Warnings problems of the 2019 Honda CR-V

On October 7, 2025, I was driving to work. There was a steel metal plate of approximately 1 inch height lying flat on the roadway, presumably to cover up a pothole or other utility work. The steel metal plate was near an intersection where I was to be turning left. I was driving relatively slow as it was almost time to make the left turn, about 15-20 mph. When I was almost upon the steel metal plate my car braked to a complete stop because of the collision mitigation braking system. The intense deceleration has had my back in pain all day, and my neck is slowly starting to hurt as well. I feel like I was in a car accident from how quickly my car came to a stop over what appeared to be the steel plate tripping the cmbs. My vehicle is available for inspection upon request. My safety was at risk due to the back and neck pain I am currently experiencing. If a car had been driving behind me, I would have almost certainly been rear ended which could have created further injury. This feature cannot be permanently disabled and needs to be able to be. It's an undue burden on the driver of the car to have to turn it off every time the car starts. I am concerned someone else will drive my car and not know to turn off that feature and they will be injured or in an accident.

I’m writing to report a recurring and increasingly dangerous issue with the cmbs (collision mitigation braking system) in my vehicle. The problem began shortly after I purchased the car. The system would intermittently flash the word “brake” and apply the brakes without any apparent reason. Initially, this was more of an annoyance, but it has since escalated into a serious safety concern. Most recently, while driving through an intersection with no vehicles in front or behind me, the system suddenly applied the brakes with significant force. This caused everything in the front seat to be thrown to the floor and forced me into the steering wheel. The weather was clear—no rain or sun glare—and there were no visible obstructions. Had there been a vehicle behind me, I believe a rear-end collision would have been likely due to the abrupt deceleration. I have brought the car to the dealership where I purchased it multiple times, but they were unable to replicate the issue and eventually asked me to stop bringing the vehicle in. I then tried a different dealership, but they also refused to investigate further since they couldn’t duplicate the problem. Even after disabling the cmbs system about a year after purchase, the issue has persisted. I’ve since learned that this issue is under investigation, and I want to formally express that I no longer feel safe driving this vehicle. I am requesting a resolution to this matter as soon as possible. Please let me know the next steps or if any additional information is needed. Sincerely, [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The adas system is malfunctioning, it kept blinking warning signs all at the same time.

I was driving 50 mph, "brake" lit up, immediately my car slammed on the brakes while I had my foot on the gas pedal! cruise control was not on. Nothing was in front of me - no cars, snow, rain, plastic bag, etc. This has happened many times before. I thought it had to do with automatic cruise control, but it's much worse. I told the dealership and taken it in many times & I have written to Honda regional customer svc. What do I do now?.

On [xxx] at [xxx], I was driving down the road - there were no vehicles in front of me. The sky was clear and the sun was bright. There are several trees whose limbs extend high above the roadway causing a shadow to be created beneath them. All of a sudden, the collision avoidance system activated on my car. The "brake" light illuminated, the "chirping" sound associated with the "brake" light activation occurred, and the brakes were instantly applied slowing me from 40 mph to about 15 mph. There was no impediment (vehicles, pedestrians, animals, etc. ) in front of my car nor was there a car next to mine in an adjacent lane. The only logical conclusion I could come up with is this: the tree limbs overhead created a "shadow" on the roadway. This "shadow" was of enough contrast in brightness from the roadway, just prior to this incident, that the system concluded there was an obstruction of some type in front of my car. There was not another car behind me for about 100 feet or so, but had they been within the normal distance that driver's follow the car in front of them, I have no doubt the result would have been a rear-end collision. I have had several instances in the past where a contrast in reflected brightness of the roadway surface has activated the "brake" light on my dashboard and the "chirping" sound associated with it. All but one have occurred along a particular stretch of [xxx] just west of [xxx] (specifically, it is on the ramp from southbound [xxx] to westbound [xxx] at about [xxx] ). The car is scheduled to be inspected on Monday, January 27, 2025 by my local Honda dealer. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Forward braking system came on while traveling approximately 25 mph with no car in front of me. The system showed flashing braking light then car applied the brakes hard causing me to drop to a very slow speed. I was fortunate to not get rear ended. The braking system intermittently shows lights for no reason but has never applied the brakes before. I brought this to the dealer while it was still under warranty and explained the lights came on for no reason while no car was in front of me and was told it was working properly. This is a huge safety concern that Honda seems to be dismissing. Thank you.

