general problems of the 2017 Honda HR-V

Five problems related to vehicle speed control have been reported for the 2017 Honda HR-V. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Honda HR-V based on all problems reported for the 2017 HR-V.

1 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/11/2022

The contact owned a 2017 Honda Hr-v. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle and switching to the reverse position while very slowly releasing the brake pedal the vehicle suddenly experienced unintended acceleration causing the vehicle to drive in reverse and crash into a tree. During the incident, the vehicle was destroyed. No injuries were reported and no police report was taken. The cause of the failure was not determined. The local dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 40,000.

2 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 05/16/2020

I was pulling into a parking space. While slowing down and braking to a stop the car suddenly surged forward, jumped a curb and ran into a rock retaining wall. I pressed the brake pedal to the floor, it gave no resistance and did not stop the car. The engine was revving at a high rate, even while it hit the wall. The repairs were over $2000 for damage to the front end, lights, air conditioner and radiator support. The airbags did not deploy. The car was about 8-10 feet from the wall when it accelerated. I had the car repaired. I took it to a Honda dealer and also contacted american Honda. Both the technicians at the dealership and an american Honda inspector checked the vehicle. I was told that other than a failure of the battery due to low voltage they could not find any problems that could have caused the accident.

3 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 09/04/2019

Tl-the contact owns a 2017 Honda Hr-v. The contact stated that while pulling into a parking spot, the vehicle accelerated excessively causing the vehicle to crash into a wall. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to Honda world westminster 13600 beach blvd, westminster, CA 92683 (714) 890-8900 where they failed to diagnosed the vehicle and repaired body work on the vehicle. The failure recurred and the vehicle crashed into another vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. The contact stated that there was no injuries. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to Honda world westminster 13600 beach blvd, westminster, CA 92683 (714) 890-8900 where it was no diagnosis. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was unknown. Ak.

4 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 06/20/2019

I was driving at ~25 mph and stopped at a stop sign, then suddenly the car just shut off and I had to restart it a couple of times. Another time, I was pulling out of a parking lot at 5 mph and then the car suddenly stopped and shut off. Online research shows that this occurred to other Hr-v owners as well and had their throttle body replaced. Honda is refusing to replace my throttle body.

5 Vehicle Speed Control problem

Failure Date: 02/18/2017

The contact owned a 2017 Honda Hr-v. While reversing at an unknown speed, the vehicle accelerated independently onto a pedestrian walkway without warning and collided with three vehicles. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. The vehicle was later towed to a dealer to have the data box information removed, but the dealer refused since the vehicle was deemed a total loss. The manufacturer later authorized the dealer to comply with the data removal. The failure mileage was 2,342.


Other Vehicle Speed Control related problems of the 2017 Honda HR-V

Vehicle Speed Control problems
5
Car Accelerates On Its Own problems
2
Speed Sensor problems
1


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