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On Friday 2/18/2022 I was pulling into a parking space with my 2010 Honda Ridgeline. When applying the brake, the vehicle suddenly accelerated unintentionally and hit the car in the opposing parking space. I stood on the brake harder when I sensed the vehicle lurching forward. After I struck the opposing car, I confirmed that my foot was on the brake and not touching the accelerator. Also, oddly the vehicle immediately stopped running and I noticed the car was in Reverse. I took pictures and video immediately after the incident both inside the car and outside before I touched anything. I then put the car in Park, started the car, and backed it up. I inspected both cars for damage and did not find any damage. I left a note for the other car. The owner later called and confirmed she did not find any damage. One interesting thing that I noticed is that the parking space had a sewer drain in the front left corner that had a large slope and snow/ice surrounding it. The unintended acceleration occurred right when the front left tire hit that sloping ice patch.
Brakes are soft and pedal sometimes goes close to the floor with engine on regardless of being in motion or stopped. Took truck in for repair at Honda dealer they thought it serious enough to replace the master cylinder after several attempts at bleeding them. Brakes are still soft but Honda now claims that they are fine.
Brakes poorly stopping twice the distance as normal. Soft pedal was told by dearlship this is normal for truck. Brakes will not lock up with or without ABS fuse in place
On two separate occasions (about three weeks apart and no more than 500 miles) the brake pedal went to the floor without stopping the vehicle. Both times the conditions were dry and debris free. The first occasion occurred going up a hill to a stop sign and was not as noticeable. On the second occasion the brake failure happened coming off a highway ramp, and the vehicle did not stop with the brakes fully applied as we entered the intersection. The vehicle has been to two separate dealers, and because they were unable to recreate the problem when following protocol they were unable to find and fix the issue.
- Boylston, MA, USA
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