Cruise control will not fully disengage. It causes sudden acceleration. *ak tapping the brake when the cruise control was engaged caused one to two second disengagement followed by sudden acceleration. The vehicle attempted to resume to the previous or another speed. This occurred with no operation. *scc
2003 Honda Accord acceleration complaints
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When starting vehicle accelerates without warning.
When shifting into drive vehicle accelerated without warning. Dealer stated that was way the vehicle was designed.
When coasting to a stop, as I applied the break, the car's engine accelerated. The tachometer was up between 3 and 4, and the break was not holding the car. I had to place the car in park, and wait for the engine to slow down.
Repeated failure of the vehicle to respond to accelerator pedal input. Dealer of course cannot duplicate. This is certainly a safety issue but there has been little effort to correct.
When the consumer applied the brakes, the vehicle accelerated and lunged forward through a crosswalk, once over the crosswalk, the vehicle went back to normal operation and came to a stop. *ak
Cruise control disengaged while being on.manufacturer was not contacted at the time of the call.
My daughter and I were driving along a busy street when I attempted to slow down because the traffic ahead started slowing down for a red light and my car didn't respond to my braking. I was driving behind a bus and my car kept accelerating towards the bus. I threw the car in park - stripping the gears - and the car kept going. By some large miracle, there was a gap in the traffic coming in the opposite direction, so I turned into those lanes and traveled for a few feet before I came upon a one way street - not in my favor - it's another miracle no one was coming up that street, so I turned into the one way hoping to find some way to stop the car. The twists and turns took away some of the momentum and when I had gone about 1/3 of the way down the one way street, I yanked up the emergency brake and the car finally stopped. The car was towed into the dealership on tuesday, may 6, 2003 and they called me on wednesday, may 7th, to say that they ran all sorts of checks and found nothing wrong with the brakes. The fact that the brakes are now working does not mean that the brakes are good. My daughter and I can testify to that fact because we were the ones who faced that near death situation and I refuse to take a chance with our lives. There is a defect in the brakes and I would hate to start seeing reports of fatalities caused by this because they simply did not do extensive enough tests to find and fix the problem. The dealer is basically saying that since they can't find a problem, I have no choice but the take the car back. I absolutely cannot drive that car the way it is because I constantly visualize the outcome had I been traveling on a highway going 50 or 60 miles an hour. As it is, we are very lucky and thankful that everything worked in our favor and we did not crash. I don't want to become a statistic at which time they will break their necks to find and fix the problem....too late.
My 2003 accord when put into reverse will accelerate at a high rate of speed with no pressure being put on the gas pedal. The car almost feels like it's out of control and may not be able to be stopped. Also, when driving in regular gear the car will continue at it's current rate of speed without any pressure being put on the gas pedal. When the car is under these conditions it feels like the car is "stuck" in gear and won't/can't get out of this acceleration mode.
Vehicle did not shift into different gears, the gears jumped and hung up in gear, the gears hung up between second and third gears, also when putting vehicle in reverse, it would speed backwards without stepping on gas pedal. *ak
My 2003 honda accord experienced an unintended acceleration while in motion. I increased speed from 40 MPH to 50mph to pass a slower moving vehicle in my lane and experienced a surge of power that I could not control by taking my foot off the gas. I needed to brake to restrain the vehicle. The tachometer went to 6000 RPM and stayed steady the entire time putting the vehicle in neutral as I prepared to kill the ignition returned control and the vehicle resumed responding. I have returned the vehicle to the dealer for inspection and am getting a response from the dealer that they have found nothing wrong with the car. I am a 47 y/o male with 30 years driving experience and am quite sure of the circumstances. Cruise control was not engaged as I was in morning rush hour traffic I have opened a problem ticket with honda n0112-17-00080. Thank you
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