Speed Control Cable Problems of Honda Odyssey

Vehicle was stationary, in drive with brake applied, on a city street at a red light, dry conditions. Sudden, unexpected acceleration/reving/engine surge occurred--with such force that I initially thought I'd been rear-ended. I applied pressure to brakes and put car in park. For a moment, it seemed as if the brakes failed--not sure. Surge continued for a number of seconds, then subsided. Had car towed. Mechanic could not find a problem, no evidence of event in computer history. I know I did not hit brakes and gas simultaneously, and besides, Honda says there's a built in safety device that limits surge to 30%--this was more marked. No rug pad under gas pedal either. Experienced driver with impeccable record.

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The contact owns a 2007 Honda Odyssey. While parking 5 mph with the brakes engaged, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without warning and there was a sudden increase in engine rpms. As a result, the vehicle crashed into an electrical cable box. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was repaired. Two days later, the vsa light illuminated and was repaired. Updated 7/14/cn.

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The contact owns a 2004 Honda Odyssey. The contact was driving 35 mph when she applied the accelerator pedal. The accelerator pedal abnormally traveled to the floorboard and was unresponsive. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The contact was informed that the throttle cable was fractured with no signs of wear. The manufacturer was notified but offered no assistance. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 140,000.

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2002 Honda Odyssey accelerator pedal sticks and won't release when brakes are applied. ***** this problem occurs intermittently when the vehicle is coming to a stop. This had been happening sporadically for the past four years. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer and a technician there witnessed the problem. The dealer checked and cleaned the cruise control cable and accelerator cable. The pedal became stuck five days after these components were checked/cleaned . The dealer has been unable to determine the cause of the problem.

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As I was driving on the freeway my gas pedal no longer worked and I was forced to coast to the side of the road. Honda told me it was a broken throttle cable and did pay for the repairs. I just want to make sure this doesn't happen to anyone else because I could have been killed.

The accelerator on the car became stuck as I proceeded on a busy street going 60 miles per hour. I tried to stop the car and was unable to. The brakes only slowed the car down to about 30 miles an hour. As a result, I was unable to stop at a red light. Fortunately, that day traffic was light. I was able to eventually stop the car. The Honda dealer found the accelerator cable stretched, causing engine to stay accelerating because cable was getting caught up in cable sleeve. Accelerator cable was replaced.

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The throttle cable failed. This would cause the vehicle not to accelerate. The dealership will be notified. The cause was not determined. Please provide more information.

In April, our family took a ride (speeds to 50 mph). Our van's engine began to rev up at stop lights to approx. 5000 rpm's. We had to pump the brakes violently in order to stop, then park. (depressing them once didn't slow it down enough. ). After a frightening drive, and similar episodes on the way to the dealer (approx. 5 miles away), the engine had quit racing. They couldn't diagnose anything, but mentioned that perhaps my husband had pressed both the brake and the gas to cause this. No way! not after driving the van for four years. In may, we drove to colorado (from indiana). After the first 3 hours, we pulled off the hwy. , the engine roared when we slowed to about 30 m. P. H. . Again, we pumped the brakes, terrified that we weren't going to stop. The brakes are barely effective, although they were just checked. A colorado dealer tried to put the van on the computer to find a problem code, none existed. They couldn't help. Once home,I brought the van to our dealer again. They couldn't duplicate the problem. No service was listed on the receipt (although Honda USA claims they did something with the throttle body during that visit). This week, I was slowing down at a stop sign, and it happened againl. The next day, I pulled into a parking lot (cold engine). Once stopped or almost, it began revving (50000 rpm's). I put it into "park" and it slowed down immediately. Honda USA informed me that they can't help me. If the problem isn't duplicable in their shop(s), it can't be diagnosed. I am terrified for the lives of my 2 children that frequently drive with me. Please understand: once you are able to stop the van, and put it into park, it no longer revs or feels like it wants to take off. The problem vanishes once I stop at a dealership. It occurs only sporadically. I noticed at least two similar complaints on your site; one dated July 18, 2001, another June 12, 2000.

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Twice (on cold days) I have found myself unable to depress the accelerator pedal. On the second occation I chased the cause down to the throttle mechanism located at the end of the accelerator cable. On both occasions after I have driven the car at 5 m/hr for 1/4 mile or so and the engine has warmed up the thottle mechanism started functioning properly. My dealer has checked out the mechanisim and found nothing wrong. (I'm sure there is. ).