2000 Honda Civic acceleration problems

Filed Aug 11, 2010 · Acceleration · 3,000 miles · IN

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 honda civic. The vehicle had experienced a recurring failure in which the accelerator pedal or brake pedal would intermittently become stuck when it was depressed. During the winter or whenever the floor mats were wet the failure would recur more frequently. The vehicle was never taken to the dealer to be examined for the cause of failure and the vehicle was never repaired. The failure mileage was 3,000. The current mileage was 106,000. Upated 10/27/10

Filed Jan 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 64,000 miles · MN

Car suddenly accelerated after shifting into 2nd or 3rd gear. Depressed clutch to disengage engine. Switched engine off. Hit emergency blinkers. Coasted to a stop. Re-started engine. Still revved up. Switched it off. Waited about one minute. Re-started again. Engine back to normal as if nothing had happened. Not much traffic around. This is the second incident with this car in two years.

Filed Jan 5, 2010 · Acceleration · 51,000 miles · MN

Car suddenly accelerated after shifting into 2nd or 3rd gear. Depressed clutch half-way to try to slow car down without much success. Switched engine off and coasted to a stop at corner. Turned engine on again. Still revved up. Depressed clutch half-way again to move the car out of traffic into a parking lot. Switched engine off and coasted to a stop inside parking lot. Not much traffic around.

Filed Jun 8, 2005 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · NY

Dt: consumer was driving over george washington bridge in new york. Vehicle began to accelerate on its own. The brake pedal went to the floor, would not stop well. Vehicle was accelerating., and accelerator became stuck. This caused consumer to have to brake much heavier than normal. Also, vehicle was overheating due to acceleration and heavy braking. The rpms stayed above 2000. Serviced regularly. In order to stop vehicle consumer placed vehicle in neutral and applied parking brake.

Filed Aug 20, 2004 · Acceleration, Airbags · 54,126 miles · MA · crash · 1 injury

While pulling into a parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and lurched into the air, resulting in a collision. The consumer's foot was on the brake pedal when the acceleration occurred. The dealership was not providing any assistance to determine what caused the failure. Also the driver's side seat belt failed to retract, it was loose. This resulted in the consumer impacting the steering wheel. Prior to this incident the seat belt recall repairs were performed 3 times. *ak the air bag did not deploy as well. *sc

Filed Mar 29, 2004 · Acceleration · 53,411 miles · OH

When trying to use cruise control the car will accelerate on its own and decelerate on its own, but not in accordance with road conditions. Rarely will the car maintain set cruise speed forcing the driver to cancel cruise control. At this time cruise control is inoperable.

Filed Jan 15, 2003 · Acceleration · MA · crash · 1 injury

2000 honda civic experienced sudden acceleration while applying brakes.*mr (nar) the vehicle hit a tree causing injuries to the consumer.

Filed Oct 28, 2002 · Acceleration · NY

Consumer states when step on acceleration pedel it sticks causing the to surge forward. Ts

Filed Jul 9, 2002 · Acceleration · MI

While the consumer was driving, the cruise control malfunctioned.

Filed Jun 15, 2002 · Acceleration, Brakes · MI

I attempted to use my cruise control, and the car began accelerating on its own. I tried to press the brake and to manually turn off the cruise control, but the car would not slow down. Pressing the brake as hard as possible would stop the acceleration, but would not decelerate. I called aaa who called the state police. They recommended pulling the emergency brake. After pulling that and keeping my foot as hard as possible on the brake, I got the car down to ~30mph and took the keys out of the iginition. Subsequently the dealer states that they cannot reproduce the problem, but they have found significant damage to the rear brakes, the emergency brake, and to the wheels. I have spoken to the dealer and honda customer service and have been told that it will not be covered under warranty since they canot reproduce the problem. I do not feel that the car is safe to drive if this problem has not been identified and fixed. I am desperately looking for help in dealing with this issue. Thank you!!