Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Honda Insight

Honda Insight owners have reported 50 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 (31 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

I was driving to pilates class and everything was normal but as I reached a railroad crossing the car suddenly and for no reason stopped dead on the tracks. Luckily for me there were no vehicles in front or behind me and there were no trains coming.   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 2022 Honda Insight. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the forward collision avoidance system independently activated, and the vehicle shuddered abnormally. No warning lights were illuminated.   Read details...




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