2007 Hyundai Santa Fe: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed May 26, 2020 · Acceleration, Brakes · 100,700 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle began to accelerate independently without warning. Due to the unintended acceleration, the contact had to depress her brake pedal to the floor board as well as use her emergency hand brake in order to slow down the vehicle. Once the contact eased her foot of the brake pedal, the vehicle began to accelerate. Due to the force applied to her brakes, smoke began to emit from vehicle's exhaust pipe. The contact had to coast the vehicle until a parking lot until the vehicle came to a complete stop. The contact then turned off the vehicle and called titus-will hyundai 2255 carriage loop sw, olympia, wa 98502 where they informed her to have the vehicle towed to there dealer. Once the vehicle was towed to the dealer, she received a call from the dealer stated that they were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 100,700. Invalid VIN.

Filed Jul 14, 2017 · Acceleration · 50,000 miles · PA

In 8/2015 we experienced an occurrence of sudden, unintended acceleration on a city street while driving. My wife was able to stop the vehicle by hard braking and shutting the engine off. She was able to drive it home and we had it towed to the hyundai dealer. They diagnosed the problem: "...checked and found vehicle throttle body to have a poor responce (sic)." they replaced the throttle body for a charge of $597.94, informing me that it wasn't covered under the 10 year/100,000 mile warranty. The problem recurred today (7/14/2015), again while driving on a city street. When I called the service manager to report the incident I was told to drop the vehicle off and they'd look at it. I'll have it towed in to the shop, as this is not a condition with which I'd not care to drive. The fact that this condition recurred indicates that the problem is generic in nature, and that hyundai is not considering it either generic or serious enough to address. I believe that there will be other vehicles experiencing the issue now that the "fleet" of hyundai santa fe suvs is aging but still in service. I believe that it is essential that hyundai address the issue systematically before serious injuries occur.

Filed Sep 26, 2016 · Acceleration · 68,714 miles · AL

"sudden unintended acceleration" in hyundai's, specifically santa fe. My wife has had this happen to her while driving her hyundai santa fe three times now and the hyundai dealership insists there has been no indication on the computer codes and that hyundai does not have this problem. Therefore as far as they are concerned "sudden unintended acceleration" on her santa fe never happened.

Filed Oct 31, 2015 · 89,000 miles · CA · crash · 5 injuries

I was traveling to a friend's house on wyda way in sacramento county. I was getting ready to stop at a stop sign and had my foot on the brake. Suddenly, I felt my car being pushed from behind, and then I heard a loud acceleration noise. Right after that moment, my car accelerated on its own and would not stop. I had my foot on the brake the entire time and also tried moving the gear shift lever. It would not move and the car kept accelerating. I thought I was going to die.the next thing that occurred was a horrible collision, resulting in my car hitting another car which hit another car. I sustained serious injuries as well as two fatalities and other injuries in the two cars that were hit. I was taken to uc davis hospital in sacramento where I stayed in the icu for two days and then for an additional two days in the hospital. I was driving a runaway car with no way to stop it.*bf

Filed Sep 29, 2015 · Brakes, Fuel system · CO · crash

My 2007 hyundai santa fe suddenly accelerated when I attempted to apply the brakes to slow down so I could get into a left hand turning lane. As soon as I touched the brakes, the car revved up and accelerated to a very high speed on its own. I'm not sure how fast I was going, but fast enough to throw me back against the car seat as I ran through a red light unable to stop. I tried the brakes again but they didn't work.. Shifting the car into neutral or any other gear did nothing to slow or stop the car either. I finally reached down and turned the key off, at which time I lost my power steering. I steered into an open field, hit a fence, and continued quite a ways the car was stopped by an incline to a ravine.

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Acceleration, Brakes · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai santa fe. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle accelerated on its own. The contact stated depressed the brake pedal to the floor, but they failed to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was out of control. The contact turned the ignition switch off and jumped out of the vehicle. The vehicle eventually shut off and was able to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Feb 24, 2014 · Body, Suspension · 89,000 miles · AZ · crash

Exiting from a parking lot onto 7th st in phoenix az, vehicle suddenly accelerated and, despite brake application, entered the roadway, hitting a mercury grand marquis in the side. Nobody was injured and airbags did not inflate. Once stopped, it was impossible to move the gear shift from neutral into park to release the key. Vehicle towed and, as frame was damaged as well as front end and radiator, insurance are writing the vehicle off.

