general problems of the 2006 Hyundai Elantra

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while attempting to park, the vehicle independently accelerated. The contact abruptly depressed the brakes however, the vehicle lunged forward and crashed into the leg of a pedestrian. The contact quickly shifted into reverse and then back into drive, and the vehicle lunged forward again and crashing into the pedestrian a second time. The pedestrian sustained a bruised leg and swelling of the leg and ankle. A police report was not filed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 27,000. The VIN was not available.

While backing up in reverse, the brake did not work. Instead the car accelerated and the engine reved up to what seem to be a very high speed. The car stopped when it smashed into our other car, which was about 4 feet behind it. It was about 5 pm on a dry road. My husband was wearing work boots at the time. There was only a few scratches on the rear bumper. The hood of the other car was pushed in. Our mechanic could not find computer codes or any other problems. The Hyundai dealer also said there were no issues he knew of. Other acceleration problems with Elantras we read about make us think the brake and accelerator design on these cars are too close together. They seem to be only about 3- 4" apart, where other makes are at least 6" apart. We believe his boot may have gotten stuck on the gas when switching to the brake. This also happened last winter when our 2000 Hyundai Elantra was backing up and would not stop. It was stopped by a snowbank. My husband was also wearing snow boots at the time.

On my 2006 Hyundai Elantra GLS 4cyl engine there is a issue which I have brought up 3 times now to Hyundai & all they keep doing is resetting the computer & trans retrain reset. The issue I am having is at a steady speed off 25-30 miles hour I get a very bad bucking & jerking effect the loss of power shortly after the bucking & jerking happens that the car looses power some much so it doesn't want to move fast enough to keep up on the highway when coming off a off ramp merging into the highway traffic two times the last time was today this all happened again & I couldn't get the car to move fast enough to flow with the regular traffic that I almost got hit by a 18 wheeler truck today. This problem is making the car not safe to drive & I am afraid if I continue to drive it like Hyundai wants me to do in this condition to try to bring the check engine light on to see what the problem is I might get hit by someone & possible killed. This issue is a serious operating condition that warrants someone doing something about this problem & this is a common issue from other Hyundai Elantra owners of the same year or newer I have read online & Hyundai hasn't addressed it well enough or come up with a fix as of yet. Telling a customer to keep driving the car in this condition is not safe just some the mechanics can get a check engine light on with a code to go on. This car almost always feels like it is going to loss total engine power & just cut out on me while I am driving somewhere & I will get hit.

- on 01/05/07 the contact took the vehicle to dealer in danville, virginia because the brake pedal was getting stuck on the floor , and the dealer replaced the master cylinder. The contact stated that on 01/06/07 while driving 35-40 mph h applied the brakes, but the vehicle continued to accelerate, causing the vehicle to crash into a tree. The contact could provide pictures of the vehicle , as well as an accident report.