general problems of the 2018 Honda CR-V - part 2

While driving on a public roadway at about 20 mph I approached a large steel plate covering a trench, the brakes applied with maximum force and the dashboard brake light came on. Luckily there were no vehicles close behind us. We could easily been hit from behind because of the severity of the stop. We had a similar incident on 05/042021 that we filed a complaint with the NHTSA #11416110. I spoke with matt (service rep) from Honda city and was told it was not covered by the warranty.

The contact owns a 2018 Honda Cr-v. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v858000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled while attempting to start the vehicle. The contact stated that the check engine, oil, and brake warning lights were illuminated. The contact also stated that the brake pedal was jerking while being depressed. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 49,500. Parts distribution disconnect.

I was driving on the way home from work and without cause my car braked suddenly propelling me forward and my items to the floor. I blew my horn to alert the car behind me and thankfully no one rear-ended me or any other vehicle. It stayed on brake for approximately 20 seconds before it released the brake for me to move out of the road.

All of the warning lights came up on my dash and stayed on for almost 24 hours on this most recent occasion of this problem indicating that there was all of the following: emissions systems problem, brake system problem, power steering system problem, vsa problem, hill start assist problem, adaptive cruise control, problem, road departure mitigation, and hill start assist problem. This was approximately the 5th time that this has happened. The problem occurred when I turned the car back on and started to drive after it had been turned off for 10 minutes. This problem seems to be triggered by 2 different events: either idling (like in a drive thru line for a long time) the car, or, after starting the car after it has been turned off of a short period of time. The previous incidence of this problem was on January 7, 2024.

Sudden phantom braking without warning in my 2018 Honda crv. I was driving ~40-45 mph on local residential street I frequently travel on; sunny, dry day, 55 degrees, no adverse weather. No vehicle in front of me and one truck to my right side in his lane. No obstacles in lane. My car suddenly and without any warning light at all braked extremely hard to a full stop. Everything in my car went flying forward. Husband and small dog were in back seat; had husband not been holding our small dog, our dog would've flown forward. I had not applied any braking at all, was simply driving on a straight road. This incident was extremely dangerous. Had a car been behind me, we'd have had severe rear-end collision with possible harm or loss of our lives. I'm now reading online that this is a highly dangerous "glitch" that was investigated as "phantom braking" in 2022 by NHTSA, but no recall ever resulted -- however, Mazda and Tesla experienced same issues in 2022 and recall was done with Mazda vehicles. Now I read that as of March 2024 a new NHTSA investigation is being done Honda passports and Honda insights. I do not want to be driving 70 mph and have a horrific accident that could kill me because this has not been dealt with by NHTSA fully! I called my Honda dealer when I arrived home and he gave me Honda national customer phone # after brushing off the incident; said he's not heard of this before. I told him to google complaints of phantom braking in 2018-2019 Honda crvs and accord sedans. I take excellent care of my 2018 Honda crv; has only 13,530 miles to date and is in excellent condition. I will not drive it until I have resolution to this highly dangerous safety defect in these Honda vehicles! I have read there have been crashes, fires, and injuries from phantom braking in Honda vehicles. How many deaths or lawsuits will it take to have this Honda defect recalled and fixed?! 1. 7 million cars affected as of the 2022 investigation! 250000 with new 2024 investigation!.

Unexpected braking while driving in city traffic. Brake pedal was untouched while driving at about 30 mph. . . We were lucky no other vehicles were following!.

First incident: I was stopped at an intersection and when I proceeded to cross the intersection the automatic brake engaged. There was no one in front of me and the car behind me nearly crashed into my rear. The weather was clear and sunny. The second incident occurred two days ago. I was driving on my street and the brake engaged. It was raining. I contacted the dealer today (sussman Honda at 1543 easton rd, abington, PA 19001) and was told that this is "normal for all automatic braking systems" and not to worry.

