2009 Honda Fit Vehicle speed control Problems

“Leaving client's driveway, put car in reverse and backed out of driveway stopping at the opposite side, across the street. Turned steering in the direction I was heading and placed car in drive. Lifted my foot off brake and car took off without my foot touching the accelerator. It was like I had depressed the accelerator to the floor and my foot never touched the accelerator. I hit a parked car. I was terrified.”

“My wife was driving the car when this happened. It has occurred twice. This vehicle has an electronic throttle system. The check engine light came on the car loses the ability to accelerate. I have not had it happen to me yet. I took the car to autozone and they read the stored codes from the obd system which indicated the throttle positioning sensor had generated a fault. The fault seems to go away and the check engine is no longer illuminated. It seems to go away by shutting off and restarting the car. …”

“I was driving a 2009 Honda FIT sport into a parking space at the store with my foot on the brake and speed was appropriate for pulling into a parking space ( approx. 3-5 MPH.). At approx. 4-6ft from the parking cement block of the space, the vehicle unexpectedly accelerated with a violent surge and the RPM needle shot up to the top of the gauge and with in seconds I hit the large cement/metal handicapped sign/pole at the front of the parking space. The engine was still making the loud revving noise after the collision and the only way to stop it was to take out the keys. …”

“Hi, I would like to report a sudden acceleration problem with my 2009 Honda FIT sport model. The incidence happened while I was traveling between 5 to 10 miles per hour. I was trying to park the car. I let the car slowly rolled forward into the empty parking spot ahead. Because I was traveling at pretty low speed, so I only gently applied the brake pedal as I was getting closer to the empty parking spot. As I slowly pressed on the brake, the car just suddenly accelerated. The car shot ahead. I quickly released my foot on the brake pedal and applied the hand brake. …”

“The contact owns a 2009 Honda FIT. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle became unresponsive when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 69,479.”