# 2017 Honda Civic unexpected acceleration **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** civic, honda\ **Created:** [November 11, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611 "2021-11-11T21:10:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Waldrepkerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Waldrepkerri](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Waldrepkerri)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611/1 "2021-11-11T21:10:52Z")
Car unexpectedly accelerated & accelerator stuck until car crashed totaling vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611/2 "2021-11-12T12:45:56Z")
I hope that never happens again, but if it does, throw the car into neutral and get to the side of the road ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611/3 "2021-11-12T13:23:39Z")
> [@pyrolord314](#): > > I hope that never happens again, but if it does, throw the car into neutral and get to the side of the road +1 I realize that people tend to panic in circumstances like that, but I’m still mystified that so many folks don’t seem to think of the simple expedient of shifting to neutral. ---
**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611/4 "2021-11-12T15:39:23Z")
“accelerator stuck” I empathize with your shock and concern, and I sympathize with your loss, but… Was the accelerator actually found to be stuck after the crash? As I have posted here previously, I had two instances of unintended acceleration in my 2004 Camry. In the first, I got distracted pulling into a parking place and stepped on accelerator instead of brake. The faster it went, the harder I pressed on the “brake”. The car wound up in the ditch (picture previously posted). In the second incident, I was pulling up to an ATM. I was wearing wide boots, and the edge of my boot caught the accelerator when I tried to brake. That one, I reacted in time. So, are you SURE that you did not make the all-too-common error of accidentally stepping on the accelerator. If you can document that the accelerator stuck, then please tell us – and NHSTA – what happened. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611/5 "2021-11-12T17:25:21Z")
Explain the incident more fully, like what type or road or parking lot it occurred on. Any other circumstances surrounding this issue could be important. As @art1966 said, NHTSA at [safercar.gov](http://safercar.gov) should be alerted. They will collect similar incidents and maintenance start an investigation with Honda. If NHTSA doesn’t know about it, they won’t investigate it. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2017-honda-civic-unexpected-acceleration/180611/6 "2021-11-12T17:50:54Z")
todays vehicles have drive by wire. some times there are glitches causing full throttle. a lot of fords had this problem in the past. it happened to my friend in his 2006 mustang GT. coming to a stop at the corner of his block and it went full throttle. there have been class action law suits over this. [What is Drive By Wire | How DBW works throttle accelerator (enginebasics.com)](http://www.enginebasics.com/Engine%20Basics%20Root%20Folder/drive%20by%20wire.html)