Car Accelerates On Its Own Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe - part 2

The contact owns a 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated after shifting into drive gear the vehicle suddenly accelerated crashing into a garden and a vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed. There were no injuries. The contact did not notify the manufacturer of the failure. The failure mileage was 96,000.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact was backing into a parking space and when the tried to accelerate slightly to back into the space, the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly. The contact hit two park vehicles before they were able to through the vehicle into neutral and stop the vehicle. The contact stated their vehicle was unable to be driven because the way the wheel was turned, it was stuck after the accident. The contact had the vehicle towed to a dealer and it will then go to a body shop. The vehicle had not been inspected. The failure mileage and current mileages were 22,000. Rl.

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The contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving 3 mph at a stop light there was sudden acceleration up to 60 mph. The accelerator pedal extended to the floor. The brake pedal and the emergency brake were applied at the same time and the vehicle slowed down. After fifteen minutes the vehicle was driven to the contacts residence and then towed to the dealer. The vehicle was in the dealers possession when the complaint was filed. The failure mileage was 18,000.

2005 Hyundai Santa Fe accelerates suddenly causing dangerous situations has happened over a period of time since buying the vehicle in 2005 getting worse to an every day point now have had it to the dealership 5 times now going again tomorrow each time it cannot be duplicated by the dealership.

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Sudden unintended acceleration. Occurred twice within two months.

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The contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. While driving approximately 65 mph, the vehicle stopped accelerating suddenly. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technicians replaced the accelerator computer module. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 20,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 67 mph. She was trying to decelerate by applying extreme pressure to the brake pedal and the vehicle would not stop. The vehicle eventually stopped by constantly pumping the brake. After she got the vehicle to stop she then contacted the nearest dealer and they advised her to bring the vehicle in for diagnostic testing. Upon inspection of the vehicle they were unable to replicate the failure that she experienced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 22,000.

The contact owns a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. While driving approximately 5 mph and entering a parking space, there was an unexpected increase in engine rpms as the vehicle abnormally accelerated rapidly. The contact applied the brakes immediately to avoid crashing into another vehicle. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 12,225. Updated 3/21/11 updated 04/28/11.

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.

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Twice I have experienced sudden unintended acceleration (sua) in the past few weeks. The first time I was traveling on a primary road going the speed limit 45 mph. While my foot was steady on the accelerator, the car just suddenly accelerated without me pushing down on the accelerator pedal. I tried putting on the brake and that didn't seem to help any. I thought it could be my sandal stuck under the accelerator. . . . . After moving my right foot around, that did nothing; then attempted to move the mat with my right hand, that did nothing, and I put on the brake and that slowed the car down and I continued to drive as if nothing had happened. Fortunately, there were no cars near me to crash into. The second time I experienced sua, I was traveling on a major highway at the start of rush hour traffic traveling at approx 65 mph (the speed limit) when again the car just suddenly accelerated. I put on the brake which did nothing, then tried the brake a second time, which did nothing, and then I was able to gradually depress the emergency brake and get the car to come to a stop on the right shoulder of the highway after crossing two lanes. Again, I was fortunate to be able to make these maneuvers without causing an accident. Since this was the second time the car had sua, I didn't think it was a good idea to drive it anymore until I could have the Hyundai dealer take a look and find out what why this was occurring. After two days at the service center at the dealership, they have been running diagnostic tests as well as trying to reproduce the sua without any success and have deemed the car acceptable to drive with nothing showing out of the ordinary.

Engine races when started when engine is cold (first time started every day. ). While driving, car will suddenly accelerate. Dealership reprogrammed transmission settings per a TSB, engine still races when started and the surging has gotten worse. Surging occurs at speeds from 15 to 65 mph.

Please reference the original complaint that was filed in June 2010. The ref. No. Is 10351059. The above vehicle is still exhibiting "unintended acceleration" and Hyundai refuses to acknowledge that there is a problem with this vehicle and other like vehicles. Since the original complaint the vehicle has had "unintended acceleration" about 10 times. Whoever drives the vehicle always keeps their hand on the shift control and shifts into neutral when coming to a stop at an intersection. We may be contacted by phone for more information concerning this problem.

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While pulling into head-in parking space, 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe suddenly accelerated. Hit a concrete wall, causing significant radiator and fender damage (estimated total repair costs over $8000). Driver suffered scrapes and bruises on neck/chest from seatbelt/steering wheel, bruising on knee, and head pain . Child in rear booster seat suffers neck pain. Air bag did not deploy.

My 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe has experienced two throttle position sensor failures within the last 4 months. This causes sudden acceleration and transmission downshifts and up shifts. Fortunately both times occurred on in town streets and I was able to keep control of the vehicle. Could be serious if it occurred while trying to merge into highway traffic.

I have a 2006 Santa Fe 6 cyl. Front wheel drive. I purchased the car in 2007 from go Hyundai. The car has run very good, except the surging or acceleration problem. I took it back to the dealer two times specifically for this problem. They said they could find no problem. I took it to a second dealer, planet Hyundai, and they could find nothing. The problem got so bad even I was afraid to drive it. My wife was really scared to drive it. I finally took it back go and they called, said it was ready. When I picked it up, the service guy said they replaced a part and that I shouldn't have any more surging problems. Last night, my wife drove the Santa Fe to church. As she was parking it in the garage, (something she had done a thousand times), the car suddenly accelerated, slamming into our Volvo convertible, pushing it about five feet forward, jamming it under our stairs into the house. In all, there is a lot of damage to both vehicles.

