The 2025 Honda Pilot, a midsize SUV, has been awarded the prestigious TOP SAFETY PICK+ designation by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This recognition is a testament to the vehicle’s exceptional safety features and performance in various crash…
In early May, Asama Coldwater Manufacturing’s (ACM) President Toshihiro Nakazawa and Plant Manager Mike Taylor proudly accepted the Honda supplier award for “Excellence in Delivery and Quality” for FY23. This significant achievement underscores the dedication and hard work of ACM’s…
In a significant development, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), a division of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has escalated its scrutiny into the Honda Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS). This system, designed for automatic emergency braking, has…
Multiple media outlets have reported that the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began a preliminary investigation into approximately 250,712 Honda vehicles, focusing on issues related to the inadvertent activation of automatic emergency braking. This probe encompasses two popular…
CHATHAM, Mass. – I was happy when the 2024 Honda Passport TrailSport showed up recently for review, a perfect vehicle to combat potential New England winter weather. Luckily, I did not have to fight anything more than near-freezing cold during…
TORRANCE, Calif. — With a name symbolizing the key role it plays in the company’s electrification strategy, the all-electric 2024 Honda Prologue is a spacious, adventure-ready midsize SUV. Amongst the features of the all-new EV will be enhanced advanced driver-assistance…
CAMARILLO, Calif. — Wilwood has expanded its new UTV (utility-task vehicle) product line with these floating-rotor, multi-piston big brake kits for 2019 and newer Honda Talon side-by-sides. Six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers with larger floating rotors improve braking performance…
TORRANCE, Calif. – American Honda Motor Co. will recall 124,077 Honda and Acura vehicles due to the potential for them to suffer brake failure. The vehicles in question, certain model-year 2020-2021 Honda Civic, 2020-2023 Honda Ridgeline, 2020-2021 Honda Passport, 2021-2022…
TORRANCE, Calif. – American Honda Motor Co. has agreed to recall certain Honda Civic, Acura RDX, Acura Integra and Honda Accord vehicles which might have a faulty brake-hold feature. The 386 vehicles within the recall population, spread amongst model-year 2023…
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. Akebono Brake Corporation has expanded its ProACT Ultra-Premium Disc Brake Pad line by seven new part numbers: ACT2089, ACT2115, ACT2208, ACT2232, ACT2300, ACT2304 and ACT2305. Electronic wear sensor and premium stainless steel abutment hardware is included in…
TORONTO — NRS Brakes added new part numbers for model-year 2002-2022 Honda, Hyundai, Ford and Kia vehicles covering 2.2 million vehicles in its galvanized premium brake pads product line. Brake kits also include abutment hardware and caliper piston cushions. Canadian-made…
SHANGHAI – Honda will recall some 200,000 hybrid vehicles produced in China due to a potential issue with the brake pedal sensor, according to multiple media reports based on a statement by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation. Further according…
Source: Honda announcement TORRANCE, Calif. — Honda plans to expand the capabilities of its previously announced Honda Sensing 360 and Honda Sensing Elite advanced safety and driver assistive systems. The improved Honda Sensing 360 system will begin rolling out in…
Source: Honda announcement TORRANCE, Calif. — The all-new 2023 Honda Pilot, the largest and most powerful SUV in Honda history, will go on-sale Dec. 12. Offering a class-leading combination of off-road capability and nimble on-road dynamics, the fourth-generation Pilot is…
Source: Honda announcement TORRANCE, Calif. — The largest and most powerful SUV in Honda history, the all-new 2023 Honda Pilot is the ultimate family SUV with rugged new styling, more passenger and cargo space, and a class-leading combination of off-road…
Source: Honda announcement TORRANCE, Calif. – America’s best-selling (since 1997) sport-utility vehicle (SUV), the Honda CR-V, has been redesigned for 2023 and will include Honda Sensing® suite of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). This expanded ADAS includes Traffic Jam Assist and…
Source: Honda Motor Co. announcement TORRANCE, Calif. — Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will showcase its latest initiatives to realize carbon neutrality, as well as developments in next-generation driver assist technology, information-communication and control technologies, at the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The “phantom braking” syndrome has spread to Honda, making it the third automotive marketer in the United States to face questions about its vehicles’ automatic-emergency braking (AEB) systems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Feb.…
Source: Honda announcement TORRANCE, Calif. — Honda’s popular range of practical-but-fun, mid-displacement parallel-twin “CB/R” motorcycles – the CB500X ABS adventure bike, the CB500F ABS naked bike and the CBR500R ABS sport bike – have all benefited from focused improvements to…
Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announcement ARLINGTON, Va. — Twelve automakers are ahead of schedule in meeting a voluntary pledge to equip nearly all the light vehicles they produce for the U.S. market with automatic emergency braking (AEB). Ford/Lincoln…
Source: Honda announcement ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Honda Research Institute USA, Inc. is developing a road condition monitoring system that uses vehicle technology to evaluate road conditions in an effort to detect possible hazards. With this vehicle-generated road condition reporting…
Source: Honda announcement TOKYO – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. premiered some of the advanced future safety technologies it is developing for the realization of a society where everyone sharing the road will be liberated from the risk of traffic collisions…
Source: Honda announcement TOKYO – Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has unveiled the new Honda SENSING 360 omnidirectional safety and driver-assistive system which removes blind spots around the vehicle and contributes to collision avoidance and the reduction of driver burden while…
TORRANCE, Calif. – American Honda Motor Company is recalling certain model-year 2019-2020 CB500X and 2019-2020 CB500R, ABS motorcycles due to a potential fault in the manufacturing of the ABS (anti-lock brake system) modulator which could lead to a loss of…
TORRANCE, Calif. – Honda this week launched the all-new 2022 Civic Hatchback as the latest member of the redesigned 11th generation Civic range, with a host of new safety features including an upgraded advanced driver-assist system suite. As with the…