general problems of the 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe

My car began to suddenly and automatically accelerate while driving on the freeway on August 4, 2019. The speed accelerated up to about 80mph before being able to get the car to slow down. The brakes were extremely difficult to depress. I had to keep my foot on the brake pedal and press as hard as I could in order to keep the car from accelerating again. Thank god, there were no cars directly in front of me or on the side of my car because this would have caused a very serious accident. I was eventually able to pull over onto the shoulder, but I was unable to completely stop the car from moving even though shifting to park. The car would not stop moving forward until I shut the engine off, which caused a very loud noise. My car had to be towed to the closest Hyundai dealer. The service man at the dealership diagnosed, repaired, inspected as well as test drove the car. The cost for repairs were close to $900. 00. Now, on the way home after picking up my car from being repaired on August 8, 2019, the same thing happened again. This time it was on a city street while trailing my husband at about 40mph when my car began to accelerate again. And again, the only way to stop the car was to press the brake as hard as I could, put it in park and turn off the engine. For anyone to drive this car is very unsafe and dangerous. I am afraid to drive this car again even if it is repaired . This could have been a very serious or fatal accident. The car was towed again to a Hyundai dealership nearby. I called Hyundai headquarters customer service to report the incident and to find out if there were any recalls on my car. I was told that there are currently no recalls. A case manager called me back but could not really help. She said they could possibly help with the reimbursement for a car rental if I decided to rent a car while my car is being repaired.

Tl the contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. When the contact shifted the gear in reverse, the vehicle accelerated backwards on its own. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a brick wall. The driver then shifted into the drive position and the failure recurred. As a result, the vehicle drove forward through the neighbor's fence before crashing into a parked vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The driver stated that the brakes were inoperable during the failures. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failures. The failure mileage was 155,000.

Car races at idle while in park or neutral to 3,500 rpm. While in drive or reverse the car continues to race but at a lower level(1,200-1,500 rpm). The car surges while braking requiring harder pedal pressure than normal. Racing is continuous at all speeds requiring less accelerator pressure than normal. A complaint was filed today 1/19/15 with Hyundai and a case # 7614630 was provided. This owner expressed his concerns to Hyundai representative with safety of car due to racing and surging especially under wet or ice conditions. The rep. Scheduled a service appointment with the Hyundai shrewsbury, NJ dealership for 1/22/15.

This happens more often than none now. I can be pulling out into traffic of just crusing along when I press gas to go whenall of a sudden the car jerks, looses power! like its going to stop and stall in one quick second and throws me forward even with my seatbelt on it jerks me I only had it stall one time, so far. If I let off the gas and press it again it seems to help and power comes back, sometimes. I almost got hit pulling out into traffic because the car lost power and wasn't going anywhere when I had gas peddle pushed. When all this happens the engine light will come on and than go off, sometime now the engine light comes ons and stays on for a few days and the car has a lot less power or feels like its going to stall, than the light will go out on its own. I had it checked out and they told me I needed an alternator so I baught one when my son and my neighboor was going put it in they checked the alternaor and battery and they were fine and have been checked several times and are fine. Also at night when I press the break to stop or slow down the head lights will dim and I can feel the jerking of the care just a little bit. I am so afraid to drive this care sometimes or on the beltway because I am afraid its going to stall/shutdown or shut off that its going to get me killed and I am also afraid to drivge my grand children because of the same reasons. Please help me! I can't afford to keep getting it looked at when it doesn't happen all the time they can't find anything wrong with it. What can I do to fix this problem. When this happens I have no sterring or control of the car for that split second and I am an emt/firefighter I know that split second can kill me and anyone else in my car. I had baught the car used last year and it was doing it just a very little bit at first and I called the used dealer and he said its bad gas.

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated while the contact had his foot on the brake pedal. He mentioned that he had to apply an incredible amount of pressure in order to keep the vehicle from leaping forward. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who was not able to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 53,900 and current mileage was 54,000.

Occasionally, when accelerating from a stop position the car will unexpectedly surge forward. We have had this car for 3 years now and it has happened about 6 times so far. Consequences have been none so far, but I am concerned something may happen in the future.

At the recommendation of the dealer mechanic I had a transmission flush done. Now the car idles erratically, and surges when slowing to a stop. At times. When stopped the idle drops to 300-400 rpms, almost a stall, and sometimes it jumps to 1200-1500 rpms and wants to lunge forward. I have to make sure I am really stomp on the brake, or else I would hit something. I took the car to the dealer, and they said they used the computer and found no codes, so nothing was wrong. They recommended an injector flush, though the car seemed to run fine at speed.

My 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe has experienced from the time of purchase a long lag time between depressing the accelerator and the vehicle starting to move. The time can be up to a few seconds. This has been annoying and at times dangerous. If the vehicle always did this, you could get used to it, though it is still not safe. Unfortunately, there are times when barely depressing the accelerator results in instant tire spinning and associated quick acceleration. The inconsistent nature of the accelerator response makes the vehicle dangerous. As my daughter is learning to drive, I cannot let her use the vehicle because with any inexperienced driver, this car would be deadly. I have brought the car to the dealer once (in PA) and was brushed off with the excuse that the engine computer did not report any problem.

#1 car would not stop, rolled through a stop sign and pulled over into empty lot and tested brakes a few times and then it was okay. #2 was stopped behind a vehicle about 2 feet away, with my foot on the brake when car accelerated and felt like it jumped and I bumped the car in front. This was on 11-28-06 about 1 1/2 hours after bringing my car to the dealer to tell them that my brakes sounded like metal against metal and was told that it was normal on foggy mornings. The same thing happened the morning before but I was told to bring it in the next day because they were busy. I don't remember the date of the first incident when I rolled through the stop sign but it was about 4 weeks before the second time. Dealer had my car for 2 days but could not duplicate the incident.

: the contact stated while driving and depressing the accelerator pedal, the engine accelerated and when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to stop. The gear was shifted into park and the vehicle stopped. It was driven to the dealer who could not duplicate the problem. Updated 12/18/06.

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that whenever the accelerator pedal was depressed from a stopped position, the vehicle would lunge forward. Also, the vehicle would accelerate up to 15 mph although the accelerator pedal had not been depressed. The dealer stated that the link system could be the cause of the failure. The manufacturer sent out a technician to inspect the vehicle but could not duplicate the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 15 and the current mileage was approximately 11,000.