Yesterday, my car was working fine. This afternoon October 1, 2024, when I turned on the engine I saw a prompt “cmbs problem” on the screen. Warning signs/lamps lit up as well, 1. Adaptive control cruise problem, road departure mitigation system problem, collision mitigation system problem, and auto high beam problem. I have not contacted the dealership about this current issue because I plan to go to the dealership to do my oil change this coming Saturday 10/05/2024. Just an fyi, they still haven’t addressed my recall ( the 2017-22 fuel pump mtr saf recall exp2). At this time, no injury happened, but I am definitely scared of my safety using my car.

The cmbs suddenly engaged the brakes when there was no other vehicle on the road no less in front of the vehicle. The brakes very forcefully engaged causing the vehicle to slam to a stop. The light has come on previously on occasion with no cause but the brakes have never been engaged till now.

Driving along highway at highway speeds, the automatic braking system indicated 'brake' in the center dash when there was no object in front of me. The vehicle did _not_ auto brake, but that was obviously the next step/possible if it continued to malfunction (actually brake the vehicle).

1. Cmbs (front collision detection system) has malfunctioned approximately 3-4 times over the past 3 years. 2. While operating the vehicle in different settings, front-collision will incorrectly detect something in front of the car when nothing is there and apply brakes causing the car to stop suddenly and unexpectedly. The first 2 incidents occurred in my parking structure and no one was behind me. The 3rd incident occurred while driving on a surface street in honolulu, and again no one was ahead or behind me. The final incident occurred today ([xxx] at approximately [xxx] hst). There was no one in front and a car behind me and the cmbs flashed a warning and slammed on the brakes bringing the car to a complete stop. Car behind me was forced to stop to avoid rear-end collision. 3. I took the car in for inspection after the 3rd incident last year (pacific Honda dealership). Vehicle was inspected, mechanic took the car for a test drive, and was unable to replicate the problem. I was told this happens and car was returned to me. 4. There were no warning lights or messages indicating a problem with the cmbs prior to these events occurring. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

All of these warning indicator messages pop up on dash: electric parking brake problem, tire pressure monitor problem,brake system problem,brake hold system problem,power steering system problem, hill assist etc. My battery was changed and my system was checked but these lights still come on frequently. This has been going on for over a year.

Earlier this morning, while driving in stop-and-go traffic, I attempted to accelerate once traffic ahead of me had cleared. There was no car, obstruction, etc. , in front of my car for at least one car length, if not more. As I accelerated, the cmbs system suddenly kicked in, flashing brake on my dash and applying the brake. My car came to a complete stop. Luckily, the person behind me had started up slowly and did not rear end me. I could not say with complete confidence how fast I was going, I had accelerated to maybe 10-20 mph before the issue occurred. I have not seen a dealer or service center since the incident and there was no police or insurance representatives engaged (as thankfully there was no accident).

On now three separate occasions, the vehicle has suddenly applied emergency braking force during cruising speeds in a residential area. I have noticed the incidents seem to occur when there is plenty of sunlight and high contrasting shadows being cast down on the road ahead. I have brought this up with my local Honda dealer to which they did not show concern and turn me away saying it was just a fluke and ´´should not happen again´´. I have been lucky that there were no cars behind me as they would surely have rear ended me for suddenly braking in the middle of flowing traffic.

While traveling 35 mph, car abruptly braked itself with no approaching vehicles or obstructions. There was no warning, everything on the seat went flying forward.

The contact owns a 2019 Honda Cr-v. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 15 mph, the brakes were inadvertently applied with without being depressed and the vehicles driver assistance technology warning was heard. The vehicle had an unknown warning light illuminated on the dash. The vehicle was driven to the contacts school and was able to restart. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic and was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 70,322.

