From stop,making left turn, lost all power momentarily, RPM dropped to idle. Pressing accelerator did nothing, finally engine came back and accelerated wildly. Very dangerous.
2010 Hyundai Santa Fe acceleration complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2010 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate uphill, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact engaged the emergency brake, shifted out of drive and then back into drive. As the contact applied the accelerator pedal, the vehicle lunged forward abnormally. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer however, the dealer was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 25,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while driving from the complete stop the accelerator pedal was depressed to the floor and there was no response. After several attempts the vehicle accelerated forcefully with the sound of screeching tires. The brake was applied and the vehicle slowed down. The vehicle operated normally moments later. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer four times when each failure occurred. The technician stated the vehicle functioned normally and the vehicle was equipped with a smart pedal system which was a safety feature. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 24,000.
Dec 16, 2011 around 9:45am my husband and I had just picked my sister and brother in law up from the airport and had decided on grabbing some breakfast from waffle house. I had come to a complete stop to turn right into the restaurant parking lot; I then drove about 15 feet going maybe 5 MPH to come to a complete stop to then turn right to get ready to enter into the parking spot. Once I released my foot from the break (not needing to apply the gas as my parking was maybe 20 feet to my right and the car should accelerate at a low speed on its own) the 2010 santa fe took off at an alarming speed I pressed my foot all way back down on the brake but the car did not stop. I then looked down to see if my foot was on the brake it was down to the floor board. The santa fe went over the parking spot and into the bushes then stopped itself. Thank god because the road was on the other side of the bushes. I have never experienced a vehicle doing this? I then contacted the service department at hyundai where I purchased my car and was told that only happens to toyota that they have never heard of it happening to their vehicles. My husband and I took the car back to the dealership where we e-mailed and reviewed of the photos with mark odat and 2 other managers showing the damage that accrued while going over the cement curb. I don't know if there were any damages under my car, I noticed scratches to the paint and a bent license plate (which I bent back into place). I had brought my santa fe up to the dealership back in late august or early september 2011 with a complaint and spoke directly to the service manager jr that twice when I was on my trip from houston, tx to atlanta, ga when using the cruise control once I touched the brake to turn the cruise control off the santa fe would accelerate instead of decelerate and that it had a hard time going up hills.
When slowing down for traffic lights, turns or merging into traffic lanes, when the brake is released and the accelerator is pushed, at random times the car hesitates and all power is lost momentarily. The vehicle seems as if it has or is in the process of stalling out. At first, it feels as if all power has been lost and that the vehicle should be steered to the side of the road. However, then the engine suddenly re-engages and the vehicle lunges forward. The engine warning light does not come on, and the engine apparently does not "die," since there is no requirement for an ignition re-start. The problem happens sporadically (about once or twice a week--but sometimes once or more in the same day). The vehicle starts well, idles well and otherwise performs in an okay fashion. The dealer cannot find anything wrong. The car did not do this for the first 20,000 or so miles. On at least two occasions, this "stalling out" has almost created an accident situation.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was engaged it took 3-4 seconds before the vehicle would respond. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer, but the failure occurred intermittently. The dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The contact was concerned because the vehicle would accelerate when it shouldn't. The failure mileage was 2,000 and the current mileage was 7,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle hesitated before accelerating excessively. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The failure occurred on six different occasions. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 18,000. The VIN was unavailable.
2001 hyundai santa fe lurches when gear is put to drive, or when driving at low or high speeds where it is worst (feeling that we just got rear ended). Started about 3 months ago. This happened before, about 3 to 4 years ago, and was diagnosed and have replaced the input/output speed control by the dealership. This seems to be a rampant problem that needs to be addressed soon because it is big safety issue.
Experienced a sudden jerking of santa fe 2010. During the past month or so, this problem had occurred few times while driving at a low speed during the warm up period. Car was brought in the hyundai service department and is being investigated and repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 hyundai santa fe. The vehicle was parked on a slight incline with the engine running when it began to roll backward. The front passenger side door was open while the failure occurred. The contact ran to catch the vehicle as it independently reached a stop. The front passenger side door struck the contact resulting in serious injuries. She was transported by ambulance to the emergency room for treatment treated. A police report was available. A third party investigator was sent by the manufacturer to inspect the vehicle. The investigator found no failure within the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. In addition, the contact stated that while driving approximately 5 to 10 MPH, the vehicle would intermittently surge forward. The vehicle was never taken to be examined for the cause of failure and was not repaired. The failure mileage was 150 and the current mileage was 3,200.
On tuesday, june 8, 2010 I was on a busy interstate highway with fast moving traffic and my car lost all power while traveling at 70 MPH. Fortunately, I was able to barely glide the sante fe to the shoulder and stop without incident. Follow up: 3 pm visited hyundai service center and was told that it was not a throttle problem. They are in contact with ca service to determine cause of problem. Friday, 6-11-10 after complete testing of all circuits, hyundai declares no source of problem. Auto was picked up at 4:30 pm hyundai assistant service manager: bob wood hyundai case # 3982284 the specifics are: ?SUV was purchased 8/09 and currently has 5200 miles. ?cruise control was on but not engaged. ?gas tank indicator on one-half. ?with my foot on gas pedal the initial instinct was that the engine had lost all power. Opressing harder on gas pedal had no reaction. Othere was an opening in traffic and with the SUV forward inertia I was able to just reach the road shoulder. Oobserved that red indicators were on (battery, oil) ?reset transmission selector to park, turned off key. Ofirst restart-nothing happened osecond restart SUV started and I did not turn off until reaching home. Obviously, this is a serious life threatening situation that needs to be researched thoroughly and corrected.
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