Cruise Control problems of the 2009 Honda Accord

The contact owned a 2009 Honda Accord. The contact stated that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign numbers: 17v030000 (air bags), 09e063000 (equipment), and 16v056000 (air bags). While driving 70 mph with the cruise control activated, the driver's side and curtain air bags deployed without impact or warning. The front passenger side air bag failed to deploy, causing extensive injuries to the front passenger. In addition, the brake pedal failed to function when applying force to stop the vehicle. The vehicle crashed into a tree. The driver sustained head, neck, and back pains. The front passenger sustained extensive bruising, pain to the head and back, and injuries to the left arm, collar bone, and sternum. Both occupants required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was inspected by the insurance company and deemed the vehicle destroyed. The dealer (mungenast st. Louis Honda, 5939 s lindbergh blvd, st. Louis, mo 63123, (314) 894-1330) was notified. The contact provided the dtc to the dealer. The dealer was uncertain as to which recall may have been associated with the failure or if a different failure happened that was not related to the open recalls on the vehicle. The contact was waiting on instructions from the manufacturer. The contact notified the manufacturer and was waiting on a response to determine the cause of the air bag and cruise control failures. The approximate failure mileage was 151,000. Parts distribution disconnect. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

The contact owns a 2009 Honda Accord. While driving 65 mph with the cruise control activated, the vehicle accelerated when the brake pedal was depressed. The contact had to place the gear into neutral and depress the brake pedal in order for the brakes to operate. In addition, while the vehicle was in park, the engine continue to accelerate. The contact had to turn the engine off twice in order to resume driving. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 160,631.

Friday, March 25th I accelerated quickly into a left turn from a dead stop at church street and rt 20 in northborough, MA and the accelerator stuck in the full throttle position. I took my foot off the throttle and applied breaks heavily but the engine continued to rev, I reached down to turn the key and kill the engine but before I was able to do that there was a large clunking noise and the throttle released to idle. A similar issue happened today as I entered the highway (190 south) at the 140 south intersection. The highway entrance and both lanes were empty so I stomped on the accelerator to see if Friday's issue was a fluke - the throttle stuck again. I tapped the breaks but nothing happened. This time I was able to watch the tachometer rev up to 5,000 rpms and it released on its own. In both situations the cruise control button was on but not engaged.

I was the driver, enclosed is the passenger eye witness account. Sudden uncommanded acceleration incident VIN 1hgcs 12869a011349 Nov. 5, 2015 us rt 12 just north of illinois / wisconsin border. Northbound lanes enroute to lake geneva. November 5 20115 9:15 a. M. Weather clear and dry. Cruise control is not on or engaged. Normal driving until we make a lane change and driver says, ¿the car is taking off on me. ¿ I look over at the steering wheel assuming she means we are sliding. She then tells me she can¿t stop the car. At this point I realize we are accelerating (estimating speed 80 mph). I look at the floor to see where denise¿s feet are placed. Both feet are on the brake pedal and she is nearly out of her seat from pressing hard. Both of her hands are on the steering wheel. She directs me to place the car in neutral. I comply but do not sense any affect. Driver tells me there was no change and we are not decelerating. In fact the car continues to accelerate. I direct her to aim the car for the right shoulder and I would turn the ignition off. We successfully exit the roadway and come to a stop. The brakes are severely overheated and the engine is emitting strong odor of hot metal. We sit for two minutes or more attempting to make sense of what just happened. I try an engine start and engine immediately goes to red line rpm. I immediately shut down engine.

On a drive last Friday week (7/25/2014) from chicago to oklahoma city, I experienced a very frightening scenario. About 2 miles out from st louis with the cruise control on and the car at 65 miles/hr in the middle lane of traffic, I applied the brake to slow down. To my horror applying the brake did not slow the car down & the car continued to want to stay at the original speed. After pressing down harder on the brake pedal my next instinct was to put the car in neutral ¿ which while slowing the car down somewhat then resulted in the engine revs going to somewhere around 6000rpm & rising¦and so obviously not a good solution. I then put the car back into drive & tried further very heavy pressure to the brakes at the same time as pressing the cancel button on the steering wheel. Eventually ¿ with both feet now on the break pedal pressing with as much force as I could - I was able to slow the car down enough to change lanes & move to the side of the road ¿- where the engine still wanted to rev uncontrollably but this could be fixed by turning off the ignition switch. After some minutes had elapsed I had enough confidence to turn the car back on and ¿ as everything else appeared to be normal ¿ proceed slowly ¿ taking care not to engage the cruise control. A few miles later the car still seemed to be performing normally otherwise and so we decided to continue on our journey. The car was then turned into the Honda dealer to fix the issue. His diagnosis was that the brake switch had failed. This was replaced - but when I finally had enough confidence to test the cruise control out on an open stretch of road on the return journey to chicago, it was no longer functional - so until I resubmit the car to a local dealer (which I will do in the next couple of days) I am unsure if this was the only issue with the cruise control that had gone wrong.