Engine problems of the 2003 Hyundai Elantra

The contact owns a 2003 Hyundai Elantra. While parked the rpm's increased to 7000 and would not decrease until the engine was turned off. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealership, and there were no prior warnings. The current and failure mileages were 77246.

Consumer stated that while she was on the freeway driving at about 65-70 mph, she witnessed an object flying by. She stated she looked down and all of her gages were fine, then suddenly she saw smoke, she states she pulled to the side and got herself and her child out of the vehicle. She then looked under the vehicle and saw pieces were hanging from the engine. She states by this time all of the smoke that she had seen was gone. She stated that she called the tow truck and had her vehicle towed to a dealer. She states she could have been killed, along with her infant. The consumer stated that the engine was blown and had to be replaced.

Vehicle experienced sudden acceleration after brakes were applied. Consumer applied all his weight onto the pedal and it didn't stop until a couple of feet behind the line. He realized the engine was revving up with his foot on the brake and not the gas. His wife suggested he shift to park. When he did, it sounded like the engine was going to fly out. He shifted back to drive, keeping full pressure on the pedal. After the light changed, he carefully released his foot and the engine returned to normal idling. Consumer planned to get it serviced but wanted a record of the failure on file.

I purchased a defective vehichle,that became dissabled, and towed into the dealership for warranty repairs to the engine with only 2800 miles. I have made numerous calls to the dealer, inquiring about the vehicle. The service manager could not locate my car and couldnt give me any information on its where about's or anything.

At 36,000 miles the valves started tapping. Checked oil level, which was at the "low" line, and then added oil. Tapping stopped, then resumed on highway. Engine cut out while driving. The car was towed to the dealership and upon inspection it was determined that a crank in the cam had broken, throwing metal chards throughout the engine. Entire engine needes replacement.

2003 Hyundai Elantra: vehicle completely lost power while entering freeway on-ramp. Had to pull off road to avoid rear-end collision with approaching vehicles. Vehicle returned to dealer where it was "fixed. " a second episode occurred after vehicle was examined and fixed by dealer.