2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid Driver Assist & ADAS Problems

Driving at 35-40 mph the automatic brakes "Panic" stopped. No car, person or animal in front of car. This happened once before but I thought a construction crew on the roadside may have caused it the firs time.

Brakes being applied with apparent no reason. It gets applied automatically even when there is no obstruction in front.

Twice, I've been driving down the road, and the emergency braking system has engaged with no car near me. I get thrown against the seatbelt hard enough that it triggers the seatbelt to lock. I'm sure I would have been rear-ended if someone had been behind me. My foot was still on the gas both times it happened. I'm now scared to drive my car because I don't know when it will suddenly break hard and, maybe, hard enough to trigger airbags.

For the 2nd time in a span of ~6 months, the 2020 Honda CR-V randomly slowed down/tried to come to an abrupt halt in the middle of the freeway. Terrifying experience both times as it could have easily resulted in being in a fatal collision. I took this to the dealership immediately after the first time it happened but they deemed it as a "phantom issue". This happened again TODAY and I don't know what to do. I did find that I am not alone with this problem via this article. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/business/honda-cr-v-accord-braking-investigation/index.html There were no warning lamps or messages on the display. Battery meter seemed to be on the lower end but was not empty. Things seemed to be normal.

The contact owns a 2020 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 MPH, the Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking system erroneously activated without a person or other vehicle nearby. The contact was able to immediately release the brake pedal and the vehicle accelerated normally. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to identify the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred while driving approximately 40 MPH. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 15,000.

The contact owns a 2020 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving at speeds up to 50 MPH, the Forward Collision-Avoidance alert was heard however, there was no vehicle nearby. Additionally, while driving and exceeding 70 MPH, the Forward Collision Avoidance: Adaptive Cruise Control independently activated, and the vehicle decelerated. The dealer was contacted and notified of the failure. The dealer suggested cleaning the forward-facing camera system. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 18,359.

Driving down I-40 with lane keeping and cruise control on the car tries to stop when it comes up to a car on the right. Driving down a two lane road with lane keeping and cruise and it will try to stop for vehicles coming towards me but they are in their lane.

Some time in 2021 is the estimated date of occurrence of the event I am describing next. I was cruising on a freeway [XXX] ), traveling at about 65 miles an hour. It was a clear day with light traffic, around noon. There was no car in front of mine. There were no cars adjacent to mine either. Then I saw with my eyes a partially deflated mylar balloon (silvery and shiny) floating across (left to right) my path of travel. I estimate that the vertical position of the balloon was less than the height of a typical bus or a semi-truck. Its float path was rather random - up and down. Its distance from my car was about 5 to 10 car length (very rough estimate) when I first noticed it. Since I easily recognized it as a light-weight balloon (typical party balloon), I determined that it would not do any harm to my car even if timing was such that my car came in contact with it. So, I did not take any evasive action - I did not apply brakes and I did not change to another lane. But this is when my CR-V's automatic braking system engaged with a sudden deceleration, "BRAKE" warning light on the dash along with a series of beeping. The whole event lasted a few seconds after which the car responded normally to my gas-pedal input. Luckily there was no car following me when this automatic braking occurred. This was a one-time occurrence to date. Since then I have not had similar unexpected automatic braking due stray objects. I did have had several occurrences of "BRAKE" warning light and beeping due to my car coming in close proximity to other cars in front of me. In these instances, I cannot say with certainty whether or not brakes themselves were automatically applied. In these instances, I applied brakes myself (albeit later than what the car's computer determined to be appropriate). INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)