Speed Control Cable Problems of Hyundai Elantra

I was driving on the highway with cruise control on. When I turned the cruise control off, the car would not slow down. In fact, the car increased in speed even with the cruise control completely off. I stepped on the breaks and it slowed down a bit, but as soon as I stepped off the break the car would start to accelerate. I made my way off the exit and pressed the break hard and with the help with emergency break, I was able to stop at the side of the exit and was able to turn off the car. As soon as I started up the car again, the engine revved real high. I opened the hood of the car and saw that plastic engine cover had split and the broken piece was jamming the throttle cable. I believe this is a highly dangerous issue. I've included pictures of the broken part and where the broken part was touching the throttle.

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The contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Elantra. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the vehicle abnormally accelerated to 60 mph without warning. The contact had to coast onto the road shoulder and restart the engine to regain normal functions. The failure was recurring. The dealer advised the contact that the failure did not exhibit any warning codes therefore a diagnostic could not be performed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,000 and the current mileage was 89,000. Updated 02/11/lj the dealer found the throttle cable binding. Updated 02/14/14.

I was driving my 2008 Hyundai Elantra on the highway and began driving on the exit ramp when the brake was applied the car accelerated to a speed of 85mph. I had both feet on the brake and the car would not stop. I put the car in neutral and it slowed to 20mph. At that point I put the car in park and turned it off. The car was smoking and I could smell something burning. Car was taken to Hyundai dealership where they told me the throttle cable had debris on it and malfunctioned causing the throttle to accelerate to high speed. The car had accelerated twice before but not to such high speeds and would react to the brakes being applied.

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: the contact stated while driving 20mph, the accelerator pedal disengaged without warning. The contact manually depressed the accelerator pedal which was dangling by the remaining cable and avoided a possible crash. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the accelerator pedal assembly was replaced . The manufacturer was alerted.

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2002 Hyundai Elantra. The cruise control cable stuck at full throttle. The vehicle was towed to the dealership. The cruise control cable had to be ordered. When the consumer started the vehicle the throttle went all the way to the floor, the only way to stop it was to turn the vehicle off. Looking under the hood, there was no visible problem. The accelerator was not stuck either.

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While traveling in traffic on the long island expressway, the gas pedal was released and it returned to its raised position by its spring. However, the accelerator cable did not release causing the vehicle to continue accelerating. With both feet on the brake pedal trying to stop the car, it still impacted the vehicle ahead. Subsequent to the accident, the sticking of the accelerator cable could be replicated intermittently. By tapping and redepressing the gas pedal to the floor the cable would release. At this time, the damage to the car has prevented investigation under the hood. The vehicle damage will be repaired at a shop recommended by my insurance company.

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Speedometer does not work in the very cold, sometimes your driving for up to 20 minutes with no speedometer. Its been to the dealer at least 4 times. Once the temperature goes up the speedometer works. They've replaced a sensor, a cable, and the last time they put a new speedometer in. When it's cold the new one does not work either. We left it with them for 4 days, but because the temperature was above freezing they couldn't see it not working so they could not fix it. My daughter goes to school in philadelphia(she drives it) so it works less when she's home in vernon, NJ. Has anyone else had any complaints about a similar problem. There's colder states then new jersey. Hyundai doesn't seem to have a clue. There was not a specific incident date, it began not working in the winter of 2002 when it had just about 10,000 miles on it.