Earlier, I had raised a complaint on my vehicle where automatic emergency break applied though there were no obstacles or objects in front of my vehicle. On 02/16/2024 around 6:30 pm at the same spot [matthew's township, matthews, nc 28105] where my other incident was reported 2 years ago was repeated again and sudden break applied though there were no objects in front of my vehicle. Luckily the other vehicle is little far behind my car, otherwise we would have hit by the car and have happened. I am my family including my toddler were really shocked with this sudden stop and luckily nothing had not happened, except a mental stress. We couldn't imagine what could have happened. May be god saved us. This was reported at matthew's township, matthews, nc 28105. There was a iron bridge to pass on, on the way to michael's from costco. There are some iron poles on the sides of the bridge, the sensor might have detected the poles on the sides of the bridge as humans/objects crossing the bridge and suddenly the breaks might have applied without any warnings. Just an assumption as the incident happened at the same spot and same time. With this another incident, I still doubt the security measures or the sensing features that were calculated for applying the aeb. I hope Honda will read this and come up with a better solution for owner's like us. Thank you!.

Vehicle braked suddenly without stepping on the brake pedal. The vehicle then started to make beeping sounds. The vehicle is available for inspection. Luckily this happened in the evening and there were no cars in close proximity. This could have caused serious injury or death. This was the first occurrence. The vehicle has not yet been taken to the dealer. No inspections have been made. This was the first occurrence. No warning lamps were noticed. Driver was taken by surprise and first reaction was to look around for other vehicles. There were no other symptoms.

On 2/10/2024 I was stopped waiting to put gas in my car when all of a sudden multiple lights lite up on my dash board (vehicle stability assist, vsa problems, hill start assist, adaptive cruise control problems, collision mitigation problems, road departure mitigation system problem, power steering (eps) problems, electric brake system problem, emission system problem, brake system problem, * all integral to safe driving for me. I was able to drive slowly to my mechanic and he was able to do a diagnostic assessment and it showed a code b1234 (air mix control motor circuit (driver's) short. He was able to turn all the warning lights off. I am now a little afraid to use my car long distance until I can get assured that this will not happen again. In searching the internet I find that this is not an isolated occurrence. There are multiple complaints regarding this same issue.

Be honest, I'm unsure of what systems are failing, but there are multiple. The dash shows vehicle stability assist (vsa problem), hill start assist, adaptive cruise control problem, collision mitigation system problem, road departure mitigation system problem, power steering (eps) problem, electric parking brake problem, emissions system problem, brake system problem. *these systems are integral to safe driving for me and my family, even though I can drive the vehicle. I cannot use cruise control, lane-keep assist, or brake hold, and the car is not handling like it was. It tends to be harder to control. * the warning lamps and messages are on and indicated in the first point. This happened on Monday while my wife was driving, and all those systems shut off. When she parked she did an online search of what the issue might be and found multiple youtube videos of Honda owners for different models and years with the same problem. One remedy required a reboot of the electrical system in accessory mode. That worked for a day, but now the errors won't clear, and we're unable to use the vehicle's safety features.

While driving at 35-40 mph the automatic braking system engaged randomly with no other vehicles or obstacles in front of or to the sides of vehicle. The 2018 Honda Cr-v brakes engaged forcefully bringing the vehicle to a complete stop.

My car has regularly over the years I have owned it (brand new) hit the brakes on its own. The braking is so violent that all the contents of my car fly forward. I have had this type of braking occur when there is no obstruction in the road, no indication of a front end collision about to occur, nor lane crossings. This has happened a handful of times, less than 10, since 2018. However, my front crash detection has also triggered the brake visual and audible warning more times that I can count that were unwarranted. It has triggered on light poles on the side of the road and the centerville turnpike bridge regularly (chesapeake, va). There has also been one incident where I was braking and I was stopping in time, but the detection system decided to slam on the brakes even further. The brake pedal literally pulled away from my foot when I was already pressing it to the floor. The result of these incidents is my injured shoulder, sitting stalled in the middle of a busy street/highway, and being stunned as a focused driver. The car does not allow the driver to move right away and it can cause even more detrimental accidents.

The contact leased a 2018 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming an excessive amount of fuel. The contact stated that whenever the fuel level reached the half-way mark, the fuel then quickly became depleted. There were no warning lights illuminated. When the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle was slow to respond. The contact stated that the brakes was making an abnormal squealing noise. Additionally, there was grinding noise while driving up and down a hill. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 23v858000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The dealer stated that the vehicle was working as designed. The contact called another local dealer, first team Honda (3444 western branch blvd. , chesapeake, va 23321), and was informed that the failure might be due to the brake pads and rotors. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 96,000.

