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Passive safety is no substitute for active safety features.

The company said in its recall report that on some vehicles vehicles, the pitch angle of the forward-facing cameras may not be aligned to properly, which may cause certain active safety features to be unavailable, including automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning and lane keeping assist, without alerting the driver to their unavailability.

“While passive safety such as seatbelts and active safety from such things as lane departure warning has improved occupant safety, fatalities outside the vehicle are growing,” said Anupam Malhotra, senior director of connected services for Audi of America.

But Apple is grouping active safety features — like crash detection or the ability to make emergency calls from the wrist — in with passive health monitoring features.

The 2022 Acura MDX has a starting price of $49,195, and for that, you get a laundry list of standard equipment, including handy active safety features such as lane-keeping assist, blind-spot monitoring and adaptive cruise control.