<story><title>1.7M Hondas are being investigated for phantom braking</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/02/nhtsa-to-investigate-honda-accords-and-cr-vs-over-phantom-braking/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>I got rid of a Mercedes C class for this exact same reason, it tried to kill me - twice - and that was enough for me. No more automatic brakes on my cars, the risks don&amp;#x27;t seem to outweigh the advantages. At least Honda seems to be responsible enough to address this. According to MB there was absolutely nothing wrong with my car, it was &amp;#x27;operating as designed&amp;#x27;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blueprint</author><text>Mercedes treated me similarly. I had a brand new sprinter van. The power braking fluid lines exploded just after I got off the highway. I got extremely lucky it didn&amp;#x27;t happen 5 seconds earlier than it did. Turns out they use plastic rings instead of metal ones and it turns out it happens to &lt;i&gt;lots&lt;/i&gt; of people. They refused to buy back the vehicle. I wanted to sue them but I&amp;#x27;ve got too much stuff on my plate, or so I tell myself. Needless to say, I lost a lot of trust in them and (perhaps stupidly) sold the van shortly afterwards.</text></comment>
<story><title>1.7M Hondas are being investigated for phantom braking</title><url>https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/02/nhtsa-to-investigate-honda-accords-and-cr-vs-over-phantom-braking/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jacquesm</author><text>I got rid of a Mercedes C class for this exact same reason, it tried to kill me - twice - and that was enough for me. No more automatic brakes on my cars, the risks don&amp;#x27;t seem to outweigh the advantages. At least Honda seems to be responsible enough to address this. According to MB there was absolutely nothing wrong with my car, it was &amp;#x27;operating as designed&amp;#x27;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jeffbee</author><text>On the other hand the IIHS says the MB C-Class has a fatality rate of zero, from 2015-2017, the latest data available. They must have done something right.</text></comment>