Karen wrote:
> I drove my car in rush hour traffic for 1 hr., turned into parking
> lot, drove up hill around corners of 2 1/2 levels with foot on gas
> enough to keep 10 miles hr. speed. Turned into empty parking slot
> with tiny amount of gas- removed foot from gas ready to step on brake
> (facing cement wall)........my car accelerated forward bouncing 3 ft.
> back off cement wall- airbag in my face-(accelerated very fast)-...car
> full of fumes from airbag, arm burnt & bleeding-
>
>
> $10,000 cnd. to repair damage to front end- I reported to my insurance
> company that this accident was not driver error- cruise control was
> off- there was a mechanical problem with car. I refused to drive it
> until it was completely checked out by Honda- so Honda agreed to pick
> it up from body shop. Mechanic drove it around for 2 days then called
> and said he had replaced the throttle cable as it was sticking but
> that would not cause any acceleration of this type- --unless car was
> cold.
>
> At the time of accident the car was 1 yrs. old- I question why
> throttle cable would need replacing- and that there is something still
> mechanically wrong. (do not feel comfortable driving it-the value of
> my car is reduced due to accident-my 15 yrs. safe driving reduced to 8
> and insurace cost increased)
>
> How and what can I do to pursue this accident? I am absolutely
> positive I did not step on the gas petal facing a cement wall - my
> foot was off the gas and ready to brake- acceleration at this speed
> impossible.
>
> Any info please??
> thank you
>
> Karen.
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Karen,
They replaced your throttle cable so they could get paid by Honda Head
Office, and to give you the impression they didn't have their thumb in
their ear the whole time they were looking at your car.

'Nick' described the sticking throttle, where engine gunk glues the
throttle shut, so you have to kick it first time you drive it or it
won't accelerate. No relation to your problem.

That's all I know, except it seems that every second week sombody drives
their car thru the window of a 7-Eleven, or grocery store here in
Edmonton. It's on the evening news, and they always say "The sun was in
my eyes, or I must have forgotten my meds, or my foot just slipped onto
the gas"

They never manage to kill anybody, thank God.

'Curly'

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