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Stopped at red lite give the car gas and the engine revs up and takes off had to put it in neutral move to shoulder waited a few moments restarted car and everything was fine. Very unnerving hope it never happens again. 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe I find out that this is called sudden unintended acceleration and I am not alone with this problem. . Happen with only 6700 miles on SUV will be taking to dealer for 7500 mile checkup and want him to document this for my records on this SUV.

I drive a 2002 Hyundaid Santa Fe (engine 2. 7l 6 cyl. This morning I pulled into a parking space and suddenly my car accelerated forward. I hit the brake yanked the emergency brake up and it stopped. I then backed it up since it was way overshot in the space. I called the dealer and they said to bring it in ,but explained in great length that Hyundai's have a different throttle control system than Toyota's and bmws. I don't really care that my system is configured differently. The fact that my problem occurred during the Toyota crisis is circumstantial. My problem did occur though. And someone could've been hurt. The first time it happened was about 3 months ago, I was driving on a side road and going fairly slow (about 25 mph) when it all of a sudden accelerated. Since this was the first time, I was disoriented and unsure if I had done something. I hit the brake, pulled over and stopped. Now that it has happened again, I am very clear that it was an unintended sudden acceleration. I checked my floor mat and it is completely flat and secure. I'm having my husband drive it to the dealer. We'll see what they can find.

In July 2009 and again in Dec 2009 I experience "sudden acceleration" in my 2002 Santa Fe with the 2. 7 v6 engine. I had about 92,000 miles on the odometer in July and about 95,000 in December. Both times the "sudden acceleration" occurred while I was in "manual mode". Some refer to this as "sport mode". I was driving in the mountains on pennsylvannia when these incidences occurred. The first time I was completely stopped in 1st gear. The car started to drifted into the ongoing traffic before I realized that the engine was accelerating. All this time I was pressing on the brake pedal as hard as I could and finally stopped about 10-15 into the oncoming traffic. Luckily, no traffic approached during this incident. It hadn't happened again until I was in the mountains of PA again in Dec 2009 in "manual mode" because of the hilly, icy road conditions at the time. The incident occurred while I was shifting between gears. My wife drives the car almost exclusively but never uses the "manual mode" however, when I drove in these two specific aforementioned incidences I was in "manual mode" on very hilly and windy road conditions. I am presently working with my Hyundai service manager on several potential fixes to the problem. They are taking this seriously but have no definitive fix for the problem as yet.

When accelerating from a stop, this vehicle hesitates and then lurches forward with extreme uncontrolled acceleration. On wet or slippery pavement this vehicle is completely unsafe. I have read NHTSA web site and can see complaint after complaint on this vehicle, yet no recalls issued by NHTSA. Not sure why we are wasting my time, but at least when I am killed in this vehicle my wife will be able to now include nhsta in the lawsuit as you, the governing body, have now been officially informed of a safety defect!.

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.

At approximately 47,000 miles, check engine light came on. In addition, vehicle experienced a sudden occasional jump in idle to 3000 rpm+ while in park and drive after three minutes or so of operation. While in drive, vehicle lunges dangerously forward. When this occurs, ignition is turned off, and restart takes several attempts. After restarting, the vehicle will sputter and refuse to accelerate normally for 30-60 seconds. Vehicle also stalls occasionally after 3 minutes or so of use when accelerating from a full stop. Vehicle was brought to napelton Hyundai, west palm beach, FL on Nov 30. Crankshaft position sensor and camshaft sensor were replaced. Before leaving dealership with service manager present and automatic transmission in park, vehicle idle suddenly spiked to 4,200 rpm. I was told dealer was closed, and to drive it home. On December 5, vehicle again stalled again in traffic at intersection almost causing a collision. After restarting, it refused to accelerate normally for 30-60 seconds. Vehicle was towed to back to napelton Hyundai because both the stalling and sudden acceleration are serious concerns that make this Santa Fe unsafe to operate. The service manager agreed fully that the vehicle was unsafe to drive. On Dec 20 I was advised that the vehicle was not repaired because attempts to duplicate the problems were unsuccessful. I was told to pick it up and drive it. I refused to do so. Napelton had over 20 days to detect and correct these major safety issues, and I will not drive Hyundai's failure into an accident. A review of NHTSA defects reported for this Santa Fe for 2003-2005 model years reveals over 40 similar incidents, some involving collision and injury. These are categorized under several different components including vehicle speed control, electrical system, vehicle speed control: accelerator pedal, other, power train: automatic transmission, and equipment. Perhaps the Santa Fe's can be recalled before deaths result.

When put into reverse 2005 Santa Fe engine roared. The consumer had no control over the vehicle. With the vehicle still in reverse, the consumer crashed into a neighbors deck causing a considerable amount of damage to the vehicle and the deck. The consumer had a left foot accelerator installed on the vehicle and wondered if that was the cause of the sudden acceleration.

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.

Accelerator pedal. Vehicle hesitates when taking off from a stop,then suddenly accelerates sometimes much to quickly causing some loss of control. Mechanic at Hyundai tried to reset computer but informed us that it is set to manufacturers standards problem has so far been un-fixable and the vehicle remains unsafe.

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.