Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2005 Hyundai Elantra

Very sporadic (6-8 times over six months) continued acceleration at 2500+ rpm when foot is removed from accelerator pedal. No codes ever set; no information provided by engine history. Test drive by a trusted mechanic and a service rep from local Hyundai dealer (most recent test drive 10/30/2013) could not reproduce the defect. Test drive by me with the same service rep same day nearly resulted in severe crash. Turning right out of dealership onto MD 198 and accelerating up to 3300 rpm toward changing traffic signal, vehicle failed to slow when foot removed from pedal. Brake applied with great effort and virtually no response. Steered into right turn in front of cross traffic from left and shifted to neutral to regain control of brakes on right shoulder. Engine raced in excess of 6000 rpm with no load for 1-2 seconds until I tapped the accelerator pedal twice. Engine returned to idle speed. This uncontrolled acceleration happened twice more before we got back to the dealership. This is an extremely hazardous condition and warrants a full investigation. The vehicle is currently at the ourisman Hyundai dealership on fort meade road, laurel, MD.

The contact owns a 2005 Hyundai Elantra. While making a turn at 5 mph into a parking lot, the vehicle suddenly accelerated without intent. The vehicle crashed into the town building causing minor damage to the building. The front end of the vehicle sustained major damages and could not be driven away from the crash site. The airbags did not deploy at the time of impact, and the passenger of the vehicle suffered minor injuries to the shoulder. The manufacturer was notified and stated that they would investigate the accusation of unintended acceleration further. No repairs had been made. The failure and current mileages were under 33,419.

While driving very slowly in a parking lot, just after stopping at a stop sign and while gently pushing the gas pedal to make a right hand turn, my Hyundai Elantra suddenly accelerated at an undesirably high rate of speed. Although I removed my foot from the gas pedal and firmly pressed the brake, the car continued to lurch forward while the rpm revved loudly. I immediately put the automatic transmission into park, and the car stopped moving and a few seconds later the engine idle returned to normal. Fortunately, no cars or pedestrians were in front of me, although many shoppers standing nearby stopped to watch as they heard the excessive roar of the engine. I drove the car to the Hyundai dealer, and he found no record of the incident on the car's computer software. This incident of sudden uncontrollable acceleration happened this one time and has not happened since. I am reporting this to make you aware that this sudden acceleration problem is not limited to Toyota.

Traveling on the freeway the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 80mph and would not slow down it continued for about 15 miles before I put the veh in neutral and turned off the key,(the service dept at the dealer advised me to do that). At that time smoke poured out of the engine and I thought the veh was on fire. I called 911 . I was able to avoid a collision however the policeman asked me to move the car and when I turned on the key it started at full throttle I was afraid so I got out and refused to move the car. When a police officer moved the car it again started at full throttle. They towed it to the dealer, they said there is nothing wrong with it. I am afraid to drive it and I want a different veh or a refund.

Owner of a 2005 Hyundai Elantra reporting vehicle sudden acceleration. The consumer experienced sudden acceleration on two occasions. The first collision ended without visible damage. The second time the vehicle accelerated suddenly it collided into a fire truck damaging the front end of the vehicle. The consumer request that the dealer take the car back and refund the money paid.