2008 Hyundai Elantra Cruise Control Problems

THIS MONTH, WHEN I WAS DRIVING MY CAR ON THE HIGHWAY, IT WOULD PERIODICALLY ACCELERATE UNCONTROLLABLY. I HAVE NEVER PREVIOUSLY HAD THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD MY CAR CHECKED OUT BY THE DEALER AND INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO CANNOT EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM.

AFTER RECEIVING LETTER FROM HYUNDAI ABOUT DEFECTS IN CRUISE CONTROL AND OTHER TECHNICAL ITEMS, I TOOK MY CAR INTO DEALER IN FRESNO, CALIFORNIA AND THEY TURNED ME AWAY REFUSING TO SERVICE RECALL ORDER TO FIX AND REPLACE RECALL REQUIREMENTS STATING THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL WHEN THEY DID. THEY NEVER CALLED, MY CONTACT NUMBER HAS NEVER CHANGED IN 15YEARS OR MORE. *TR

LEAVING THE PARKING LOT AT WALGREEN IN TONAWANDA,NY. I WAS BACKING OUT WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. PUTTING THE CAR IN DRIVE.THE CAR LEAPED INTO A VERY HIGH ACCELERATED SPEED LIKE A JET WITH THE ENGINE RACING. THE BRAKE DID NOT HELP. THE CAR HIT THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE STORE AND THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES.THE DISTANCE WAS ONLY A MATTER OF YARDS.THE AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELT KEPT ME FROM GOING THRU THE WINDSHIELD THE FORCE OF THE CRASH TOTALED THE CAR. THERE WAS NO ONE IN THIS AREA OF THE PARKING LOT THANK GOODNESS IT WAS 10AM SUNDAY MORNING. I DO NOT KNOW WHO CALLED THE FIRE DEPT AND POLICE.. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. THIS SITUATION HAPPEN SO FAST YOU DON,T HAVE TIME TO BLINK. I AM NOW LEFT WITH NO CAR AND A TWISTED BACK.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. WHILE PARKING AND ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POLE. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WERE ANY INJURIES OR IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING UP TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,460. MA 08/05/15 THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 08/11/15*JB

