2020 Honda CR-V Brakes Problems

The contact owns a 2020 Honda CR-V. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the brake warning light flashed and illuminated, and the vehicle hesitated while depressing the brake pedal. Neither an independent mechanic nor a dealer was contacted. The failure had occurred four times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 44,505.

Traveling at 70 mph on I-5, Washington State, a warning message telling us the braking system was compromised, referencing "VSA", part so the stability control system. We pulled over and turned the car off, deleting the message. Within two miles of proceeding along the road the display presented a message saying the parking/emergency brake was malfunctioning, at 70 mph. Three days later my wife was backing up in the driveway and the car applied the brakes and would not proceed. When my wife engaged the forward gear the car did drive forward while cycling various error messages. It, via computer interpretation, determines how the brake fluid pressure is applied/distributed to all and any of the braking systems. Some systems are automatically initiated and others are initiated by the driver. These systems include the auto-emergency braking, the application of the electric foot brakes, the parking brake among others. We had the car delivered to the local dealership with the above information. The dealer ran an OBD scan and decided that the electric servo booster. I do not challenge this decision. My concern is that this malfunction has triggered a recall in Japan and that there are worldwide reports of the malfunction. Please have someone look into this system failure with Honda.

I was driving this vehicle (2020 Honda CRV hybrid touring) and the brakes became very hard to stop. It was like standard braking without power assist and required great effort to stop the vehicle. Many warnings appeared on the dash including: 1. Brake system problem 2. Electric parking brake problem 3. Brake hold system problem 4. Hill start assist problem 5. Collision mitigation system problem 6. Vehicle stability assist (VSA) problem 7. Road departure mitigation problem 8. Adaptive cruise control problem The emergency brake light is on and won't go away. Sometimes when you start it, the warnings will clear after pressing the "!" button. Other times they won't clear making it not driveable because of the hard braking. I took it to First Class Halt and they found some code they had never seen. They cleared the code and 2 days later it started up with the same thing. I took it to Hendrick Honda and they also just cleared a code. A few days later it started all over making the car undriveable at least in a safe manner with full control over the brakes. It seems that neither an independent shop nor a Honda dealership can correct this dangerous problem.

The contact owns a 2020 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving 35 MPH, the brake pedal depressed independently, and the contact heard a beeping sound coming from the instrument panel. The contact stated that the passenger who was asleep inside the vehicle, struck the dashboard with his hands; however, there was no injury reported. The contact also stated that while coming to a stop and depressing the brake pedal, the message “BRAKE” was displayed on the instrument panel. The contact stated that a dealer was contacted. There was warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not taken the dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 66,000.

The brake warning light remains illuminated on the dashboard even when the parking brake is fully disengaged and while the vehicle is in motion. Same when the car is on or turned off. The brake warning light remain on continuously. Because this warning light is associated with the braking system, it creates uncertainty about whether the braking system and related safety systems are functioning properly while the vehicle is being driven. This raises safety concerns. The vehicle currently has approximately 50,000 miles and has been regularly maintained. The vehicle was inspected by a Honda dealership. After evaluation, the dealership indicated the issue may be related to the VSA (Vehicle Stability Assist) modulator. However, they stated they cannot confirm with certainty that replacing this component will resolve the issue. This will be an expensive repair with no warranty that’s the issue. All other possible issues with pads brake system, wires…were discarded and no code showed on the initial test. Since this warning involves a critical safety system and the cause has not been clearly identified, I am concerned this may represent a potential defect or premature failure of a braking system component.

This 2020 Honda CR-V has experienced 5 uncommanded automatic braking events so far. All 5 events were in wet conditions, with no apparent obstacle in front of the vehicle. One of these events occurred on I-35 at 70mph, and resulted in a full stop with the car facing oncoming traffic. The Collision Mitigation Braking System frequently provides false warnings in this vehicle.

The break pedal felt stiff and I had hard time coming to a stop. That was going on for a few days until the car was dropped off for service. The reason was a break booster failure. We were told that it never happens. Even though the car only had about 15K miles we were out of warranty so had to pay $2400 to get it fixed. We filed a claim with Honda but were denied in reimbursement. Honda had break booster recalls in multiple models but not this one. However, there's no reason for the break booster failure other than a manufacturer's defect.

