Automatic Emergency Braking problems of the 2019 Honda Pilot - part 1

I was driving around 30-35 mph when my car's dashboard lights were flickering on and it then gave me a warning that the collision mitigation system was coming on. The car started braking hard and it swerved me to the left, so much so that I was halfway into the left lane. Thankfully no other car was in that lane. Then my car automatically went into neutral and I had to stop on the side of the road. I took the car into the Honda dealership the same day. They told me that it could possibly be a dirty multi use camera by the rear view mirror and so they claimed to have cleaned it. I'm not certain that was the issue since I had just gotten a car wash recently and it did not seem to have been dirty.

The front camera is kicking a code of u3000-49 so now none of my safety features work nor is Honda 100% certain on how to fix his issue. I've spoken to Honda and no one can provide a clear answer. I'm not driving my car with my 2 small children because it's the only car I have and none of my safety features are working due to the damage from the front camera. I've been told by a glass service, it's likely due to heat damage as Honda's front camera are known for this. This could cause so many issue, especially since Honda isn't giving any feedback on how to correct this issue.

While operating the vehicle in reverse at a low speed (under 5 mph), the advanced driver assistance system (adas) failed to provide any audible or visual alerts regarding a stationary vehicle positioned directly behind my path. The vehicle is equipped with a rearview video system and rear proximity/parking sensors, both of which were active. ?despite a clear line of sight and the secondary vehicle being a standard passenger car, the sensors did not "ping" or trigger an emergency brake/alert, resulting in a rear-end collision. The sensors and camera lens were clean and free of debris at the time of the incident. This represents a failure of the safety system to perform its primary function of obstacle detection in a standard backing scenario, posing a significant risk for back-over incidents involving pedestrians or other vehicles.

It is available for inspection. We were driving and all of sudden the car became sluggish, started slowing down on the highway and several lights started popping up. The warning lights came up after slowing down and becoming sluggish.

All the adas systems have stopped working. I get warnings and beeping as I drive my vehicle. Numerous people are telling me that it is the $2,000 front sensing camera that needs to be replaced. This is a huge safety concern and it is plaguing the 3rd generation Honda Pilots.

After only 76k miles the adas stopped working. Honda sense safety features no longer work. Honda dealership diagnosed the problem and said the adas camera needed to be replaced. The car is in excellent condition. It was never in an accident, windshield in perfect condition. Up to date with its scheduled maintenance.

My car "lurches" when increasing speed sometimes acting like it does not want to go at all. I am constantly on edge that I am going to get rear ended or hit. Especially when my children are with me. Occasionally the brake light will light up and my car will slow down and then accelerate again. Which also makes me worry about getting hit. Both of these things have happened multiple times and we've done our research. It's a major issue.

Vehicle adaptive cruise control and emergency braking completely stopped working.

To whom it may concern, I am submitting this complaint through the national highway traffic safety administration regarding a serious and unresolved safety-related defect on my 2019 Honda Pilot (VIN: [xxx] ]). The vehicle’s front camera system failed, disabling essential safety features including lane keeping assist, adaptive cruise control, and collision mitigation braking. These systems are part of Honda’s advanced driver assistance system (adas) and are integral to safe vehicle operation. Their failure constitutes a critical safety defect, not a routine maintenance issue. Misrepresentation by american Honda I was initially assigned to a case manager named christian at american Honda. During our recorded phone conversations, christian falsely claimed that the discount I received from the dealership was provided by american Honda, even though the dealership is an independent franchisee and american Honda has no control or direct relationship over the dealership. Upon direct inquiry, the dealership confirmed that the discount was offered solely through my business account and my relationship with them and had no connection to american Honda. When I requested written confirmation of this claim, american Honda refused to provide any documentation, despite the fact that all conversations were recorded by them. These recordings contain critical evidence of misrepresentation and should be reviewed as part of this dispute. If necessary, I am prepared to request that these recordings be subpoenaed for formal review. Ongoing safety concerns prior to the complete failure of the camera, I experienced multiple false collision warnings, including dashboard alerts, steering wheel vibration, and automatic braking — even when vehicles were traveling in the opposite direction and posed no threat. These false activations were not only alarming but dangerous, and they indicate a pattern of malfunction in the camera system long before its final failure. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.

The front winshield camera stop warning and now im getting the following warnings: lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control automatic emergency braking blind spot warning forward collision warning lane departure warning lane keeping assistance and now the car is showing: emission system warning.

After receiving a cmbs error message I tried to drive home and the vehicle automatically engaged brakes while merging with no other vehicle near by and I was almost rear ended.

Sensor lights turned on and frequent events occurred causing lights to come on. Took to the dealer and informed me code u3000-49 multi purpose camera unit wave radar internal electronic failure upon researching several other people have the same issue and has not been resolved.

