I am having some what the same issue my husband had with his 2002 elantra which was reported to your organization, and had resulted in an accident. In my 2005 elantra the manufacturer evidently knew what the issue was in the 2002 and has now moved the brake pedal .75 of an inch to the left. This unfortunately only satisfied half of the problem. The brake pedal, when braking, still goes one inch below the accelerator thereby resulting in simultaneous braking and acceleration. If my husband had not discovered the problem, and installed corrective measures, I would have probably crashed. However, he had measured and corrected everything before I would take my first trip! I feel sorry for john doe as probably 99% of drivers would not realize what was the actual cause of their accident! I also cannot believe the government would not take action against hyundai to correct this issue in all of the elantra's so affected. You have to realize in most cases this is a blind issue as the driver will not be aware what the actual cause was. Recently a john doe filed a complaint listed on mycarstats.com whereby he continuously had the same issue and the dealer could not find the cause!
2005 Hyundai Elantra acceleration complaints
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2005 hyundai elantra. I have experienced intermittant wild acceleration when my foot is on the brake as if I had floored the accelerator. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem, thus no fix.
Traveling on the freeway the vehicle suddenly accelerated to 80mph and would not slow down it continued for about 15 miles before I put the veh in neutral and turned off the key,(the service dept at the dealer advised me to do that).at that time smoke poured out of the engine and I thought the veh was on fire. I called 911 . I was able to avoid a collision however the policeman asked me to move the car and when I turned on the key it started at full throttle I was afraid so I got out and refused to move the car. When a police officer moved the car it again started at full throttle. They towed it to the dealer, they said there is nothing wrong with it. I am afraid to drive it and I want a different veh or a refund.
Owner of a 2005 hyundai elantra reporting vehicle sudden acceleration. *bf the consumer experienced sudden acceleration on two occasions. The first collision ended without visible damage. The second time the vehicle accelerated suddenly it collided into a fire truck damaging the front end of the vehicle. The consumer request that the dealer take the car back and refund the money paid.
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