Five problems related to accelerator stuck have been reported for the 1998 Honda Civic. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
While driving on and approaching one of if not the largest socal freeway interchanges, driving at about 70mph or so, back to la from san diego; our 1998 Civic lx took control of itself and the speed increased to over 105mph, shaking and thumping. After weaving around pockets of traffic, including using the small shoulders, and all 5 or so lanes, as we approached the massive merging of freeways, panicked, we stomped and banged the floor, dash, everything. As shock wore off we thought we were dead, somehow put car (auto trans) into neutral, I believe we may have turned off the car at some point, the brakes finally started to work. Gas pedal was absolutely not stuck (this model was already repaired due to a floor matt recall), feet were not even on the gas as it started to happen (not in cruise, just shock). The car simply took off. We are forever traumatized by this experience and never thought to report until recent news reports. Approx date is really unknown but the year was 2002 as I soon after bought another car.
Two separate incidents of accelerator pedal sticking and brakes not working. Accelerator pedal stuck when pulling out of parking lot. I was pushing on brakes with no response. Had to use emergency brake, and the car continued to "rev" trying to accelerate. Turned car off. Restarted car, and again the car engine was trying to accelerate even though brakes were pushed. Was not using floormat. Dealership cannot duplicate. In October 99, turned into parking lot and accelerator pedal stuck and car increased speed. Again brakes did not work. Had to use emergency brake to get car to stop.
While driving at 45 mph accelerator got stuck, and the consumer had to pull the accelerator up by hand.
Vehicle accelerator stuck widely open. The vehicle did not slow down when depressing the brake pedal. Speed increased from 67 to 100 mph. Consumer turned the ignition off to stop vehicle. Vehicle is being checked by dealer.
My accelerator pedal gets stuck and cannot be pressed unless a lot of force is used. When the pedal comes unstuck the car then jumps forward. This makes it very difficult and dangerous to drive, especially in slow traffic and when it rains. I have taken the car to the dealer eight times to repair from June 1998 to November 2002, but they could not repair it, even though Honda had a safety recall for this problem. The floor mat never caused the sticking. Now Honda says there is nothing wrong with the car and that any possible problems are due to lack of proper maintenance (improper oil and transmission fluids used).