NHTSA Complaint #10667188 — 1997 HONDA CR-V

I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR ROAD WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURED. I HAD STOPPED ON A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BUT WHEN I RESUMED DRIVING, MY CAR COULD NOT STOP WHEN I TRIED TO SLOW DOWN OR BRAKED. AS THE BRAKES ACCELARATED, AND I WAS GOING TO HIT THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME, I SWUNG TO A CURB AND LOST CONSCIOUSNESS TEMPORARY. AFTERWARDS, I SAW MYSELF SITTING DOWN SURROUNDED BY A CROWD. I CAME OUT AND SOON THE POLICE AND THE AMBULANCE CAME.I WAS CHECKED AND THE POLICE TOOK A REPORT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A HONDA'S DEALERSHIP FOR BRAKE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT, FEARING THAT MY BRAKES WERE THE CULPRITS. HONDA EXAMINED BRAKES AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY BRAKES WERE FINE, AND THAT THE UNINTENDED ACCELARATION WAS CAUSED BY MY FRONT MAT. I WAS THEN WARNED NEVER TO DRIVE WITTH THE MAT. I REPORTED TO THE AMERICAN HONDA, BUT IT IS REFUSING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.