I bought the crv new, and it now has 31,000 miles on it and was never in an accident. On three occasions the breaks engaged without warning. There was no car in front of me and no reason for the breaks to engage. The car went into a fast slowdown form 45mph to about 10 mph when the breaks disengaged by themselves, and the car returned to normal. When this happened the orange break banner in the speedometer window, went on. This is obviously a very hazardous defect. If I were highway driving, someone would have surely ran into me for stopping so suddenly without any provocation. I read somewhere Honda is aware of this and is investigating it. But I worried about using the car as it may happen at any time without warning,.

The car has applied the brakes with no vehicle in front of it at least twice now. Front collision sensor keeps malfunctioning has been re-calibrated by the dealership two times in the last week vehicle has never been in any collisions or accidents. Only has 32,049 miles (road departure management system problem) displayed on dash first time before the first dealership recalibration then (front radar obstruction) second trip to dealership also re-calibrated next day same alert vehicle is clean weather is nice going back to dealership for the third time.

On multiple occasions I have received a notice to brake, but there is nothing in front of me. It's even started to break a couple times. When these incidents happen, there was nothing in front of me. It was a clear lane. . . This has happened while adaptive cruise control is on and when it is off.

The forward collision or automatic brake system engaged for no reason, zero cars on the road. The car beeped and then came to a complete stop, luckily no vehicles were behind me or I would have been involved in a car accident. The lcd screen beeps, turns on and off, brightens appears and go and down. It won’t stop until you turn the car off. It’s happened numerous times. The backseat passenger window went down and wouldn’t go up either by backseat passenger door or driver door, heard clicking by shutting the car off it fixed it.

All the warning lights were flashing on dash, brakes, powers steering , cruise control anti lock brakes ,lane departure ect. This happen on the way to work shut off car two days remained on. On the way home lights went out. Was told to bring car in for diagnostics. Made app and away it went, apon arriving to dealer , I explanied thatthe lights went out. They told me that I would have to pay 150 dollars for diagnostics. Told them I was under warranty with full coverage, didnt matter. They asked if car was running ok and I reply yes. But alittle concerning to have all lights flashing at same time. Needless to say once again lights came on a month later same thing with dealer make appointment. I think that this should be looked into because it’s not the first time this is a problem for Honda it was happening to there 2017. Please check into complaints about the warning lights.

I was driving on a city street at around 30 mpr with no cars in front or behind me when my crv came to sudden jerking stop and then continued forward. It was so abrupt that my head snapped forward and I slid toward the steering wheel. Luckily, no one was behind me otherwise, I would have been rear ended. This has created a great fear in driving my crv. I still intend to contact the dealership and report directly to Honda.

3-29-2022 forward collision warning - brake - showed on display in front of steering wheel. There was no vehicle in front of me for a great distance. This had not happened before but the automatic braking system has malfunctioned 2-3 times per year for the 3 years I have owned this car. I reported that to this site last week and have discussed that issue a number of times with 5 dealer employees to no avail.

Defect - the forward collision warning and braking system erroneously activated for no apparent reasons. On March 3, 2022, I was driving on a highway at 65 miles per hour when the forward collision warning and braking system unexpectedly activated for no apparent reasons. I had reported earlier incidents of this erroneous activation to a dean Honda service representative who attributed the cause to interference with sensors such as snow on vehicles. I want to emphasize the following conditions at the time of the March 3 erroneous activation: (1) my car was the only car on the road, no vehicles were in front, beside or behind; (2) the road was straight; (3) no overpasses, (4) no objects or structures on both sides of the road and (5) the windshield in the vicinity of the camera, and the hood and front grill in the vicinity of the radar were clean. As a result, I do not believe that the March 3 incident was attributed to sensor interference as dean Honda claimed. On March 14, 2022, dean Honda took possession of my vehicle for less than an hour and again claimed reflection could be the cause of the March 3 incidents. Dean Honda is located at 911 clairton blvd. , pittsburgh, PA 15236. Phone no. 412-552-3228.

My car will run normally with all the safety equipment turned on. Sometimes, when I switch lanes, the car will brake and slow down possibly 10 miles per hour and cause a dangerous situation on a highway or expressway. It happens mainly when I'm on a highway and traveling at normal speed and will make the traffic behind me come closer to my car as if I'm braking. When this happens, there aren't any cars near me neither in front and to my sides. This happens about once every 2 weeks of highway travel and also when merging from an entrance ramp. My email address is [xxx] and my phone number is [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Twice in the past 6 months, driving down our rural road to our neighborhood the car flashed the brake sign on the dash and applied the brakes. After touching the brake pedal the car returned to its normal speed. The road was clear, with no obstructions, no cars in front or cars coming the other direction. A web search brings up other incidents like this and a class action law suit.

The other day my car logged 35k miles. About 200 miles later multiple waning lights came up on my instrument panel. Adaptive cruise control, road departure and collision mitigation systems are not working. After looking for help on different forums I found that at around 35k miles this is happening to many people. The "radar" part of the system is most likely the part that needs replacing and just the part is over $400! this safety feature is not only required for modern vehicles, but it is used in vehicle safety ratings and marketing to attract buyers to specific vehicles. This is no small matter in my opinion. What good is a feature that stops working after the warranty runs out.

This vehicle is not equipped with an automatic braking system however if I get too close to a vehicle in front I will get a visual and audio warning to brake now. From time to time the brake now warning will appear when there are no other vehicles in front of me.

Car will randomly brake when there is nothing in front. Has happened several times.

The abs system suddenly engaged for no reason with the brakes slamming on. The system has also randomly alerted to brake for no reason with nothing but shadows in front of me. I purchased this vehicle because it happened multiple times in the 2018 crv model I owned and the dealer I bought it from said there was nothing wrong and that it couldn’t be turned off. That vehicle stopped in the middle of a road from going 35 and again in the highway while traveling at 60 mph.

I was exiting I-490 east to I-390 north at 45 mph and suddenly my Honda crv forcefully applied the brakes. There was no vehicle in front of me and fortunately there was no vehicle in back of me. But I remember this because it really scared me. This is the only time this has happened. I am reporting this now because of an article I read on aol titled "over 1. 7m Hondas probed for unexpected automatic braking".

When on interstate in middle or left lane and passing car in lane to the right, with no car ahead in sensor distance, brakes can suddenly be applied. I contacted Hondausa and was referred to dealer, which was coggin Honda, st augustine, FL. Vehicle inspected, spoke to mechanic, who said he is hesitant to adjust forward sensor cone on vehicle. For safety reasons, I now travel on interstates using traditional cruise control. I do not want to be rear ended if a vehicle behind is tailgating and my brakes are suddenly applied. I cannot always get out of the way of a tailgater. The sudden application of brakes has happened several times, not only the date listed and always on a limited access road. I rarely use cruise control except on a limited access road. Control.

I purchased a Honda crv from hagerstown Honda on 3/16/2019. I love my crv. However, I've been having serious problems with my car. The Honda collision mitigation braking system is causing my car to just stop while driving, usually going 70 miles an hour or more, down to zero without warning. The cmbs thinks there is something I'm going to hit, however there are no cars or objects in front of me. This has happened to me about 5 times now. I have had my car back to the dealership to see if hagerstown Honda can fix the problem. I have meet with bob barnes (service manager) and talked several times on the telephone about the issue, the technician (nick shifler) readjusted the radar, and a Honda sensing interview sheet that was sent into Honda USA. It happened again just last week, where I caused a three-car accident on east bound route 66. I was the only one that was injured in the accident as far as I know right now, however the other drivers had significant car damage. This car is not safe. Someone is going to get killed. The va state trooper at the scene of the accident told me not to drive the car because it was unsafe, and I agree. I contacted bob barnes service manager from hagerstown Honda again last week, and he said he can't help me because they couldn't reproduce the problem and to contact Honda USA. My car is unsafe to drive, because you never know when the cmbs system is going to engage, without warning. This has all happened on highway driving.