December 27, 2019 my daughter caitlynn was driving her 2016 hrv lx on ira hicks blvd near 341 east in ft valley georgia. a semi-truck pulling a lowboy trailer was stop at a rail spur crossing with the rail arms down and red lights flashing. the brakes fail causing her car to crash into the rear of the semi-truck. the airbags did not deploy in the crash. caitlynn sustained minor injuries to the face and neck.
Right rear rotor had grooves in it after about 22,000 miles. brake pads have a lot of material left. don't know if the rotor or the pads are the problem.
I have had both rear calipers fail to include the epb unit. the right rear caliper failed at aprox 48k along with the epb unit. the second, left rear caliper failed while driving down the interstate at 65 mph at aprox 58k which ground down the new rotor and break pads causing the replacement of both rotors and break pads. these parts sho uld not fail at this low mileage.
Car's breaks require hard step to function and seem to "fail" when backing up in the morning. seems to function normally during the rest of the day. have not tested forward breaks in morning since we always back out of driveway.
While driving 80 mph with the cruise set i noticed the vehicle start to heavily accelerate. i immediately turned the cruise off and applied the brake. the brake did no stop the car from accelerating. i managed to slow down enough to shut the vehicle off. all dash board lights came on. i started the car up again and it started jerking as if the brake and gas were being pressed at the same time. the car was towed via honda care.
Foot brake becomes frozen solid at start up. unable to start car. i was told to press very hard and should be able to start car. have not always been able too. this has happened about 9 times over the course of 2 years. (new issue) 2 days ago i had issues trying to start the car up(thought it might be battery related) all these warning lights came on (brake, tire pressure, engine light (total of 6 lights) i was able to drive so i went directly to dealer. i was told i had rodent damage and the cost was $424. i still have not picked the car up as insurance needs to see repairs. i learned that honda is now involved w a lawsuit due to the change from plastic wire coating to soy based product which is drawing rodents to feast on wiring. i contacted corporate and was told they would not pay for this under warranty. i.m still paying off a hefty loan (2 years left) and i have no guarantee this will not happen again. what a nightmare. seems to me if company created this issue they need to come up with solution to assist customers because this is a financial nightmare as well as a safety nightmare. how do you know your wires are partially eaten or in the process of being eaten while you are driving. you dont!
Noticeable clunking noise during braking over bump(s)
While driving on a costa mesa street at 30 miles per hour, the car brakes came on hard without me touching the brake pedals. also a voice from the speaker system came on and said: brakes are set. the problem lasted for about 3 to 4 seconds and then the brakes were released by themselves. i was very lucky that i was driving on the street with very little traffic at that time. if i had been driving on the freeway at freeway speed, the consequences could have been disastrous, i could have been seriously injured and i could have injured others. i proceeded to take the car immediately to honda costa mesa to have them find the defect and correct it. after honda costa mesa repair facilities kept my car for three days, they called me to indicate that they have found nothing wrong with my hydraulic brakes and they did not think the brakes could do a hard brake all by themselves.. i asked the person who called me if they had checked the electric parking brake for possible malfunction. the person on the line sounded surprised at my question and said, no we did not check that, but we cannot find anything wrong with your car, you can come and pick it up. it appears that honda has eliminated 100% the possibility of the electric parking brake malfunctions and generates the voice system to come on the speakers with a statement: the brake is set.
This is indeed what happened why i'm writing this complaint concerning my car safety again for the can't count how many complaints concerning this car i bought in month of may to june of year 2016 this car honda hrv 2016 was a display car has no nice features in it at all only door controls which already stopped working once this pass week making this car very unsafe for me to drive but initially when i bought car i noticed a dent on back car door i just found out car never should have been sold as new car with dent already to be repaired the price i noticed as well of twenty three thousand dollars was way too high highest price i ever saw was eighteen thousand dollars please help me get this car back to dealership where it belongs community honda is the name of the dealership other important problems with the car was the brake pedal day two return of car to dealership when i saw on television that this man had five days to return car for full refund and yet honda refused to let me return this honda hrv year 2016 also i called the one right hundred number that's universal for honda and they related the front seat had some dangerous material the word began with the letter p never heard of it before i have asked several times to return this car to the general manager at community honda dealership in orland park, illinois where i bought the car this car is a hazard on the roads please quickly help me get this car safely back to them and have honda refund my money of almost fourteen thousand dollars today as soon as possible this has been a nightmare for me my name (xxxx) email me with favorable response today quickly email (xxxxx) please please hurry. redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
In motion. could not stop at 2 redlights. took it to my garage and would not stop again, causing me to crash through laundry room wall, demolishing washer, dryer utility sink etc.
Pedal brake makes a "click" sound when is pressed driving at over 35 mph. honda service tech at local dealer says is expected as the pedals has links and switches after brake pedal. louder "click" sounds at the area of gear shaft plastic cover in parking position when car is stationed and brake pedal is pressed. honda service tech. says is expected once this model has electronic parking brake with switches in that area. at front of the passanger side in the dashboard a visible line that rises a structure under the plastic liner in a rectangular shape whit a line crossin from side to side, increasing its appearence with the heat by sunlight exposure. honda service tech. explains is expected in all this models once the air bag would deploy through that apparent window when is properly triggered. rear camera images screen sporadically blurs and tremble when is dark and low ouside illumination is present. if window switch is deppressed at that moment either up or down and keep extra pressing would show in the camera screen a low and high discrete illumination, like that seeing in a voltage variation in light bulbs. since all scans,inspections, and comparisons with alike vehicules, done at the local dealer service deparment, passed as expected, is my personal concern of safety and quality of the product to post and or share this information for possible safety issues that may arise related to this observations.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda hr-v. the contact stated that there was an abnormal noise coming from the vehicle. the contact discovered that there was a deep line on the rotors. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure was unable to be determined. the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. the failure mileage was 600.