41 problems related to automatic emergency braking have been reported for the 2019 Honda Pilot. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2019 Honda Pilot based on all problems reported for the 2019 Pilot.
On several occasions the car has flashed brake and then started braking when there has been no car in front of me.
When driving on the interstate, car automatically applied breaks at 70+ mph bringing speed down to 55 or less as it sensed a car in the right lane. However, there was clear lanes and no potential impact for a crash. The breaking almost resulted in me getting rear ended. Also, there have been numerous instances where the car has had sensors go off for collision warnings when I am driving in the city and there is no car in sight or I am turning left at a stoplight. This is not safe and needs to be addressed.
Driving and the automatic braking engage with no vehicles around.
While entering the express lane on I-595 e my Honda 2019 Pilot unexpectedly reduced speed applying the brakes. There were no cars in front or behind me and the yet the emergency braking system was applied. This could have caused a rear end collision. In speaking with a local Honda service dealer he had said that this had also happened to him twice. My incident occurred approx. 1 year ago. I've also read that this issue has been identified in Honda cr-v's and accords.
Several times since 2019 while driving on not straight roads(slight curves either left or right), the automatic emergency braking would activate, first I would get a big bold brake in red letters on the display. I would be looking around, no cars are coming, I'm in the correct lane, not speeding and sometimes the car would actually start applying the brake(s) when there is absolutely no reason to apply the brakes. This has happened several times while we have driven the vehicle either on a 5 to 6 hour trip and maybe has occurred a total of 5 times since we have owned the vehicle.
When driving my Honda Pilot the automatic emergency braking system has engaged multiple times (3-4 times with me, and once with my husband driving) in the middle of driving with there was no reason for the braking to occur - meaning there were times when no cars were even in front of me. When this happens the orange brake warning shows up on my dashboard advising "brake" and my car jolts forward to strongly break. There has not been a recall on this issue, therefore, there has not inspection on my car specific to this issue. When this occurs it causes extreme panic on unawareness of what is going on. There is a threat of a crash behind me, especially when driving on roads 55 mph, when the car all of a sudden out of nowhere comes to almost a complete stop. Also, it extremely distracts me due to the suddenness of this issue without any perceived warning. Therefore, I quickly try to understand if I do need to swerve or figure out how to quickly speed up after it brakes so no cars hit me from behind. Then it takes me awhile to calm down and understand what happened.