NHTSA complaint: 2017 HONDA CR-V — SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HONDA CR-V. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH, THE BRAKE MITIGATION SYSTEM SUDDENLY ACTIVATED ABRUPTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE ERRONEOUSLY AND CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SPIN OUT BEFORE CRASHING INTO A GUARD RAIL. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT END SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT INDICATED NO OTHER VEHICLES WERE PRESENT WHEN THE MITIGATION SYSTEM ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK BACK AND CHEST INJURIES AND THE OCCUPANT SEATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT SUSTAINED NECK, BACK AND FRONT TORSO INJURIES. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS STILL DRIVABLE. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT YET NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation