2005 Honda Civic Vehicle speed control Problems

“I was driving on the freeway approaching some traffic, slowing from about 60mph to a stop. As I was slowing down, I noticed that my engine RPM was staying relatively constant (vehicle was not downshifting), I could hear the engine revving, and the brakes seemed less effective at slowing my vehicle. It essentially felt as though I had cruise control on, but it wasn't cancelled by applying the brakes. I was able to slow down enough to not hit traffic stopped in front of me, but had to quickly switch to neutral to stop completely. …”

“I purchased a 2005 Honda Civic on 5-31-05. I have experienced 3 incidences of sudden acceleration from july 2nd through aug 29. Each time, I was driving on the road and all of a sudden the vehicle accelerated. I was not able to stop it by applying the brakes. I had to turn off the engine. I took it to the dealer, but they cannot find anything wrong with the vehicle. Consequently, I do not feel safe driving this car.”

“2005 Honda Civic - unexpected acceleration on at least four occasions during the 8 or 9 months that I owned it. Mileage was only 40,000 miles. Dealer said I was stepping on the accelerator instead of the brake but, in 60 years of driving, this has never happened before. I sold it back to the dealer (at a substantial loss) because I didn't want to risk my family. My replacement car, chevrolet hhr, does not have this problem. The district manager for Honda has informed my st. Louis dealer that this is not a problem but, according to the internet, it was through 2004.”

“First of all I am from canada...I said I was from washington state because that is the closest state to where I'm from...while driving my car on a very busy city street my 2005 Honda Civic suddenly began accelerating with out cause...when I applied the brakes they did not work...in fact, the car seemed to accelerate even more...I the put the car into neutral at which point the brakes did take somewhat...the car then continued to roll down a very busy city street people on foot were crossing the street about 1/2 a block in front of my car and it is only by the grace of god that I did not hit…”

“Accelerator sticking problem - like to say the first 6 months after buying a new 2005 Honda Civic the exact same thing happened numerous times. Problem then seemed to resolve itself. I still own the car and it has not again occurred since. Solution was to apply brake hard, put in neutral and kick the pedal. This was not a mat problem since this car has two grommets holding the mat in place.”