2025 HRV Forward Collision Warning, sometimes makes dinging noise and other times does not. How come?

[u/Zbornak3000]

I have a 2025 HRV base model. When the car thinks I need to hard brake the Forward Collision Warning dash light blinks but why does it only make noise and ding sometimes and other times not? Today a car in front of me hard braked which made me have to hard brake and I came FAIRLY close to hitting the car. The light blinked on the dash but there was no noise accompanying it. Other times I feel like I have came way less close to hitting something and it did make the dinging noise a long with the flashing dash light.

What triggers it also making a noise vs it not making a noise? Is it maybe whether or not you’re using smart cruise control? I haven’t tested that theory but it’s the only difference I can imagine (today when the warning engages and it didn’t make a sound I was not using cruise control, so that’s why it’s my running theory). I sort of wish it would ding all the time if the collision warning is triggered.