Honda Passport automatic emergency braking problems, 2019–2026
243 of the 743 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Honda Passport 2019–2026 name the automatic emergency braking (NHTSA’s “Forward Collision Avoidance” heading — forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, including phantom braking). The loudest years: 2019 (81), 2021 (64), 2020 (49). Filed under the same heading across these years: 2 NHTSA investigations. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate, none a repair cost, and none a verdict on one car.
Honda Passport automatic emergency braking problems by model year
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsOne row per model year on file, newest first. A year marked in depth has its own page: the complaints, the owners’ words and every document under this heading for that year.
| Model year | Complaints naming the automatic emergency braking | Share of the year’s | Typically at | On file under the heading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 17% | — | — | the year → |
| 2025 | 4 | 10% | — | — | the year → |
| 2024 | 2 | 12% | — | — | the year → |
| 2023 | 15 | 38% | — | 1 investigation | the year → |
| 2022 | 17 | 27% | — | 2 investigations | the year → |
| 2021 in depth | 64 | 45% | — | 2 investigations | the record → |
| 2020 | 49 | 48% | — | 2 investigations | the year → |
| 2019 in depth | 81 | 29% | — | 2 investigations | the record → |
Two things the counts carry that are not the car: how many of each year were sold, and how long each has been on the road — an older year out-counts a newer one before anything is wrong with it. The share column is the honest comparison across years: what part of that year’s complaints named the automatic emergency braking. Nothing here is a rate.
When the automatic emergency braking complaints were filed, and at what mileage
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled per calendar year, every model year together: 2020: 9 · 2021: 7 · 2022: 32 · 2023: 24 · 2024: 55 · 2025: 47 · 2026: 69
Across the model years, half of the 23 owners who gave an odometer reading reported the automatic emergency braking problem between 5,000 and 18,000 miles. A median of reports, not the life of a part.
In owners’ own words
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseFiled with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, about the automatic emergency braking, from the model years with the most to say. 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
When driving my vehicle the emergency braking system alerts and initiates the brakes at inappropriate time. While driving on a straight road with a curve ahead if there is a car coming the opposite direction around the curve the braking system will engage.
Driving 65mph on 3 lane highway in l=far left lane in light snow with anti-collision on. Then instantly car auto braked, car slowed dramatically very fast and despite me stepping on gas pedal, car continued at a crawl on major highway. Fortunately no car was close behind or it would have hot me with such rapid decent.
Lately the automatic braking system has been applying the brakes unnecessarily when there's nothing in front of me. That is an escalation from the at least 3-4 times a week the brake sign will light up and the steering wheel will shake to let me know to brake but there's no car in front of me but rather a car in the lane going the…
What is on file about the automatic emergency braking, across the years
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…
Other systems with a record on the Honda Passport
Source: the same filesEvery system, every model year: Honda Passport problems by year →
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint database, recalls and manufacturer communicationsWhich Honda Passport years have the most automatic emergency braking complaints?
2019, 81; 2021, 64; 2020, 49. Raw counts, and an older year has had longer to collect them; by share of each year's own complaints the loudest is the 2020 (48%).
Is there a recall for the automatic emergency braking on the Honda Passport?
No recall campaign is filed under this heading on any of these model years. 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 Honda Passport?
Owners who gave an odometer reading reported it at a median of 7,000 miles across the model years; half of them between 5,000 and 18,000. That is when reports cluster, not the life of a part.
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.