While parking the car at an apartment complex, I slowly pulled the car into a spot. The car following saw my brake lights. I had my foot on the brake and was about to put the car in park and there was a strange noise that sounded like overdrive and the car surged forward into a reinforced concrete wall. My foot was on the brake the whole time but I could not control the car, the wall stopped us from moving. My mother was a passenger and said that I shouted" what is happening?" we sustained injuries as a result of the accident and have been out of work.
1996 Honda Civic acceleration complaints
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The airbag light is on, indicating that the airbag is disfunctioning and recently the horn and the cruise control stopped working too.
1996 honda civic dx experiences sticky acceleration, must apply considerable pressure to accelator when stopped which causes car to lunge forward. This was reported to dealer while under warranty and appeared to be corrected, but condition reappeared. Car was recalled for fuel throttle and repaired, but this did not correct the sticky accelerator. The emergency brake does not engage most of the time. The button to release the brake stays in which keeps the brake disengaged. The windshield whistles at road speeds.
Throttle cable recall can not be completed due to lack of parts. Mjs
Notice sent to consumer for replacement of the accelerator cable due to possible failure, consumer not able to have repairs completed due to lack of parts. Mjs
Accelerator gets stuck after acceleration , causing alot of wear on the brakes.
While driving at 30 MPH vehicle accelerated by itself, causing vehicle hit something, and the consumer had to apply both feet on the brakes to bring vehicle to a stop.
While traveling the engine idled without indications and then started to take off. Consumer depressed the brakes to stop the vehicle. Please provide further information. Ak
While accelerating on the freeway, the accelator pedal stuck. Auto accelerated to 85 MPH until able to stick foot under pedal to lift it. Up.
Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration resulting in a collision/injury. (qcaw)
Abs brakes failed.
In the first incident, the vehicle was being driven between 60- 85 MPH and suddenly accelerated until the driver stepped on the brakes. The dealer acknowlwdged that the accelerator had struck and stated that the "cable" needed replacing. During the second incident, the vehicle was traveling between 30-45 MPH and continued to accelerate while the driver stepped on the brakes. The driver reach down and pulled the accelerator pedal up to stop the vehicle. Again the dealer stated that the cable needed repalcing.
Accelerator cable failed on two occasions.
Accelerator cable stuck, vehicle accelerated out of control and ran into 2 parked vehicles and a tree before coming to a stop. Upon impact, air bags failed to deploy.
Accelerator pedal got stuck and accident occurred.
Fuel injection system failure, causing vehicle to idle rough afte rstarting; also, throttle cable binding.
Throttle cable failed.
When parking vehicle in garage, pressed gas pedal instead of brake pedal, causing vehicle to hit a brick wall. At that time both air bags deployed, however, passenger sustained injuries to face and eyes.
Owner states while driving at about 35-40mph on a congested highway the throttle got stuck, causing vehicle to accelerate to 60-70 MPH. The car could be stopped by turning off the ignition which is also dangerous in congested traffic. Owner does not know what caused this problem, but he notes that he could have been killed.
Problems with cruise control.
Vehicle accelerated on its own while driving, driver tried to apply brakes but they did not stop vehicle.
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