My daughter set the cruise control at 65/67 MPH and the car continued to accelerate. After attempting to tap the brakes and turn the cruise control button off, the car was traveling at 90 MPH. When trying to stop the vehicle she had to desperately press on the brakes using two feet to bring the car to a stop. After the car was stopped, she put the car in neutral with RPM's racing at 7500, she then disengaged the power. She then attempted to restart the vehicle 4 times and the RPM's were still racing at the same level. She had to to be towed for the amount of $325.00 from nj to pa. It was towed to the dealership. Piazza honda told me that she got dirty fuel and it caused a deposit on the throttle body and stretched the cable. They also told me that is she turned the car off it would reset. That was not the case because as stated before the car produced the same response whenever the vehicle was turned on. No deaths - no injuries - no crash but she could of been killed if there was a lot of traffic. Thank god this happened after 8:20 p.m. When there was not much traffic.
1998 Honda Civic: adaptive cruise control problems
7 of the 434 complaints about the 1998 Honda Civic describe adaptive cruise control problems.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Adaptive cruise control problems by model year
What owners say
While driving on the highway at approximately 55 MPH driver applied the cruise control and set it on 55 MPH. However, when applying, cruise control vehicle continued to accelerate. Driver had to turn the key off in order to get the vehicle to slow to a stop. Owner contacted the manufacturer, who urged consumer to take vehicle into a dealership. There may or may not be a charge.
The vehicle sticks in full throttle and accelerates at a high speed when cruise control is engaged. The dealership replaced a part (part unknown), but the problem recurred. Please provide more details.
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, 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.
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 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.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1998 Honda Civic adaptive cruise
Is adaptive cruise control problems a common problem on the 1998 Honda Civic?
7 of 434 owner complaints about the 1998 Honda Civic (2%) mention adaptive cruise control problems. The model year with the most reports is 2022.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1998 Honda Civic?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1998 Honda Civic
No deployment 47Stalling 42Transmission failure 11Check engine light 9Tire blowout 9Slipping 8Airbag light 6Jerking 6Loss of power 6Won't start 6Headlights 5Sudden acceleration 5
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