Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 06/13/2012 | 46000 | ||
| Sitting at red light waiting for turn signal, car begins to rough idle. upon turn and acceleration, car spits, sputters, jerks, jolts and will not accel properly. engine light begins blinking. motor runs/idles very rough. next morning on drive in to local dealership, vsa light illuminates and stays illuminated. car still idles and runs very rough, spitting and sputtering etc. dealership inspects car. dealership determines the mount of oil in the car is too low. no evidence of oil leaks. dealershi consults with honda. oil consumption test is now recommended. i am to return the car to the honda dealership to check the oil level at 1,000 miles intervals for an unspecified period of time. this consumption will be forwarded to honda to determine what fix will be recommended. internet search provides endless identical complaints with no resolution from honda or dealerships. | |||
| 06/02/2012 | 45056 | ||
| I was stopped on side residential street preparing to turn right onto major thoroughfare. started to turn right and car shot forward as if the car was possessed-- straight ahead and then veering left. took foot off gas but still continued at high speed. i struggled with steering,which seemed to be more stiff and not responsive, fearing i would crash first into the stores, trees, light poles directly in front, then as i went with the direction it seemed to be pulling, and veering back left then right, pulled it back to the right enough to get into right curbside lane. i don't think the brakes responded either. finally somehow controlled it enough to pull into gas station, where i parked but did not turn off the motor. i was afraid to move it any more. called aaa and honda to report and ask what to do. i was so lucky that for once traffic was light and no one got hurt. i was surprised that i had no police coming after me or some driver who would have been curious as to why i seemed to be driving erratically and screaming through the intersection at such high speed. floor mats were not touching the pedal. curious side note: after i made two calls to aaa and honda, the phone would no longer respond. doing the diagnostics, it said it had full five bars of strength but kept getting call failed when i tried to call them back to check tow truck progress. the history of those two calls also seemed to have been wiped off my phone. tow truck could not call me back and got report that my phone was busy. finally while we were waiting for tow truck, my husband took out the battery completely, reinserted and it reprogrammed itself. question: is it a car defect or did it have something to do with the nearby high tension lines and the phone cell tower across the street? how do i know it won't happen again? thank god that it did not happen in rush hour traffic | |||
| 10/06/2009 | 264 | 1 | 10/06/2009 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2009 honda accord. the contact started the ignition,and the gear shifter was placed into the reverse position. the vehicle began to accelerate at the speed of 5 mph. the driver applied pressure to brake pedal to slow the vehicle down. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. the failure occurred whenever shifting into drive or reverse positions. the technician stated that the vehicle was operating properly. the failure mileage was 264. updated 5/20/2010 *cn updated 05/14/10. *jb | |||
| 02/03/2010 | |||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2009 honda accord. the contact started the ignition and the vehicle failed to start until the steering wheel was in a tilted position. suddenly, the danger warning light indicator illuminated on the instrument panel, followed by an unintended acceleration. the contact was able to stop the vehicle. the contact is in the process of notifying the authorized dealer of the malfunction. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 12/29/2009 | 8845 | 1 | |
| While driving at 30 mph, vehicle suddenly accelerated to a high rate of speed. difficulty stopping the car. it was necessary to place in neutral and turn engine off. honda dealership checked vehicle and could not provide an explanation for this problem. fearful of this occurring again. *tr | |||
| 12/21/2009 | 1 | ||
| 2009 honda accord was in reverse and pulling out of driveway. accelerator was stuck and speed increased while taking foot off accelerator. *tr | |||