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Honda Probe: Braking Issues Investigated

Honda Probe: Braking Issues Investigated

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…

No vehicle is perfect, regardless of the sticker price, but the 2024 Honda Passport TrailSport provides excellent SUV value at a more than competitive price.

Passport to SUV Value by Honda

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…

Wilwood added big-brake kits for the Honda Talon UTV

Wilwood Adds Big Brake Kits for Honda Talon

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…

Honda is recalling 124,077 vehicles for potential brake failure

Honda, Acura Recall for Potential Brake Failure

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…

Honda is recalling certain vehicles with faulty brake-hold features

Brake-Hold Fault Causes Honda Recall

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…

Honda announced its next generation of ADAS technology

Honda Unveils Next Gen ADAS Tech

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…

the new 2023 Honda Pilot features expanded standard ADAS

ADAS Standard on New Honda Pilot

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…

Honda's new 2023 Pilot goes on sale in December

New Honda Pilot Has Latest ADAS

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…

Honda will show updated safety tech at ITS Congress

Honda to Show Safety Tech at ITS Congress

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)…

NHTSA is looking into AEB phantom braking of certain Honda CRVs and Accords

HONDA LATEST TO FACE PHANTOM BRAKING INQUIRY

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.…

2022 Honda CB500X gets brake upgrade

HONDA CB500 MOTORCYCLES’ BRAKE UPGRADES

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…

Honda and Ford are the latest to meet NHTSA's AEB goals early

Honda, Ford Reach AEB Goal Early

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…

Honda Research Institute's pilot road condition monitoring system evaluates lane markings and visually classifies lane lines from "ideal" to "need repair."

Road Monitoring System Pilot by Honda

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…

Honda SENSING 360 Provides 360° ADAS

Honda SENSING 360 Provides 360° ADAS

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…

Honda is recalling certain CB500X and CB500R, ABS motorcycles to replace the ABS modulator

CB500X, CB500R Motorcycles Recalled by Honda

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…

The new 2022 Honda Civic Hatchback has gone on sale with expanded safety and ADAS features

Honda Civic Hatch Adds ADAS for 2022

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…

The Honda DN-01 featured hydraulic drive, a drivetrain the company proposes in a Japanese patent filing as part of its two-wheel drive system incorporating regenerative braking

Regen Brake Design for Motorcycles from Honda

The following is excerpted from a Cycle World post by Ben Purvis about Honda’s patent application for a regenerative-braking system for hybrid and/or all-electric motorcycles based upon the two-wheel machines being two-wheel-drive motorcycles. The article contains numerous images and illustrations…