Backing out of parking space consumer shifted gear into reverse and vehicle suddenly accelerated backwards at a high rate of speed with foot still on brakes, causing vehicle to run into a bakery store.
1998 Honda Civic acceleration complaints
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Transmission intermittently slips,in motion and idle position--idle speed is erratic--in reverse,car makes a whining noise-windows don't always work
Two separate incidents of accelerator pedal sticking and brakes not working. Accelerator pedal stuck when pulling out of parking lot. I was pushing on brakes with no response. Had to use emergency brake, and the car continued to "rev" trying to accelerate. Turned car off. Restarted car, and again the car engine was trying to accelerate even though brakes were pushed. Was not using floormat. Dealership cannot duplicate. In october 99, turned into parking lot and accelerator pedal stuck and car increased speed. Again brakes did not work. Had to use emergency brake to get car to stop.
While driving the vehicle at 60mph in march, the vehicle would not decelerate after brakes were applied. Checked cruise control which was not on. Checked gas pedal to see if stuck. Had guided vehicle to off ramp & manged to turn it off. Shifted into neutral & nothing worked. Took vehicle to dealer & mechanic could not duplicate problem. Vehicle is now jerking also, 6 months later.
While driving 10 MPH vehicle continued to accelerate without any warning. Occupant applied the brakes which were inoperative. It resulted in a crash.
While driving at 45 MPH accelerator got stuck, and the consumer had to pull the accelerator up by hand.
Cruise control was set at 55 MPH. Consumer went to apply the brakes, and they did not disengage cruise control, causing vehicle not stop. Also, brakes were totally inoperative, causing loss of control.
While driving, cruise control failed to disengage. *ak consumer attempted to disengage cruise control with the brake pedal several times, consumer finally came to a stop on the side of a road, dealer states there is no problem with the vehicle.
While parking, car suddenly accelerated up over two curbs and a grass hill (one curb on each side of the hill), sideswiping another car until the engine finally cut off. Dealer could not duplicate problem and denies that the car could have caused this acceleration.
Vehicle was in the parking lot when consumer was backing out of a space, shifted gear into drive and accelerator pedal went to the floor , causing the vehicle to hit another vehicle and a light pole. Reason unknown. Dealer notified.
While accelerating on to a highway, the accelerator pedal felt as though it was pulled to the floor and the car began accelerating out of control. I was in 5th gear and put the car into neutral, but it kept accelerating. I finally turned the ignition off [key] and coasted to the shoulder. Took car to dealer and was told no problem, that they were 99% sure the car mat must have gotten stuck under the pedal. I don't think so.
Accelerator pedal sticks slightly at intial acceleration. Yh
Vehicle experinced sudden acceleration resulting in vehicle collision.
Vehicle accelerator stuck widely open. The vehicle did not slow down when depressing the brake pedal. Speed increased from 67 to 100 MPH. Consumer turned the ignition off to stop vehicle. Vehicle is being checked by dealer.
While driving the vehicle accelerator cable got around the cruise control, causing the vehicle to accelerate and almost caused an accident. Had to break a part around the cruise control in order to stop the vehicle.
While driving in a parking space, vehicle accelerated and went over concrete in space and hit a wall. Repairs done, both airbags deployed. Dealer cannot duplicate the problem.
Gas pedal keep getting stuck. Consumer had to hit emergency brakes to stop vehicle.
While driving at 40 MPH, the throttle stuck, causing engine to race and vehicle would not decrease speed when applying brakes.
Accelerator pedal sticks, several cables mounted too tight and needed adjustment.
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