| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006055518 | Incident Date: Jan, 05 2006 |
| Consumer's City: OREGON | Consumer's State: OH |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Honda (American Honda Motor Co.) |
| Model Name: ACCORD | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Vehicle speed control |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3HGCG56462G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 07 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 23 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2002 honda accord, automatic. aug 2004 (32,733 miles) i pulled out of the driveway and went about 60 feet to the corner. then i pulled out onto a 5 lane road, accelerating to 40 mph. the light at the next corner was red and i began applying the brake. the rpm's rose to about 5,000 rpm's, as though the throttle cable was stuck. i tapped on the throttle pedal and the rpm's went back down. i had the vehicletowed to the honda dealer, they found nothing wrong. on 1/6/06 (58k miles) we had dinner at a restaurant. i pulled out the restaurant's parking lot, made a right turn and stopped at the red light ( approximately 100 feet). all of a sudden the rpm's went up to 4-5,000 rpms and the car wanted to lurch forward. i pressed the brake pedal as hard as i could and it felt like a big truck was trying to push our car out into the intersection. i had no choice but to try to go through the red light as i couldn't keep it from going forward despite my full pressure on the brake. i took my foot off the brake and the car shot through the intersection and i drove home without any recurrence. i took it to the honda dealer again. their inspection was to the throttle cable, throttle blade, rev limiter, throttle body and air filter. they could not find anything wrong. i called hond. they initiated a case and at my insistence scheduled an appointment with their district service manager. i met with him on 1/31/06. he spent about 45 minutes with me, discussing the problem and test driving the car. he could not find anything out of the ordinary with the vehicle and said the car "operated as designed." i received a copy of his report. honda customer service contacted me by phone and reiterated almost verbatim what the dsm had told me and said in his report. both occurrences were with me driving, the car sitting for at least 1.5 hours, and both happened upon braking. i am still concerned about the safety of this car, as obviously it is an intermittent condition. *jb |
