10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
12 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
10 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,342 miles

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problem #123

Sep 292021

CR-V

  • miles
When I applied the brake, it accelerated in very high speed and hit a solid object. Me and my wife who was the passenger got injured very badly and this suv was a total loss

- Laurel, MD, USA

problem #122

Mar 162022

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Driving down road at approximately 30mph, no obstructions in road or vehicles in front of me and the car suddenly slowed down to approximately 10mph due to automatic braking system engaging.

- Eureka, MO, USA

problem #121

Mar 152022

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New Jersey: While driving to work (I am a healthcare worker) at 5:30 am on Route 9 North in Manalapan NJ, at a speed of approximately 50 miles per hour, the brake warning light went on and the car unexpectedly slammed to a full stop. No car was immediately behind me or they would have crashed into me. My purse, coffee and book on front seat went flying to the dashboard. Prior to this event happening, the Brake warning light would go off even if no one was in front of me or anywhere around me. the Honda dealership in Freehold NJ dismissed my concern and said there is nothing they can do without recreating the problem. I called the Freehold dealership and was told the service manager was out for a month, no one is covering for him. I asked to speak to someone else in the service department and they told me to drive down and they will have a technician drive with me to see the problem. I told them it was random and never happened before, but to no avail. I asked if I could turn off the Collusion Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) and they said no. Just to adjust the ACC (low speed follow) to long. I insisted on being seen today, but am concerned that this will happen again.

- Howell, NJ, USA

problem #120

Mar 092022

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The automatic braking system engaged without warning and without reason as I was not within close proximity to any other vehicles or obstructions.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

problem #119

Feb 262022

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Vehicle randomly slammed on brakes without driver touching the brake. There were no obstacles or other cars in front of the vehicle at the time. Automatic emergency braking was on. The only warning that came up was the-??Brake-?? warning as the vehicle was slamming on the brakes. Luckily the car behind the vehicle was able to move to another lane to avoid a collision. The vehicle was taken to the Honda dealer and inspected. They were unable to find the cause of the random braking or to reproduce it.

- Redwood City, CA, USA

problem #118

Mar 022022

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Was driving yesterday (2018 Honda CRV) and the brakes suddenly engaged and the big orange brake warning light appeared on the dash. We came to a jarring stop. Nothing in front of us, no rain. Luckily, we were only going about 10 mph and no car behind us. This has happened before but didn't result in such a jarring stop. Other times it was on residential streets but also on freeway. In those incidents it was a quick engagement like a brake pump. The big orange warning light came on in all of those instances.

- Oakland, CA, USA

problem #117

Nov 212021

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Emergency automatic breaking YES YOU MAY COME ANY TIME TO LOOK AT IT fOR NO REASON THE CAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WHILE i WAS DRIVING. the car behind me almost hit me. this could have caused damage to cars and injury to people in the cars. This has happened twice, my wife refuses to drive the car. I took it into the dealer and was told there was nothing wrong. The brake light went on then it stopped.

- Wheeling, IL, USA

problem #116

Nov 222021

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  • miles
On at least two separate occasions, my car's automatic braking system has activated in the absence of another vehicle or obstacle in front of me. One incident was in Fall 2021, I was driving on a bridge in southern Oklahoma and rounding a slight curve when the car's brakes suddenly pressed hard - startling me and forcing me to quickly react. I put my foot on the brake and slowed while I scanned for any obstacles, but there weren't any. The second event was in December 2021 and occurred on a city street in Arlington, TX. Again, my vehicle braked suddenly while there was nothing close enough to account for needing a hard braking. Fortunately in both cases I was alert and managed to press down on the brake to override and then accelerate, and thus prevented being rear-ended by another car. There have also been a few smaller incidents of this issue, but ones in which I cannot recall specific detail.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #115

Mar 022019

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This is a report (with dash cam footage) I filed with Honda in March 4, 2019, (Case 09395155) and now that I know your office is investigating this same issue I wanted to make sure I sent it to you as well: As I was slowing down to approach a red light my car suddenly beeped and slammed on the brakes to a complete halt. I believe it detected a car that was making a lefthand turn into the lane next to me but there was no danger of it hitting me. The sudden brake lock jolted my passenger and me and we-??re lucky neither of us were hurt except for some soreness and that no other car was behind as they would have certainly rear-ended us. This has happened before when I was on the freeway going 50mph a few weeks after I purchased the car, though instead of stopping it just suddenly slowed down; I had thought it misjudged the shadow of an overpass I was driving through as a solid object so disregarded the incident as a fluke until now. I-??m worried this will happen again and hurt me or someone else. I was able to get the recording of this most recent incident from my dash camera; see here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11EYSwjCJtk4TEOBlvyddwJx9xow8PswB Honda's investigators later determined the car acted appropriately, but I think the system really misjudged the situation and could have caused an accident. Since then, I've had a few issues with the automatic brake system enabling for a brief second to slow the car in reaction to nothing -?" and I'm still nervous this will happen again!

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

problem #114

Feb 182022

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In the time I have owned this car I have experienced phantom braking 3-4 times. The most recent was about a month ago when merging on an ramp entering a highway. NO cars were around me or in front of me but the brake warning flashed several times. It did not actually engage the brakes at this time but about a year ago the same thing happened and the brakes suddenly came on slowing me down. I am concerned about losing control or being rear ended if this occurs.

