Delay of acceleration from rolling. When gas pedal is pressed to speed up, from slow rolling, the car does not speed up. Instead, there are few seconds of lagging before actually speeds up. Extremely dangerous when trying to get into the freeway/highway.
1998 Honda Accord acceleration complaints
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The gas pedal and brake pedal are very close together. Because of the closeness of the two pedals, when trying to brake the accelerator pedal is pressed. This nearly caused several accidents with other vehicles because of this problem with the brake and accelerator pedal. Please provide further information.
My accelerator sticks when you first try to mash it down, then the car jumps.
The clutch engaged and would not shift out of gear until vehicle died. Brakes had to be applied firmly because vehicle was moving erratically. Consumer went into web side, and found the same problem she had as stated in complaint #8013574, filed on june 1, 2002. Also, vehicle experienced suddenly acceleration.
Consumer shifted the vehicle into reverse and pressed on the accelerate pedal and vehicle accelerated in reverse at a high rate of speed. Had taken vehicle to dealer, and dealer could not resolve the defect.
While driving vehicle will fail to accelerate. This is caused by throttle sticking. Cause unknown.
My mother was recently involved in an accident that totaled her car. My brother and his wife were the first owners of the vehicle, and my mother had the car for about 1 1/2 years. She had stopped, put the car into park, got out to open a parking lot gate, got back in, stepped on the brake, and tried to shift the car into gear. She had a very difficult time getting the car back into gear. She finally was able to shift and the car immediately went into a high rev and accelerated uncontrollably. This resulted in the car smashing into a wall less than 60 feet away. Luckily the air bags worked and my mother & step-father's injuries were not too serious. My mother's foot was definitely on the brake pedal as there is a lock out mechanism that prevents the car from being taken out of park if the brake pedal is not pushed. This may or may not be related, but she was having difficulty getting the handle to move. The problem with it not moving had occurred previously, usually on a slight incline, but the honda dealer looked at it and told her nothing was wrong. My mother is a retired school bus driver with a perfect driving record, no accidents, and only uses one foot to control the vehicle. Now she is afraid to drive and is worrying and second guessing herself that she did something wrong. I have found over 30 similar complaints regarding 1998 honda accords. I do not know how many other honda's are having similar problems. It appears that honda continues to place the blame on driver error, but we believe there is a serious problem here.
When starting cold vehicle and attemptingto depress gas pedal, has to use excessive effort. When consumer is able to depress pedal, tires spin,and vehicle jerks forward, throttle sticks.
Vehicle will stall out intermittently without warning. Rmp will go up and vehicle will shift into neutral gear.vehicle will jerk forward when stopping.contacted dealer. Cannot find problem.
When on a hill and take foot off the brakes to give acceleration vehicle will start to roll back. Dealer will be contacted.
As transmission shifts from first to second gear vehicle lunges forward and RPM's go up. Vehicle has not been examined by dealer. Please add further information.
While driving vehicle jerks constantly at speed of 45mph and higher. Vehicle was checked by dealer who stated engine was fine. Consumer very concerned that vehicle will suddenly accelerate and cause a collision.
Vehicle would intermittently lurch forward when starting,and then stall out. Vehicle been to dealer ,and problem reoccurring. Feel free to provide any further information .
Accelerator pedal sticks at first start, dealer stated this was due to carbon built up on throttle. Needed to be cleaned regularly.*ak vehicle will not start due to faulty battery. Dealer replaced battery.
Intermittently vehicle will surge foward and then stall when starting. Vehicle has been to dealer ,and dealer was unable to duplicate problem. Feel free to provide any further information.
Consumer states, was pulling out in reverse, vehicle went out of control forwards and backards and was stopped by a concrete wall. Dealer has not been contacted.*jbthis sudden acceleration happened once prior to previous accident. Consumer reported incident but to no avail. Consumer was backing out slowly when with out warning, vehicle accelerated out of control.
In january 2000, I took my honda in to the tricket dealership to have a sticking gas pedal repaired. The mileage at that time was 35, 187. The pedal would stick and require a hard punch with the foot to come loose. The dealer cleaned the throttle and told me it was caused by a honda floor mat. This resolved the problem at that time. I removed the floor mat. On january 16, 2002 I took the honda into the same dealership and reported my gas pedal was sticking again even though I used no floor mat on the driver's side. The dealership cleaned the throttle again with a charge to me of $35.18 which seemed to take care of the problem. When I asked why this element had failed twice, at first I was told it was bad gas, then the dealership admitted 98-99 honda accords had recurring problems with the gas pedal sticking. The dealership told me this was not dangerous because the gas pedal did not normally stick wide open. I guess dangerous is a matter of opinion. A gas pedal stuck half way down could potentially cause an accident. When I called the national honda customer service, I was told to get the throttle cleaned as part of my normal maintenance. I would like to know if other honda owners are experiencing this dilemma. It appears to me to be an obvious design flaw and honda should be correcting it. I am also concerned about later model honda accords. I certainly don't want to purchase a new problem. Any assistance you could provide would be appreciated. By the way, my honda is a "lx" model.
