2009 Honda Odyssey: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Sep 16, 2019 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 honda odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle violently accelerated without depressing the accelerator peal. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The contact was informed to take the vehicle to a dealer. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000.

Filed Feb 4, 2019 · Acceleration · 121,000 miles · WA

On 2/3/2019 I was attempting to park my 2009 honda odyssey on a city street when it accelerated without any pressure being applied to the gas pedal. I was braking while rolling forward slowly and turning right into the parking space when the engine suddenly revved and accelerated the vehicle forward. I applied increasing braking pressure while the engine continued to rev, exceeding the stopping power of the brakes and causing the car to lurch forward toward a parked car in front of me. I managed to stop by quickly shifting the transmission from drive to park. If I had not shifted into park I would have hit the vehicle in front of me. The entire time this was happening, my foot was on the brake and no pressure was being applied to the accelerator pedal. After I shut off the engine and restarted the car, it returned to normal operation. I have reported this incident to american honda (case number 09315543) and I am bringing the vehicle in to a honda dealership for inspection. I am the original owner of the vehicle and it had approximately 121,000 miles on it and it has not been in an accident.

Filed Jan 16, 2012 · Acceleration · 49,816 miles · CA

This is the "fourth incident," third claim. Prior claim odi id#'s are: 10438034 and 10439310. The latest incident occurred on 1/14/12 (12/59pm), 2 minutes after I started engine (cold) in my driveway and as I approached the stop sign at 175 from my driveway. I was coming to an almost complete stop with my foot on the brake and the engine almost at idle. The engine suddenly started to race and the vehicle began to surge forward. Since my foot was already on the brake, I was able to press hard to keep it from continuing forward and I immediately shifted into neutral. The racing stopped and the engine idled. At the same time a bicyclist crossed my bath and would have been run over had I not reacted so quickly.

Filed Dec 11, 2011 · Acceleration · 47,932 miles · CA

This is a second filing as a third incident has occurred. The new incident occurred on 12/5/2011 (5:45 p.m.) in my driveway immediately after starting the engine which had been of for 40 minutes, but prior to that driven for 40 minutes. Once again the engine "suddenly and unexpectedly" raced. My foot was not on the accelerator. Text from the prior filing (odi# 10438034) is follows: on two occasions (11/28/2011 and 11/30/2011), after driving for several minutes (warmed up engine) and while approaching a stop light at about 3 MPH (almost stopped) and when the engine had already come to idle, the engine suddenly surged (raced, with the tachometer jumping over halfway). The car lunged forward, but I pressed hard on the brakes and pushed the shifter into neutral. Then the engine idled and ran fine until the second incident during which the exact same event occurred. In both cases had I not already had my foot on the brake preparing to stop, the car would have crashed into the car that was stopped at the stop light in front of me. I took the car into the local honda dealer today, but they were unable to identify any problem.

Filed Dec 1, 2011 · Acceleration · 47,660 miles · CA

On two occasions (11/28/2011 and 11/30/2011), after driving for several minutes (warmed up engine) and while approaching a stop light at about 3 MPH (almost stopped) and when the engine had already come to idle, the engine suddenly surged (raced, with the tachometer jumping over halfway). The car lunged forward, but I pressed hard on the brakes and pushed the shifter into neutral. Then the engine idled and ran fine until the second incident during which the exact same event occurred. In both cases had I not already had my foot on the brake preparing to stop, the car would have crashed into the car that was stopped at the stop light in front of me. I took the car into the local honda dealer today, but they were unable to identify any problem.

Filed Apr 19, 2010 · Acceleration · 8,000 miles · IL · crash · 1 injury

2009 honda odyssey mini van was crashed by hitting a concrete block in the parking building with an unintended sudden acceleration. When the car parked into a spot, the car needed to readjust its position in parallel to the parking line. Thus the driver changed to a rear mode and then suddenly heard very loud sound and the mini van drove very fast to the front direction and hit the concrete block. The brake did not work until it hit the block. The driver, my wife, had a minor injury of seat belt mark on her chest. The front car was damaged severely. It was so dangerous if the parking building did not have a thick concrete block. If not, the car should jump over to the lower floor and my wife could get killed. This car towed to honda dealers body shop yesterday. Please investigate this case. The parking building: edward hospital, naperville, il we asked hospital security if there was a cctv in the parking building. Unfortunately there was no cctv in the parking building.