2021 Honda CR-V Hybrid service brakes problems

“On the morning of Thursday, October 22, 2026, I was driving east through an intersection in Springfield, MO (where I had the green light and did not need to stop first), when the Automatic Emergency Braking system malfunctioned and slammed on the brakes. Facing west, in the south-bound turn lane, was a truck at a full stop and NOT in my lane. I believe this to be a dangerous malfunction of the Automatic Emergency Braking system. I was thankful that I was not rear-ended while stopped suddenly in the intersection. That could have caused other collisions and resulting injury or death. This was the first and only time that I have experienced this malfunction. A call to my Honda dealer has not been returned. The vehicle has not been subsequently inspected. I did not see or hear any symptoms of the problem prior to the malfunction.”

“On the morning on 7/10/26 I was driving 30mph around a gentle turn and the brakes activated briefly. I also received a dashboard notification to brake. The weather conditions were sunny and probably around 80 degrees. There was no one in front of me and the closest car, in oncoming traffic was around 40 feet away. The safety risk was my car temporarily applied the brakes but did not stop completely. Luckily, the closet car behind me was ~30 feet behind me. Over the past 2 years I have received occasional dashboard notifications to brake, but the situation/driving conditions did not warrant the need to brake. This was the first time that the braking system actually applied the brake and slowed the car down.”

“In the past two weeks, the automatic brake light came on when there was nothing in front of me. Then this past Thursday, I was in the middle lane approaching a stoplight that was about 500 ft. ahead of me, nothing was in front of me and the brake light came on and the car made a quick and hard stop. If anyone was behind me, they would not have been able to stop. Now I am very leery of driving my car, and I disable this feature so I feel safe transporting myself and my family.”

“The automatic emergency brakes deployed for no reason while I was driving through traffic. There was nothing in the road and nothing that should have triggered the emergency brakes. It could have caused an accident”

“Pulled into driveway and put car in park. I had to close gate and lock it up and when returning to the car to turn off I was standing outside the car and it started rolling backwards. I tried to jump in the car to stop it and it was picking up speed. Driveway has a slight incline but nothing like the speed was on the car. I was in between the car door and the car seat running with the car. I am shocked I didn't get ran over. Car went across the street and hit my neighbors car and my car and well as his truck was damaged. This could have been worse and this is a huge safety feature.”

“I was driving past a school zone at 20 mph, came to a stop to allow children to cross street, as I began my acceleration past the school crossing, I reached a 20mph speed again and my CRV activated the emergency braking system without having anything in front of me that could have activated the forward collision braking system. Luckily I was not rear ended.”