In january 2000, I took my honda in to the tricket dealership to have a sticking gas pedal repair. The mileage at that time was 35, 187. The pedal would stick and require a hard punch with the foot to come loose. The dealer cleaned the throttle and told me it was caused by a honda floor mat. This resolved the problem at that time. I removed the floor mat. On january 16, 2002 I took the honda into the same dealership and reported my gas pedal was sticking again even though I used no floor mat on the drivers side. The dealership cleaned the throttle again with a charge to me of $35.18 which seemed to take care of the problem. When I asked why this element had failed twice, at first I was told it was bad gas, then the dealerrship admitted 98-99 honda accords had recurring problems with the gas pedal sticking. The dealership told me this was not dangerous because the gas pedal did not normally stick wide open. I guess dangerous is a matter of opinion. A gas pedal stuck half way down could potentially cause an accident. When I called the national honda customer service, I was told to get the throttle cleaned as part of my normal maintenance. I would like to know if other honda owners are experiencing this dilemma. It appears to me to be an obvious design flaw and honda should be correcting it. I am also concerned about later model honda accords. I certainly don't want to purchase a new problem. Any assistance you could provide would be appreciated. By the way, my honda is a "lx" model.
Consumer was at a stop, when vehicle accelerated and the driver seat collasped, dealer determined that bracket of seat bottom had broken.*ak
Gas pedal sticks continually after cold starts or short periods of not running. Excessive and hard pressure must be applied to gas pedal, evidently to engage the throttle plate and/or throttle linkage. The surprising result to the driver is that the vehicle will lunge forward, often squealing tires, in a speedy and dangerously uncontrolled manner. Can be a potential safety problem, especially if driving in confined areas, parking lots or around predestrians. Our son recently purchased a 1998 honda accord, which had developed the same problem. Honda customer relations office admits a service bulletin was released to its dealers about this problem but will not acknowledge it being a safety issue. I have owned 1981, 1987, still own a 1993 honda accord among other makes and models and have never experienced gas pedals that bind and stick like the one in this 1998 honda accord.
Excessive pressure needed to move stuck accelerator, then suddenly loosens and car lurches.
When the engine is first started after the vehicle has sat for a breif period of time, the gas pedal sticks causing the vehicle to lunge forward. I feel that this is a safety concern because it may endanger citizens in parking lots and other areas when trying to gently manuever the vehicle. Honda was contacted and they felt that is was not a safety concern and refused to pay for the problem caused by this faulty throttle box. Thank you, [xxx]. *ak parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Throttle continually sticks when cold or after short period of time. Dangerous situation as excessive pressure often needed to engage, causing near accidents on many occasions. Have noticed many other complaints to the same concern on website.
Vehicle accelerates uncontrollably; consumer pulled into driveway, had foot on brakes, and vehicle accelerated on its own. Driver had to swerve into a field. Sometimes had to put in neutral to slow vehicle down. Contacted dealer, and dealer stated it could be the floor mats. Please add VIN #.
Sudden acceleration while coasting/riding brake into parking garage space caused car to crash through steel cable retention wall severely damaging front end/undercarriage, destroying the wall and damaging two other vehicles. Dealer and honda claim nothing wrong with car/driver error. Accidental acceleration could not have caused such extensive damage ($7k in total).
Precludes a controlled , fluid, and timely take off at intersections.
Was in a 35 MPH zone and was to stop for red light and to turn left. Service road between me and flat-back big truck that had already stopped for light. Put on brakes and started accelerating, and had no brakes or steering. Was raining. Probably hydroplaned. Picked up speed and went head-on into back of parked truck. I am injured and am under doctors care. Bag should have deployed but didn't. Whole front of my car was smashed. Have pictures.
Consumer's mother was driving and getting ready to pull into a parking space when vehicle accelerated rapidly, crashing into a concrete pole, and causing $7110.30 in damage. Insurance investigator informed consumer that throttle assembly appeared to be working properly. Honda auto body mechanics stated that they would check vehicle to determine cause of the defect. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Transmission slipped out of gear and vehicle jumped forward. Lost control of vehicle and hit tree.
Gas pedal sticks. Dealer cleaned throttle body three times up to date of dec/2000. Advised dealer of issue, they advised for representative to inspect. Called manufacturer who advised not representing issue. Waiting on return call from manufacturer.
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