Automatic Emergency Braking problems of the 2019 Honda Insight

On September 4, 2025, while driving my 2019 Honda Insight touring at approximately 35 mph on 10th avenue in kennewick, wa, the vehicle’s automatic emergency braking system suddenly activated without any obstacle present. The car braked very hard, creating a dangerous situation in traffic. This was not the first time it has happened. The same issue occurred on two separate occasions in 2022, also with no vehicles or obstacles nearby. Each time, the system engaged abruptly and without warning. I am concerned about the safety risk of the collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) activating erroneously, as it could easily cause a rear-end collision.

Driving normally about to enter a clear intersections when the brakes automatically fully engaged bringing the vehicle to a complete stop. There was nothing in front of me, and no cars about to cross in front of me. Lucky there was no accident and I was able to continue on. There have been no issues, inspections, or changes leading up to this incident.

I was stopped at a stoplight and then the light turned green. I began to accelerate and immediately and simultaneously my car began flashing brake, beeping, and slamming on the brakes. I came to a literal grinding halt. There was no car in front of me nor was one merging into my lane. It was completely unwarranted and quite honestly frightening. There was a car behind me but thankfully they did not hit me. The cmbs clearly malfunctioned. Because there was no collision I did not file a police report. This however did put me at a huge risk of getting rear ended. The car has not been inspected since as this is not an open recall. There were no warning signs (lamps, messages, etc) before this occured.

I experienced an inadvertent emergency braking action in my 2019 Insight while cruising at highway speed. I was in the right lane, which had just doubled in width due to an on-ramp joining the highway. This situation will sometimes confuse my car's lane keeping assist system, causing a side-to-side shudder or swerve, but in this case the automatic emergency braking activated, causing me to lose about 10-15 mph in speed. There were no other cars around, and I never lost control of the vehicle. Most of the time, an aeb activation like what I experienced is completely harmless. There are no other cars around, and the road surface is good enough to prevent a loss of control. If another car is close behind or the road surface is extremely poor (ice, substantial water, etc. ), this experience could possibly result in a rear-end collision or a spin-out. Because my aeb incident was harmless, I never reported it to the police, insurance, dealership, or manufacturer. I'm unaware of any warning lamps, messages, or symptoms before or after that could be related to the incident. As you can see, my report is anecdotal and I didn't save any precise documentation (e. G. Dashcam footage) from when the incident occurred. My main goals in reporting are to corroborate the potential issue in investigation ea25002 and add my car's VIN as another data point.

Was driving 35-40 mph. . No cars or objects in front of me. Vehicle automatically applied the brakes and almost brought me to a complete and abrupt stop. The vehicle behind me almost collided with me. This has happened multiple times. . With yesterday (5/24/24) being the worst. I also reported this to the Honda dealership where vehicle was purchased.

I was going home from work in my Honda Insight 2019 and all of a sudden my car started showing all kings of warnings every single indicator was on and my car started to spin and hit the side railing of the highway I almost died that day no airbags deployed that is also an other safety function did work that day. Honda refuse to take any kind of responsibility for the car malfunction I called and ask for help they said go ahead buy a new car we can't help you with anything. My request to the department is take a action against Honda so no other family or any other driver go through this. And no one lose love ones.

I was driving down the street and a car slowed down way in front of me. While I was braking my automatic braking system turned on and brought me to a complete stop. This caused my car to get hit from the back. The automatic braking does not slow down the car, it brings the car to a complete stop. Another incident, I was driving on the highway with nothing was in front of me and the brake signal started flashing and slowing the car down.

The automatic breaking system seems to be malfunctioning and is available for inspection upon request. Safety of occupants at risk due to possible accident caused by unwarranted breaking. The problem cannot be consistently reproduced and was not confirmed by dealer or independent service center the vehicle has not been inspected by manufactuer, police or insurance reps the system would inadvertently be activated on previous occasions. But on this last instance, the breaking was harder and more sudden and was activated when there was no danger of frontal collision.

Driving on the highway in the evening with no obstruction ahead of the vehicle, the "automatic emergency braking" system engaged, giving an audible alert, visual alert, and applied braking enough to accelerate the car from 65 mph to 40 mph. No one was behind us luckily so there was no crash or injury but there easily found have been. I took the car in for repair and the service techs found no issue with the car or the system. I have now seen this reported in accords which share much of the same design and technology as the Insight. Please add this to the the complaint list for the outstanding issue so Honda will include the Insight into their analysis.

I bought my new 2019 Insight 4dr cvt touring Jan 2019. After less then two years old 5 warning lights came on, acc-adaptive cruise control, lkas-lane keeping assist, collision mitigation braking system, road departure mitigation and auto high beam. I took it to my local Honda dealer they found the code b2a60-49 - multipurpose camera unit internal electronic malfunction. Because the car had over 30,000 miles (outside there warranty) they told me to call Honda America customer service and have them approve repairs. My call to Honda America was a call from hell, rude and no help whatever, I asked a dozen times to please talk with a supervisor and the answer was no. I was then cut off. All the safety features the come with the car are not not working and Honda will not fix it. For me to have it fixed will be over $1600 (see attachment).

The contact owns a 2019 Honda Insight. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the collision avoidance sensor activated which caused the automatic braking system to abruptly stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to pohanka Honda located at 1772 ritchie station CT, capital heights, MD (301) 899-7800, however, the mechanic was unable to determine the cause for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 1,000.