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Honda forward collision avoidance problems

Across all Honda models in NHTSA's complaint database, 6,319 complaints involve forward collision avoidance. The CR-V accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2018 CR-V with 475 forward collision avoidance complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
6,319 about forward collision avoidance, all Honda models
Most affected
CR-V 26% of these complaints
Typical mileage
30,000 miles 477 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
238 and 1

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Honda models

ModelComplaintsShare
CR-V1,66426%
Accord1,24520%
Odyssey1,24520%
Pilot77512%
Civic3165%
Passport2474%
Prologue1863%
Accord Hybrid1372%
Ridgeline1372%
HR-V1272%

Worst model years for forward collision avoidance

  1. 2018 Honda CR-V475 complaints
  2. 2018 Honda Accord448 complaints
  3. 2019 Honda Odyssey408 complaints
  4. 2018 Honda Odyssey354 complaints
  5. 2019 Honda CR-V349 complaints

Forward collision avoidance complaints by model year

Honda forward collision avoidance complaints by model year 0 750 1,500 1997: 1 '97 2003: 1 2005: 2 '05 2006: 4 2007: 2 '07 2008: 1 2010: 1 '10 2011: 4 2012: 3 '12 2013: 58 2014: 67 '14 2015: 41 2016: 86 '16 2017: 465 2018: 1,367 '18 2019: 1,402 2020: 835 '20 2021: 574 2022: 451 '22 2023: 248 2024: 364 '24 2025: 254 2026: 88 '26
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
19971
20031
20052
20064
20072
20081
20101
20114
20123
201358
201467
201541
201686
2017465
20181,367
20191,402
2020835
2021574
2022451
2023248
2024364
2025254
202688

Among the 477 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 30,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.