The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration hit Ford with a $165 million fine over its handling of recalled backup cameras on almost 600,000 cars this week. The fine, which is the second-largest penalty in the agency’s history,

The federal government announced on Thursday that it has levied a $165 million civil penalty against the Ford Motor Company over the automaker's failure to comply with federal recall requirements. It is the second largest penalty in the history of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Ford Motor Co. will be forced to pay the second largest civil penalty by an automaker after the federal government said the company did not act fast enough to issue a recall over faulty rearview cameras.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Ford was too slow to recall vehicles with faulty rearview cameras, and it failed to give the agency complete information.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has hit Ford with their second-largest civil penalty for a drawn-out recall as well as failing to “provide accurate and complete recall information.” As part of a consent order, the automaker is on the hook for up to $165 million and will be subject to third-party monitoring.

Ford Motor Company has agreed to pay $165 million, the second-largest auto penalty ever issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, to settle charges it failed to comply with federal recall requirements.

Ford has agreed to pay $165m civil penalty following a US government investigation that concluded the company failed to recall vehicles with defective rearview cameras. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the penalty,

Ford has been slapped with the largest fine in the history of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for failing to act promptly on a vehicle recall involving defective backup cameras.