THE GAS PEDAL GOT "STUCK" IN THE DOWN POSITION WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN A PROBLEM BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, PASSING/MERGING/ACCELERATING IN ORDER TO GET ONTO AN ONRAMP WHICH CURVED SLIGHTLY TO GO INTO ANOTHER MAIN HIGHWAY. WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN A BIT FOR THE RAMP, NOTHING HAPPENED. MY CAR CONTINUED TO GO AT THE SAME SPEED. I CONTINUED TO BRAKE, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN. I SLID MY FOOT OVER THE GAS PEDAL AND COULD TELL IT WAS STILL COMPLETELY "DOWN" AND MAKING THE CAR ACCELERATE AT FULL CAPACITY. I THEN GLANCED DOWN TO CONFIRM THAT THE PEDAL WAS STUCK IN THE DOWNWARD POSITION. THERE WAS NOTHING UNDER THE PEDAL, THE FLOOR MAT WAS NOT STUCK UNDERNEATH, NOR WAS IT ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE THE PEDAL WAS PRESSED DOWN. I CLICKED MY HAZARDS ON DURING THE PROCESS BECAUSE SINCE IT WAS AN ONRAMP, THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PULL OVER. AS I CONTINUOUSLY PRESSED ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR ONLY SLOWED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MPH TOTAL, BECAUSE THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK ALL THE WAY DOWN, THEREFORE THE BRAKES WERE TRYING TO WORK AGAINST THE FULL POWER OF THE ACCELERATION. ONCE THE PASSENGER REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING, HE HELPED BY PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. THIS HELPED SLOW THE CAR, AND I THEN PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CAR CAME TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAIN HIGHWAY ONRAMP. THE CARS BEHIND ME WERE ABLE TO REACT QUICK ENOUGH TO GO AROUND AND NOT HIT THE CAR. I TRIED TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO HELP DIAGNOSE THIS ISSUE AND HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO TELL HYUNDAI. ONCE ON A STRAIGHTAWAY WITHOUT OTHER CARS NEARBY, I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND SURE ENOUGH I WAS ABLE TO RECREATE THE ISSUE AND THE PEDAL GOT STUCK AGAIN. UPON TRYING TO RECREATE IT A 3RD TIME, IT DID NOT GET STUCK AND SEEMED TO BE WORKING PROPERLY. BUT IT DID GET STUCK 2 OUT OF THE 3 TIMES. IT WAS TERRIFYING TO NOT BE ABLE TO STOP. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN AS IF CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON, WHICH IT WASN'T. WE PULLED OVER AND PULLED THE FLOOR MATS OFF IN CASE THEY WERE MAKING THE GAS PEDAL STICK. WHEN WE STARTED BACK UP, THE CAR DID IT AGAIN. WE TRIED TO PULL OVER AGAIN AND THE BRAKES DIDN'T STOP THE ACCELERATION UNTIL WE THREW THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. EVEN THEN, THE BRAKES WERE FIGHTING THE INCREASED ACCELERATION. WE THEN MADE OUR WAY OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND WERE ABLE TO BRAKE THE CAR ENOUGH TO TURN THE ENGINE OFF. WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO BRING IT TO THE SHOP. WE ARE GRATEFUL WE DIDN'T GET IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND ARE STILL PRETTY FREAKED OUT ABOUT IT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, INCHING ALONG AT LOW SPEED FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILES; STOPPING AND STARTING ALL THE WAY, SUDDENLY DURING ONE OF THESE STOPS, THE MOTOR STARTED TO REV AND THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. HAD TO BRAKE HARD TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, WHILE PARKING THE CAR IN A PARKING SPACE, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I HAD ALREADY STOPPED AND WAS PUTTING THE CAR IN PARK. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI GARAGE WHERE THEY DID ROAD TESTING. COMPUTER TESTS SHOWED NO CODES; SO NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. WHEN THE TECH LINE OF THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ON THIS MATTER WAS TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO CASES RELATING TO THIS PROBLEM ON FILE. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SPORADICALLY SINCE 2010. LAST REPORTED AN ACCELERATION PROBLEM TO THE HYUNDAI GARAGE EARLY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2012. NO ONE AT HYUNDAI WANTS TO HELP ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, SHE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES BUT THEY FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. INSTEAD, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO 95 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,143.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 57 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT OBSERVED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ENGAGING ON ITS OWN. HE WAS ABLE TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND STOP THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO UTILIZE THE CRUISE CONTROL A SECOND TIME AND WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 44,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED TO SPEEDS OF 90 MPH. THE CONTACT THEN PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO STOP THE ACCELERATION BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ADVISED THE THROTTLE WAS STILL IN THE OPEN POSITION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN POSSESSION OF THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 26,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 ELANTRA WHEN I APPROACHED A SHARP CURVE IN THE ROAD. I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND SUDDENLY THE CRUISE CONTROL SEEMED TO ACTIVATE AND THE CAR SPED UP AND LEFT THE ROAD . I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE BRAKES OR STEERING. IT SEEMED AS IF THE VEHICLE FROZE. I TRIED TO BRAKE AND NOTHING HAPPENED, I TRIED TO STEER AND THE WHEEL WAS LOCKED. I RAN OVER SEVERAL STREET SIGNS. WHEN THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED BY CRASHING INTO A TREE, THE CAR WAS OFF AND THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED. MY AIRBAG DID GO OFF HOWEVER MY SONS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT. WE BOTH SUSTAINED MINOR PHYSICAL INJURIES AND MAJOR EMOTIONAL INJURIES. THE CAR WAS TOTALED. APPROXIMATELY 5 WEEKS LATER I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY VEHICLE. MY CAR WAS ONE OF THE VEHICLES WITH THE FAULTY FUEL PUMP THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. IN THE NOTICE IT STATED THAT IF THE FUEL PUMP WAS NOT REPLACED IT COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CRASH. I BEGAN TO RESEARCH THE RECALL AND NOTED SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCED SIMILAR DIFFICULTIES. I ALSO HAD NOTICED A STRANGE SMELL (ELECTRICAL?) THE PRIOR TWO DAYS OF THE ACCIDENT. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET ANY INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT THE FUEL PUMP WAS FAULTY AND IT WAS WOULD IT HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BEHAVE IN THE WAY IT DID CAUSING IT TO CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS DISPOSED OF IMMEDIATELY SO IT WAS UNABLE TO BE EXAMINED. I DO NOT HAVE THE VIN # AS I NO LONGER HAVE THE VEHICLE. I DID HOWEVER, THROUGH THE DEALERSHIP, FIND OUT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS INDEED ONE OF THE ONES ON THE RECALL NOTICE. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTED IN AUGUST AND THE RECALL BEGAN SOON AFTER. I WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL WEEKS AFTER THE CRASH. *TR