The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just lately launched an investigation into sure Honda Insights and Passports following a number of complaints of phantom braking incidents. The group is presently searching for extra info relating to attainable unintended activation of the brakes.

The investigation, launched March 7, focuses on Insights and Passports constructed from 2019 by way of 2022. A doc from the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) states that 46 complaints have been obtained relating to the system, alleging the brakes had been utilized unexpectedly with no clear obstruction to set them off. Of these situations, three resulted in both a crash or fireplace, and two resulted in reported accidents. The doc lists an estimate of 250,712 autos as a part of the investigation.