1,732,000 Honda vehicles may have a software failure of the automatic emergency braking system - US regulators suspect that their function is periodically turned on for no objective reason, this is fraught with emergency situations, Reuters reported. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that complaints about this problem have been received from operators of the 2018-2019 Accord and 2017-2019 CR-V models.
A week earlier, a similar problem was reported for Tesla electric vehicles - the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) suggests that 416,000 Tesla electric vehicles with autopilot activated can suddenly slow down and then accelerate to their previous speed. In the case of Tesla, there were 278 complaints from operators and 6 accidents in which passengers of electric vehicles received minor injuries.
Honda and Tesla recalls have yet to be announced as a formal investigation is underway.
1.7 million Honda vehicles suspect automatic braking for no reason
