2003 Honda CR-V: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jun 7, 2018 · Acceleration, Engine · 108,965 miles · CO

When in drive, at a light, with foot on the brake, the engine suddenly accelerates briefly, then returns to normal. This happened 3 or 4 times over the last year or 2. On 06/04/18, when in motion,in reverse, the engine suddenly accelerated. I dropped it into drive, it continued until I braked and jammed it into park, then the engine returned to idle.

Filed Aug 2, 2017 · Acceleration · 150,000 miles · WA · crash

2003 honda crv unexpectedly accelerated while pulling into a parking stall on 8/2/17 at 6:45am. The engine suddenly revved up full throttle and the car surged forward. I slammed on the brakes but could feel the car surging forward for a split second. My car hit the unoccupied car parked in the stall in front of me. Will take car to dealership today to determine and fix cause. Filed an insurance claim with travelers insurance company.

Filed Oct 18, 2013 · Acceleration · 52,000 miles · IL · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda cr-v. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The vehicle crashed into four parked vehicles and then into a bus shelter. A police report was filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The current and failure mileage was 52,000.

Filed May 4, 2012 · Acceleration · 70,500 miles · TX · crash

Sudden acceleration due to gas pedal getting "stuck". Once a red light turned green vehicle was put into motion from completely stopped position. After a few yards driver had to brake not to hit the truck in front of it, which was going slower than vehicle in question. Instead of reducing speed, driver faced a sudden acceleration that made the vehicle crash into the truck. Even with the impact, the acceleration continued and vehicle crashed again into the same truck. Driver realized the vehicle was not reducing its speed by applying the brake pedal and therefore vehicle was put into parking and turned off. In an attempt to turn the vehicle on again the vehicle made a very loud accelerated noise but driver could not take vehicle from parking position and noticed brake and gas pedals were stiff. Vehicle had to be towed. Honda was contacted and requested to go see the vehicle before it is taken apart (in order to find evidence), but its representative said the only thing they can do is take the vehicle for a test drive to try to reproduce the problem once the vehicle is repaired and safe to be driven again. Basically, honda doesn't show interest in investigating further and will wash its hands if problem cannot be reproduced, which will likely be the case, or else the vehicle won't even be able to leave the repair center where it currently is and taken for such "test drive". Sadly, honda just lost a loyal customer.

Filed Nov 4, 2011 · Acceleration · 85,000 miles · NC

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda cr-v. The contact was driving 65 MPH with the cruise control engaged when the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 80 MPH. The contact canceled the cruise control and engaged the brakes, but the vehicle continued to surge forward. The vehicle continued to surge forward until the ignition was turned off. The vehicle was not taken to have the failure diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 85,000.

Filed Aug 30, 2011 · Acceleration · 88,322 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 honda crv. The contact was driving 50 MPH when the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 70 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic that located the failure at the cruise control cable. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 88,322 and the current mileage was 89,069. Updated 10/04/11*lj prior to the sudden acceleration problem, the cruise control stopped working. The throttle body part of the cruise control system was broken which caused a cable to be stuck; this caused the sudden acceleration which is clearly a serious safety issue. The cruise control was repaired by the dealer. Updated 10/24/11

Filed Mar 14, 2010 · Acceleration · 92,280 miles · NJ

2003 honda cr-v sudden acceleration due to gas pedal getting stuck. While making left turn from completely stopped position, cars picked up sudden acceleration and would barely stop after using both normal and emergency brakes. After incident, car gear was put into parking and car was turned off. While turning on car in parking gear, RPM line jumped to 4500 RPM and car continued to make acceleration noise. This continued for sometime. Problem disappeared on in its own after 30 minutes and repeated attempts to start car. Car drove normally after problem disappeared. Exact rootcause of problem is unknown and there is uncertainty that it may come back and could result in injuries if car does not stop.

Filed Feb 17, 2010 · Acceleration · 65,000 miles · IN

Sudden acceleration also occurred with my 2003 honda crv on at least two occasions in 2007. Both times I took the car to the dealer ship and was told they were unable to find any problem. The second incident almost caused me to hit some one even though I applied the brakes with both feet and damaged the brakes in the process. I was terrified to drive the car, not knowing when the sudden acceleration and lunging would happen. I returned to the dealership and demanded to find the cause or I would refuse to drive a car that is possessed. I was never given a satisfactory explanation of the cause and was just told it was something with the computer. I had no problem since, but it is always in the back of my mind, especially sine the toyota issues with sudden acceleration. I do not believe I am the only person who had this problem .

Filed Feb 29, 2008 · Engine · 74,500 miles · ID

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 honda cr-v. The contact noticed that the engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. When releasing pressure off the brake without applying pressure to the accelerator pedal, the vehicle dramatically lunged forward. She took the vehicle to a local mechanic and they stated that the throttle position sensor caused the failure. The manufacturer did not provide any assistance. The powertrain was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 74,500.

Filed Apr 16, 2007 · Acceleration · 75,000 miles · NH

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 honda cr-v. While driving 55 MPH the vehicle automatically accelerated to approximately 80 MPH. The contact was able to decrease in speed by depressing the brake pedal. The dealer stated that there was a defect with the throttle cap and made the repair. No other failures have occurred since the repair was performed. The current and failure mileages were 75,000. *ak the consumer stated when bringing the vehicle in for scheduled maintenance the recall was performed for issues with the cruise control. The consumer stated while reporting to the dealer in 2005 that the vehicle would suddenly accelerate but upon braking the issue would resolve and could not be duplicated by the dealer. On the 2nd incident is where the vehicle accelerated to 80 MPH by flooring the brake the consumer was able to get the vehicle to decelerate but the vehicle would not stop eventually stopping the vehicle by putting it into park. The dealer stated the throttle plate was sticking. Updated 08/03/07

Filed Jan 23, 2006 · Acceleration · 35,000 miles · OH

I was driving my 2003 honda crv on the second day of our trip from ohio to florida. There were two adults, and two small children in the car. We were traveling at highway speed with the cruise control on. I had my feet tucked near my seat away from the pedals. The car accelerated on its own, nearing the car in front of us. I put my right foot down on the brake, and it went completely to the floor with no braking or slowing down. I then put my left foot on the clutch to make sure my feet were in the correct place, and the clutch went to the floor with my left foot. I tried my right foot again on the brake with no resistance, and no slowing down. I then tried to disengage the cruise control with the hand controls on the steering wheel, with no result. All during this time,the car continued to consistently accelerate to the car in front of us. Knowing only that the steering worked at that point I jerked the wheel to the right in order to avoid ramming the car in front of us. Thankfully, there was not a car to our right, there was to the left. The car swerved violently, and shifted upwards as to roll. I pulled the wheel to the left and swerved again. We swerved several times, and at that point I was able to get the car back in control again. We took the car to a honda dealership in florida, and they tried to recreate the situation. Good thing they couldn't. They, too, may have nearly died. They suggested we take it to the honda dealership once we were home in ohio, which we did. They said it checked out fine. This is a classic case of sudden acceleration. At least 4 very valuable lives were nearly taken, and probably more, given the inevitable entanglement we would have caused with other cars near/behind us on the highway.