Problem: The 'apply 'brakes' light' appeared on the dashboard display and the brakes automatically applied, dragging the car from 65mph to 25 in about 80 feet. The SUV behind me narrowly avoided hitting me. There were no cars in my lane ahead of me for est. 7 car lengths. Narrative: Clear day on the capital beltway, 495, inner loop immediately after the chain bridge road exit in Virginia. I had accelerated from 30mph to merge from the highway 7/leesburg pike on-ramp onto the 495 inner loop into heavy traffic. This first lane from the right is a 'filter' lane where on-boarding cars and exiting cars must filter onto the freeway or an exit in about.2 miles. After entering the heavily trafficked filter lane I cleared and entered the second freeway lane, making 65mph to match traffic. Nobody was turning into my lane. My lane (second from right) was clear an estimated 7 car lengths in front of my car, but lanes around me were heavily travelled due to several exits in a short distance. (tysons corner/highway 7, chain bridge rd (va 123), dulles toll road (va 267). After passing the chain bridge exit, before engaging the cruise control, I was jerked forward into the shoulder restraint as the brakes automatically engaged: The 'brake' indicator showing on the dash. I looked in my rearview mirror and noted a SUV heavily braking to avoid impact. I hit the accelerator hard to increase the distance between it and me, making the brakes disengage. Speculation: This model frequently locks onto cars leaving my lane ahead of my course of travel and heavily deaccelerates as they slow to exit speed. Many cars were jockeying to exit in the lane to my right. My suspicion is the active braking system was traking some car in the right filter lane and applied brakes to match their exit speed, which could have been around 20mph.

- Vienna, VA, USA

Driving highway suddenly car slows and dash reads that all systems- brakes, steering, and, etc failed. Pulled car off road safety. Shut car off.restarted. Problem went away. Checked on Honda owners website. This is an ongoing problem with no fix. Scary when all systems could be compromised

- East Meadow, NY, USA

Honda CRV 2017 collision system failed, led to brake fail and accident, feel unsafe driving now- on Dec 28th 2017, while driving my 2017 CRV, I had to stop at stop sign, I tried to apply brakes but they failed completely as in no response by pressing the brake pedal. The collission mitigation system on Honda malfunctioned and messed with the braking, as a result the brakes failed and I hit the car in front. Now my question is what will Honda do in this case. I am also worried now for future, today I was driving at 10-15 mph in a small street and was alone in the car. What if my entire family was in the car and this happened on a freeway at 70-75 mph. My driver airbag was also deployed due to the collision today. I now feel unsafe driving my Honda CRV 2017.

- Des Plaines, IL, USA

On November 17, 2017 at 1105am on I70W approximately 3 miles West of the fruita Colorado exit. Driving on active cruise control at 78mhp in left lane no car ahead in left lane but passing old VW bus light in color CRV suddenly braked from 78 to about 50 mph kicked cruise off, we did not get pass VW. Luckily no one was behind us for we could have been hit. Scared both of us! it was light overcast, car mileage 3681 approx.. on November 17,2017 at 1201pm on hwy 191S about 5 miles South of I70. Driving on active cruise control 69 mph active cruise control problem, collision mitigation problem, may have been more. No cars in front of us or behind, a pickup truck in North bound lane approx. 175 ft was approaching us. Car started braking, kicked off cruise control. I pulled over put car in park all lights cleared. Overcast sky and 64 degrees. Scared second time today. Ar. miles on car 3753 approx plus 4 other previous times of car giving warning lights for system failures. These cars have a problem and dealer tecks say there is nothing in the computers saying there is any problems except camera dirty. We are getting afraid to drive this CR-V touring

- Moab, UT, USA

For a second time we have taken the vehicle to the service department after having problems with it not having power to go past 2 rpms and pulling as if it has a problem with the fuel line. After having vehicle towed the first instanceon10/17/2017 they checked it and could find no evidence of anything gone wrong, the car was only 2 weeks old. This second incident comes 1 month later and now the brake system light came on and even though the gear shifter was in the correct position there were two letters on top of one another and blinking. We could only drive it up to 30 miles an hour without it pulling. There were no problems breaking.11/21/2017

- Chino Valley, AZ, USA

On two separate occasions the "brake" signal displayed and the vehicle came to a sudden screeching and complete stop. There were no vehicles or any other obstruction in front of me and thank goodness no one behind me. I was in motion at a speed of about 20 mph. The sudden and without reason stop jolted me forward without warning and it was very painful. I took the vehicle to the dealer I purchased it from and was told to disable the feature because they were unable to duplicate the fault. The default for this feature is enabled upon starting vehicle. So I must disable the collision mitigation system every time I start the car.

- Brighton, TN, USA

The collision mitigation braking system is a safety feature that alerts the driver of a potential frontal collision with a vehicle or pedestrian. When a collision is deemed unavoidable, the system automatically reduces the vehicle's speed and brings the vehicle to a complete stop. The system provides visual and audible alerts. The system has activated automatically while in forward motion on city streets without reason causing the vehicle to brake hard and to come to a complete stop in moving traffic nearly causing rear-end collisions.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

Pulling into driveway... foot on brake.... rapid acceleration... brakes failed to stop the vehicle... crashed into brick porch.

- Wilmingon, DE, USA

Brakes came on hard with cruise control set at 73 mph while driving on interstate in left lane. Nothing was ahead of me in my lane. I was overtaking a vehicle that was in the right lane. The highway was very straight. I believe that there is a problem with the collision avoidance system.

- Wisconsin Rapids, WI, USA

Was driving 45mph on a straight, flat road, no other cars around. Brakes slammed on and then released. There was nothing in front of me or behind me. I believe something is wrong with the collision mitigation braking system. My back and neck are very sore. There were no warnings from the system.

- Hanford, CA, USA

This incident was 4 months aftwr purchase. I parked a friend's house, and the battery drained over the course of 3 hours. I came out and start the car, and it wouldnt start. The car keep on making this continuous beeping noise every time I open and close the door. It usually only do that if the key isn't near the car, but this time the keys are on me. The trunk will not open no matter what you press. I had to get my friend to jump the car with cables. While I was driving home, it didn't show the normal screen, but it showed some anti theft message. Once I got home, it told me to hold down for longer than two seconds to have the system restart. I did that but nothing happened. I left it over night and it was normal again the next day. Right now, as I'm writing this complaint, there's another problem. An hour ago, I parked at a restaurant's parking lot. I came out 40 minutes later and cannot start thr car. The display in front of me is showing "brake system problem. " I'm waiting the the tow people to tow my car right now. In six months I have experienced 2 major problems which cause quite an inconvenience.

- Vancouver, WA, USA

Faulty Honda sensing was driving at approx 35mph when CRV slammed on it's on brakes by itself for the 2nd time thank god no one was behind us, high beams come on when close to on coming traffic blinding on coming traffic, blind spot indicator comes on when no one around, blind spot indicator doesn't come on, when cars in blind spot, didn't see car in my blind spot and cut car off because blind spot indicator wasn't working. Burning wire smell inside cab. Most of these problems have been happening since approx Jan 2017 less than 1 month of owning car. I can't list just 1 day its happened because it's happened multiple times over and over. CRV has been in shop 5-6 times for these problems with no luck of fixing them.

- Los Banos, CA, USA

Driving my 2017 CRV ex home from work. Stopped at red light, foot on brake pedal. When the traffic signal turned green, I took my foot off the brake pedal, and a message came up on the dashboard screen "brake system failure". the engine was still running. I turned onto a side street and tried to depress the brake pedal, but it was frozen and the vehicle would not stop. I pulled into a parking lot and put the vehicle in 'park', and called the dealership where I leased the vehicle. The sales rep suggested I turn off the engine and restart it. I did that and all systems seemed to function properly. I later took my CRV back to the dealer, and they did a diagnostic check but found no definitive problem. The technician could only say the computer indicated something had occurred but could say what, or why, or whether it might occur again. The service advisor said they could not find a problem, and everything seemed ok, and "have a nice day!" now I am anxious when I drive wondering if, or when, the brake system might fail again. Is it just my CRV, or has this issue been reported by anyone else? this issue, should it occur again while driving in traffic, could result in a serious crash situation.

- Virginia Beach, VA, USA