1995 LX braking causes acceleration

Hi all,

Two times in the last few months it happened that applying brakes
would cause the car to rev and surge forward before coming to a stop.
Has something similar happened to anyone else? I'm getting it checked
out shortly but wanted to know if it is a common problem. I heard of
this issue on older Hondas but this is a '95 Accord.

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wrote in 22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

When you step on the brakes with the car stopped, does the engine try to
rev up?

 

If this is occurring when you are going downhill while still slowing
down, it is normal. The transmission is downshifting.

 

Not normally, I can't really reproduce the fault. This happened only
twice throughout the 9 years I had the car, and that's in the last 2
months.

During the incident, the timeline was more like: 1. press brake
approaching intersection 2. car starts to slow down normally 3.
engine revs up suddenly, surging the car forward, all the while
holding the brake 4. press brake harder, car comes to a stop, with
the revs coming down 5. revs back to normal.

I'm starting to think it's some sort of sensor issue. If it was some
mechanical snag between the control linkages it should happen way more
predictably.

Thanks for your thoughts!

Aleks

 

It happened on level ground, though, and it was accelerative, unlike a
transmission downshift. Besides, I don't think my tranny downshifts
downhill, it stays in fourth or so until the torque converter stalls.

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