Cruise Control problems of the 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid. While driving 75 mph on the interstate when the accelerator pedal extended to the floor without the contact applying pressure to it, then the rpms increased. He then firmly pressed on the brake pedal and the vehicle started to slow down. The contact was able to continue driving. The failure has occurred approximately 7 to 8 times. Honda was contacted and stated that they were not going to repair the vehicle since the failure was related to the cruise control. They also advised the contact to have the vehicle diagnosed by the dealer. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure mileage was 130,000. The current mileage was 207,496. The consumer also stated the brakes did not work well on a rough road when going down a hill. Updated 05/13/10.

While driving my 2003 Civic Hybrid using cruise control, the accel/decel feature on the steering wheel malfunctions. I am driving on the highway, engage the cruise control, using the steering wheel buttons, and then press the accel button and the cars begins to decelerate. I have paid extra careful attention to be sure that I am not pressing the incorrect button in error, and I am in fact pressing the accel button, yet the car continues to decelerate. At three different times, I have tested this failure and it is an intermittent problem. This could be a serious safety hazard as the first time I discovered this malfunction, I was getting onto the highway attempting to accelerate to merge into traffic and the car began decelerating. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

When disengaging the cruise control it disengaged on the panel but kept going. Repeated attempts to disengage met with failure. The speed accelerated up to 70+ mph. Shifted into neutral, it red lined out to 7,000 rpm, shut it down. Restarted, cruise control locked in. Shut down, restarted and it finally disengaged. Have not used since that date.