Yahoo Autos Three Million Hondas Possibly Impacted By Braking Defect That Has Injured 93 People
About 3 million Hondas are facing increased scrutiny from the U.S. National Traffic Safety Administration after over 1,000 complaints about the unexpected activation of the vehicle’s automatic emergency braking system. Now, those cars are facing an engineering analysis from the organization.
The probe includes both the Accord sedan and CR-V crossover. As for the engineering analysis – basically, it’s the next step in an NHTSA probe before safety regulators can potentially demand a recall, according to Reuters. NHTSA has reportedly received 2,876 customer complaints, 93 injury reports and 47 crashes involving Hondas with unique VINs that could be related to the issue.
A preliminary evaluation from NHTSA covered 2017-2019 Honda CR-Vs and 2018-2019 Honda Accords, Reuters reports. Now, though, the probe has been expanded to include 2020-2022 CR-Vs and Accords as well. Here’s more information on what exactly the issue is, from Reuters:
