Cruise Control problems of the 2001 Hyundai Santa Fe

I was coming to a red light and let off the gas to coast before putting on my brakes(my dad taught me well to do this instead of being a quick braker to make my brakes last longer). At about 25mph my car began to accelerate back up to 30, then 35, then 40. I panicked. I pressed the brakes very hard but the rpm's were still rising and I could hear the engine still accelerating. I tried putting it into park, no luck. I then turned the car off while in park. Scary!!!! my kids were with me. Had I not been able to stop we'd have been killed while plowing into cross traffic traveling at 55mph or more! after restarting the car, it seemed better. Then 5 miles down the road it did it again. I drove it back home (8miles) with no incident. 2 days later while driving my son home from school, this episode repeated 4 times. With each "restart" it became more difficult to start the car and I had to wait (yes, in traffic) 5 minutes before starting the car again. I needed transmission work, took it in, $2000 rebuild. Told them about the issue and they could find nothing but hot maybe after the transmission work was done it would resolve. Not a chance. They are stumped as to what's wrong. They've checked the throttle body and parts. No codes come up. They've unhooked the cruise control. My husband drove it home this past weekend so a friend could look at it and see what he thought and my husband was driving on a long stretch of road with no stops and the car was driving at 50mph with him not pushing the gas pedal. Help!!! this is going to hurt or kill somebody.

The contact stated that while parking put the vehicle in reverse then drive and the tachometer went to the red zone. Although the contact's foot was on the brake the vehicle moved approximately 15 feet forward in 30 seconds. Then, he then the vehicle off and back on, and the problem was gone. This repeated a week later. He had the vehicle towed to the dealership, who determined that the battery was run down and needed to be replaced. The dealership was unable to diagnose the cause of the problem. They ruled out a cruise control because it has never been used. Update 1/4/2006 -.

Throttle stuck on vehicle in a fast idle position. Control of vehicle was maintained by use of foot brake. Vehicle had 23020 miles and is a GLS with all wheel drive, date of manufacture was 13 Jan 01. No injuries, no property damage. Dealer replaced cruise control cable and stated that the cause was that the cable was misrouted. According to dealer the cable should not have been routed through a metal clip at right rear of surge tank/intake manifold. This clip is adjacent to the clip used to secure the gas pedal cable. The replacement cable appears to be shorter than the original cable as it is not long enough to be placed in the metal clip. The replacement cable used was part #96430-26110 and has a yellow label with "to2" on it.