2005 Honda Accord VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

See attached document for complaint.

WHEN I TURN ON MY CAR IT'S LIKE SOME IS PRESSING THE GAS ON ITS OWN AND IT'S HARDER TO BREAK ALSO WHEN I'M ON IDLE. BUT WHEN LET GO OF THE BREAK THE CAR LAUNCHES IN FRONT AS IF I WAS PRESSING THE GAS WEN I'M ONLY LETTING GO OF THE GAS PEDAL.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON WAS ON BUT I WAS NOT USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. HAVEN'T USED IT IN A COUPLE WEEKS BUT THE BUTTON WAS SHOWING ON THE DASH. I TOOK MY FOOT OF THE GAS PETAL TO SLOW DOWN AND THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING. FIRST I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND THAT SLOWED THE CAR DOWN CONSIDERABLE BUT I I COULD TEL IT WAS STILL TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO WEAR OUT THE BRAKES AND HAVE NO WAY OF STOPPING SO I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TRIED JIGGLING THE GAS WITH MY FOOT THINKING IT WAS STUCK OR BLOCKED AND IT WASN'T. IT FELT LIKE HOW THE GAS PEDAL FEELS WHEN IT'S IN CRUISE CONTROL JUST KIND OF JIGGLING AS YOU PRESS IT. SO I TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON OFF DID AND IT WAS STILL ACCELERATING SO I PUT TH CAR IN NEUTRAL IT REVVED UP TO A VERY HIGH RPM CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS FULL THROTTLE DID THAT FOR ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS WHILE I BRAKED AND SLOWED THE CAR DOWN THEN IT STOPPED REVVING AND AFTER I STOPPED FOR S COUPLE MINUTES I DROVE AGAIN AND IT WAS FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. I WAS GOING ABOUT 65 WHEN IT GOT STUCK AND IT GOT UP TO HIGH 70S BEFORE I APPLIED THE BRAKE AND GOT IT DOWN TO 60 THEN IT BEGAN ACCELERATING AGAIN AND GOT UP TO LIKE 70 BEFORE I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL. IF SOMEONE ELSE WAS DRIVING AND DIDN'T THINK TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE SERIOUS.

"SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION" IN A PRIVATE PARKING. THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE DRIVER WAS ABOUT TO PARK THE CAR ON FEB 27, 2017. I WAS THE DRIVER AND MY HUSBAND WAS A PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT, WITH SEAT BELTS ON. AFTER I ENTERED THE PARKING AREA, AS I WAS ABOUT TO PARK, THE CAR ABRUPTLY SPED UP, CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING AHEAD OF ME, AND THE DRIVER'S AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED. THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND THE BUILDING WALL WERE DAMAGED (PHOTOS ARE ENCLOSED). ALL THIS HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING RUSHED OUT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I WAS VISIBLY SHAKEN AND QUITE FRIGHTENED BY THIS ACCIDENT. THE BUSINESS OFFICE STAFF TOOK PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGED WALL AND THE VEHICLE. MY TWO THUMBS WERE ACHING WITH MINOR BURN, BUT SINCE THERE WAS NO OTHER OBVIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY TO US, WE DECLINED THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. STATE POLICE TROOPER CAME, TOOK SOME INFORMATION BUT SAID THAT BECAUSE THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN A PRIVATE PROPERTY IT WILL NOT BE REPORTED. I HAD NEVER THOUGHT ANYTHING LIKE THIS ACCIDENT COULD EVER HAPPEN. I GOOGLED AND FOUND CASES IN WHICH UNINTENDED SUDDEN ACCELERATION HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED. HASN'T THIS SAFETY ISSUE BEEN ADDRESSED? MY HUSBAND I ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS CAR.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WHEN I REMOVED MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE CAR KEPT UP THE SAME SPEED. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND IT DID NOT SLOW THE CAR. I DOWNSHIFTED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIRST GEAR YET WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE CAR. I FINALLY TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO GO THROUGH A RED LIGHT AND FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO CROSS TRAFFIC. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED IN THIS INCIDENT BUT THERE WERE FOUR OF US IN THE CAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC AND HE DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE WAS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FAILURE. IT IS NOW REPAIRED. *TR

AUTO EXPERIENCED "STICKY ACCELERATOR"/"SUDDEN ACCELERATION" PROBLEM ESPECIALLY WHEN ENGINE COLD. NECESSARY TO APPLY EXCESS PRESSURE ON ACCELERATOR TO GET CAR ROLLING FROM STATIONARY. IN ONE INCIDENT, CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED PUSHING THE WHEEL OVER A PARKING SPACE WHEEL STOP AND INTO A FENCE POST CAUSING MODERATE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. LOCAL SAN JOSE, CA HONDA DEALERSHIP KEPT THE CAR FOR TWO DAYS AND CLAIMED IT COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM.

