Forward Collision Avoidance Related Problems of the 2016 Honda Civic

Table 1 shows three common forward collision avoidance related problems of the 2016 Honda Civic. The number one most common problem is related to the automatic emergency braking (four problems). The second most common problem is related to the adaptive cruise control (two problems).

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Honda Civic


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of the 2016 Honda Civic

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

While driving on the freeway at 70-80mph the car begins to lose acceleration, stutters and faults all fault codes on the car. Car then begins to brake itself to a stop all while on a freeway at a high rate of speed.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Car suddenly had many warning lights. A red “brake” light flashes. Lane keep and adaptive cruise stopped working. The steering feels numb and doesn’t return to center. Took to dealer for diagnostic. They reported a vsa computer module failure.   Read details...

The Warnings problem

Warning display of the following on the dashboard: early lane departure mitigation problem collision mitigation system problem brake system mitigation adaptive cruise control problem lane keeping assist problem   Read details...


Forward Collision Avoidance related problems in other Honda Civic model year vehicles:



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