2016 Honda CR-V: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Sep 13, 2024 · Engine, Transmission · 89,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2016 Honda CR-V. The contact stated while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle lunged forward and stalled. While depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle was choking. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The contact stated that on several occasions the vehicle was difficult to start. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. While driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was taken back to the independent mechanic, who determined that the failure was due to a failure with the transmission. The local dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was contacted, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 89,000.

Filed Nov 27, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · NC

These cars have had this problem for years according to an independent Honda garage. Wife complained the car wouldn't accelerate when the accelerator pedal was mashed. I thought it was a mistake she had caused. A week or so later, I experienced the same issue. I mashed the gas, entered a 4 lane 45 mph street & the car wouldn't accelerate. With cars bearing down, I don't know what I did, but managed to finally get the car to move. I've taught defensive driver training, road raced in SCCA & have well over a million miles behind the wheel, NEVER have I had this occur before. I'd heard of unintended acceleration, but I had just experienced non-intended acceleration. I talked to 4 different Honda service writers at different dealers, none admitted being aware of this problem. After multiple occurrences of the same issue, I went into an independent Honda garage, started explaining what had happened. The owner's wife came out from behind her desk, picked up 1 of 5 boxes on the counter & said, "This is your problem & why we keep this many cause it's a common & frequent problem," The box contained an Accelerator Position Sensor. She explained it is a common problem with Honda vehicles equipped with these position sensors. I've reported this problem before & wrote a letter to Honda America. I haven't heard of a resolution to replace these defective electronic sensors. If someone with my experience is almost hit by oncoming vehicles due to these defective accelerator position sensors, I wonder how many people have been injured or killed because their Honda would not accelerate when needed. It is something the federal safety agency needs to investigate. Enlist independent garages to determine how much of a problem these sensors pose, dealerships are not viable responders As a result of this continuing problem, we wanted to get rid of the vehicle, had an opportunity to sell the vehicle & did.

Filed Oct 31, 2022 · Acceleration · PA

I have experienced either failure to gain speed or sudden acceleration burst when I accelerate step by step from around 30 to 40 miles/hr or 40 to 50 miles/hr.

Filed Feb 23, 2022 · Driver assistance, Electrical · MD · crash · 1 injury

I have a 2016 Honda CR-V. I few days ago, pulled into a parking spot, stopped my car and placed the gear into park. I was sitting in the parking spot for a few minutes while waiting to pick someone up when I hear a strange noise come from the car, not even a second later my car suddenly accelerated on its own without me pressing the gas pedal or touching anything. I was completely caught off guard. The car shot forward at such a rate of speed, so fast that it threw me back in my seat. I suddenly reached to grab the steering wheel, and tried to take control of the wheel, but the steering wheel would not turn, it was completely locked. I placed both feet on the brake pedal and pushed as hard as I could but the car would not stop. It was like the car suddenly had a mind of it's own and someone else was controlling it. It literally accelerated on it's own. I couldn't stop it or steer it, everything was disabled. My car jumped a curb and slammed into a pole. Upon the first impact, none of the airbags deployed even though my entire chest slammed the steering wheel, it was only when I hit the pole did the airbags deploy. I sustained injuries to my head, back, chest and hands. Witnesses at the scene quickly pulled me out of the car, closed my door and took me away from the car because it was leaking oil and fluids everywhere and they were afraid it would explode. The entire front end of my car was completely destroyed. Nobody else was hurt other than me, but it could've been much worse if someone was walking or standing in front of my car. The way it shot forward on it's own could've killed someone. There was no way to control the car. Police, fire and ambulance showed up to the scene. Witnesses took pictures of the damage both inside and outside my car. People at the scene said it was possibly the cars computer gone bad. When I looked back at the photos, I can see that my car was in park. Thankfully I had my seatbelt on so I survived it.

Filed Apr 26, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · HI · crash · 2 injuries

I believe a sudden unintended acceleration issue caused an accident with my 2016 honda cr-v as I was driving to work on december 12, 2019. At that time, I had been driving for over 36 years both on maui and as an air force officer in the conus. In all that time, I had never driven recklessly or even sped as is evidenced by my driving record. That morning, my vehicle had reportedly been driving at a high rate of speed and ended up flipping over several times leading to my hospitalization and surgery for spinal fusion. Unfortunately, due to the resulting concussion, I can't remember anything from the morning of the incident until waking up in the icu after surgery, not even driving to work. Knowing that I would never purposely speed, I hired someone to download the black box data. To my shock, it showed constant acceleration, no steering inputs, and no braking inputs for at least five seconds. The only reason I've decided to put this out there now is due to the parallels I've read about with tiger woods' recent accident. I don't believe anyone who has driven for decades would ever mistake the accelerator for the brake pedal. Moreover, if they did, their instinct would be to quickly release the accelerator then brake, definitely not to continue to floor it for several seconds. I'm not expecting to get anything personally out of this complaint. My main hope is that investigation will be done to prevent further injuries and deaths. Please investigate to see if many other black box reports from similar accidents show accelerator floored with no braking or steering inputs for several seconds. Perhaps there is some combination of inputs causing wrong signals to be sent to the electronic control module. I believe the reason there aren't many more reports of this is due to the unfortunate fact that in most cases, the driver ends up either dead or having a concussion.

