Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2003 Honda Odyssey

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while the driver was entering a residential driveway, the vehicle erroneously accelerated and crashed into a home. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where the contact was awaiting diagnosis of the failure. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure and current mileages were 113,331. Kmj.

2003 Honda Odyssey has a unintended acceleration and had to apply brakes severely to control the vehicle this happened twice for the vehicle and was informed to the dealer and Honda of USA.

On February 11/2003 while exiting the school drive way, the vehicle began to accelerate on its own. The driver tapped the brake and the engine speed increase even more. On November 9/2003 once again the same sudden acceleration. As a result, the driver lost control of vehicle. The vehicle went airborne and landed on the neighborhood fence. There were no injures. The dealer inspected the vehicle several times but the problem had not been resolved.

The contact owns a 2003 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that the vehicle was experiencing sudden and unintended acceleration. The contact stated that they have had thirty-two separate occasion of the sudden acceleration since purchasing the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure only occurred when they were coming to a stop and traveling no faster than 5 mph. The engine rpms would then increase and the contact would have to turn the vehicle off. The contact stated that the vehicle had been at the dealer for six weeks. The dealer had eliminated wear and possible electronic causes for the failure. The contact stated a regional inspector for the manufacturer inspected the vehicle as well and advised that there could have been a bunched up secondary floor mat that caused the failure. The contact does not feel the floor mat caused the failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 118,900. Updated 07/27/lj the consumer stated the gas pedal only returned to the upright position when the then engine was turned off and sometimes it required two or three cycles to get the gas pedal to return. Updated 08/31/11.