2011 Honda Civic: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jun 7, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 75,600 miles · KS

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda civic. While the vehicle was in a drive thru line, it accelerated on its own while stopped. The contact had to apply extreme pressure to the brake pedal and place the vehicle into park to completely stop. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired; however, a diagnostic appointment was scheduled. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 75,600.

Filed Apr 11, 2015 · Engine · 32,000 miles · MI

Happens frequently that when parking vehicle in personal garage, vehicle will lurch forward aggressively on its own while brakes being applied. Have to lean hard into brakes to keep vehicle from hitting anything in garage. A/c compressor being active or inactive does not impact this behavior, engine temperature does not seem to play a role either. This is our fourth honda, none of the other three have had this sudden acceleration. This is an ongoing issue.

Filed Jun 28, 2013 · Acceleration, Brakes · 12,983 miles · CA · crash

I was stopped in a parking garage and intended to pull into an open space on my left. I turned the steering wheel all the way to the left and my car suddenly accelerated on its own. It crashed into the car to the right of the open space and continued to accelerate, pushing the other car into the car to its right. I was pressing the brakes during the entire incident but they were not functional. My car finally pushed the other car out of the way and my car slammed into the concrete block in front of the open space and stopped. Had the concrete block not been there, I would have flown over the side of the third level of this parking garage. My foot was in no way on the accelerator. It was on the brake the entire time. Also, a non-honda mechanic experienced the same revving issue when he inspected the car after the incident. However, honda claims there is no problem with the car and will not refund us the cost of damages we paid out of pocket. But they did buy the car back and buy out the remaining 6 months of my lease, indicating they knew there was a problem with the vehicle, but were not willing to own up to it.

Filed Feb 28, 2012 · Acceleration · 28,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 honda civic. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, it suddenly accelerated without any warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 28,000 and the current mileage was 32,000.

Filed Sep 21, 2011 · Acceleration · HI

As I was following a row of cars into a driveway of a shopping area, I took my foot off the brake just to roll a few inches since traffic was bumper to bumper. Unexpectedly my car lunged forward on to the driveway hitting the truck to my right and a car to my left that was exiting the driveway. Before I could make sense of what happened, I put the car in park and pulled the emergency brake. I had the car inspected by the honda dealer before it went to the repair shop. Honda ran a diagnostic test on the car and could not find anything that could have caused my car to accelerate in such a manner. Total cost of repairs $7800.