2023 Fisker Ocean · symptom sheet
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking)
- 57owner reports
- $300median quote
- 3involved a crash
Newest report May 11, 2025 · checked Oct 2, 2026
455 of the 884 complaints on this car are about the brakes. 57 of those describe phantom braking.
Tick what matches of 57 reports
Phantom braking on other Ocean years
No other Ocean model year has enough reports of phantom braking for a sheet of its own. See every Ocean year.
What this problem usually is
Phantom braking is a car that brakes hard on its own, often at highway speed, with nothing in the road ahead. About one owner in five mentions a near miss with the car behind.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the software (31 reports) and the radar or camera sensor (16 reports).
Recalls and investigations
2 recalls on the brakes cover the 2023 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
The transmission may not shift into the selected gear, allowing the vehicle to roll away while in Drive or Reverse.
The brake module software may cause an unexpected reduction in regenerative braking, decreasing the braking performance.
All 6 recalls on the 2023 Fisker Ocean, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into the brakes on the Ocean
Inadvertent automatic emergency braking. Closed jan 16, 2025.
Loss of braking performance. Closed aug 26, 2024, led to recall 24V-623.
What owners paid
6 of the 57 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $230 to $432.
When it happens
Too few of these reports state a mileage to give a range.
What owners wrote
“car shifts into PARK unexpectedly; car refuses to unlock at times; car sounds warning alarms and messages about Automatic Emergency Braking, Forward Collision Warning shutting down; car has completely "bricked" twice”
Filed Feb 19, 2025
“I've had an ADAS fail indication on my instrument cluster for over a month now. Along with this happening, I've lost my automatic emergency braking, my blind spot warnings, my forward collision warnings, and my rear cross-traffic warnings.”
Filed Sep 3, 2024
“water pump recall, vent failure, recall for braking failures, safety features not working, door handles sticking recall, non-responsive customer support, acceleration fails when pedal pressed down causing dangerous collision avoidance maneuver, ADAS features not working, no software updates.”
Filed Aug 22, 2024
“Fisker improved the issue when driving over a bumpy road the regen braking releases lurching the car forward but this has still not been fully fixed even in version 2.1 of the software. I still have this happen and it is very dangerous when the braking releases and then you have to slam on the brakes. The brakes at this point are already engaged so the car does not stop quick enough to avoid an accident.”
Filed Aug 13, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 3 of 57 reports involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works
Other problems on this car
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 323 reports
- Infotainment, screen or backup camera fails 94 reports
- Forward collision warning goes off or the camera drops out 91 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 79 reports
- Battery dies or the car will not start 78 reports
- Adaptive cruise or lane keeping misbehaves 49 reports
- Multiple warning lights come on at once 40 reports
- Doors, latches or locks fail 31 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 29 reports
- Seat belt or seat problems 27 reports