Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2001 Honda Civic

The contact owns a 2001 Honda Civic. After the contact removed his foot from the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The driver lost control of the vehicle, crashed into the rear of a second vehicle, and drove through a wired fence. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver suffered an injured neck and back that did not require medical attention. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 151,000.

Car began accelerating rapidly while driving down a hill. Was finally able to bring it to a stop after driving down an entire stretch of flat road without pressing the gas at all. When I put the vehicle in park, it accelerated furiously but didn't attempt to go anywhere, and finally I just turned it off. My father was able to come to my assistance, and was able to get the car driveable again after pressing on the gas several times while the vehicle was in park. I drove the car to work the next morning without any problems. However, I feel that if this would have happened on a higher speed road, such as the interstate, my safety would have been severely comprimised and bringing the car to a complete stop would have been much more difficult. I really don't have any other problems with the car, but I am now very skeptical about driving it, especially on the interstate.

My mother is a victim of sudden acceleration incident from a Honda Civic 2001. She was driving the vehicle on a small street and had placed it in park. Then, she placed the gear back into drive and before tapping the gas pedal the car surged forward in high acceleration and went out of control. She applied the brakes a few times but it failed to stop the car. The steering was also out of control and the car continued to accelerate about 30-40 mph for an entire block and finally, crashed into a tree totaling the vehicle. She was taken away by ambulance. As a result of the crash, she suffered from a broken ankle and heel, deep gash to the knee, severe chest pain (from airbag) and heart contusion. She spent over a week in the hospital and is still in the process of recovering.