My wife and family left Evans, Georgia, on 06-Apr-2023 for their first cruise that departed from Miami, Florida. As they traveled down the interstate on 07-Apr-2023, the cruise date, the vehicle's right brake came off. My daughter steered the CR-V to safety without causing a major accident on a major Interstate Highway. They contacted the local Honda, Brickell Honda, 690 S. W. 8th Street, Miami, Florida, who dispatched a tow truck. The Service Representative was [XXX]. She asked whether the brakes had been worked on before; they had never since purchased the CR-V. Also, she confirmed that the damage was not due to road debris. Brickell Honda repaired the CR-V for $1151.31. The communication with Brickell Honda was good while the CR-V was in the shop. However, when we tried to reach out to the Service Advisor after the repairs were completed, it differed from Honda's standards. She failed to respond to our calls, voicemail, and text message. On 23 Apr 2023, I decided to have my local Honda, Gerald Jones Honda, 4022 Washington Road, Martinez, GA, review the work completed by Brickell Honda. They did not know why the brakes would have came-off, but they noticed the right rear brake line tangled up and the bolt left loose. These were things that Brickell Honda left undone, putting my family at risk! According to Gerald Jones Honda, fixing those things would cost an additional $175.00. We paid $201.25 for Gerald Jones Honda Diagnostic. “INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).”

The car brakes have a delay to engage. My vehicle rolled forward 5 feet when brakes disengaged. The brake pedal makes a clunking sound after foot is removed. There is a slight delay between brake release and clunking sound. They stick and car slides forward.

Brakes lock up intermittently when trying to start the car. Happened once when I was sitting in traffic.

Almost 2 weeks ago I was driving on the Florida Turnpike (about 77mph) and suddenly the gas quit on the car. It slower down to about 50mph as I kept trying to give it gas but to no avail. Meanwhile I was lucky enough to be able to steer it into the right lane. This seemed to last a long time but in. truth it was probably only about 5 - 7 seconds. Then suddenly the gas came back on. This happened two more times during the same trip but these were shorter in duration amounting to a big hiccup on the gas. It has never happened to me again. I took it to the Honda dealer. They said they took it out for a spin and couldn't replicate it and had no idea what was wrong. Now I rarely drive on roads that are high speed so perhaps that is why it has not happened again. I see that you are investigating a similar issue for CRV's that are 2018 -19 but mine is 2020. It sounds as though it's the same problem. Luckily I was never in an accident with the car so the police and insurance was never involved.

We were cruising along Rt 130 in New Jersey when suddenly the Automatic Emergency Braking System "Brake" flashed on my dashboard and my vehicle braked for a while (from 50mph to 30mph) although there were no cars or any obstacles ahead of us. I had to step on the gas pedal to avoid any rear-end collision on me. Luckily, there were no vehicle behind me at that time.

The contact owns a 2020 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked with the engine on, the emergency parking brake was not engaged, she reached the vehicle to push the push/start button to turn off the vehicle, and the vehicle started to roll backward. The contact stated that the vehicle rolled over both legs and she required medical attention. A police report was filed. The contact stated that the vehicle stopped once it collided with the neighbor's house across the street. The vehicle was towed to a collision shop for diagnostic testing and body repairs. The diagnostic testing has not been performed on the vehicle. The dealer was contacted and advised the contact to call the Honda manufacturer. The contact stated that she has not been able to reach the manufacturer to make them aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 17,000.

On several separate occasions our Honda 2020 CRV has applied braking in circumstances where it should not have. On one occasion the vehicle ahead was maintaining the same speed and distance and our car applied brakes although the vehicle ahead was more car lengths ahead than 1 per 10 MPH. On other occasions there were no vehicles ahead or beside, while we were traveling at highway speeds on open highway and the car abruptly applied brakes. In each instance the braking stopped after a short jerk. In other words, it behaved as if the driver had lightly tapped the brakes, although that was not the case.

My car has applied the automatic emergency braking 4 times with no emergency needed as no other cars were around. All events included shadows from either a highway sign or a group of trees and occurred throughout the summer/fall of 2021.

