2006 Honda Civic: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Feb 9, 2017 · Acceleration · SC · crash · 1 injury

My dad has died from injuries sustained from a car accident, he told me his car 2006 honda civic accelerated on its own! The car accelerated at high RPM when he just went to accelerate. To enter the road making a left, instead the car went so fast within seconds, he lost control and his honda plowed threw a stop sign, then was finally stopped by a steel pole holding up a quick check sign! He sustained extensive chest injuries! 3 broken ribs, 2 dropped lungs, fractured sternum, fractured c4 and c7 spine injuries! He died due to a defect in the accerlaertion of the vehicle racing on its own! My dad has always kept up with recalls and has car logs and maintenance logs, etc. I hope other people never have to experience this tragic sudden death, due to a defect in manufacturer acceleration, or whatever equipment is responsible for this accident! It's a mfg defect! Please address or at least make public aware this could happen to them! The consumer requested a status update.

Filed Aug 29, 2015 · 79,000 miles · OH · crash

Pulling in to park vehicle, car suddenly accelerated and car wouldn't stop. Car went over embankment and through a fence before coming to a stop. Insurance company just totaled the car. Unknown whether accelerator and brakes were failing. Car was in good mechanical condition prior to accident and was serviced in last 90 days. Suspect accelerator malfunction sending vehicle into out-of-control situation. Car had no known recall issues.

Filed Sep 26, 2013 · Engine · 75,000 miles · WA

I have had five times starting about five years when my car would try to accelerate without my foot on the accelerator. In all instances the engine was cold (within one or two minute of starting). In three cases I was backing out of my garage and had to press the brake hard to prevent the car from running away. The surge in acceleration lasts for only 2-3 seconds but its really scary!. The last occurrence was last month when I finished backing out of my garage and put the car in drive. As I released the brake, the car accelerated on its own. At 25 MPH or so I pressed on the brake to slow down and when I released the brake, the acceleration stopped. It may have been a coincidence the acceleration stopped when I released the brake but it didn't seem so at the time. In all instances I looked for foreign objects near the accelerator pedal but none were there. This seems to happen about once a year.

Filed Nov 14, 2011 · Acceleration, Engine · 74,190 miles · CA

Yesterday I experienced sudden acceleration when applying the brakes. I was approaching a red light going downhill at about 40 MPH. I applied the brakes and the engine accelerated with the rpms jumping to 3,000. I applied full brakes and the car kept moving towards the intersection. To avoid an accident, I put the car into neutral. Rpms went up to about 4,500. The car slowly stopped. When the light turned green I put it back in drive and the car stalled. I put the car in neutral and re-started it and the rpms were normal. I took it to the dealership today and they could not find the problem. Surveying the internet I can see lots of other acceleration issues with the 2006 civics. The dealership was unaware of any problems. This could have caused a serious accident.

Filed Dec 17, 2010 · Acceleration · 80,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic. The contact stated that the vehicle was sitting in the idle position and in park when the vehicle suddenly accelerated up to 40 MPH before it was able to be stopped. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer but they could find nothing wrong. The current and failure mileages were approximately 80,000.

Filed Jan 30, 2010 · Acceleration · 35,300 miles · AZ

On two separate occasions I experienced sudden acceleration. The first time was, may 26, 2009, and the second time, january 15, 2010. When this occurred I was approaching a stop sign applying the brake traveling about 10 MPH. The brake began to fade and the car started to accelerate. I quickly put the car in neutral, which caused the motor to increase in RPM and then went into ideal, which all happened in a few seconds. Both times I brought the car into the honda dealership within an hour of the occurrences. Both times they were unable to identify the cause. After honda checked the car out on january 15, 2010 I returned on january 26, 2010, leaving the car with them for 2 days for a more intense evaluation. Again, they could not identify the problem.

Filed Feb 23, 2009 · Acceleration, Brakes · 50,000 miles · CA · crash

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 honda civic hybrid. While driving 5 MPH out of the driveway, the vehicle struck a bump and it suddenly accelerated on its own. The contact lost control of the vehicle and it spun around. Both the brakes and emergency brake failed. The vehicle came to a stop when it struck a muddy embankment. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. There were no injuries. The current and failure mileages were 50,000.

Filed Dec 1, 2007 · Brakes · 1,000 miles · CA

I bought my vehicle in june 2006. Almost from the beginning, I have experienced the vehicle surge forward on numerous occasions. The surge happens when I am applying the brakes. While the vehicle is slowing down, it will all of a sudden surge forward. I have not had an accident, but am concerned it could cause an accident. I have not taken it to the dealer for this issue.

Filed Mar 15, 2007 · Acceleration, Brakes · 4,000 miles · CA · crash

Xi have owned a 2006 civic hybrid for the past year and a half. On several occasions I have noticed that a light application of the brake pedal can result in a sudden acceleration} rather than in braking. This happens intermittently, I would say approximately once a month. It seems like a malfunction in the computer system running the braking system. On one occasion last april this resulted in a minor accident. At the time I had only owned the car for a short interval and was surprised at this strange reaction of the car. Since that time this problem has recurred several times. I would like to ask if you have had other reports of this problem and whether you know about it. Since it is an intermittent effect it is no use taking the car to the dealership.

Filed Feb 12, 2007 · Acceleration · 9,500 miles · MO

Tl*- the contact stated that the 2006 honda civic ex, had acceleration problems. On 11/16/06, while driving at 5 MPH in bumper to bumper traffic the vehicle accelerated without notice. The contact stated that the RPM monitor showed the vehicle was accelerating quickly. He had to hit the brakes really hard to get the vehicle to come to a stop. The contact stated that this has happened on 3 occasions. The contact called the dealership and left the vehicle with the them for 2 days. The dealership drove the vehicle, and informed the contact that they found nothing wrong with the vehicle or the acceleration problem . The contact will file a complaint with manufacturer, and will submit the case # with the hard copy. The failure mileages was 9500 , and the current mileage was 13800.*ak updated 03/30/07.

Filed Dec 20, 2006 · Acceleration · 6,918 miles · MI

Sudden acceleration when parking.

Filed Aug 18, 2006 · Acceleration · 7,500 miles · TX

Unintended acceleration. 10 miles after a cold start-up, the car went to full throttle. I was able to hold it in place with the brakes. I turned the ignition off momentarily, but the car went back to full throttle. I then turned it off for about 15 seconds, and the car reverted to normal operation. The cruise control was "on", but not engaged. No speed had been set after the initial startup. This is a hybrid with full throttle by wire. I took the car to the selling dealer, who had no service bulletin on this fault. He said I would have to leave it until they could replicate the fault. Knowing the futility of this, I declined to leave the car. The fault has not reappeared.