2019 Honda Passport automatic emergency braking problems
81 of the 278 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the 2019 Honda Passport name the automatic emergency braking (NHTSA’s “Forward Collision Avoidance” heading — forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, including phantom braking). Filed under the same heading: 2 NHTSA investigations. Every figure below is a document in a federal file, linked; none is a failure rate, and none is a verdict on any one car.
What owners filed about the automatic emergency braking
Source: NHTSA complaint database2 of the 81 reports a crash · 0 a fire · 3 injuries. Self-reported, unverified.
Filed per year: 2020: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2022: 12 · 2023: 4 · 2024: 13 · 2025: 20 · 2026: 21
Too few of these complaints carry an odometer reading to say when the problem shows up.
278 complaints in all about the 2019 Honda Passport, 21 filed in 2026. The whole picture, every system →
Counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many of these were sold; nothing here is a rate. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so “Forward Collision Avoidance” means the same area of the vehicle, not one fault.
Across model years: Honda Passport automatic emergency braking problems, every year on file →
In owners’ own words
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the automatic emergency braking. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed; unverified reports — what was said, not a finding that it was true.
I have had the car for three years and its never been in a collusion. Within the past two months the forward radar sensor failed which cost 1500 to replace. This part makes it so all cruise control and auto lane change functionality break. In addition a month later the gas lid broke and emissions were getting into the fuel tank.
When driving, a red BRAKE warning light will flash across dash display and the steering wheel will start shaking. Sometimes vehicle will start braking on its on. This has happened multiple times, randomly and with no obstructions in front, or even close to the car. Scary when it occurs
Autobraking system incorrectly warns and sometimes brakes when oncoming cars are in their own lane and not in my lane. It’s super scary and dangerous. I was told by the dealer that they can’t really do anything about it. Crazy
The collision warning flashes and brakes are sometimes activated for no reason. Almost as if it sees a phantom vehicle. Other times this happens when there is opposing traffic in the other lane but not in my path. This was reported to Honda of Kirkland during a routine service.
The Automatic brake goes on and off randomly. It has caused an accident in my vehicle and also two flat tires and wheel damage. The sensors will make it brake on a smooth road with no vehicles nearby. It will also brake in the rain while turning a corner. It has put my safety at risk.
What is on file about the automatic emergency braking
Source: NHTSA recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsNHTSA investigations
- EA25002 Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Brakingopened Jan 17, 2025 · open
- On March 7, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24008) to assess reports of inadvertent activation of the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in model year 2019-2022 Honda Insight and 2019-2022 Honda Passport vehicles. The complainants allege activation of the AEB system with no apparent obstruction in the vehicle's path, resulting in rapid vehic…
- PE24008 Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Brakingopened Mar 7, 2024 · closed Jan 17, 2025
- On March 7, 2024, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened a Preliminary Evaluation (PE24008) to assess reports of inadvertent activation of the Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) system in model year 2019-2022 Honda Insight and 2019-2022 Honda Passport vehicles. The complainants allege activation of the AEB system with no apparent obstruction in the vehicle's path, resulting in rapid vehic…
Trouble codes named on this system
Codes a bulletin or an owner’s complaint about the 2019 Honda Passport names on this model year; a code with a record of its own links it.
Other systems with a record on the 2019 Honda Passport
Source: the same files- electrical problems 87 complaints
- engine problems 52 complaints
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communicationsAre automatic emergency braking problems common on the 2019 Honda Passport?
They are documented: NHTSA holds 81 owner complaints naming the automatic emergency braking on this model year (29% of everything owners filed about it), and 2 NHTSA investigations are filed under the same heading. Whether it is a problem on one particular car is a diagnosis, not a count, and a count says nothing about how many were sold.
Is there a recall for the automatic emergency braking on the 2019 Honda Passport?
No recall campaign is filed under this heading for this model year (there are 10 filed under other headings). A bulletin is not a recall: it carries no federal duty to repair for free.
When do automatic emergency braking problems show up on the 2019 Honda Passport?
Too few of the complaints carry an odometer reading to say. The model year's page shows the mileage curve across every system where it can.
What does NHTSA's "Forward Collision Avoidance" heading cover?
Forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, including phantom braking. Owners choose the heading when they file, so it says which area of the vehicle the complaint is about, not which part failed.