Honda Accord, CR-V Probed in the U.S. for Inadvertent Braking
A couple of weeks after Tesla, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the U.S. is now looking at Honda for a possible issue involving inadvertent braking.
More specifically, regulators this week launched an investigation into more than 1.7 million 2018-2019 Honda Accord and 2017-2019 Honda CR-V vehicles equipped with the automaker’s collision mitigation braking system.
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This comes after the NHTSA received 278 complaints from owners who allege “braking incidents, some with large speed changes, occurring with nothing obstructing the vehicle’s path.”
Six of the complaints allege a collision with minor injuries. It also appears that inadvertent braking occurred without warning.
Honda has not commented on the investigation yet. It’s possible that the NHTSA will require a recall at the end of this, in which case some Accord and CR-V units in Canada could be affected. As a matter of fact, we know and have talked to a few CR-V owners who said they have experienced similar problems.
No brake-related recall currently exists for the latest generation of these two models. It’s worth pointing out that the Accord and CR-V from 2017-2019 both received a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in the U.S.
In May of last year, the NHTSA probed over 1.1 million 2013-2015 Honda Accord sedans for an alleged steering malfunction that was said to affect handling. However, no recall was deemed necessary including in Canada.