{"id":980,"date":"2018-10-10T22:08:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T22:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/thirdcoastautos\/?p=980"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:51:37","slug":"honda-sensing-vs-toyota-safety-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thirdcoastautos.com\/blog\/honda-sensing-vs-toyota-safety-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda Sensing vs Toyota Safety Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Does Honda or Toyota Offer Better Standard Safety Features?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many car manufacturers are offering ever better<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/thirdcoastautos\/what-is-the-best-car-for-students-and-teens\/\"> <strong>driver assistance features in their new vehicles<\/strong><\/a>. This technology can do everything from notifying a driver that there is someone in their blind spot while they are driving on the highway, to automatically stopping if a pedestrian is detected in a crosswalk. Even better, more and more of these safety suites are coming standard on new vehicles. In this blog, we will compare two heavy-hitters in the driver assistance market: Honda Sensing vs Toyota Safety Sense. So, does Honda or Toyota offer better standard safety features? While individual vehicles will offer different sets of features, we can share some general information about these two systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong>You May Like: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dealerfireblog.com\/thirdcoastautos\/why-iihs-safety-ratings-change-every-year\/\">What does \u201cTop Safety Pick\u201d mean, and why does it change?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2>Honda Sensing vs Toyota Safety Sense<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of these brands include some form of autonomous emergency braking in their driver assistance systems, as well as advanced speed-adjusting cruise control, and some type of lane-keeping assistance or warning. Honda adds Road Departure Mitigation. Toyota includes automatic high beams (which will go on and off automatically so as to not blind oncoming drivers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thirdcoastautos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/767\/2018\/10\/2017-Honda-Odyssey-B-4_o.jpg\" alt=\"Front and rear seats of the 2017 Honda Odyssey\" class=\"wp-image-3992 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/746\/2018\/10\/15085348\/2017-Honda-Odyssey-B-4_o.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-ds.com\/blogs-media\/sites\/746\/2018\/10\/15085348\/2017-Honda-Odyssey-B-4_o-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3>Honda Sensing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Features usually in the Honda Sensing suite include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Collision Mitigation Braking System<\/li><li>Road Departure Mitigation<\/li><li>Lane Keeping Assist System<\/li><li>Adaptive Cruise Control<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other features available on 2018 and 2019 models include Traffic Sign Recognition, Honda LaneWatch, Blind Spot Information System, Cross Traffic Monitor, and Auto High-Beam Headlights.<br>[\/bscolumns]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"one_half_last\">\n<h3>Toyota Safety Sense<\/h3>\n<p>Features usually in Toyota Safety Sense include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pre-Collision System with Pedestrian Detection<\/li>\n<li>Lane Departure Alert<\/li>\n<li>Automatic High Beams<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Radar Cruise Control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other feature available on select models include Road Sign Assist, Blind Spot Monitor with Rear Cross Traffic Alert, and Lane Tracing Assist.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3>Which brand offers driver assistance on more vehicles?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Times may change rapidly, but for 2018, most new Honda vehicles will offer Honda Sensing on the second-level trim and above. Many offer it on all models. Going into the 2019 model year and beyond, Honda will offer this on all its vehicles. It will be standard on most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Honda is rapidly filling the field with its suite of driver assistance features, Toyota had an early and strong start. The brand committed to making the Toyota Safety Sense features standard in its models starting with the 2017 model year. This means that most new Toyota models offer these features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The optimal suite <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">will depend on what you w<\/span>ant<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"> in a vehicle and<\/span> availability, <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">if you are&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thirdcoastautos.com\/used-cars-austin-tx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>shopping used<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. 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Many car manufacturers are offering ever better driver assistance features in their new vehicles. This technology can do everything from notifying a driver that there is someone in their blind spot while they are driving on the highway, to automatically stopping if a pedestrian is detected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,7,8,5],"tags":[78,75,36],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Click here to compare Honda Sensing vs Toyota Safety Sense with Third Coast Auto Group, your used-car dealership in Austin, TX.\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tt-blogs.dealerfire.com\/thirdcoastautos\/honda-sensing-vs-toyota-safety-sense\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honda Sensing 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