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2002 HONDA ACCORD — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

crash · 757842 · 2010-02-04

Vehicle

Make
HONDA
Model
ACCORD
Year
2002
Manufacturer
Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure
82,000
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

ON NOV 17, 2009, MY HONDA ACCORD SUDDENLY COULD NOT BE STOPPED WITH THE FULL BRAKE. THE VEHICLE KEPT ON THE SAME SPEED EVEN WITH FULL BRAKE. THEN IT HAD TO HIT ANOTHER CAR. AFTER I SAW THE STOPPED VEHICLE IN THE LANE IN FRONT OF ME AT ABOUT 100-150 FEET, I THEN APPLIED THE FULL BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING, I THEN RELEASED THE BRAKE AND APPLIED THE BRAKE AGAIN, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL KEPT GOING UNTIL IT HIT ANOTHER CAR IN THE LANE. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT TOYOTA ACCELERATOR PROBLEM. ACTUALLY THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I MET THIS PROBLEM. ANOTHER TIME, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CAR IN FRONT OF ME, SO THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE GOT STOPPED AFTER I RELEASED THE BRAKE AND TOUCHED THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN APPLIED BRAKE LIGHTLY AGAIN. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10305526
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