Honda Expands Investigation Of More Than 290 Thousand Car Units Due To Accident Reports Involving The AEB System

Honda Passport TrailSport 2022. (Doc. Honda USA)

JAKARTA - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced the expansion of the investigation into around 295,125 Honda cars in the United States (US) due to reports of accidents and injuries caused by the Automatic Braking System (ABS) feature.

Reporting from Reuters, Tuesday, January 21, the AEB system works accidentally, causing a risk of collision during a deseleration.

According to reports, the models affected were Insights with hybrid driving and Passport SUVs, all of which were released in 2019-2022.

Regulator mengatakan pihaknya meningkatkan penyelidikan mulai bulan Maret menjadi analisis teknik, dan memperluasnya hingga mencakup model SUV Honda Passport keluarkan tahun 2023. Analysis teknik adalah langkah yang diperlukan sebelum NHTSA meminta penarikan kembali.

The regulator said Honda provided an analysis of the alleged defect and stated that some customers may not understand how the braking system performs and its limitations.

Until now, NHTSA stated that the Office of Protects Investigation had received 106 complaints, including three accidents and two injuries. Meanwhile, Honda did not want to comment on this matter.

This is not a positive thing for Honda at the beginning of 2025, which previously received fourth place as the brand that contributed the highest number of recalls in the country, uncle Sam, amounted to 3.8 million or outperformed General Motors (GM) totaling 1.9 million units.

In total, Tesla has recalled 5.1 million units throughout 2024. Meanwhile, Stellantis is in second place with a recall of up to 4.7 million units followed by Ford with a total of 4.3 million units.