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really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 6 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 82,928 miles
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2002 Honda Civic 1.6 automatic gear equipped with cark-91 nokia car kit crashed. Possible reason was interference of electromagnetic signals of car kit with electronic throttle control. Car was in parking place. Cellular phone (nokia 5110) installed to car kit. Engine has been started. Rear gear selected. With slow input to throttle caused rapid acceleration to back. My wife tried to stop the car with braking but possibly with panic she pushed the throttle pedal instead of brake pedal. The back of car crashed hitting and damaging a small truck. I investigated for the manufacturing error. Service declined it and also there was no clue about manufacturing error (even in computer record of the car). After the delivery of car (03/28/2002) my wife lived similar incidence. She installed nokia 5110 to car kit, started engine, selected rear gear and engine has started acceleration. My wife has been experienced now and immediately shut the engine down with turning car key to shut down. Now, she drives the car with cellular phone closed. I think that possible reason of this accident is the unattended triggering of throttle to full open by electromagnetic signal created by car kit. So, this shows that insulation of throttle control system is weak in this model. It has to be much better insulated to screen the electromagnetic noise created by any other equipment.
- Istanbulturkey, AK, USA
- Albuquerque, NM, USA