Automatic Emergency Braking problems of the 2016 Honda Pilot

Six problems related to automatic emergency braking have been reported for the 2016 Honda Pilot. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Honda Pilot based on all problems reported for the 2016 Pilot.

1 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 03/20/2026

Drive to work suddenly engine show emergency issues many symbols appearing in front of screen and break is not controlled and car is stop running.

2 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 07/03/2024

For the third time in less than 4 months, I have taken my car to the dealer because all of the warnings light come on and the car sputters and dies in traffic.

3 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 06/11/2022

I purchased a brand new 2016 Honda Pilot ex. After the salesman pitch about adding top-notch safety, I paid extra for the Honda sensing package (include collision mitigation braking system) as it was not a standard in 2016. Currently my SUV has less than 14000 miles. The collision mitigation braking system (cmbs) has been warning and applying brakes when it should not for many years. Recently I drove on a highway that had construction for about 3 miles on a clear day. The car was the previous day and had nothing obstructing the camera on windshield or the radar behind the Honda badge. One lane was closed and there were flat surfaced traffic barrier (similar to cones) has been setup for the entire construction strip. About half into the construction zone, my SUV instrument panel had a warning that read "collision mitigation system problem". When I noticed the warning sign is not disappearing after restarting several times, I disconnected the battery and connected it after a day. The warning sign did not go away. Then I took the SUV to the dealer from whom I purchased the vehicle. They washed the car but the warning sign is still active. The warning sign cannot be turned off using the physical button for the cmbs on the dash. Searching through the internet, I see that this is common problem among Honda owners. Many owners who experience this issue report that when they took the SUV to the dealer, they reported that the cmbs was overwhelmed by the construction barriers and the only way to fix this is to recalibrate the cmbs at dealer that costs about $500. However, this is only a temporary fix until the SUV drive through a construction site. I purchased Honda sensing for the safety of my family. Instead Honda has provided defective system that fails when driving through a construction site. Construction sites are common occurrence in everyday driving. Honda sensing cmbs is a good money maker for dealers as they get to recalibrate the system for high fee.

4 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 02/24/2022

Automatic brake light comes on at random times while driving at higher speeds. Afraid that one of these times it will stop the car at high speeds.

5 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 02/12/2022

There have been multiple times where the automatic emergency braking system engaged almost causing an accident with no car ahead of me. The latest incident caused a whiplash related injury to my daughter's neck. The tractor trailer behind me also locked up the brakes and luckily did so in time to avoid colliding with my car.

6 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 11/19/2021

I have manually turned this feature off, it has o. Three separate occasions applied the brakes without any vehicle's around. Honda diagnostic was ran shows nothing wrong. So I have turned it off.


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