Four problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2005 Hyundai Elantra. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Hyundai Elantra based on all problems reported for the 2005 Elantra.
Engine accelerated while driving straight on a city 4 lane hwy & brake pedal wouldn't stop the car. Finally was stopping and I shut the car off. Had it towed home where it has been unusable since out of fear. I have read many reports of accidents on different Hyundai models and different years because of the cars' accelerating on their own. Why haven't these cars been recalled? ???.
While slowing down to stop at a traffic light engine accelerated to 3500 rpm's forcing me to jam on the brakes to avoid a collision with the car in front of me. This was the third time this has happened in the past 2 months.
Vehicle excelerated on its own while in park and in neutral to 3000rpm. Slowed down while driving and went back to normal exceleration.
On December 10, 2011, I was turning from northbound gary av. Onto eastbound lawrence Ave. At approximately 5 mph. While I was turning my accelerator stuck the engine sped out of control to at least 40 mph. I swerved to avoid hitting a truck turning onto gary and my car went over the south curb. . And my attempts to break were failing all this time. . . I crashed through a fence into somebody's back yard went down hill about 50 feet and ran into a tree. I then turned off the ignition. The airbag did not deploy. The investigating bloomingdale police officer started the car and the accelerator was still stuck in the wide open position. The body shop personnel also confirmed the accelerator was stuck.