SYSTEM filed May 17, 2021
NHTSA complaint #1747667 (ODI reference 11417394) concerns a 2018 HONDA RIDGELINE and was filed on May 17, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on April 30, 2021. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as back over prevention: camera system, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HONDA RIDGELINE cohort independently describe similar back over prevention: camera system failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 HONDA RIDGELINE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The wiring harness that supports the backup camera on my 2018 Honda Ridgeline has cracked and I suspect broken wires in that harness is the reason that the backup camera does not work any longer. (It is possible that the camera just quit working, but everything that I can see and read about lead me to believe it is a pattern failure with the wiring). The camera not working reduces my ability to see behind me for any potential collision issues when Iâm backing up. I have searched for similar issues that other Honda Ridgeline owners might have reported, and I have found several reports, and also posted videoâs on how to fix this issue with replacing the wiring harness (and the wires in the harness). On my Ridgeline, this failure happened about 4 or 5 months after the warranty of 3 years ran out. Other reports that Iâve viewed in various forums report similar timeframes, and yet some reported this issue occurring while it was still under warranty. I am currently in contact with Hond
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1747667 |
| ODI Number | 11417394 |
| Date Filed | May 17, 2021 |
| Failure Date | April 30, 2021 |
| VIN | 5FPYK3F78JB |
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