general problems of the 2004 Honda Civic

I was slowing down to 15-20 mph to be ready for a red light. When the distance between me and the front car was about 20 feet, I hit my brake pedal to make a complete stop, all the sudden, my car was speeding up and hit the car in front. And bounced back stopped. I was wondering, "why was the car speeding up when I hit the brake, ?" thought I mistakenly hit the gas pedal, to test if my brake was good, I hit the brake one more time, the exact same thing happened again, my car was speeding up and hit the front car very hard again and damaged both cars. If this had happened on highway, I would have been killed. I just changed my brakes at Honda dealer about half years ago. I bought this car new in end of 2003. This is the first time for the brake trouble. The damage will cost me at least $4000. Repair , value decrease and insurance . I would like to know a place I can get compensation from the manufacture.

Consumer's 2004 Civic pulled left. Accelerator would not engage when depressed and the vehicle would make a sudden jump. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the were unable to determine the cause of the problem. The consumer also experienced problems with the vehicle's stereo and gear system. The dealer repair the loose wire but the stereo's sound is affected when the vehicle hits bumps in the road. The consumer was told that the gear shift was replaced. The rubber seal on the windshield popped up. The paint on the back fender started to flake. The brake began to make noise even after the vehicle was parked.

Brake pedal travels several inches prior to brakes engaing. Car was delivered like this from dealer who said there was nothing wrong with the brakes.