I was leaving a parking lot, approaching a gate with an inductive-loop traffic detector, which can detect vehicles passing or arriving at a certain point, once a vehicle is detected the gate would open. I was approaching, maybe 50 feet from the gate, at approximately 5 MPH, when the engine of my 2017 honda civic revved up and accelerated forward towards the gate. My foot was not on the accelerator, as I was approaching the gate which was still closed. There was no debris on the floor board or anything obstructing the pedals that would have caused it to depress the accelerator. I had to abruptly depress the brake pedal to avoid striking the gate. My honda is equipped with honda sensing and I have no idea how this could have occurred, may be an electrical issue with the throttle sensor because the "brake" warning was on, it observed the gate.
2017 Honda Civic acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2017 honda civic. While driving 10 MPH and making a left turn, the brake pedal was applied, but failed to respond. The vehicle accelerated without warning. As a result, the vehicle drove over a curb, down an embankment, and crashed into a tree. There were no injuries. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed: p180531234. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000.
Just picked up brand new car from dealership (sunset honda I. San luis obispo ca) transferred by them from another dealership. Car is an ex and has previously test driven a 2017 civic hatchback sport the day before . Drove off with my mew car that was given to me with 450miles. Right after I left dealership with my brand new car and was driving home for first time got about 6 miles from dealership and dashboard lights with digital speedometer displayed flashed and went dead (completely blank a.k.a. Black screen of earth). I was driving approx. 30-35 MPH . Drove another's another mile (approx) with no digital speed display at all- completely black instrument cluster (main display which normally shows digital miles per hour, temp gauge, etc) and turned on right hand signal to make right turn and about five seconds later right side camera turned on media display to right and eventually digital dashboard speedometer behind the steering wheel turned back on. Everything on the car is computer controlled. This is really dangerous. Not sure how f car has a bad cpu or ecu. Called dealership immediately as I has just driven away 15 minutes before and they didn't think it was a big deal. I am very concerned.
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