Our 2018 crv touring modelm has had the dashboard light up like a christmas tree with all codes flashing. We have had the vehicle to the local Honda dealer numerous times and also to a private garage. The battery has been changerd out, the Honda dealer performed a sparkplug recall and the car continues to do this with the dashboard lighting up showing all kinds of codes. Last evening for the second time the car would not go above 10 mph. I had to shut down the engine and restart. This is very dangerous. We bought the car brand new and have had all the maintenance done. My wife is afraid to drive the car, is there anything NHTSA can do to have Honda look into this problem. From my looking into this it appears quite a few Honda crv's are encountering this problem. This is unsafe. Thank you for your time, I look forward to hearing back from you.

I had all the warning lights come on my 2018 Honda crv. At one time the car also lost power. I have been visited my dealer 3 times, and still is the same problem!! it has happened 4 times.

The fault code p0172: system too rich (bank 1) has resulted in loss of all advanced safety features, as well as the electric parking brake becoming inoperable.

I was driving eastbound with two passengers over the upper deck of the george washington bridge on a sunny clear morning around 10:30. Traffic was typical - heavy but moving steadily at about 15-20 miles per hour. I was in a middle lane about 2-3 car lengths from a truck in front of me when our car very abruptly braked hard for no apparent reason, with an orange warning flashing on the screen at the same time - so quickly I did not even have time to read it. We came to a complete stop or close to it, and then immediately the car resumed moving forward as if nothing had happened (my foot was still over the gas pedal). I was so confused, the lurching of the car felt like we had been in an accident and it took a few seconds to realize we had not been. I am shocked that we were not rear-ended by the car behind us, given the traffic. I would note that the abrupt braking occurred as we were about to go over one of the metal joints in the bridge surface, and I wondered if that had confused the sensors. Since there was no accident or damage, we continued on (no need for police or insurance). Our car is up to date on all inspections and recalls and this is the first time this has happened (though we do sometimes have issues with other aspects of the advanced safety system, including warnings about low driver attention and/or lane departures when these things are not happening).

While driving, the emergency brake light comes on and a system message that reads "catastrophic failure. Pull vehicle over when safe" appears on the information display. When this happens, it feels like the parking brake is engaged. Pressing the parking brake off button resolves the problem each time it happens. This has happened multiple times (intermittent failure).

I was driving on a local road at night with no vehicles in front of me. Suddenly, the forward collision warning light came on and the automatic emergency brake was triggered. I had to let go off the gas temporarily, and the vehicle was operable again. On several occasions the forward collision warning light would come on for a second then disappear with nothing in front of me. These seem to have occurred mostly at night time.

On two separate occasions while driving the brakes locked up. The first time it happened was while driving over a steel street plate in a construction zone. The second time was while driving over normal road conditions. Had anyone been following closely it would surely have resulted in a collision. It also creates a real risk of injury to the driver being thrown forward without warning. These incidents occurred months apart.

As I drove down the street at around 43 miles per hour my car suddenly braked then the sound and sign for brake came on. It came on after the car had breaker already.

On 2 occasions the automatic braking system has kicked on for no apparent reason. First time my husband was driving at 55 mph on route 33, passing the exit to route 42. It kicked on twice. Second time I was driving at 50 mph on route 203, a country setting, no cars in front either coming at me or driving towards me. No animals around. It kicked on for no apparent reason and slowed the car way down. My fear is that we could be rear ended. If a person we’re riding in the car, unbuckled it could throw them around in the car and cause injury.

The brakes of my car activated automatically while my foot was pressing neither the gas nor the brake pedal. The forward collision alert also sounded. I was traveling at around 45 mph and was suddenly slowed to about 20 mph. Afterwards, everything seemed to returned to normal. I am unsure if this is available for inspection. There were five of us in the car and we were all put in danger due to the sudden change in speed while in traffic, however no collisions or injuries resulted from this incident. This issue has been previously reported by the NHTSA. The vehicle has not been inspected. There were no prior messages or symptoms.

In August of 2023 I was trying to accelerate after getting off a clover ramp and I was going about 10-15mph when my car suddenly felt like it slammed on the brakes and came to a stop. There were no warning lights on the dash and no vehicles or obstacles around for it to brake on its own. I had to reapply my foot to the gas again and again for my vehicle to move.

