Speed Control Cable Problems of Honda Accord

The contact owns a 2016 Honda Accord. When the vehicle was shifted into reverse, it experienced independent acceleration and crashed into a steel cable. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was repaired; however, a diagnosis was not provided. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 6,000.

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Vehicle does not decelerate when going going down hill or driving in city city traffic or on a city street, highway and freeway. On 4 may 2016, tested drove the vehicle with american Honda motor factory representative mr. Tom zumieda. . Mr. Zumieda stated he found the vehicle to be working as designed and at factory specs. He did verify my complaint and advised and demonstrated how to use cruise control when applicable to change the shift pattern to help the down shift process when showing down and foot of the gas pedal.

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I purchased new 2014 Honda Accord on 1/27/14 with 34 miles. On 1/31/14 with only 117 miles, I was attempting to park, perhaps 2 mph when all of the sudden, the car lunged forward on it's own with great force. I was appx 5 feet away from stopping when suddenly the airbag deployed, the car lunged, hit the concrete stop, jumped over and stopped only by steel cables. This occurred on the 4th floor (spiral parking) . If the cable system were not in place, I would have ended up landing on the top of the cars parked on the 3rd floor. This entire incident occurred in 2 seconds or less. I was completely straight in line having turned right from the central aisle, about 5 feet from the concrete block, traveling no more than 2 mph. With no warning, the car lunged forward, airbag deployed and sent the car into the cables. I received a burn to my right hand from the airbag and was completely and utterly in shock. I have an exemplary driving history for 44 years and have never had anything so traumatizing occur ever. As I stated, this occurred so quickly as I was only 1-2 seconds from turning the engine off. In reporting this accident to Honda, they recommended having it towed to seidner's with whom they partner with. They completed the repairs on 3/1/14. The damage was extensive, $11,600 to the front end, hood, etc. The car was at the collision center until 3/1/14. Because of the claim I opened with Honda, they inspected the car 3/10/14, however only made a hand-written note that they test drove it for 48 miles, noting "no defects in mechanical inspection, no repairs recommended. " I am utterly terrified that this could occur again. Please, can you direct me as to what I can do to ensure that this never recurs.

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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.

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Merging onto CT rt 8 south, I accelerated using passing gear. Unable to disengage the throttle, I put the transmission in neutral and shut off the ignition. Since I then had no power steering nor power brakes, it took almost 3 miles to stop. I reached speeds of 85-90 and had to weave in and out of traffic until I could get to the shoulder and eventually stop. After being towed to the Honda dealer, I was informed the cruise control cable wrapped around the throttle cable thus sticking it. I am having the car completely checked: brakes, transmission, accelerator, etc. This was a Toyota moment that luckily ended with no accidents nor deaths.

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Owner reported that while driving on the highway, the accelerator pedal got stuck. Examination revealed that small barrel on end of cruise control cable dislodged from slot in the plastic cruise control cable pulley mounted on throttle shaft. The plastic pulley broke and allowed the cruise control cable end to wedge between the pulley and the throttle stop bracket, jamming the throttle plate approximately 20-30% open. Exact cause of failure mechanism not known at this time.

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1. The events leading up to the failure: 133k miles on 2000 Honda Accord, 4 door, lx 4cyl, 5 spd manual trans. I'm the original owner, purchased in Nov of 1999. Car has been driven daily 15-30 miles with no problems. Regular maintenance has been performed. The car is in excellent condition. 2. The failure, how often it occurs, it's consequences: on 8/3/10, started to drive to work. After 2 miles, I came to a stop light. When the light turned green, I accelerated. When I went to shift from 1st to 2nd gear, the engine over-revved - up to the rev limiter, even though I had taken my foot off the accelerator in order to shift. I coasted with the clutch depressed while the engine "bounced" off the rev limiter for a second. Then I shut the engine off. I could not "un-stick" the throttle -which was stuck in wot (wide open throttle) position. 3. What was done to correct the failure; I. E, parts repaired or replaced (and if old part is available)? I tried to lift the throttle off the floor, it was stuck. I removed the floor mat, which made no difference. I then opened the hood. I could see the throttle cables were slack and that the throttle body was stuck. The part of the throttle body which holds the cruise control accelerator cable had broken. When I stepped on the accelerator, the cable (no longer held in place) flopped forward and jammed the throttle open. Untangling the jammed throttle body, and securing the cruise control throttle cable to a location where it could not come loose, allowed the throttle body to work again. Used throttle bodies are available - $135 +/-. New throttle bodies are available $400 approx. Labor is 1-2 hours to replace. Very dangerous condition. Easy for me to repeat this. I have not repaired this yet. I called the dealership - they wanted to see it. I took it to my mechanic, he verified that the throttle body broke (failed) in a troubling way.

