NHTSA Complaint #10958602 — 2007 HONDA PILOT

OUR 2007 HONDA PILOT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WHEN APPLYING BREAKS TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP. I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME THE CAR WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND NEARLY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE THIRD TIME I HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO SLIP THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED. AS I HAD THE BRAKES ON THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AS IT SHOULD, BUT THE ENGINE RPM INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY FOR A COUPLE SECONDS AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL IDLE RPM. THIS ESTABLISHES THIS PROBLEM AS AN ENGINE ACCELERATION ISSUE AND NOT A BRAKING PROBLEM. OF COURSE BEING AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. I SEE BOTH THE HONDA PILOT AND THE ODESSEY HAVE A HISTORY OF THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. HONDA IS REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A PROBLEM AND IS REFUSING TO DEAL WITH IT. SOMEONE WILL GET KILLED WITH THIS PROBLEM IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY.