general problems of the 2009 Honda Odyssey

On 2/3/2019 I was attempting to park my 2009 Honda Odyssey on a city street when it accelerated without any pressure being applied to the gas pedal. I was braking while rolling forward slowly and turning right into the parking space when the engine suddenly revved and accelerated the vehicle forward. I applied increasing braking pressure while the engine continued to rev, exceeding the stopping power of the brakes and causing the car to lurch forward toward a parked car in front of me. I managed to stop by quickly shifting the transmission from drive to park. If I had not shifted into park I would have hit the vehicle in front of me. The entire time this was happening, my foot was on the brake and no pressure was being applied to the accelerator pedal. After I shut off the engine and restarted the car, it returned to normal operation. I have reported this incident to american Honda (case number 09315543) and I am bringing the vehicle in to a Honda dealership for inspection. I am the original owner of the vehicle and it had approximately 121,000 miles on it and it has not been in an accident.

This is the "fourth incident," third claim. Prior claim odi id#'s are: 10438034 and 10439310. The latest incident occurred on 1/14/12 (12/59pm), 2 minutes after I started engine (cold) in my driveway and as I approached the stop sign at 175 from my driveway. I was coming to an almost complete stop with my foot on the brake and the engine almost at idle. The engine suddenly started to race and the vehicle began to surge forward. Since my foot was already on the brake, I was able to press hard to keep it from continuing forward and I immediately shifted into neutral. The racing stopped and the engine idled. At the same time a bicyclist crossed my bath and would have been run over had I not reacted so quickly.

This is a second filing as a third incident has occurred. The new incident occured on 12/5/2011 (5:45 p. M. ) in my driveway immediately after starting the engine which had been of for 40 minutes, but prior to that driven for 40 minutes. Once again the engine "suddenly and unexpectedly" raced. My foot was not on the accelerator. Text from the prior filing (odi# 10438034) is follows: on two occasions (11/28/2011 and 11/30/2011), after driving for several minutes (warmed up engine) and while approaching a stop light at about 3 mph (almost stopped) and when the engine had already come to idle, the engine suddenly surged (raced, with the tachometor jumping over halfway). The car lunged forward, but I pressed hard on the brakes and pushed the shifter into neutral. Then the engine idled and ran fine until the second incident during which the exact same event occurred. In both cases had I not already had my foot on the brake preparing to stop, the car would have crashed into the car that was stopped at the stop light in front of me. I took the car into the local Honda dealer today, but they were unable to identify any problem.

On two occasions (11/28/2011 and 11/30/2011), after driving for several minutes (warmed up engine) and while approaching a stop light at about 3 mph (almost stopped) and when the engine had already come to idle, the engine suddenly surged (raced, with the tachometor jumping over halfway). The car lunged forward, but I pressed hard on the brakes and pushed the shifter into neutral. Then the engine idled and ran fine until the second incident during which the exact same event occurred. In both cases had I not already had my foot on the brake preparing to stop, the car would have crashed into the car that was stopped at the stop light in front of me. I took the car into the local Honda dealer today, but they were unable to identify any problem.

2009 Honda Odyssey, problem started on Monday 04/26/10. Early morning as I was leaving my place for work, I noticed that the brakes were 'soft'; at the first stop sign, it took the brake to stop the van a longer distance than usual, speed is below 20mph. I was still able to drive to work without further incident that time. Then at noon I went out to have lunch, I drove to a nearby place about 10 miles, while I'm driving the vsa off signal lamp came on, driving speed at 35mph, good driving/weather condition, road is well paved; when I got to my destination, I turned off the engine, waited a few minutes, and started the engine again, the vsa signal lamp is now off. No further incident that time again. The next instance that the vsa signal lamp went on while I was driving on my way home, it stayed on for a few minutes, then it went off. I brought the vehicle to the dealer/service shop to have it check, left it there overnight and got it back the next day; I was told that the problem was a faulty steering angle sensor. I'm now suspecting that the recent recalls regarding my07/08 Odysseys is also affecting certain my09.