Eight problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 1996 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Accessory driver-side floor mats used in 1996-1998 Honda Civic vehicles. Due to the shape of the floor on these vehicles, a mispositioned floor mat could interfere with the accelerator pedal. The car is in motion. K60.
- the contact owns a 1996 Honda civix dx. While driving at 15 mph the brake pedal became hard to engage. The dealer mailed her recall 99i002000 regarding vehicle speed control. This failure occurred since purchasing the vehicle on December 24, 2006. The current and failure mileage were 162,956. Updated 03/30/07.
The consumer stated that while driving the vehicle accelerated to 40 mph. The consumer hit the brakes, but nothing happened. He finally went off the road into a garden and hit a wall. The consumer was knocked unconscious. The consumer sustained minor injuries, and was taken to the hospital where he was checked out and released. The police had the vehicle towed. Consumer was then advised by the police to contact the manufacturer. Recall# 99i002000.
While parking the car at an apartment complex, I slowly pulled the car into a spot. The car following saw my brake lights. I had my foot on the brake and was about to put the car in park and there was a strange noise that sounded like overdrive and the car surged forward into a reinforced concrete wall. My foot was on the brake the whole time but I could not control the car, the wall stopped us from moving. My mother was a passenger and said that I shouted" what is happening?" we sustained injuries as a result of the accident and have been out of work.
While driving at 30 mph vehicle accelerated by itself, causing vehicle hit something, and the consumer had to apply both feet on the brakes to bring vehicle to a stop.
While accelerating on the freeway, the accelator pedal stuck. Auto accelerated to 85 mph until able to stick foot under pedal to lift it. Up.
Vehicle accelerated on its own while driving, driver tried to apply brakes but they did not stop vehicle.
1996 Honda Civic dx experiences sticky acceleration, must apply considerable pressure to accelator when stopped which causes car to lunge forward. This was reported to dealer while under warranty and appeared to be corrected, but condition reappeared. Car was recalled for fuel throttle and repaired, but this did not correct the sticky accelerator. The emergency brake does not engage most of the time. The button to release the brake stays in which keeps the brake disengaged. The windshield whistles at road speeds.