NHTSA Upgrades Probe of Honda Accord and CR-V Emergency Braking


The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded a probe led by its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) into the unexpected activation of the automated emergency braking system in nearly three million Honda Accord and Honda CR-V models. The name Honda gives to the technology is the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS). At the time, the preliminary evaluation focused on 2017–2019 CR-V and 2018–2019 Accord vehicles.

The initial probe was opened on February 21, 2022, following reports of the system activating despite no apparent obstruction in the vehicle's path, leading to "rapid vehicle deceleration which increases the risk of a collision." Read the full article...

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