- Springfield, Mo, MO, USA

problem #113

Feb 052022

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The Collision Mitigation Braking System is malfunctioning when driving over metal plates. It has happened when I get close to drive straight over the metal plate (at probably 20-25 MPH), my car slams onto the brakes and comes to a complete stop. If anybody were behind me, they would rear-end me. This is very dangerous and needs to be corrected to save lives and property.

- Mableton, GA, USA

problem #112

Feb 212022

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The CMBS (Collision Mitigation Braking System) activated and suddenly locked up my brakes as I started to accelerate the car on the street after being the first car at a standstill at the metro tracks. Two or three seconds after accelerating, just as I had gotten over two sets of tracks, it happened. The car even jerked when it stopped at the somewhat low speed that I was going. No metro train went by at the time and no safety arm had come down while I was at the standstill at the tracks. No metro train lights ever flashed either. I could have easily been rear-ended by the car behind me because there was a long line of cars waiting along with me. I felt very unsafe driving the car to my next stop as I was in a very high --traffic area. This is why I called the dealer immediately and made an appointment for two days later. I felt even more unsafe driving the car back through the same area. It did not happen again upon my return as I went over the tracks. The problem has not happened again because I now know how to turn off the CMBS system every single time I get into the car. I do not want to chance going even a bit faster or being on the freeway and having the car come to a sudden halt. There would most certainly be grave injuries at freeway speeds on such crowded L.A. freeways. I am so afraid of this happening that I must drive without the CMBS from now on. The dealer said that they did code checks and a DTC ? check. On my Honda service papers, they said that the possible cause could be my dash cam position. They drove my car to test it but nothing happened. In fact, I bought my dash cam for this car specifically and have driven with it in the same general position for 3 years and this never happened before. The dealer found that there were no problems with the car. No police nor insurance were ever involved since I luckily did not cause any accidents. I noticed a BRAKE WARNING on the dashboard AFTER the car had stopped by itself.

- Pasadena, CA, USA

problem #111

Dec 072021

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The vehicle automatically braked without warning. Simultneously the braking notification warning light came on as the vehicle braked. Feared i would be rear ended. The vehicle has not been inspected. The dealer offered diagnostic services but had no guidance from Honda. I thought this was a one-off until I read other owers of this model had the same experience. Dealer was unaware of on-going problem with model and told me to call Honda. Honda told me to register here.

- Scottsdale, AZ, USA

problem #110

Jun 152021

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I have had two instances where the automatic braking engaged when there was no traffic that was near me. The scariest was when I was exiting the highway and my car suddenly stopped on the off-ramp. I could have easily been rear ended as there was no reason to stop the vehicle. Luckily no accident or injury occurred. There has been no attempt to have the issue examined or recreated because it has not been a frequent issue. The brake indicator light had illuminated although there was no traffic and then the car stopped. There was no other indication that this would occur.

- Bangor, PA, USA

problem #109

Feb 252022

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-??Brake System Failure-?? shown on dashboard 2/25/22. Honda 2018 CRV would not start. AAA towed to Honda World dealership. I called Honda Corporate office and was given a case number; and dealership know of problem as they have vehicle at the Honda Service Dept. Honda World changed brake fluid and recalibrated the brakes on 9/24/21 per service requirements at 7823 miles. The vehicle currently has less than 10,000 miles.

- Louisville , KY, USA

problem #108

Dec 062021

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While driving on a highway, the car suddenly braked. The orange brake light came on. There was no objects or cars around me. There was no reason it should have braked.

- Mountainside , NJ, USA

problem #107

Dec 282018

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The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while her husband was driving approximately 60 MPH, the automatic braking system engaged inadvertently. The brake warning light was illuminated. The contact's husband continued to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact stated that the failure reoccurred several times while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer who informed the contact that the automatic braking system applied due to an unknown object on the roadway; however, the contact stated that there was no vehicle or object around. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

- Whitehouse Station, NJ, USA

problem #106

Sep 012021

CR-V

  • 25,000 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle experienced phantom braking. After the vehicle had stopped, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal and the vehicle started operating as designed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who was unable to identify the cause of the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000.

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

problem #105

Sep 192019

CR-V 4-cyl

  • 13,450 miles
The contact owns a 2018 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving at 20-25 MPH, the brakes applied inadvertently. The contact stated that the vehicle stopped and the steering wheel locked temporarily. The contact did not recall whether there was a warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed the contact that it was a normal activation of the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) due to something in the road; however, the contact stated that there was nothing around the vehicle at the time the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) being activated. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to a second dealer - Honda Of Princeton (987 US-206, Princeton, NJ 08540) who informed the contact that they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and referred the contact to page 24 of the vehicle manual for information on how to deactivate the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) as necessary. The failure mileage was approximately 18150. The first incident happened on 9/24/19. There was a second incident date right around 3/16/20. Again, there was nothing in the road that would account for the braking system to be activated. Consumer reported this to Honda of Princeton took the car in for regular maintenance the following month (May 2020 )-?" they were unable to duplicate the failure.

- East Brunswick, NJ, USA

problem #104

Jul 102021

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Driving down a street at about 30 miles per hour just after a rain event and the sun was now shining. Approached a railroad crossing that had a dip in the road before going over the crossing, when I went through the dip the car auto braked and brought us to a dead stop. Fortunately no one was behind us.

- Villa Ridge, MO, USA

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