Safety: Regulators expand investigation into 295,000 Honda vehicles with emergency braking systems

*The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding investigation into about 295,000 Honda vehicles with automatic emergency braking systems, causing sudden deceleration and increasing the risk of collisions, says report

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

The United States (US) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is expanding its investigation into about 295,000 Honda vehicles due to reports of automatic emergency braking systems activating unexpectedly, leading to crashes and injuries.

ConsumerConnect gathered the affected car models are 2019-2023 Honda Insight and Honda Passport vehicles.

In regard to the technical issue, the automatic emergency braking system may trigger inadvertently, causing sudden deceleration and increasing the risk of collisions, ConsumerAffairs report said.

Meanwhile, the NHTSA disclosed the regulatory agency received 106 complaints, including three crashes and two injuries.

The regulators said the investigation had been upgraded to an engineering analysis, a step required before the agency can mandate a recall.

Honda has provided its analysis of the issue, suggesting some consumers may not fully understand the system’s limitations.

The company has not yet commented further, report noted.