Warnings problems of the 2020 Honda Insight

Four problems related to warnings have been reported for the 2020 Honda Insight. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2020 Honda Insight based on all problems reported for the 2020 Insight.

1 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 11/04/2024

I was driving down the highway, with no one in front of me, and my car alerted brake and brought my car from 70 to an almost complete stop. This jerked myself and my passenger and caused a heat mark from the seat belt on my collar bone. It has done it multiple times since then. I'm terrified to be in traffic and for it to do this. This is most definitely putting my safety at risk, and the safety of others. I have not taken it to the dealership yet.

2 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 03/10/2022

I have had 2 occasions when I experienced inadvertent spontaneous braking. Both times there was no vehicle in front of me. Both times the car stopped completely while driving in the city between 25 to 35mph. Fortunately there was no vehicle behind me either time and I did not sustain any injuries.

3 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 12/05/2020

Very occasionally the car collision avoidance systems kicks in erratically. The car brakes automatically to reduce speed substantially. This can be very dangerous because someone might hit from the back. This has happened to me on city streets as well as the highway. I think it might be due to the collison sensor missclassifying signboards or overhead bridges as humans or cars.

4 Warnings problem

Failure Date: 09/14/2020

Damage to the power steering linkage cable and oxygen sensor caused all adas systems to be offline including power steering. If this unit were to be damaged just enough and fail while driving this will likely result in a crash/collision as the car becomes completely undrivable. Luckily so far, this has happened when the vehicle was parked and did not cause any injury. I feel the vehicle is unsafe until they fix this issue. It has happened 3 times now and nothing seems to be being done about this issue as of yet from Honda. This was brought forward to Honda's attention with no affirmation that this is a problem. It first happened in September last year and has happened two additional times since.


Other Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of the 2020 Honda Insight

Automatic Emergency Braking problems
4
Warnings problems
4


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