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2017 Honda Civic: false forward collision warnings

6 of the 606 complaints about the 2017 Honda Civic describe false forward collision warnings.

owner complaints
6
of this car's complaints
1%
recalls
0
Is there a fix? 8 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

False forward collision warnings by model year

What owners say

Filed Apr 5, 2025 · Driver assistance · CA

I am noticing intermittent issues with ADAS with all the following errors pop up at once. The issue comes on randomly and goes back to normal randomly. * Adaptive Cruise Control problem * Collision Mitigation Braking System Problem * Lane Keep Assist Problem * Road Departure Mitigation System Problem * Braking System Error Has not been confirmed by an independent service/dealer/insurance/police. No other warning messages before this.

Filed Oct 26, 2023 · Driver assistance · AR

Keep receiving LKAS, Adaptive Cruise Control and collision mitigation errors on my car. Started once every few months and would reset after the car would be turned off and on. Now, the warning stays on. Both sensor areas are clean and unobstructed.

Filed Feb 28, 2020 · Transmission · 47,287 miles · MN · crash

I stopped in a parking space and turned off my 2017 honda civic touring sport in a parking garage (2/27/2020) when the car was in 'drive', not 'park.' while storing items behind the passenger seat, the car rolled across a lane of traffic (12 feet?) and hit another car causing bumper damage. My car did this so silently that the only alert I received was the crash itself; the car's collision avoidance system did not engage. My 14 month old baby was sitting in a rear facing car seat. Had other drivers not been careful, there would have been a side impact collision. As far as I know, these cars are supposed to go into park when they're turned off. In closing, I did a google search, and several other 2017 and 2018 honda civic owners have filled 'rollaway car' complaints like this one: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/auto-news/868008-honda-civic-rollaway-problem-purportedly-rolled-forward-to-2017-and-2018-cars/ https://www.classaction.org/honda-roll-away-lawsuits this vehicle seems as unsafe as a 737 max!

Filed Jan 12, 2020 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 90,000 miles · LA

While driving my car will put the brakes on if another care passes me on drivers side. This did it for a few weeks, then the collision mitigation system light came on and will not clear. Cruise will not work. This has happened before, but never with light staying on.

Filed Mar 27, 2019 · Acceleration · 8,300 miles · DE

While vehicle was in motion on an interstate highway while entering a tunnel with no cars immediately in front of it, the collision mitigation braking system(part of honda sensing suite of safety features) activated and significantly braked the car, nearly to a stop, with cars at highway speed behind me. There were pavement markings that appeared to be ground off as a result of recent construction that perhaps the car's sensing system mistook for an object that it thought it could hit, but there was nothing obstructing the car's path. No cars were in front of me. This is not the only time that this system has operated oddly, but it is the first time that it applied the brakes. It has mistook shadows and sun glare as being objects and warned me to brake (albeit momentarily) but the car did not automatically apply braking in those situations.

Filed May 5, 2017 · Brakes · 6,700 miles · IN · crash

I was driving the speed limit at 40mph. The collision mitigation braking system fired on an open road causing my car to stop abruptly. This caused me to get rear ended by the car behind me. There wasn't a car in front of me, it fired erratically. Police report was filed. After taking the car to the dealer, the dealer has indicated "there is nothing wrong". Even though there were witness's at the scene as well as it causing an accident.

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Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

Questions about the 2017 Honda Civic collision warning

Is false forward collision warnings a common problem on the 2017 Honda Civic?

6 of 606 owner complaints about the 2017 Honda Civic (1%) mention false forward collision warnings. The model year with the most reports is 2022.

Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2017 Honda Civic?

There are 0 recalls and 8 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.

Other symptoms on the 2017 Honda Civic

Jerking 39Stalling 17Check engine light 15Wipers 13Key fob 12Warning lights 10Won't start 9Adaptive cruise 8Battery drain 8Engine failure 8Lane assist 8Loss of power 8Power steering loss 8ABS 6Grinding brakes 6Door locks 6Fire or smoke 6Fuel smell 6Misfire 6Steering lock-up 6Brake failure 5Fuel pump 5Headlights 5Seat belt 5

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