MY BROTHER WAS DRIVING OUR CAR ON THE 278-BQE IN BROOKLYN, NY. THE RPM ON THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT TO 7000 RPM AND THEN THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND IT ENDED STOPPING ON THE EXPRESS LANE ON THE HIGHWAY. HE HAD THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON BUT CARS WERE STILL COMING AT 60-70 MPH, MANY BARELY MISSING THE CAR AS THEY SWERVED INTO THE NEXT LANE. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC AND THOUGH THE CAR ONLY HAS 78K MILES ON IT, HE SAID THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS DEAD. EVERYTHING ELSE WAS IN ORDER IN TERMS OF FLUIDS. I TOOK A LOOK AT CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND THERE ARE 43 COMPLAINTS ON THIS EXACT ISSUES OF 2005 HONDA ACCORD OWNERS WITH 60-80K MILES ON THEIR CAR. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WITH CAR GOING OUT OF CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR FAILING TO SLOW DOWN AFTER PRESSING ON THE BRAKE. MOST TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE FAILURE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT POWERED OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,993.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY REACHING SPEEDS OVER 100 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGAGING THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000. ....UPDATED 12/20/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED MIDDLE TOWN HONDA REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY. THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THE CABLE TO GET STUCK. THEY DID NOT REPAIR ANY OF THE BRAKES OR EMERGENCY BRAKE. THEY CLAIMED THAT IS WAS NORMAL WEAR. HE CONSUMER FOUND 32 INCIDENTS OF VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. UPDATED 12/28/212 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING ENGAGED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTINGTO NEUTRAL AND PRESSING THE BRAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE CONTACT AND A PASSENGER WERE SEVERELY INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND THE VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARD UNTIL CRASHING INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD TO ENGAGE THE PARKING BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT FAILED TO SLOW DOWN. THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. WHEN THE GEARS WERE SHIFTED FROM THE NEUTRAL POSITION INTO THE PARK, THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL, STRUCK A CURB AND FLIPPED OVER. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BRUISES, AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO THE BLADDER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 27,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENGAGING THE BRAKES THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS FORCED TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL GEAR IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

I HAVE A 2005 HONDA ACCORD DX. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH AND THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FOR 5 - 10 SECONDS TO ALMOST 95 MPH. I TRIED HITTING THE BRAKES AND WOULD NOT WORK....EVENTUALLY THE BRAKES WORKED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME HAPPENING AND WHEN I HAD THE CAR CHECKED THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. *TR

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON AND IT INDICATES THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE I BROUGHT THE CAR A MONTH AGO AND IT ONLY HAS 64K ON IT. MY EXPERIENCES WITH THIS CODE ARE BUCKING AND JERKING OF THE CAR IDLING SURGES SUDDEN STALLING HESITATION WHILE DRIVING AND A SUDDEN SURGE IN SPEED WHILE DRIVING ON THE PARKWAY ALSO MY FUEL DROPS DRASTICALLY. I CALLED HONDA AND I WAS TOLD BY A SERVICE REPAIRMAN THAT I NEED TO CHANGE THE TPS SENSOR BUT I WOULD HAVE TO BUY THE WHOLE THROTTLE BODY TOTALING 500 SINCE THE TPS SENSOR($45) IS NOT SOLD SEPARATELY. ALSO THIS IS CAUSING MY SHIFTER TO GET STUCK I CANNOT SHIFT MY CAR INTO DRIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH ON A SLIGHT INCLINE; PROCEEDING INTO AN INTERSECTION. WHILE BRAKING THERE WAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SLOW DOWN, AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE BLOCK. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ON AN UPWARD INCLINE AND STALLED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS WERE DAMAGED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

2005 HONDA ACCORD LX. CONSUMER STATES UNINTENDED ACCELERATION CAUSING A CRASH. *TGW WHILE PULLING SLOWLY INTO A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE AS THE VEHICLE BROKE THROUGH A WOODEN FENCE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HONDA ACCORD LX. THE CONTACT STATED AS SHE WAS DRIVING 2 MPH INTO A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED THROUGH A FENCE AND INTO A TREE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE POLICE WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE TO AN AUTO BODY SHOP TO BE REPAIRED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. LETTERS WERE WRITTEN TO THE HONDA MANUFACTURER AND NO RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. UPDATED 4/12/10 *CN UPDATED 05/12/10.*JB

I WAS AT THE WHEEL OF MY 2005 HONDA ACCORD, SLOWLY EASING IT IN TO A PARKING SPOT IN A PUBLIC PARKING GARAGE WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD, HITTING THE CONCRETE WALL. I PUT MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE, PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE AND ATTEMPTED TO BACK THE CAR UP A FEW INCHES TO SEE WHAT DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE. WHEN I LIFTED MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE CAR SUDDENLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS AT A RAPID RATE OF SPEED AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL ABOUT 30 FEET BEHIND THE SPOT. THE LEFT REAR OF THE CAR WAS CRUSHED INWARD ABOUT TWO FEET, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE ENTIRE REAR, THE SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, AND I SUSTAINED A NUMBER OF INJURIES WHICH HAVE PREVENTED ME FROM RETURNING TO WORK THREE WEEKS AFTER THE EVENT. MY INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM, TOTALED THE CAR AND IS RETAINING IT FOR INVESTIGATION. *TR

2005 HONDA ACCORD 4 DR SDN ACCELERATOR WAS STUCK AND I HAD TO HIT GARAGE DOOR TO STOP THE CAR AND THE CAR WENT THROUGH GARAGE DOOR DAMAGED CAR AND THINGS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A BIG PROBLEM WITH HONDA 2005 BRAKES. I CONTACTED METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND GAVE THE CAR FOR REPAIR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING INTO A PARKING SPACE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE SURGED AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE TWO FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG BURNED THE DRIVER'S HAND. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,000. THE CONSUMER PROVIDED A POLICE REPORT AND A COPY OF THE REPAIR INVOICE. UPDATED 08/27/07 *TR

I FEEL THAT THE COLD IDLE RPM ON OUR CAR IS SET TOO HIGH AND CAUSES THE CAR TO LURCH WHEN PUT IN GEAR FOLLOWING A COLD START. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALERSHIP AND BOTH SAY THAT THE COLD RPM SETTING ON MY CAR IS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS AND CANNOT BE ADJUSTED. THERE HAS BEEN NO FAILURE OR INCIDENT OR CONSEQUENCES, BUT I FEEL THAT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS A COLD START ON AN ICY DRIVEWAY WITH AN INEXPERIENCED OR ELDERLY DRIVER, THERE MAY WELL BE A FAILURE/INCIDENT/CONSEQUENCE. *JB