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.
2000 Honda Civic: sudden unintended acceleration
9 of the 287 complaints about the 2000 Honda Civic describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 9
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
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.
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
2000 honda civic experienced sudden acceleration while applying brakes.*mr (nar) the vehicle hit a tree causing injuries to the consumer.
Consumer states when step on acceleration pedel it sticks causing the to surge forward. Ts
While pulling into a parking space vehicle suddenly accelerated, and vehicle went over a retaining wall, hitting a building. Cause is unknown. Please provide any further information.
Consumer stated that the fuel throttle linkage failed causing vehicle to suddenly accelerate out into traffic, no problem with the vehicle was identified after the incident.
Immediately on startup car surged forward with engine at full throttle without touching gas pedal and pedal was not depressed, crashing into brick building 3 feet in front of car .
Pulled into parking space, put foot on brake, and at that time engine revved and vehicle surged forward. Consumer hit building, $ 3800.00 damage.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2000 Honda Civic sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2000 Honda Civic?
9 of 287 owner complaints about the 2000 Honda Civic (3%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2012.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2000 Honda Civic?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2000 Honda Civic
No deployment 35Stalling 31Check engine light 13Tire blowout 11Headlights 10Airbag light 7Seat belt 7Adaptive cruise 6Brake failure 5
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