Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2005 Honda Civic

The contact owns a 2005 Honda Civic. While at a traffic light, the vehicle suddenly accelerated while the brake pedal was depressed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was not available.

Cpsc#i11c0652a. 2005 Honda Civic. Consumer stated that while in stop and go traffic the car suddenly accelerated and lunged forward. The consumer stated his foot was on the brake, when each occurrence happened.

2005 Honda Civic hybrid. Consumer states sudden acceleration the consumer stated as she made a left turn into a parking lot and was preparing to immediately turn right into an available parking spot slowly with her foot on the brake, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. Applying the brake had no effect. The consumer managed to guide the vehicle into the spot, avoiding both a redwood tree to the left and a rock pond to the right, as the vehicle continued to accelerate beyond the end parking spot, by landing on top of a boulder and running into a chain link fence, in which the vehicle slowed down and the wheels were spinning. The front end of the vehicle was lifted off the ground by the boulder. As she began the right turn into the parking space, the consumer then noticed smoke billowing from under the hood. The consumer turned off the ignition, which stopped the forward motion of the wheels.

The contact stated there was a sudden acceleration when parking the vehicle. This caused the vehicle to hit a building. A police report taken at the scene. The vehicle was towed to the dealership and there was front end damage. The dealership has not informed the contact of any defects with the vehicle speed control. Updated 12/27/2005.

I purchased a 2005 Honda Civic on 5-31-05. I have experienced 3 incidences of sudden acceleration from July 2nd through Aug 29. Each time, I was driving on the road and all of a sudden the vehicle accelerated. I was not able to stop it by applying the brakes. I had to turn off the engine. I took it to the dealer, but they cannot find anything wrong with the vehicle. Consequently, I do not feel safe driving this car.

Unintended acceleration has occured 3 times. Put foot on brake to slow down and car accelerator starts racing. Move gear shift to neutral. Accelerator then disengages back to normal. 2005 Honda Civic lx with approx 5000 miles. No correction to date.