1999 Honda CR-V

THE FIRST 3 INCIDENTS WERE AS FOLLOWS. 1) CAR IDLING WHILE TALKING RESTARTED. 2) STALLED DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, RESTARTED AFTER 3 TRIES. 3) STALLED DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, RESTARTED AFTER 3 TRIES. 4) STALLED WHILE DRIVING WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL 3 RETRIES AND WAITING 45 MINUTES THEN STARTED AND DROVE HOME 5 MILES. NO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS. FOUND RECALL FROM 2002 FOR IGNITION REPLACEMENT, WILL CONTACT LOCAL DEALER. CAR PURCHASED ON WEST COAST WE MOVED SHORTLY AFTER THAT TO THE EAST COAST. *JB

APRIL 5, 2003 IT WAS ABOUT 9:00 PM. I HAD JUST PAID MY TOLL ON THE NEW JERSEY SIDE OF THE RIVER. I WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON THE BEN FRANKLIN BRIDGE TOWARDS PHILADELPHIA. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH AND WAS IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE IN ORDER TO TAKE THE EXIT OFF TO THE RIGHT TO GET ONTO SOUTH I-95. THIS EXIT RAMP IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE ON THE PENNSYLVANIA SIDE OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. AS I WAS NEARING THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE, MY 1999 HONDA CRV SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH SUCH HIGH RPMS THAT IT SURGED FORWARD AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID RATE. IT TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN SO FAST THAT NOT EVEN THE BRAKES WOULD OR COULD SLOW IT DOWN. I ACTIVELY APPLIED MY BRAKES BUT TO MY HORROR, MY BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK AND COULD NOT SLOW DOWN THE CAR. THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING UNCONTROLLABLY. I EVEN PULLED UP ON MY EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TRIED TO MANEUVER MY CAR AS I WAS TRAVELING AT A RAPID PACE THROUGH THE TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT STOP MY CAR UNTIL IT CRASHED INTO ANOTHER. THIS HORRIFIC ACCIDENT TOTALED MY CAR AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A WOMAN IN ANOTHER CAR. MY INJURIES KEPT ME IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A WEEK. A TAXI DRIVER HAD SOME INJURIES. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. THE HONDA CRV WAS TOTALLED AND THE CAR IS BEING KEPT IN STORAGE, PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 02V12 IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE IGNITION SWITCH. CONSUMER LEARNED THERE WERE STIPULATIONS TO THE RECALL. CONSUMER RECEIVED A REMOTE STARTER AS A GIFT BUT WAS INSTALLED AT A DIFFERENT FACILITY. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ONLY REPAIR THE IGNITION SWITCH AND WOULD HAVE TO DEACTIVATE THE REMOTE STARTER. THE DEALERSHIP HOWEVER WILL NOT REACTIVATE THE REMOTE STARTER AND CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER FACILITY AND HAVE THEM REACTIVATE THE STARTER AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *JG