Accelerator Stuck Problems of Hyundai Elantra

While driving or stationary and pressing the gas pedal sometimes the car will suddenly and unpredictably increase in acceleration or rpms, respectively, way more than intended even after releasing the gas pedal. A couple points to note: 1) the car is a manual transmission and during the described episode if you press the clutch and put the car into neutral the rpms will suddenly jump to between 6000-8000 rpms where they will stay sometimes for a 1 minute before returning to normal; 2) during this unpredictable increase in acceleration or rpms (if while in neutral), the gas pedal feels stuck as though it does not return to its normal state; 3) while in gear and driving, taking foot off gas pedal does not realize a decrease in acceleration or rpms, rather the car continues to increase at a fast speed as though the car was being pulled; 4) turning the car off alone sometimes does not resolve the issue as upon next start of the engine the rpms will immediately jump to 6000-8000; 5) this issue occurs with and without the floormats; 6) the issue occurs most frequently at start up and often resolves itself after a couple dangerous and scary minutes of monitoring the acceleration and rpms in response your toggling of the gas pedal; 7) the issue was noticed initially at roughly 90,000 miles on the odometer and occurs about 3-5 times a month; 8) I live in san francisco, California.

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Car accilerater gets stuck and will accelerate when car is first started, whether stationary or in motion. Gas pedal will stick. Seems to function normally after the car has warmed up. I tapped on the gas pedal to see if it would un-stick and it accelerated at very high speed and was stuck until I pulled over and turned the car off. Acceleration dropped down slowly after I turned the car back on and left it in park. Resumed normally after.

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The gas pedal got "stuck" in the down position while driving, resulting in a problem being able to stop the vehicle. I was going approximately 45-50 mph, passing/merging/accelerating in order to get onto an onramp which curved slightly to go into another main highway. When I pressed on the brakes to slow down a bit for the ramp, nothing happened. My car continued to go at the same speed. I continued to brake, and the car would not slow down. I slid my foot over the gas pedal and could tell it was still completely "down" and making the car accelerate at full capacity. I then glanced down to confirm that the pedal was stuck in the downward position. There was nothing under the pedal, the floor mat was not stuck underneath, nor was it anywhere near where the pedal was pressed down. I clicked my hazards on during the process because since it was an onramp, there was nowhere to pull over. As I continuously pressed on the brakes, the car only slowed down approximately 3-5 mph total, because the gas pedal was stuck all the way down, therefore the brakes were trying to work against the full power of the acceleration. Once the passenger realized what was happening, he helped by putting the car in neutral. This helped slow the car, and I then pulled the emergency brake. The car came to a stop in the middle of a main highway onramp. The cars behind me were able to react quick enough to go around and not hit the car. I tried to replicate the problem in order to help diagnose this issue and have more information to tell Hyundai. Once on a straightaway without other cars nearby, I pressed the gas pedal all the way down, and sure enough I was able to recreate the issue and the pedal got stuck again. Upon trying to recreate it a 3rd time, it did not get stuck and seemed to be working properly. But it did get stuck 2 out of the 3 times. It was terrifying to not be able to stop.

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The contact owns a 2003 Hyundai Elantra. The contact was driving approximately 25 mph when the accelerator pedal became stuck and she was unable to release the pedal. The contact was able to stop without incident and the vehicle was towed. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 83,000. The VIN was unavailable.

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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.

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2009 Elantra gas pedal gets stuck under floor mat. What should I do?.

The accelerator pedal became stuck, which caused the vehicle to accelerate faster.

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