BOUGHT 2019 ACCORD NEW HAD THE ROTORS REPLACED AT 8,000 FIRST I WENT IN THEY TURNED THEM MADE IT WORSE HAD TO GO BACK THEY TURNED AGAIN STILL BAD SO THEY REPLACED WITH A NEW SET .I'M AT 16,800 AND IT'S STARTING TO DO IT AGAIN AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T FEEL IT YET AND .NOW I HAVE TO SHOW THEM THE CHATTERING THAT'S JUST STARTING BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE THEY ONLY HAVE 8,000 MILES I HAVE 3 OTHER HONDA ALL MY BRAKES ARE FINE EXCEPT MY NEW CAR THAT'S A PROBLEM

WHEN DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, THERE WAS A FLAT METAL PLATE ON THE STREET (A PLATE THAT IS COMMONLY FOUND WHEN A STREET IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SUDDENLY THE CAR CAME TO A VIOLENT, ABRUPT STOP BEFORE THE PLATE. THE CAR STOPPED SO SUDDENLY THAT THE WHOLE CAR SHOOK AS IF I WAS HIT BY 3 CARS. MY BODY JOLTED FORWARD AND MY GROCERIES FLEW OFF THE BACK SEAT. I WAS ON THE PHONE (HANDS FREE) AND THE PERSON I WAS SPEAKING WITH BECAME ALARMED SINCE THEY HEARD A LOUD, CONCERNING SOUND. I HAD TO SIT THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET TO GET MY BEARINGS. IT WAS SO ALARMING THAT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED FOR A FEW MINUTES. I DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES MYSELF, SO THIS MUST HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE HONDA COLLISION MITIGATION BRAKING SYSTEM. THIS EXPERIENCE WAS SO JOLTING THAT IT STAYED WITH ME ALL NIGHT. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I'M LUCKY THERE WEREN'T CARS AROUND ME BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A BAD ACCIDENT.

APPROXIMATELY 10-15% OF THE TIME, WHEN TRYING TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE PRESSING THE 'START' BUTTON ON MY 2020 HONDA CR-V, THE BRAKE PEDAL CANNOT BE DEPRESSED. IT IS FIRMLY LOCKED/JAMMED IN PLACE. IN SOME INSTANCES, I CAN APPLY VERY FIRM PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL, JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE ENGINE TO START, BUT IN OTHER CASES, THE PEDAL CANNOT BE DEPRESSED AT ALL. WHEN THIS OCCURS, PRESSING THE 'START' BUTTON INITIATES THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS BUT DOES NOT START THE ENGINE. ONCE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ARE ON, THE PEDAL SOMETIMES REMAINS FIRMLY LOCKED, AND OTHER TIMES MAY SLIGHTLY SOFTEN TO THE POINT THAT I CAN PRESS THE START BUTTON AGAIN AND START THE ENGINE. DURING INSTANCES WHEN THE PEDAL REMAINS FIRMLY LOCKED, I MAY HAVE TO PRESS THE 'START' BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES, CYCLING ELECTRONICS ON AND OFF BEFORE THE PEDAL EVENTUALLY SOFTENS ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE ENGINE TO START. THE PEDAL ISSUE SEEMS RANDOM, REGARDLESS OF WARM OR COLD ENGINE, TERRAIN, WEATHER CONDITIONS, USE OF PARKING BRAKE, PRESSING THE PEDAL REPEATEDLY, ETC. BASED ON OTHER SIMILAR ONLINE REVIEWS, THERE IS GROWING CONCERN THAT THE PEDAL CAN LOCK WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, CAUSING A LOSS OF BRAKING CAPABILITY IN AFFECTED VEHICLES INCLUDING CR-V, PILOT, AND RIDGELINE. SPECULATIVE CAUSES MAY BE A BRAKE VACUUM/BOOSTER DEFECT. TWO LOCAL DEALERSHIPS CLAIMED THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM AND A TECHNICIAN REVIEWING THE VEHICLE SAID EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE, SO THEY APPARENTLY HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE JAMMED BRAKE PEDAL IN PERSON. *TR

Brake intermittently does not push down making it impossible to start the car. I have to open the door and close it then the brake will go down. Also, one time I was stopped while driving trying to get out in traffic and the brake came up and was hard as a rock. I quickly opened the door and closed it and the brake went back down. I have had it at the dealership about this 3 times. The third time the service department Forman had it happen to him but he said he didn’t know why. Nothing was done.