NHTSA Complaint #10888695 — 2007 HONDA FIT

I WAS POSITIONING MY CAR OUTSIDE MY OFFICE FOR LOADING. I BACKED IN, THEN PUT THE CAR IN 'D(RIVE)' TO INCH FORWARD A BIT. BEFORE I COULD STEP ON THE GAS, THE CAR ACCELERATED AND WITH ENGINE RACING HEADED TOWARD A HIGH CURB BEYOND WHICH STOOD A LARGE, MATURE TREE. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES BUT TO NO AVAIL; THE PEDAL WENT LIMPLY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT AFFECT. AT THE SAME TIME I SHIFTED INTO N(EUTRAL), AGAIN WITHOUT AFFECT. I GRABBED FOR THE HAND BRAKE BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE CAR JUMPED THE HIGH CURB AND PLOUGHED INTO THE TREE. KNOWING THAT MY FOOT HAD NOT SLIPPED OFF THE BRAKE AND ONTO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, I CHECKED THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE NUMEROUS SIMILAR STORIES ABOUT THE HONDA FIT COVERING A DECADE! MY FEAR IS THAT HONDA WILL NOT TAKE THIS PRODUCT DEFECT SERIOUSLY UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED!