2005 Honda Accord: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Apr 10, 2023 · Airbags, Transmission · 315,986 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Accord. The contact stated while entering a parking lot the vehicle accelerated on its own. The contact stated he noticed several unknown warning lights illuminated. The contact desperately pressed on the brake pedal, but the vehicle continued to accelerate. The front driver-side air bag deployed without any warning obstructive the contact's view and causing him to crash into a building and causing the other air bags in the vehicle to deploy. The contact's daughter stuffed minor injuries but did not seek medical attention. The front end of the vehicle was damaged. The vehicle was not towed, but the contact was able to drive the vehicle home. A police report was not filed. The dealer was contacted but the dealer stated that there were no open recalls under the VIN. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 315,986.

Filed Feb 28, 2017 · Acceleration · 50,000 miles · ND · crash · 1 injury

"sudden unintended acceleration" in a private parking. This happened when the driver was about to park the car on feb 27, 2017. I was the driver and my husband was a passenger in the passenger side of the back seat, with seat belts on. After I entered the parking area, as I was about to park, the car abruptly sped up, crashed into the building ahead of me, and the driver's airbag was deployed. The front of the car and the building wall were damaged (photos are enclosed). All this happened so suddenly and unexpectedly. Several people from inside the building rushed out to see what happened. I was visibly shaken and quite frightened by this accident. The business office staff took photos of the damaged wall and the vehicle. My two thumbs were aching with minor burn, but since there was no other obvious physical injury to us, we declined the emergency medical care. State police trooper came, took some information but said that because this accident happened in a private property it will not be reported. I had never thought anything like this accident could ever happen. I googled and found cases in which unintended sudden acceleration had actually happened. Hasn't this safety issue been addressed? My husband I are the original owner of this car.

Filed Jun 16, 2015 · Acceleration, Body · 115,683 miles · FL · crash

This is the second time that this vehicle causes an accident due to involuntary acceleration defect. I was coming to a complete stop to park the car when all of a sudden it accelerated on its own and sped into a building. First it hit an iron bench pushing it into the wall. The car missed hitting a young mother and her four little kids by mere seconds. My insurance company sent one of their own adjusters to inspect the damages, and determined that the car should be repaired. In the meantime the people at the body shop where the car was towed to kept telling me that the car was not safe to be put on the road again. I pleaded with my insurer to have it totaled as I was too afraid to drive it again after two accidents, and my conscience did not allow me to sell the car after the repairs putting somebody else in same kind of danger. I also called honda, but their reply was that honda was not going to do anything about it. Honda folks were even annoyed that I called them saying that my insurer was the one to contact them through the proper channels. Finally my insurance agreed to total the car. However, I saw that the car was sold to an auction dealer listing it as "salvage title/rebuildable." the car is for sale again stating that it will cost $4,872.00 to fix it. My insurance company increased my premiums considerably considering me the party at fault. I ask the federal safety agency to act quickly to stop this unsafe and unfair practice.....updated 08/20/15 *bf updated 9/30/2015

Filed Aug 20, 2013 · Acceleration · 75,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

Unintended acceleration with car going out of control on the highway and the car failing to slow down after pressing on the brake. Most terrifying experience of my life.

Filed Apr 20, 2013 · Transmission · 176,700 miles · NY

Manufacturer: honda (american honda motor co.) summary: initially,while waiting on a red light, while the car was going into a forward gear, the car surged forward. Then tried to apply breaks but car seemed to want to move forward. Applied brakes and moved gear to neutral. There was a loud noise coming from underneath the car. Once stopped, put car on park and turned off engine. Before turning car off the engine just revved and surged forward causing me to almost rear end the car in front. End result was the transmission would not shift on any gear (drive, reverse, low gear). The car was rendered fully un-drivable as it seems the transmission has completely failed. Honda was contacted and informed. They stated there were no recalls for honda accord 2005 (the federal safety agency website indicates campaign 11v395000) recalls but honda stated they would not cover the repair even though it is a known frequent failure. How should I pursue this issue going forward? Ps. The car was tolled back to my driveway and its still sitting there.

Filed Nov 14, 2012 · Acceleration · 110,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH uphill, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently reaching speeds over 100 MPH. The contact was able to slow the vehicle down by shifting into neutral and engaging the brakes. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was not able to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 110,000. ....updated 12/20/12 *bf the consumer stated middle town honda replaced the throttle body. That is what caused the cable to get stuck. They did not repair any of the brakes or emergency brake. They claimed that is was normal wear. He consumer found 32 incidents of vehicles with the same problem. Updated 12/28/212

Filed Nov 7, 2012 · Acceleration · 21,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving 10 MPH the vehicle suddenly accelerated without the accelerator pedal being engaged. The contact was able to stop the vehicle by shiftingto neutral and pressing the brake. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who was unable to duplicate the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 21,000.

Filed Dec 19, 2011 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning and the brakes would not engage. The contact also stated that he had to engage the parking brake in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 85,000.

Filed Oct 3, 2011 · Acceleration, Brakes · 93,241 miles · NE

On saturday at 11:50 pm, I was cruising at the 169th & maple rd, omaha, ne parking lot.. At a front parking junction, I made a right turn at about 2-3 MPH speed. I slowed and braked for a pedestrian walking across my path. My car started revving and accelerating rapidly. I immediately pressed the brake pedals harder. The harder I pressed, the harder the acceleration became. I became very concerned and scared that the car might accelerate suddenly and may cause a terrible accident. I quickly move the gear hand pedal shifters foward to (p)ark. The car jerked forward a bit and then stood still; however, the engine started revving with a loud din and then back to normal.I started to slowly move the gear back into (d)rive mode. The car behaved normally and I parked my car in a available parking slot. Prior to this incident, I had a minor incident similar to this. This was a about 2 weeks back. I was slowed and stopped at a traffic light to make a right turn to maple. While in stop mode pressing the brake, the car started jerking and accelerating forward slowly. I quickly pressed the brake harder and it jerked forward and stopped. At that point, I just shrugged it off, thinking that was unusual but wasn't really bad to take issue. All this happened when I changed my accord hybrid battery and a hybrid controller over a month back when I had a hybrid battery and the controller that needed to be replace on account of a safety issue with the car. The car felt ok after the change. However, I had the car since 2005 and never did I encounter a sudden acceleration on this car, not once until after the battery and controller change. I can only relate now to what actually has happened and is very concerned for my life and my family to whoever drives the vehicle.

Filed Jul 1, 2011 · Acceleration, Brakes · TX · crash

I previously drove my aunt's 2005 honda accord hybrid on several occasions. Almost as soon as the vehicle was purchased, on more than one occasion, the brakes failed and caused accidents. The accelerator would also accelerate on its own. The car would simply speed up on its own. The car would also at times stop or turn off on its own. I assumed because the car was a hybrid or different that it was normal. At times when accidents would occur, I couldn't believe what had happened. The car literally drove away. A few times others drove the car and mentioned the same. My aunt previously tried trading in the vehicle, but it was too expensive to trade in. On january 11,2011. A fatal accident occurred while driving this vehicle. My mother, whom is a precautious driver was driving my cousin to school and were involved in a fatal car accident. The honda struck a school bus right in the middle. I believe the car like on many other occasions accelerated on its own or the brakes failed. I feel devastated that I have lost my mother and cousin because of this accident, but feel that my mother was not at fault. She was always a safe driver and in this case I believe the vehicle was at fault.

Filed May 10, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 60,000 miles · 00

Sudden acceleration of car. Pulling into a car bay, almost stationery. Accelerator appeared to be sucked away from under foot. Brakes applied, but car accelerated very fast over the curb and into wooden bollards (hitting so hard it ripped them out of ground, and broke in two), the car felt like cruise control had kicked in. I did not "accidentally" hit the accelerator, and my floor mats are no where near the accelerator (they are hooked down). Vin [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Aug 2, 2010 · Acceleration, Electrical · 29,788 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 honda accord. While the contact was driving approximately 50 MPH in heavy traffic, there was an excessive increase in engine rpms. The brake pedal was engaged and the vehicle lunged forward and failed to stop. When the gear was shifted into the park position the vehicle was able to stop. The gear selector would not shift out of the park position, and the ignition key would not turn or release from the ignition. The police was at the scene and he was able to shift into the drive range after several attempts. The ignition key suddenly turned and the vehicle was able to resume normally. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the technician was unable to duplicate the problem. The computerized system was updated. The failure occurred on a separate occasion. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was 29,788. Updated 11/03/10. *lj updated 12/7/10