Speed Control Cable problems of the 2002 Honda Accord

Cpsc#i1230350a. 2002 Honda Accord. Consumer stated she attempted to come to a stop at the red light but her car was still accelerating. The consumer immediately put the vehicle in neutral, then park and shut the engine off. When she attempted to re-start the vehicle, the vehicle began revving extremely high. A passerby, who was a mechanic opened the hood, and discovered the accelerator cable was stuck and released it. Also, the transmission was replaced three times.

My 2002 Honda Accord v6 coupe experienced a stuck throttle and runaway acceleration. I slowed the car with the brakes, shifted into neutral, turned off the engine, then re-started it. It went back to redline. Finally, kicking the gas pedal caused the acceleration to stop. I noticed subsequently, that the cruise control had also failed. The dealership (darlings Honda, in bangor, me), told me that the throttle body had broken, near the attachment point of the cruise actuator cable. They recommended that I replace the throttle body. It appears to me, that there is a flaw in the vehicle, that allows runaway acceleration when a mechanical failure of this kind occurs. I contacted american Honda ("brian" at 800-999-1009 x 117738), and explained the problem to him. He got back to me two days later, and told me that Honda was unwilling to fix the problem. I believe that this issue warrants an investigation, as it could have resulted in death or severe injury. The same vehicle also has developed a transmission problem, over the last year or so. It feels like the transmission is beginning to fail. There is a delay between gears, that feels like the torque converter isn't locking up as fast as it used to. It makes pulling out into traffic more difficult. Despite there having been an admitted transmission problem, with 2002 v6 Accords, the dealer suggests that I try another transmission fluid change, instead of replacing the transmission. They cite the car's high mileage, 142,000 miles, as the reason that Honda will not pay for any safety or warranty related issues. Please advise.

The contact owns a 2002 Honda Accord. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. She applied the brakes, but the vehicle did not slow down. The contact had to pull over to the side of the road, shift into park, and apply the emergency brake. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that the cruise control, accelerator cables, and the opening of the throttle body needed to be replaced. The repair would cost over $1,000. The manufacturer would not assist because the vehicle was out of warranty. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 118,000.

2002 Honda Accord, automatic. Aug 2004 (32,733 miles) I pulled out of the driveway and went about 60 feet to the corner. Then I pulled out onto a 5 lane road, accelerating to 40 mph. The light at the next corner was red and I began applying the brake. The rpm's rose to about 5,000 rpm's, as though the throttle cable was stuck. I tapped on the throttle pedal and the rpm's went back down. I had the vehicletowed to the Honda dealer, they found nothing wrong. On 1/6/06 (58k miles) we had dinner at a restaurant. I pulled out the restaurant's parking lot, made a right turn and stopped at the red light ( approximately 100 feet). All of a sudden the rpm's went up to 4-5,000 rpms and the car wanted to lurch forward. I pressed the brake pedal as hard as I could and it felt like a big truck was trying to push our car out into the intersection. I had no choice but to try to go through the red light as I couldn't keep it from going forward despite my full pressure on the brake. I took my foot off the brake and the car shot through the intersection and I drove home without any recurrence. I took it to the Honda dealer again. Their inspection was to the throttle cable, throttle blade, rev limiter, throttle body and air filter. They could not find anything wrong. I called hond. They initiated a case and at my insistence scheduled an appointment with their district service manager. I met with him on 1/31/06. He spent about 45 minutes with me, discussing the problem and test driving the car. He could not find anything out of the ordinary with the vehicle and said the car "operated as designed. " I received a copy of his report. Honda customer service contacted me by phone and reiterated almost verbatim what the dsm had told me and said in his report. Both occurrences were with me driving, the car sitting for at least 1. 5 hours, and both happened upon braking. I am still concerned about the safety of this car, as obviously it is an intermittent condition.