Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2003 Honda Civic

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while attempting to decelerate, the engine continued to rev and suddenly accelerated. The contact indicated that the failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,000.

Tl - the contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic. The contact stated that while reversing at approximately 2 mph, the engine rpms increased excessively and the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning. The contact crashed into a tree. The contact was not injured. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where the failure was not able to be replicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was destroyed. The approximate failure and current mileage was 5,858. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic. While driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently without depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact depressed the brake pedal but the vehicle would not decelerate. When the contact removed her foot from the brake pedal the speed increased. The contact merged onto a grassy area and shut the engine off. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage 130,000.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic. While driving approximately 35 mph, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently without the contact applying pressure to the accelerator pedal. The contact applied pressure to the brake pedal but the vehicle would not respond and accelerated farther. After shifting into neutral, the vehicle came to a stop. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate mileage was 123,000.

Driver had just stopped vehicle in parking spot when it unexpectedly accelerated over the curb and hit another vehicle,also hit shrubs in common area of parking lot. Driver applied brakes and was able to stop vehicle.

Within the 8 days we owned this car, it had accelerated twice while my teenaged daughter was driving. These incidents happened when she was accelerating after having stopped at a stop sign. Being an inexperienced driver she did not realize the problem, only commented the car felt like it was driving funny. When the incident on 08/08/03 happened, I was driving with my younger daughter in the car. We were pulling into a parking space in front of a restaurant at a very slow rate of speed, when the car suddenly accelerated, causing us to jump up onto the sidewalk and run into a cement picnic table, denting the front bumper. I had to slam on the brakes to stop the car from driving through the front window of the restaurant and possibily injuring or killing the people inside. We took the car back to the dealership, where their diagnostic technicians were unable to duplicate the problem. We were told there is nothing wrong with the car and to come and pick it up as there was nothing further they could do for us. We found on this NHTSA website that there were six other similar incidents of this model of car having sudden acceleration during slow speed or stopping situations. We provided this information to the dealership, but they are still unwilling to help us.

After being stopped for a few minutes at a stop lightthe car suddenly lurched forward. Whereas, I might believe my foot lifted off the brake a little that should have caused the vehicle to roll forward and not suddenly accelerate. As a result, I did rear end the car in front of me.

The vehicle experienced sudden acceleration, when the brakes were applied. The was no way to engage the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal at the same time, and was traveling at a low speed when the brake was engaged. The engine had gone up to over 3k rpm's. The dealer couldn't duplicate. Scc.