Speed Control Springs Problems of Honda CR-V

My vehicle is a 2017 Honda Cr-v touring with an automatic transmission. Today while backing out of a parking place in a store parking lot, I pushed in on the gear shift button and moved the shift lever into reverse. When I removed my thumb from the gear shift button, the button had clearly broken on the inside of the gear shift lever, as when I removed my thumb, the gear shift button button ejected from the gear shift lever (it is spring loaded). This left me blocking traffic after having backed out. I was able to shift the car into drive, by simply pulling down on the gear shifter. However once the car was in drive, it could no longer be shifted into park or reverse without the gear shift button (which was now on the floor at my feet on the drivers side) thankfully I was able to pull over, put the car in neutral and engage the parking brake so I could find the gear shift button on the floor. This allowed me to drive the vehicle (keeping one hand on the shifter to avoid the button ejecting again) however a less experienced driver may become flustered, and loose attention causing an accident. I was fortunate the other drivers around me were patient and not approaching quickly. All drivers will be expecting this button to function properly, and it is disconcerting that a vehicle that is only three years and three months old would have such a failure. After researching the part on line, I have found numerous other folks reporting this part failing, and almost all from the 2017 model year. Being unable to shift a vehicle is a major flaw, and this part should be addressed.

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During normal shifting of the automatic transmission lever, the push button release on the shifting knob broke in two. The unit was under slight spring tension and popped out after splitting in two. The car was stuck in drive and I was unable to control the transmission. This happened while the vehicle was parked. Upon a quick internet search and after discussions with a factor maintenance representative, it appears this has been a common problem.

April 5, 2003 it was about 9:00 pm. I had just paid my toll on the new jersey side of the river. I was traveling westbound on the ben franklin bridge towards philadelphia. I was traveling about 35 mph and was in the right-hand lane in order to take the exit off to the right to get onto south I-95. This exit ramp is at the bottom of the bridge on the pennsylvania side of the delaware river. As I was nearing the bottom of the bridge, my 1999 Honda crv suddenly accelerated with such high rpms that it surged forward at an extremely rapid rate. It took off on its own so fast that not even the brakes would or could slow it down. I actively applied my brakes but to my horror, my brakes would not work and could not slow down the car. The car kept accelerating uncontrollably. I even pulled up on my emergency brake and tried to maneuver my car as I was traveling at a rapid pace through the traffic and could not stop my car until it crashed into another. This horrific accident totaled my car and resulted in the death of a woman in another car. My injuries kept me in the hospital for a week. A taxi driver had some injuries. He was treated and released. The Honda crv was totalled and the car is being kept in storage, pending further investigation.

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