# 2020 HONDA INSIGHT — FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
> NHTSA complaint `2221238` · 2026-06-30 · Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** Yes
## Vehicle
- **Make:** HONDA
- **Model:** INSIGHT
- **Year:** 2020
- **Manufacturer:** Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
- **Component:** FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
## Narrative
The vehicle unintentionally accelerated while pulling into a parking space.  I was depressing the brake to slow down while making the right turn into the space.  The engine suddenly revved up (as though you were depressing the gas and brake at the same time) and it accelerated forward (a though you suddenly released the brake while depressing the gas pedal) and the car lept forward, jumping a 3 foot long curb, striking the vehicle parked in front of me.  The tires kept spinning as though the gas pedal was being depressed, even though the vehicle could no longer make any forward progress since it had run into the front of the vehicle parked in front of me.  We’re it not for the vehicle in front, I feel that the car would have continued accelerating forward and could have caused injury or death to customers in the shopping center and/or damage to other vehicles or structures.  The vehicle was towed and is currently in the body shop for repairs, but I don’t think this addresses my concern for the sudden acceleration.  I don’t want to drive it in case the problem reoccurs and could cause further damage.  I’ve reached out to Honda to see if I can tow the vehicle to their service repair center to try to diagnose the problem by reading data from the car’s computer, but they have not responded.  I checked the floor mats and they were flat and properly installed.  If I had mistakenly depressed the gas pedal (not likely as I was already braking as I approached the parking space), I wou
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*Source: [NHTSA ODI](https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*