This vehicle continues to have issues related to a problem that was issued for the fuel pump earlier this year. My fuel pump was replaced, but the vehicle continues to do the same thing. It stalls and jerks while I am driving and does not start sometimes after getting gas. When I am trying to accelerate the vehicle does not go at full power. One time I was going out into traffic and had to reverse because I knew that I would not make it and get hit. In addition to this, the vehicle has an issue with the braking system. Other years have been recalled for what they call ghost breaking, and although this one does this, it has not been recalled. I will be driving and the car will all of a sudden just brake on its own as if there is a vehicle/object in front of me. Sometimes this happens in the same location. Honda is supposed to be a reliable car, but it seems they have failed with this year/model of the Pilot because it has been big issue after big issue.

When we are driving the vehicle brake light lights up on dash and car breaks for a second or two. There are no cars around and no railroad tracks. It just does it a random times. We aren’t speeding. Just driving down road.

Vehicle brakes or collision warning comes on when roads are curved and traffic in oncoming lanes.

The forward collision warning and automatic braking system are terrible and have been terrible since we purchased our Pilot new from a dealer. The warning lights and beep go off frequently when driving on highways and surface streets, in fact it’s nearly impossible to have an incident-free trip longer than 20-30 minutes. The automatic braking system has engaged many times, causing unexpected and sudden slowing of the vehicle, which has the potential to cause confusion, loss of control, or even a vehicular accident. Making matters worse, one cannot simply disengage the system permanently; it must be turned off each time the engine is started and requires holding a button down for several seconds.

The front camera has gone out on the Honda Pilot, but inconsistently works. It will turn on while driving and turn off while the adaptive cruise control is on. The vehicle does not have a way to bypass the camera, so then there is consistently lights and alerts on. With not being able to bypass the camera features they will automatically come on or off while driving while the camera is not working properly. This vehicle was purchased in October of 2019, and has had camera issues since January 2024. The vehicle is not even 5 years old and has consistently had problems. The fuel injectors went out at 3 years, which I would not expect to go out, and from discussion with dealership there was an extended warranty for the same year Honda odyessy, which was not extended for the Honda Pilot, but both vehicles have the same fuel injector system.

Vehicle would brake suddenly. Then shortly thereafter, the collision mitigation system error appeared on the dash. Honda dealership says the camera no longer works and the entire system needs to be replaced. The fact that the camera stopped working spontaneously is concerning.

Radar and multi purpose camera simultaneously failed. Dash lights came on indicating that auto high beams, lane keep assist, forward collision, adaptive cruise control, and braking system where not working properly. I think my safety and the safety of others where compromised with these systems not working.

While driving on very straight and non-rolling hills the large red words brake will appear on the dash, the brakes will start pulsing and slightly shaking for a few seconds when there is very minimal on-coming traffic. The above has happened several times and first occurred several years ago and at different mileages and different roads.

All electrical systems failed at once due to a malfunction in the front camera-sudden failure with no damage to the vehicle physically. Honda refuses to fix or honor the issue. A recall should be required due to the vast amounts of complaints on the same issues. This should not be a financial responsibility on the owner.

When I am driving and at times the braking system tell me to brake when I am in my line and no one is heading my way.

Automatic braking system failure parallel issue that is same to the accord and other models with the emergency braking system which randomly activated and panic stops and sometimes without an traffic near to car and other times have almost caused catastrophic collisions on highway systems with divided medians causing system to activate.

My car was parked in my driveway, when I started the car, 4-5 warning lights started to flash in orange, acc, lkas, automatic high beam, collision mitigation problem, road departure mitigation problem. When driving the vehicle, none of these safety features are working. Took the vehicle to the dealer and was told the multi purpose camera had an internal failure and it was likely due to heat exposure. The vehicle only has 32,000 miles on it and it was not at any unusual heat exposure. The past 3 summers the temperature has been the same and no problems. This appears to be a manufacturer defect on this camera but dealer won't accept that. The same day I took my car to the dealer, on 7. 12. 23 for the check up, I was told 4 other customers came in with the same problem. That is not normal. I live in southern California and the temperatures have been in the 90's for the past 2 weeks. I googled this and found many other Honda owners have had the same problem and Honda is wanting to charge us about $1800-$2,000 to get this camera fixed but again, this must be a manufacturer's defect. There are thousands of Honda vehicles on the road and these safety features are not working. Thank you.

Transmission fluid is burning up within 15,000 miles or less. When the flood is going bad the vehicle studders as you accelerate and it's not safe. Ive seen a lot of people online with the same issue. Contacted Honda of America and they also know about the issue and are not doing anything to help.

