NHTSA Complaint #10448573 — 2006 HONDA CIVIC

I WAS DRIVING ON I-635 IN DALLAS IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC JUST BEFORE THE HWY 75 EXIT IN THE FAR LEFT LANE. THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND CONSTRUCTION AHEAD SO TRAFFIC WAS MOVING VERY SLOW. MY CAR BEGAN TO VIBRATE SLIGHTLY AND THEN INEXPLICABLY STALLED. I PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO RESTART IT. THE CAR RESTARTED FINE BUT I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE IT OUT OF PARK. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES THE TRAFFIC CLEARED AND WE WERE STUCK AND UNABLE TO MOVE WHILE SITTING IN THE FAST LANE. I WAS PETRIFIED AND CALLED 911. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I CALLED 911 AGAIN AND EXPLAINED AGAIN THAT WE WERE STOPPED DEAD IN THE FAST LANE OF A FREEWAY AND NEEDED SOMEONE FAST. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES SEVERAL POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING OFFICER REYES, FINALLY ARRIVED AND PARKED BEHIND MY VEHICLE TO SIGNAL CARS TO MOVE OVER. THEY ATTEMPTED TO MOVE MY CAR OUT OF PARK AS WELL BUT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. THEY CALLED A WRECKER AND MY CAR WAS TOWED TO LUTE RILEY HONDA. ON FEB. 10TH, THE SERVICE MGR AT LUTE RILEY HONDA SAID THE TECHNICIAN FOUND OIL IN THE PCM AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE ISSUE BUT HE WASNT SURE. HE BLAMED THE OIL ON SOMEONE SPILLING OIL DURING AN OIL CHANGE BUT I SAID THAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE SINCE I HADNT HAD MY OIL CHANGED IN OVER 30 DAYS. I ASKED IF IT COULD BE RELATED TO THE RECALL ISSUES AND HE SAID NO, ALL THE RECALL ISSUES HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. I DROVE THE CAR BACK TO HOUSTON AND IT WAS FINE UNTIL YESTERDAY WHEN IT REPEATED THE SAME ISSUE-THE CAR ENGINE WOULD START BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. IT WAS TOWED TO GILLMAN HONDA, HOUSTON, TX AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A BAD BRAKE SWITCH AND PCM. *TR