Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe

Pulling into parking space when car suddenly accelerated and went up onto a 6 inch sidewalk barrier. Drivers foot was firmly on the brake but car accelerated anyway . Driver put car in neutral to keep from going forward and stop. Very very scarey and thankful no one was walking in front of us.

I am now afraid to drive my Hyundai sante fe. While driving home from work (about 30 miles from home) my vehicle started accelerating rapidly and surging when I was trying to keep it from lunging forward. I had to use the emergency brake and the brakes to stop it and that still did not stop the acceleration from continuing. I drove it directly to the shop where I wanted to have it fixed. It cost over $500 to have a throttle sensor replaced and now it's doing it again? I had it towed last night because I could not stop it again without almost putting it in a ditch. When it stopped it then started not wanting to go at all. This is a dangerous condition for sure with this vehicle. Since last month when this happened, I have bee reading lots of info from other drivers with the same issue. Hyundai does not want to give me anything for this dangerous repair as they don't want to admit any fault.

The contact owns a 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe. While idling, the vehicle kept moving almost hitting a pedestrian. The failure occurs intermittently when merging into traffic or at a traffic light. The current and failure mileages were 11,600. The consumer expericed sudden acceleration while her foot was on the brake. Updated 11/06/07.

There is a safety defect (the vehicle lunges forward when the gas pedal is lightly depressed) with our 2004 Hyundai sante fe which we have reported to pohanka, 5200 jefferson davis highway, fredericksburg, va 22408 on more than three occasions: date invoice no. Dealer comment October 6, 2005 353592 cause: c40, 39106f00 pcm reprogramming (04-36-012) March 6, 2006 364047 operating per specifications April 20, 2006 367165 could not duplicate the concern the reprogramming done in 2005 seemed to help for about a month. Since that time the problem has gotten progressively worse. We think the vehicle is unsafe to operate because it can rapidly accelerate without warning. Updated 12/15/06.

2004 Hyundai Santa Fe - new - sudden acceleration/ loss of braking power--dealer claims no condition found - car is new - 200 miles on it.

Hyundai Santa Fe sudden acceleration, enging racing while braking.