# 2009 HONDA FIT — UNKNOWN OR OTHER
> NHTSA complaint `1198837` · 2015-07-15 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 3
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** Yes
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HONDA
- **Model:** FIT
- **Year:** 2009
- **Manufacturer:** Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- **Component:** UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- **Miles at failure:** 100,000
## Narrative
(PLEASE KNOW MY PHONE # BELOW IS NOT CORRECT, AS YOUR SYSTEM WILL NOT ACCEPT AN INTERNATIONAL #, AND I AM AN AMERICAN IN GERMANY).   MY 2009 HONDA FIT WAS A SPORT VERSION. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE "AFFECTED PARTS" WERE. WHAT I DO KNOW, IS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK; WAS GOING TO TAKE A LEFT AT A 'T' INTERSECTION (AS I HAD DONE HUNDREDS OF TIMES BEFORE); BUT MY CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HADN'T BEEN RUSHED, AS I'D LEFT A BIT EARLIER THAN USUAL; AND TRAFFIC WAS COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, BUT WAS FAR ENOUGH AWAY YET, THAT I DIDN'T RUSH MY CROSSING. I HAD JUST BARELY ROLLED OUT INTO THE CLOSER LANE, WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDDLE PRESSED MAYBE HALF WAY DOWN, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T KEEP GOING. I SAW A MINIVAN APPROACHING, AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T RESPOND. I THEN SAW THE IMPACT OF THE VAN INTO MY DOOR. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MESSED UP, OR IF IT WAS ELECTRICAL, OR THE ENGINE, OR WHAT. BUT, THE PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. THE CAR IS TOTALED; MYSELF, THE VAN DRIVER AND ONE OF HER PASSENGERS WERE INJURED.
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