2005 hyundai xg350l. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle sudden acceleration accident. *smd the consumer stated as she was preparing to park in an angle parking space along the west side, ground level, of the parking garage, she pressed the brake pedal to slow the vehicle to make a right turn into the parking space, it suddenly accelerated resulting in a severe collision with the concrete wall. As the vehicle accelerate forward, the consumer depressed the brake pedal as hard as she could. Also, the air bag did not deploy in the accident. The vehicle was declared totaled.
2005 Hyundai XG350: sudden unintended acceleration
12 of the 144 complaints about the 2005 Hyundai XG350 describe sudden unintended acceleration.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- typical mileage
- 26,350
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Sudden unintended acceleration by model year
What owners say
On monday 2 may 2011 at approx. 1645, I was operating my 2005 hyundai xg-350 l in the cvs parking lot on columbia pike in arlington, virginia. I pulled slowly into a parking space in front of the building. While my foot was on the brake pedal, the vehicle suddenly accelerated speed toward the building. I depressed the brake pedal firmly but the vehicle continue forward over a parking berm and curb stone before striking the building. Damage to the vehicle was extensive. The building was also damaged and two cvs employees reported suffering minor injuries from the incident.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 hyundai xg350. The contact stated that the vehicle attempted to surge forward while it was stopped with his foot on the brake pedal. The contact applied heavy pressure to the brake pedal to keep the vehicle stopped. The failure occurred four times. One of the failures resulted in a crash. A police report was not filed and no injuries were reported. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer once where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 1,500 and the current mileage was 44,000.
On three occasions over about 4-5 month period ending july 2010 I experienced sudden unintended acceleration with my 2005 hyundai xgl350. The first 2 times I was stopped at a red light and the car started to accelerate unexpectedly. I already had the brake depressed for the traffic stop and had to press the brake as hard as possible to prevent the car from taking off. The unexpected acceleration surge lasted about 5 seconds then ended. The car did move forward but in both cases I did not have any injuries or damages. I did not take the car in for service after either of these incidents. The third incident happened on july 25, 2010 in norfolk, va. I was parking between two cars in a restaurant parking lot. The parking space faced a curb which boarded some floral landscaping. With my foot on the brake at all times I very slowly pulled in and started bringing the car to a stop the car about 3 - 4 feet from the curb. Before the car came to a stop it began to unexpectedly rev up and accelerate forward. I pressed on the brake as hard as possible but the car's front wheels manage to climb over the curb and move the front of the car into bushes before the acceleration ended and I was able to regain control of the car. I put the car in reverse and backed down over the curb. On that same day I drove the car for about 12 hours returning from virginia to new york and did not experience any unexpected acceleration problems. I plan to bring the car into the hyundai service on july 27, 2010 to investigate and hopefully fix the problem.
2005 hyundai xg350l - intermittently when depressing the accelerator pedal, vehicle will not respond and after a few seconds will surge forward. This occurred when pulling into parking lot and upon removing foot from the gas pedal, the vehicle surged forward. The vehicle jumped a 10" curb and took out a support column. The vehicle then hit the front of the building.
Purchased xg350 in december 2005 on two occasions when first leaving the driveway noticed that when pressing the accelerator the car did not respond. After releasing and trying a couple more times the car then lurched forward. That was shortly after the purchase. Now have a little over 26,000 miles on several occasions when pressing the accelerator the car seemed to surge forward for the amount of pressure. On july 16, 2007 left the driveway and the car would not respond to pressure. Kept trying for about 1/2 mile pressing and releasing and just as I was going to turn around the car surged forward and drove fine for the last two days. I will be taking it to a hyundai repair service department soon as this could be very dangerous if pulling into or driving in heave traffic.
Dt*: the contact stated while stopped at an intersection with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated without warning on several occasions. The vehicle was driven to the dealer who could not diagnose the problem. Updated 10/30/2006 -
Dt*: the contact stated there was a intermittent acceleration problem. While depressing the accelerator pedal, upon initial acceleration, the vehicle hesitated and then suddenly accelerated. Also, when put into drive the vehicle lurched forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the problem. Updated 04/04/06.
2005 hyundai xg350l seems as though it is going to stall. *ts ***nar*** the consumer stated at times the vehicle would barely move, it didn't matter how much she attempted to accelerate there would be no response at first and then suddenly the vehicle would surge forward.
2005 hyundai xg350l intermittently stalls when put in motion, then rapidly accelerates and surges forward. *ts after a few seconds the vehicle will regain power and surge/lunge forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but they were unable to duplicate the problem. They replaced the throttle body but that did not rectify the problem.
I purchased a new 2005 xg350l on december 7, 2005. My initial opinion of the vehicle was that the car ran sluggish unless it was warmed up at least for 5 minutes before driving. Then on december 26, 2005 we went to the store and before turning off the car there was a rough idle. About 45 minutes later we left the store and proceeded home. I sat in the passenger's seat as we drove about of a mile and was forced to sit in stop and go traffic. We stopped with about car length between us and the car in front with his foot on the break. All of a sudden the car started easing forward. He applied more pressure to the break and the car continued to move faster. When he realized the car was not going to stop he then pressed the break with both feet with all of his strength and the car accelerated even more and lunged forward into the car in front pushing it towards the car ahead of it. As he put the shifter into park when the car went into neutral the rpms of the engine revved really high, when passing reverse it made a loud knocking sound making the car shake, and when it reached park the car`s rpms revved very high three times consecutively, faster than physically possible to floor the gas pedal manually. All of this happened in the time it took the driver to take his hand off of the shifter to reach the ignition to turn off the car. Immediately after the police instructed us to move the car into the parking lot I called the dealership to report the problem. The service manager instructed me to have the car towed to his dealership the next morning. They kept the car two days trying to find the problem with no result. The dealer wants to return the car to me since they did not find any indication of a problem. I purchased this vehicle with the expectation that I would have a safe and reliable car for personal and business use. I selected, what I thought, the best among all models. Now I am liable for payments on a car that is unsafe for me to drive.
Dt: 2005 hyundai xg 350. When backing out of the garage and stopping to put vehicle into drive and when pressing the gas lightly vehicle accelerated out of control. Consumer had to step on the brakes to stop vehicle, and this situation repeated by itself. Had to take back first car to dealer, an the second car was doing the same thing. Moreover, while driving away from home at 15 MPH and approaching an intersection applied the brakes and vehicle attempted to lunge forward,. Had to put both feet on the brakes to stop vehicle. Dealer urged consumer to bring vehicle in or have it towed. Dealer offered a loaner car. This was last friday, and consumer has not heard back from them. Did not know what the problem was. *ak
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Is sudden unintended acceleration a common problem on the 2005 Hyundai XG350?
12 of 144 owner complaints about the 2005 Hyundai XG350 (8%) mention sudden unintended acceleration. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
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