NHTSA Upgrades Probe of Honda Accord and CR-V Emergency Braking

• This week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) upgraded a probe led by its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) into the unexpected activation of the automated emergency braking system in the Honda Accord and Honda CR-V.

• According to the report, 31 out of nearly 1300 complaints filed with NHTSA to date included a crash, while 58 injuries were reported from 50 incidents.

• The ODI investigation covers an estimated 2,997,604 vehicles, split among the 2018–2022 Honda Accord, 2018–2022 Accord Hybrid, 2017–2022 Honda CR-V, and 2020–2022 CR-V Hybrid.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has upgraded a probe led by its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) into the unexpected activation of the automated emergency braking system in nearly three million Honda Accord and Honda CR-V models. The name Honda gives to the technology is the Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS). At the time, the preliminary evaluation focused on 2017–2019 CR-V and 2018–2019 Accord vehicles.

The initial probe was opened on February 21, 2022, following reports of the system activating despite no apparent obstruction in the vehicle's path, leading to "rapid vehicle deceleration which increases the risk of a collision."