Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Honda Insight

Honda Insight owners have reported 48 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (30 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (11 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Honda Insight


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Honda Insight

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Automatic brake system activated even though there were no cars in front of me or behind me. Car came to a complete stop which would have been a huge risk if someone was behind me. I have also had other instances where the auto brake would randomly activate and stop the car, but not as severe as a   Read details...

The Warnings problem

The vehicle unintentionally accelerated while pulling into a parking space. I was depressing the brake to slow down while making the right turn into the space. The engine suddenly revved up (as though you were depressing the gas and brake at the same time) and it accelerated forward (a though you   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

I’m having two continuous, multiple incident, problems that the dealership swears up and down do not exist. I have tried calling the dealership multiple times, and the national Honda customer service line.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2020 Honda Insight. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, several unknown warning lights illuminated. During the failure, the brakes failed to function as intended, and the lane departure, cruise control, and forward collision avoidance features failed to function   Read details...




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