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This event occurred Thursday, February 12, 2010. I was in my 2003 Honda Accord and I was going about 50-55mph. I was coming up on a red light and my care suddenly would not brake. I applied as much pressure to my brakes as I possibly could (my feet and body was completely engaged as firmly as possible to the brakes) and the car slowed down but would not come to a complete stop. Luckily I was the first car at the red light in the fartherest left lane. I ended up rolling through the light and it was a time of day when traffic was not heavy (thank god) I ended up going through the light and veering to a median. I applied my emergency brake and the car still continued to move forward. I ended up shutting the engine off while in drive. Once I put my car in park and restarted the engine it was a very loud accelerating sound coming from the engine. I could not go back into any other gears. It seemed as though I was experiencing some type of issue with my accelerator cable. I am blessed I did not have my children in the car with me as this could have caused a serious injury to them, myself as well as others that could have been on the road. By the time my husband came to assist me the car started back up like nothing had ever happened! this freaked me out even more, so he followed me home where my car is currently parked. I contacted Honda in tyler, TX located on loop 323 to explain the situation. I am taking it to the dealer tomorrow so they can look at it. Looking at this site really came in handy because I have seen a lot of issues like myself, unfortunately a lot of the issues resulted in a wreck and I do not have the luxury to pay for repairs or get another vehicle so I hope this is considered a recall because looking at the reports and the severity of this situation it definitely should be. I will be posting my update after I come from the dealer.

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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.

While my wife was driving our 2003 Honda Accord, the accelerator cable got stuck and car was not breaking. She had to hit the divider and other 2 cars and then only the car stopped. Eventually our car was totaled. It is even mentioned in the police report.

While driving on interstate, car accelerated without pressure of gas pedal. When brakes, applied car shock violently and was unable to stop. When safe to attempt to pull off the road, I had to :stand on the brakes, put the car in park, turned off the ignition and cruised until the car stop. The police came to my assistance and saw nothing was stuck on the gas pedal and also looked to see if my accelerator cable appeared to be stuck. It was not. When I tried to restart the car in park, the engine revived as though the gas pedal was completely depressed. Car was towed to dealership. I barely missed crashing into a pole. If there had been a vehicle in front of me, I would most like have struck it as my car accelerated to over 70 miles per hour.

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.

1) as per description of NHTSA campaign id number : 99i002000. The throttle cable did not respond properly at slow speed for 97 Honda Accord and resulted in to a collision in a parking. 2) american Honda do not accept NHTSA campaign id number : 99i002000. As per american Honda this is not a valid campaign. They refused to honor the request. Please let me know the further course of action that I need to do so that this campaign id can be investigated and validated by Honda. For a 97 Honda Accord. 3) as per letter from american Honda, dated January 24th 2006 bearing file # n012006-01-2300700, they denied the campaign id 99i002000. 4) this resulted into a collision in parking and reported to geico.

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Throttle cable stuck while parking at work. Motor revved up and car jumped over median and struck parked car on other side of median. I was brakeing all the time. Car continued revving after crash until motor turned off.

While driving at 60 mph accelerator pedal went down to the floor and vehicle suddenly decelerated. Dealer found that accelerator cable broke. But dealer did not want to perform any repairs on the vehicle.

Vehicle was being backed out of driveway. Brakes are always deployed because of the incline to driveway. Vehicle suddenly accelerated uncontrollably causing the vehicle to travel down the driveway and up the driveway of a neighbors house directly across the street, striking a parked vehicle. The vehicle then proceeded along the neighbors property taking out trees, shrubbery, and a telephone and cable box. The vehicle jumped into drive and took off into a wooded area across the street. The vehicle then exited the first wooded area and took off across the street and entered a second wooded area. Transmission line was severed by one of the trees in the wooded area causing the vehicle to stop. The vehicle traveled out of control in excess of 600 ft. Before coming to a stop. Driver continuously attempted to stop and control the vehicle without response from the vehicle. No injuries sustained. Insurance company and an independent investigator could not find the cause of the problem and wanted to repair the vehicle. Consumer was displeased with those findings, citing that no normal person could have traveled that distance without it being a vehicle malfunction. Consumer strongly urged the insurance company to total the vehicle, fearing that this malfunction could reoccur. The insurance company complied with the consumer.

Sudden acceleration while coasting/riding brake into parking garage space caused car to crash through steel cable retention wall severely damaging front end/undercarriage, destroying the wall and damaging two other vehicles. Dealer and Honda claim nothing wrong with car/driver error. Accidental acceleration could not have caused such extensive damage ($7k in total).

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While traveling at approximately 65 mph vehicle accelerated suddenly while going up hill. Dealership stated that the reason was a defective throttle cable. Consumer informed by manufacturer that vehicle was not a part of recall 99i002000. Please provide any additional information/attachments.

Throttle cable failed.