This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Runaway car: I backed out of a business parking space and barely tapped on the accelerator to move forward. I know I hardly touched the accelerator because I was goinig to make an immediate turn onto a side streeet with a stop sign. As soon as I tapped the gas pedal, the car went forward with full power. My foot went to the brake instantly but the brakes did nothing. My niece and I flew across the side street, through a foot high concrete barrier (breaking it), a hedge then in another business's parking lot where the car came to an instant stop. The airbags deployed and it was over. We were never so scared in our lives. We stopped just sort of going into a street full of traffic. The insurance company wouldn't believe what happened because Acura's are not listed with any recalls. My floor mats were not in because I just had the car detailed so they were damp. There was no mix up re the brake and acceerator petals because I moved my foot to another petal. I don't know if the accerator was down all the way, there was no time to see as I was busy trying to stop the car. It is my belief this is an electronic problem.
While driving on an open stretch of highway, my 1998 Acura 3.0cl began accelerating without me pushing down on the accelerator pedal. The car reached a speed of 95 mph, and I could not stop it with the brakes, they were completely useless. I had to slam the transmission into park to make the car slow down. When the car began to slow down to 60 mph I used the emergency brake to bring it to a stop. The engine was wound up at this point due to the accelerator still being stuck. I shut the engine off. I am returning this car to Acura and may begin legal proceedings at this point.
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- Sacramento, CA, USA