Acura SUV recall shows glitch in automatic braking system
Source: AP-Excite
By TOM KRISHER
Acura has recalled two models of SUVs because the automatic emergency braking systems can malfunction and put the vehicles at risk of a collision.
The recall involves just under 48,000 MDX and RLX SUVs worldwide from the 2014 and 2015 model years and shows how even sophisticated safety technology can be prone to real-world glitches.
Acura's "Collision Mitigation Braking System" uses radar to scan conditions in front of the vehicles. If it determines the SUVs might hit an object, it automatically applies the brakes, slowing the SUVs to lessen damage and injuries.
In the recalled SUVs, the system can become confused and step on the brakes when it detects another vehicle accelerating in front while simultaneously driving along an iron fence or metal guardrail, according to Honda, the maker of Acura. The problem first surfaced in Japan in November of 2013 when an SUV braked for no reason and caused a rear-end collision. While Honda investigated, a second incident happened in June of last year.
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FILE - This is a March 27, 2013, file photo showing the 2014 Acura MDX during the 2013 New York International Auto Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Acura has recalled two models of SUVs because the automatic emergency braking systems can malfunction and put the vehicles at risk of a collision. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
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I'm going to have to get an old 49 Ford Truck for my daughter to learn how to drive in 10 years 
we humans will have died out but the cars are really spiffy .