The NHTSA has received 18 owner complaints about the Freightliner Cascadia applying the AEB system unnecessarily car auto cars
Cascadia trucks that were produced by Daimler Trucks for the 2017-2022 model years. These reports allege that the vehicle’s Automatic Emergency Braking system can activate without an actual obstacle in the roadway. The NHTSA describes this as a “false positive event.”
These complaints go on to state that the subject vehicle will apply the brakes without warning or input from the driver. Braking application can be momentary or the brakes can be applied fully, bringing the truck to a complete stop.has tested a Freightliner Cascadia equipped with AEB and notes that it automatically initiated hard braking after detecting a steel trench plate on the road, despite not needing to brake.
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