Filed Mar 29, 2013 · Acceleration · 61,000 miles · NY · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while parked, she shifted into drive when the vehicle suddenly accelerated and crashed into a parking sign. The contact shut the ignition off in order to stop the vehicle and avoid crashing into other vehicles. The police reported to the scene and filed a report. There were no injuries. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000.

Filed Mar 26, 2013 · Acceleration · 75,450 miles · MN

While attempting to accelerate on an interstate to pass a vehicle, the accelerator pedal became stuck and the vehicle quickly sped up to 80 MPH in a matter of seconds. Thankfully due to recent accelerator issues/recalls for other manufactures, I was able to shift the vehicle into neutral. The engine was pegged at max rpms while I frantically tried to get over through the lanes with the car in neutral. With three children aboard, this was a very harrowing experience. I was ultimately able to reach down, grab the accelerator pedal, and yank it back. After doing this, it again drove normally. I immediately looked at the pedal, floor mat, and carpet once arriving home. It is clearly obvious that the floor carpet itself (not the mat, the actual vehicle's carpeting) just under the pedal has hardened and developed a bulge such that the pedal will get stuck in it if depressed to far. This was brought to the immediate attention of the hyundai dealership who indicated the warranty was no longer valid as the vehicle was past 60k miles (75k), and a call placed to hyundai USA again yielded the same results, that the owner would need to pay $1400 to replace the flooring. There is clearly a design flaw in the floor carpet and raised section directly under the accelerator pedal that lead to this unintended acceleration, putting my safety at risk, and hyundai is willing to hide behind the warranty to avoid keeping its once loyal customer safe.

Filed Aug 6, 2011 · Brakes · 55,400 miles · FL · crash

While waiting to cross a railroad crossing the two cars ahead of me started moving. The first car suddenly stopped causing the 2nd car to hit it. I slammed on my brakes but my car surged ahead into the car in front of me causing much damage of that car and considerable damage, (undrivable) to my car. Police were called and a report take,. I srepped on my brakes hard yet I surged forward very fast. About three months earlier I experienced the same problem comming out of a store parking lot onto a busy road. I applied my brake only to have the car keep going forward almost entering on coming traffic. I could only assume when I applied the brake my food hit the accelerator on the down push. I feel the same thing happened during the aug. 4, 2011 accident. I wonder if there have been other incidents like this, I wear a size 11 eee shoe which is petty wide, the only reason I could see for hitting both the brake and accelerator.

Filed Mar 7, 2011 · Acceleration · 75,000 miles · PA · crash · 1 injury

Sudden unintended acceleration 2007 santa fe hyundai - 2nd time around..this time on a private road car engine revved up , all brake systems failed, could not shift into neutral - mechanism would not move, had to hold on the stirring wheel and ride it out.; saw main thoroughfare coming up swerved into gas station; saw wall had thought to swerve into street; would have toppled vehicle saw small park went across thoroughfare unto park area; understood car was airborne and when it hit the ground went on two wheels on the right hand side and then came down unto the 4; stirred strait into clearing between trees; sampling and dirt stopped vehicle. 1 passenger contests he has slight fracture on skull; the near fatality might have been to a plausible number of children, parents, adults , cars and tractor trailers on main road. This could have been . The after result is the nervousness that rides in one's soul when on the road. Had over 20 witnesses to this event. This is an ongoing epidemic,my case has been ignored and other cases have been ignored isn't it time that this is reviewed before real fatalities become actualization. Thank you.

Filed Dec 13, 2010 · 30,081 miles · CA · crash

Accident involved sudden acceleration and owners suspect electronic defect in the car. Fortunately despite extensive damage to the store and vehicle, no one injured. Owners are working with both insurer and vehicle manufacturer to request appropriate investigation. Driver's statement: "I was pulling into a parking slot at local store. Everything was going normally. I applied pressure to the brakes to come to a complete stop and the car responded and slowed. But just as I was about to come to a complete stop, the engine revved up some and the car kept moving forward. I pressed on the brakes harder, but the car moved forward even faster. I had no time to slip into neutral or cut the engine. I finally lifted my foot for second and stomped on the brake pedal hard, but momentum caused the car to jump the curb and I shattered a huge plate glass window in the front of the store. The car finally came to a stop in a hail of glass shards partially inside the store, the engine still revving higher than at "idle" speed. I shut off the engine. And that's what I recollect about what happened in the few seconds it took for the car's failure to stop and running through the window.