Filed Aug 17, 2017 · Acceleration · 11,000 miles · MS · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda cr-v. While driving under 30 MPH, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. As a result, the vehicle was involved in a front end collision with 4 signs. The contact stated that the cruise control warning indicators illuminated. A police report was not filed. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was operable after the crash. The contact sustained minor pain, but dr prescribed rest and muscle relaxant meds and therapeutic massage. The failure mileage was approximately 11,000. Updated 10/19/17*lj

Filed Jul 12, 2017 · Acceleration · 3,000 miles · WA · crash · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda cr-v. After backing the vehicle out of a parking space, the vehicle accelerated without warning. As a result, a rear end collision occurred. The police was called and stated that they would not come out because it was a single vehicle crash. The vehicle was towed to the northwest honda dealer and was not deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact sustained a swollen foot and moderate pain, which required medical attention. The failure mileage was approximately 3,000.

Filed Mar 28, 2017 · Acceleration · 75 miles · FL

After buying a new 2016 honda cr-v last year, and then driving it for the first 75 miles at highway speeds, the engine, transmission, or onboard computer started failing to allow this vehicle to always accelerate smoothly and safely from a complete stop, or from slow-rolling speeds. When trying to accelerate in stop-and-go traffic, or when trying to accelerate to pullout into heavy and fast moving traffic after coming to a complete stop at a busy intersection, or when trying to accelerate to pullout into heavy and super fast moving expressway traffic after decelerating on an expressway entrance ramp, this vehicle will hesitate and almost stall-out when the accelerator pedal is initially pushed I.e., feels like a dead accelerator pedal, . . . And then, when the accelerator pedal is pushed harder, the vehicle will lunge forward at frightening, dangerous, and not always controllable speeds which could cause a deadly head-on, side-impact, or rear-end collision. Another seriously dangerous situation is when this vehicle almost stalls-out and suddenly slows down, the brake lights do not come on to warn other drivers behind this vehicle, because the driver of this vehicle is not pushing on the brake pedal to cause the brake lights to come on. My wife became so seriously concerned about this vehicle, until she has been too afraid to drive it, and now she has become concerned about even riding in this vehicle with me driving. This is not just a problem that we alone are experiencing. There are negative comments all over the internet about this honda cr-v problem, and everyone we talk to who owns a 2015 or 2016 honda cr-v say they have the same problem and that honda dealers do not have a fix for it. The honda motor company needs to be held accountable and required to recall and fix all of these cr-vs to make them safe, or reimburse owners for the full purchase price.

Filed Mar 21, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 350 miles · MO

My feet get tangled between the brake and gas. I had unintended acceleration due to this problem. The car idle is set at 5mph once you take your foot off the brake the car assumes you are going forward and does seek to go 5 MPH no matter your intentions. The brake and the gas are only 2.5 inches apart. When trying to brake my foot was pinned under the brake pedal and causing the car to go 5 miles per hour. I have avoided any number of untended crashes due to this problem.

Filed Aug 11, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 1,600 miles · MD

Driving in neighborhood at 20-25 MPH, going down small hill, vehicle suddenly accelerated to about 40 MPH. Applied brakes, with no result. Continued up gradual incline and was able to stop. After a couple of minutes, determined that brakes were again responding, continued slowly to destination (two or three blocks). Honda arranged tow to dealer. Dealer has not been able to "duplicate customer concern," and states that the vehicle is ready for us to pick up. Do not want to drive this brand new car again.

Filed May 27, 2016 · Acceleration · 800 miles · TX

Was driving on highway at 65 MPH with cruise control on when vehicle suddenly accelerated. Moved hands and feet to make sure I was not causing it, then pressed cancel button on cruise to stop it. By this time I was going 80 MPH. Luckily no cars were in front of me or could have had an accident. Took vehicle to dealer and they could not find an error code or replicate problem. Going on vacation for a week and will be using cruise again. Will pay extra attention to this problem while on highway. Have copy of dealer work order, but it is not available for upload. Will retain in case you need to contact at a later date.