Speed Control Cable problems of the 2003 Honda CR-V

The contact owns a 2003 Honda crv. The contact was driving 50 mph when the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 70 mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who performed a diagnostic that located the failure at the cruise control cable. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 88,322 and the current mileage was 89,069.

I had stopped for a blocked roadway on the interstate. Once I could go, I accelerated. My vehicle continued to accelerate out of control, reaching over 90 mph. I pumped the brake, gas, and was unable to bring the vehicle to a lower speed for over a mile on the interstate. I checked the floor mat and ensured that nothing was in the way. Luckily, traffic had been stopped previous to the out of control acceleration. I took it to Honda and reported the problem. They said the throttle cable was junky and I paid to fix it. I reported the incident then. Today my vehicle accelerated out of control while on the interstate. I was unable to bring the vehicle back down to speed. I applied the brake, emergency brake, put it in neutral, and then took the key out.

Problems with front brakes on 2003 Honda crv. There was a clunking noise coming from the brakes. When the dealer was notified the stated it was the characteristic of the SUV and there was nothing they could do. The dealer did replace the lower brake pad retainer clips as per service bulletin. The consumer was offered to drive another 2003 crv to prove the noisy brakes were a characteristic of the vehicle. Consumer wasn't happy with this and would like some sort of discount or the dealer to pay off the vehicle. The seat belt wouldn't latch. Consumer had the throttle cable replaced to eliminate the noise but to no avail. Consumer was informed the noise will never go completely away.

After the shift cable NHTSA recall campaign 03v 274000 was performed the vehicle jerked forward when slowing down or stopping. Also, when starting the vehicle it idled high.