Consumer Complaint Detail

HONDA / ODYSSEY / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005012181 Incident Date: Mar, 24 2005
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Model Name: ODYSSEY Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2HKRL18002H Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 19 2005 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Nov, 17 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Mary (my wife) was parallel parking our 2002 honda odyssey ex-l in downtown appleton, wi. she had pulled next to the car in front of the space she was going to use. she shifted the car in to reverse and began to turn her head to check benind her when the vehicle suddenly accelerated in reverse at very high speed, jumped the curb and crashed into a building. fortunately nobody was on the sidewalk but the building and vehicle sustained substantial damage. she is certain she did not depress the accelerator and that the vehicle did this "on it's own". the vehicle is currently at gustman honda where it is being inspected. preliminary reports from the dealership indicate that they cannot find any computer or mechanical defects that would have caused this unintended acceleration. we are extremely nervous about driving the car again, especially if they can't find anything and will likely be looking to purchase a different vehicle.*ak 8jb