Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Honda Accord

Honda Accord owners have reported 905 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 5 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (490 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (193 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Honda Accord


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Honda Accord

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Vehicle: 2017 Honda Accord ex mileage at incident: approx 30,000 date of incident: Dec 10, 2025 description of problem: while my daughter was driving our 2017 Honda Accord ex, the collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) suddenly activated without warning.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Problem summary: while using the vehicle’s traffic assist / adaptive cruise control (system that controls acceleration and braking in traffic), the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated toward a vehicle directly ahead as if no lead vehicle was present.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

It makes false things there is no car but it brakes by self for nothing   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2023 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to lock while the key fob was not inside the vehicle. Additionally, the contact stated that messages pertaining to the braking system failure, the eps failure, the collision mitigation braking system failure, and other   Read details...

The Dynamic Brake Support/brake Assist problem

The contact owns a 2017 Honda Accord. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the forward collision avoidance dynamic brake assist activated unexpectedly. The contact stated that the message “brake” was displayed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer to be diagnosed.   Read details...




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