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2022 Honda CR-V forward collision avoidance problems
44 owner complaints to NHTSA about the 2022 Honda CR-V cite forward collision avoidance, 16% of all 269 complaints for this model year.
Complaints
44
16% of all complaints
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
0
Reported by owners
Injuries
3
Reported by owners
What owners say about the forward collision avoidance
Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first
“Sometimes when driving the automatic brakes will turn on and the car will suddenly brake hard. This has happened a few times now. I had a few close calls with drivers almost rear ending me because of this. This seems to happen randomly as it always happens in different areas. There were a few times there was nobody else on the road other than me and the automatic brakes would kick in. I put in the date of the last time this occurred to me. This is a reoccurring issue that compromises my safety.”
“The contact owns a 2022 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving at a very slow speed in heavy traffic, the vehicle suddenly experienced "Phantom Braking" causing the vehicle to abruptly stop in the middle of the road, causing a second vehicle to almost crash into the rear end of the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were not yet contacted. The failure mileage was 18,540.”
“The vehicle automatically and suddenly slammed on the brakes when a deflated mylar balloon floated across my lane. It braked hard for several seconds then released the brakes as the balloon cleared my lane. I felt like I had no control of the vehicle until the brakes released. The car following closely behind me could have hit me, since there was no apparent reason to brake. I have been unable to reach a service advisor at my dealership to report it. The vehicle has not been inspected since this incident. There were no warnings prior to the incident.”
“OIL DILUTION, ANIFREEZE DISAPPEARING, LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THIS PAST SATURDAY, ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CONSTANTLY GOING OFF AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, VEHICLE RADAR SENSES A CAR IN FRONT WHEN THERE IS NONE AND THE BRAKING SYSTEM STOPS MY CAR ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING (HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES), OIL CHANGES ARE DONE EVERY 3000 MILES, HEAD GASKET BLOWN DUE TO FLIMSY BOLTS OEM AND A 1.5 L ENGINE WITH TURBO.... BAD IDEA.... TURBO TOO STRONG FOR A 1.5L.... NOW IM OUT A 2500 BILL...”
“The most urgent issue with my vehicle is the automatic braking system. During several instances driving during the day and at night, my car has done what’s referred to as “phantom braking” where it detects something in the road, though the road is completely clear and open and the brakes engage and suddenly stop my car. It’s happened on occasions where it triggers the brakes lightly and it’s happened so intensely that my seat buckle has locked up throwing my head forward and my car comes to a near stop on the FREEWAY. It happens on regular roads as well, but the freeway is especially dangerous especially traveling at a higher rate of speed for the breaks to be engaged and rapidly slow my car down. I have been so fortunate that the times it has happened the people behind me had enough reaction time or there was no one behind me. This has happened on numerous occasions and for almost every incident it occurred I’ve had a witness (my parter at the time) they saw how jarring, intense and dangerous the braking was and how it happened out of nowhere. I brought this up to my dealership but they kept shooing me away saying that it’s not a problem and if I wanted to I…”
“On three separate occasions my automatic brakes designed to avoid a collision have engaged while I was driving highway speed with no vehicle or obstruction I'm front of my car.”
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Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 3, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.