While driving on two lane roads and roads with left turn lanes, the "brake" warning comes on almost every other on-coming car. Most instances it just the warning light and sound, but every once in a while the automatic brakes are applied by the system momentarily at times. This became worse on a highway while driving in the left lane and passing a truck that was in a left turn lane, the system braked immediately and without prior warning, nearly causing a rear end collision by a vehicle behind. This occurred twice on a recent trip. Went to the Honda dealer and they informed me the only thing they can do is set it to the closest setting or turn off the driving assist system.

Rear ended the vehicle in front. Vehicle in front had emergency braking activate, our Pilot did not activate emergency braking. It does often go off on 2 lane highways when a large vehicle is coming the other way or when trying to take a freeway exit, but apparently not when you're about to hit someone.

Vehicle automatically applies brakes in several unwanted situations: (1) driving down 2 lane road going around curve with other vehicle approaching from opposite direction (2) something small in roadway such as plastic bag or small limb (3) normal stopping when car thinks other vehicle is too close in front but driver is under complete braking control these actions are dangerous at normal highway speeds and on wet road!!!! this has happened multiple times, not just on date listed below.

Aeb/fcw. On January 24, 2023 while traveling on I-15 the control panel flashed “warning” and the brakes were applied. There was no vehicle in my lane. There were other vehicles in adjacent lanes. This occurred additionally on the following dates. 1/22/23 (2x). 1/17/23, 1/12/23(3x) and 12/20/22.

This is a 2019 Honda Pilot with start stop function. There is a noticeable delay in activation and getting longer with time; this is a 3 year old vehicle. During 2 other instances, the system failed and vehicle would not start on a public street. During these failures and delays, other than the obvious collision safety issue, the safety systems are unavailable via a message on the dash. When it eventually starts back up it functions normally. This is clearly the system prematurely failing or the system prematurely killing the battery (which has a normal functional life of 5 - 7 years).

The engine start/stop idle does not start up again after the car stops when at a red light or in traffic.

I currently have a 2019 Honda, Pilot with approximately 70,000 miles. I have had problems with the idle stop feature since the first year of owning the vehicle. I have had many instances of a restart resulting in actuating the warning lights on my instrument panel and a few times when my vehicle did not restart. My dealer either was not able to diagnose the problem or did not know how. I even paid to have my battery replaced, which helped elevate the problem but did not fix it. I also either have a problem with the automatic braking system giving me a warning or in some instances actually applying the brakes when there is no traffic. Both of these are reoccurring and on-going problems.

2019 Honda Pilot collision mitigation system flashing brake on screen average 3 times per day. Includes shaking of steering wheel & if cruise control on, braking. All this is happening when there is nothing blocking car. If cruise control on & need to respond to car that just pulled in front of me on highway, because the brake pedal is already suppressed by the car I can not respond properly. The only thing I have found to override the car is to push the gas pedal, which is also very dangerous!! please help!! this is so dangerous. If something is actually happening on the road it is difficult to think about how to respond because the car is freaking out. The ability to think clearly & respond to unsafe situations is so important in those first few seconds. Honda mechanic said this is ‘just a side effect’ of a self driving car feature (cruise control) until Honda improves technology. There is no way to turn off collision mitigation breaking system permanently.

I have had the assisted emergency braking deploy itself with the brake light blinking on the dash board when there is no reason for it to engage. No traffic around, just a sudden braking which pushes you forward in your seat and quickly scan all around you for impact which is not going to occur. I have heard of this happening to others but this has happened to me about 6 times and my husband has had it twice.

I drove our Honda Pilot during a moderate snow storm. The collision avoidance system repeatedly recognized the snow as a vehicle and repeatedly applied the brakes at highway speed in heavy traffic. It happened from davenport, IA to des moines, IA on 14 Jan 22. It also repeatedly tried to steer because the lane keeper assist kept malfunctioning. On Sunday 16 Jan 22 we returned from des moines to davenport and it repeatedly happened again. On Sunday the roads were clear and there wasn't any precipitation in the air. I washed the windshield and wiped off the sensor panel but it didn't stop. The Honda dealer in moline, IL told me that there was nothing they could do. They said that happens in snow and rain and that I should wash the vehicle. The vehicle is malfunctioning and dangerous. It randomly applies the brakes and tries to steer itself at highway speed if there is any obstruction to the sensors. I had to fight the steering wheel to keep it on the road when driving down the middle of the lane. Having the car applying the brakes randomly at highway speed is also incredibly dangerous. I can't control how close semi trucks follow and several almost rear ended me. They also got very upset because they thought I was doing it on purpose. I can't wash the vehicle every time it snows or pull over every time it rains hard. The dealers suggestions are not practical. The malfunctioning lane keeper assist and automatic breaking on this vehicle is an accident waiting to happen. Or it's already happened and isn't getting the credit it deserves. The lane keeper assist and automatic breaking also can't be turned off, and shouldn't have to be.