2018 HONDA CIVIC Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Problems
8 NHTSA complaints on file
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Issues in the 2018 HONDA CIVIC
8 forward collision avoidance automatic emergency braking complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2018 HONDA CIVIC. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Fires
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Injuries
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Deaths
All Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Complaints
I was driving today and for no reason at all the cars anti collision system automatically braked hard and could have caused an accident if someone was driving behind me. There was no one, objects or vehicles around my car at the time that would cause it to happen.
March 5th 2020 I finally recorded a message that had been appearing in my dash board during late night drives. Message read as "Adaptive Cruise Control Problem" "Collision Mitigation System Problem" I notified Honda of North Hollywood service department at the time, and they said they could not do anything to fix the problem unless the message was actively displayed on the dash board during the time of service. Unfortunate for me the message would come and go and would not remain on for the service advisor to see. Several times my vehicle would randomly brake abruptly (to a screeching halt) due to a malfunction in detecting cars/objects around me. Luckily I managed to not crash or have other vehicles crash into my car from behind, but it scared me. I've always wondered what the issue was, and was never able to get it resolved because I didn't have proof...
When driving, if the sunlight is just right casting shadows in front of the car from trees, or while traveling down a divided highway passing 18 wheelers (mainly in the evening), the shadow created causes a false alarm on the collision avoidance system causing it to react by hard deceleration. This is also accompanied by the audible BRAKE alert coming across the gauge cluster. While at highway speeds, it can really startle you and possibly cause you to be rear ended due to the sudden and Unneed braking. You have to get hard on the accelerator in order to overcome the computer trying to slow you down. There is a recall on OTHER Honda vehicles for this exact thing, and it needs to be expanded to the Civic as it suffers from the same problem. The approximate date section only contains 1 date, but yet it has happened numerous times.
Contacted Honda Corporate multiple times including the dealer , no remedy to ensure the safety of my vehicle which is at risk of stalling during operation related to national recall of fuel pump indicating the vehicle is unsafe to operate. Case manager from Honda Corporate uninformed, disengaged and rude. No transportation accommodations, no call or follow ups . Dealer not available to provide inspection or repairs. Vehicle is unsafe to operate leaving my family abandoned with no options in a vehicle I am making payments on.
Steering- the steering wheel sticks and clicks and makes it very hard to maintain a straight path. Assisted Braking- brakes randomly has caused me to almost get rear ended on highway multiple times Dropped off to to dealer today.. acted like they have never heard of these two problems
I was driving through an intersection when my car suddenly applied the brakes even though the vehicle in front was way ahead of me and in motion. Thankfully the driver behind me was not close enough to have collided with the rear of my vehicle. Prior to this happening as i was driving on the highway, the vehicle did mark the brake warning sign even though I was at a safe distance from the vehicle in front. This is the first time i have encountered this problem, howevever i am very scared that this could cause an accident in the future if it were to happen again.
The automatic break warning came on with no one in front of me and the car came to a halting stop. Thankfully the car behind me was paying attention otherwise i would have been rear ended. I think this happened one other time, but I recall someone in front of me. The incident today 3-24-2022 was very distinctive.
I was driving on a surface street going approximately 5 - 8 mph and was 2-3 car lengths from the vehicle in front of me when my vehicles automatic emergency braking system engaged without warning, causing the car behind me to have to brake abruptly.
Other 2018 HONDA CIVIC Problem Areas
Steering
253 complaints
Unknown Or Other
111 complaints
Fuel System Gasoline
90 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
77 complaints
Electrical System
55 complaints
Engine
55 complaints
Air Bags
21 complaints
Structurebody
20 complaints
Service Brakes
18 complaints
Power Train
13 complaints
Wheels
10 complaints
Seats
8 complaints
Visibilitywiper
7 complaints
Electronic Stability Control Esc
6 complaints
Service Brakes Hydraulic
5 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
5 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
4 complaints
Suspension
4 complaints
Parking Brake
3 complaints
Visibilitysunmoon Roof Assembly
3 complaints
Exterior Lighting
2 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
2 complaints
Lane Departure Assist
2 complaints
Lane Departure Warning
2 complaints
Seat Belts
2 complaints
Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac System
2 complaints
Electrical Systemseat Heaterwiring Harness
1 complaint
Electrical Systemwiring
1 complaint
Equipmentapplianceair Conditioner
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingheadlights
1 complaint
Fuel System Gasolinedeliveryfuel Pump
1 complaint
Fuel System Gasolinedeliveryfuel Pumpcontroldrive Module
1 complaint
Lane Departure Lane Keep Steering Assist
1 complaint
Power Trainmanual Transmission
1 complaint
Seat Beltscritical Fasteners
1 complaint
Tires
1 complaint
Visibilitywindshield
1 complaint