Car suddenly accelerated after applying brakes to slow down the car when approaching a red light - felt like car kinda jolted and brake felt hardened, after retrying it was all fine. Happened this again to my wife twice while she was pulling the car out of parking lot and had to pull back in, car accelerated, on next try it was fine. Taking it to honda service tomorrow.
2012 Honda CR-V: sudden unintended acceleration
10 of the 403 complaints about the 2012 Honda CR-V describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- typical mileage
- 14,268
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda cr-v. While operating the vehicle, it experienced unintended acceleration. Also, the doors would randomly lock and unlock and the instrument panel gauges displayed false readings. The cause of the failures was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 73,000. The consumer stated the vehicle was compromised by a cyber-stalker/hacker for over 2 years. The radio station randomly changes, the compass display was incorrect, the climate controls would not operate, and the clock switched to military time.
Sudden acceleration: when foot on brake, the engine surges
I was in my 2012 honda crv pulling into a parking spot to park when I experienced unintended acceleration. The car would not stop even after hitting the brakes hard but rather sped up causing me to hit the side mirror of a parked car. Finally I turned to avoid another collision and was able to slow the car down that way.
When pulling into a parking spot in a parking structure, as I prepared to stop, the automobile, I think, inexplicably accelerated, crashing into the concrete barrier wall. The airbag deployed. To sum up, I think that my car accelerated by itself.
This has occurred multiple times. I was driving, came to a stop and was unable to accelerate to 25 MPH. The car hesitated upon acceleration and then suddenly accelerated. Normally when it occurs it has happened after a stop at a light, stop sign or corner. However, it has also happened while I've been on the highway, let off the gas and then attempted to accelerate. I brought it to my honda dealer for repair and they cannot duplicate the circumstances. I reported it to honda headquarters and they can do nothing if the dealer the can not find the problem and had no other complaints about this problem which seems unlikely. This is very scary and could lead to a collision.
I went to park in a diagonal, on street parking spot, and applied the brake to stop. The car instead accelerated, jumped the curb and proceeded into an adjoining parking lot. I turned hard right to avoid vehicles and struck the retaining wall at the back of the lot with my left front quarter panel. This impact steepened the turn and shot me back out of the lot and onto the street. I proceeded up the street, the car accelerating all the time. I tried to determine if I was accidentally stepping on the gas, and felt I was indeed on the brake. My car proceeded rapidly up the street, over 1/10th mile in distance. In a panic to try and stop the car I stomped on the emergency brake, which locked up the rear wheels. My rear tires were in a skid for over 150 feet, which produced a sideways skid, the car turning right and slamming broadside into a park vehicle which stopped me. I feel this is a case of unintended acceleration, and have been made aware of other such incidents in late model crvs.
Submission from constituent re 2012 honda cr-v intermittent problem. *smd the consumer stated the vehicle would pause, when she attempted to accelerate after the vehicle, had been idling. There was zero response for 3-4 seconds, then the vehicle would uncontrollably surge forward. The dealer was unable to duplicate the problem. The dealer informed the consumer, the problem was her using her left foot to brake. The problem has since been resolved. Updated 01/30/14
I was driving in town at about 15 MPH and was slowing for a left turn when the vehicle surged forward, the surge lasted for about 3 seconds, I applied the brakes but am not sure if this stopped the speed surge or it went away on its own. So fare this has only happened the one time and in no traffic, but am ver concerned about future incident's.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 honda crv. The contact stated that while pulling out of a parking space at 10 MPH the vehicle rpms started to increase excessively then there was a sudden acceleration. The vehicle drove over a curb, crash into a building and then rolled over. The contact did not have any physical injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The police were notified and a report was filed. The dealer was notified which offered no assistance. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 2,000.
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Related recalls
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Questions about the 2012 Honda CR-V sudden acceleration
Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2012 Honda CR-V?
10 of 403 owner complaints about the 2012 Honda CR-V (2%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2010.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2012 Honda CR-V?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2012 Honda CR-V
Grinding brakes 42Hesitation 17Headlights 14Engine failure 12Stalling 12Battery drain 11Steering lock-up 10Won't start 10Door locks 9Power steering loss 9No deployment 7Ball joint 7Wipers 7Airbag light 6Loss of power 5Shudder 5
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