Driving speed limit down beach blvd. Overpass at kernan blvd was misread as a hazard. Instrument panel flashes (and sounds) brake brake brake. Stopped instantly as entering intersection. Gas pedal was still engaged. Fortunately, car directly behind had ample distance (and was paying attention) to avoid rear ending the car at full speed. This exact situation has happened several times to me before today. Happened on overcast days. Reported to this agency and to Honda. Diagnostics were done at the dealership. System was guaranteed to have all the current updates and the sensitivity was adjusted to be less sentive to correct any further occurrences. Impossible to turn off this 'safety feature' per dealership. They were unaware of any systemic problems involved despite the fact I was able to locate other similar complaints online. I have an appointment tomorrow at Honda to reassess the recurring problem. Some one is going to die or be seriously injured when unexpected braking at higher speeds and larger trucks are involved.

On Aug 15, 2023 I was turning left at an intersection with no cars in front of me and no cars in oncoming traffic. I was going 20-25mph and slowing down a little bit to turn when I drove over a standard metal plate on the road and my 2018 Honda crv came to a complete abrupt and loud , painful stop. Lucky I wasn’t going any faster and there weren’t any cars immediately behind me. It did cause some pain in my back and neck and shook me up at the abruptness.

This issue is something I've noticed happen about once every six months since I've had the car (purchased in January 2018), but I have never had it inspected or confirmed by an authorized professional, dealer, etc. On occasion, the automatic brake system will detect a false positive and flash on the screen to brake or just automatically apply the brakes for the vehicle, even when there is nothing in front of me. I don't know if it's coincidence, but this tends to happen when there are virtually no vehicles within close vicinity and when I'm either cresting a slight incline or at the base of a slight decline. I have had this happen at various speeds, from 30mph to 60mph. This puts my and others' safety at risk as an unexpected brake may cause a crash. No messages or other symptoms of this problem exist. It just happens on occasion.

On 2 separate occasions the car braked on its own one time so severely my seat belt activated. Brake light flashed on dash both times luckily no one was behind me or it would have been an accident. First time it happened as we drove on the interstate. On both occasions there were no cars in front of us to warrant the car to break. It does it on its own.

While driving, the emergency braking system randomly illuminates and today it actually applied the brakes by itself. Nobody behind car thankfully. Apparently this is an issue for these cars.

Driving on Friday july21 on 495 beltway in northern va , and I was in the middle lane of the highway with no object, car, and others in front with at least 150 yards. The crv breaks automatically without warning. It was very terrifying, luckily no car was following me.

Twice now, emergency braking system caused car to unexpectedly brake without warning with no obstacle in front of the car. Both times I was almost rear ended by the car behind me.

I have been receiving road mitigation problem, adaptive crude control problem, brake system warnings on my car, the dealer is taking a look at it and Honda should be held responsible as these are safety features.

I have experienced my Honda crv apply its automatic braking as if detects a collision but nothing is in my way. The message will flash on the screen a few seconds before. If someone is not wearing a seatbelt, they will be projected forward. I have noticed it will do it if the sun creates a shadow from a traffic light onto the road and it thinks something is in the way. Most always it is completely random and on moderate speed roadways when the person behind me may not have time to stop.

The cmbs on my crv inadvertently activated three times. After the third time I learned how to deactivate the system as I was afraid of having an accident. I also made an appointment with penske Honda, carmel, in to review the issue. 1. I was driving 40 mph when suddenly the brake light came on and the brake suddenly activated, but quickly released and all was well. There were no cars behind me. 2. A few days later I was driving on the interstate with cruise set to 60mph. With no warning the brake light came on with a quick sudden stop/go. Even with a brief stop/go I was lucky there were no cars behind me. Due to the speed the sudden stop/go did put pressure on my seat belt. There we no other issues on my 30 min drive home. 3. A week later I was driving 40mph when the brake light came on and a brief brake/go occurred. There was no car or object in front of me the three times this occurred. Due to my fear of driving the car, I continue to disengage the system each time I drive. I visited penske Honda who looked over the car and found no issues. They adjusted the camera but were not aware of any issues with cmbs. I looked online and found that there were others that experienced my same issue. I will continue to turn off the cmbs since the dealership was unable to diagnose/fix the issue and I'm afraid of driving in traffic where I might suddenly brake for no reason.