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1988 Honda Accord Driver assistance Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA

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Driver assistance reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
12
Latest Mar 8, 2002
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
14%
of 88 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
6
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
10

What this page shows

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1988 Honda Accord submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming driver-assistance

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Driver assistanceEngine
Filed Mar 8, 2002

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE THROTTLE WAS STICKING DUE TO THE NUMBER 3 AND 4 PISTONS HITTING THE HEAD. ALSO, CONSUMER STATES ENGINE PROBLEMS STARTED AFTER THE THROTTLE STUCK AND THE TIMING BELT JUMPED A COUPLE NOTCHES. *YD

NHTSA ID
8005219
Incident
Feb 22, 2002
Driver assistance
Filed Jan 5, 1999
Crash reported1 injury reported

THE CAR HAD BEEN STARTED IN PARK, THEN IT JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND ACCELERATED INTO A VAN AT A HIGH SPEED. DRIVER WAS INJURED. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID
833013
Driver assistance
Filed Dec 28, 1998

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED. PROPERTY DAMAGE TO APARTMENT COMPLEX. *AK

NHTSA ID
832738
Incident
Dec 21, 1998
Driver assistance
Filed Mar 17, 1998
2 injuries reported

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID
532701
Incident
Jan 20, 1998
Driver assistance
Filed Jul 9, 1997

SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE IN REVERSE CAUSED ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID
519295
Incident
Feb 1, 1993
Driver assistance
Filed May 27, 1997

WHEN VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE ENGINE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

NHTSA ID
812502
Incident
Mar 4, 1997
Driver assistance
Filed Dec 11, 1996
2 injuries reported

THE IDLE SPEED SOLENOID STUCK, CAUSING ENGINE TO RACE/LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURIES.

NHTSA ID
512551
Incident
Jan 10, 1996
Driver assistance
Filed Oct 25, 1996
Crash reported1 injury reported

SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, VEHICLE TOOK OFF AT HIGH SPEED, WITNESS SAID IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, VEHICLE HIT POLE BEFORE STOPPING. VEHICLE TOTALED.*AK

NHTSA ID
804019
Incident
Oct 11, 1996
Driver assistance
Filed Oct 22, 1996
Crash reported2 injuries reported

THE ACCELERATOR STUCK ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE SOLENOID ON THE CARBURETOR LOCKED UP, VEHICLE HIT A TREE HEAD-ON. *AK

NHTSA ID
803864
Incident
Oct 12, 1996
Driver assistance
Filed Aug 29, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY. *AW

NHTSA ID
483586
Incident
Aug 2, 1995
BrakesDriver assistance
Filed Jul 20, 1995
Crash reported

AUTO-TRAN: SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE, BRAKES APPLIED; ENGINE ACCELERATED WITHOUT FOOT ON PEDAL; LURCHED FORWARD AT HIGH SPEED; HIT TWO SMALL TREES; NO WARNING

NHTSA ID
969164
Incident
Jan 9, 1995
Driver assistanceTransmission
Filed Jan 2, 1995
Crash reported1 injury reported

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURY.

NHTSA ID
478290
Incident
Dec 9, 1994

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Other components reported on this vehicle

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