2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID. CONSUMER STATES SUDDEN ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE MADE A LEFT TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND WAS PREPARING TO IMMEDIATELY TURN RIGHT INTO AN AVAILABLE PARKING SPOT SLOWLY WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. APPLYING THE BRAKE HAD NO EFFECT. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO GUIDE THE VEHICLE INTO THE SPOT, AVOIDING BOTH A REDWOOD TREE TO THE LEFT AND A ROCK POND TO THE RIGHT, AS THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE BEYOND THE END PARKING SPOT, BY LANDING ON TOP OF A BOULDER AND RUNNING INTO A CHAIN LINK FENCE, IN WHICH THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THE WHEELS WERE SPINNING. THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND BY THE BOULDER. AS SHE BEGAN THE RIGHT TURN INTO THE PARKING SPACE, THE CONSUMER THEN NOTICED SMOKE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE IGNITION, WHICH STOPPED THE FORWARD MOTION OF THE WHEELS. *JB