Faulty Front Sensor Camera
A new class action lawsuit has been filed against Honda, alleging that the brand’s safety suite malfunctions due to a faulty front sensor camera. Affected vehicles include the 2018 to 2025 Honda Odyssey, 2018 to 2025 Honda Pilot, 2022 to 2025 Honda Civic, 2023 to 2025 Honda HR-V, and 2018 to 2021 Honda Clarity Plug-in Hybrid.
The front camera sensor plays a crucial role in a system, including Honda’s Safety Sense suite of features. It serves as one of the main sensors for the system and allows for features like adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, and even forward collision mitigation. Without it, the system won’t work as advertised, and one plaintiff has had enough.
This isn’t the First Time
Prior to this, Honda had also faced a similar lawsuit affecting the same models. The front camera defect is also mentioned in the other lawsuit, and the lawsuit also alleged that Honda knew something about the camera defects but continued to sell the cars anyway.
Honda Safety Sense is a Level 2 Advanced Driver Assistance System, and as stated earlier, the front camera sensor is a vital piece of equipment for certain features to be active. Due to the nature of being a Level 2 system, drivers are still required to be attentive when using it.
Being a class action, both the new and the old lawsuits affect U.S. car buyers and lessees of the mentioned Honda models.
James Riswick
Virginia Plaintiff
According to the lawsuit, a Virginia plaintiff, Beverly Mason, bought a new 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid in 2019. Six years of ownership had passed by December 2025, when she saw multiple warning messages that were all related to Honda Safety Sense.
Mason paid nearly $3,000 out of pocket to diagnose, repair, and replace the parts in the system. However, even after getting her Honda dealer to repair the system, she’s still worried that the problem may occur again.
Her lawsuit says that a defective front sensor camera will leave a driver without the safety features they paid for, and she contends that “even after undergoing repairs, owners remain at risk of recurring failures and additional repair costs because Honda has failed to provide an effective permanent remedy for the Defect.” In addition, the report also stated that Honda “supposedly” knew about the front sensor cameras and Honda Sensing problems, but the brand continued to sell the vehicles anyway.
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