2005 Hyundai Elantra Vehicle speed control Problems

“On december 10, 2011, I was turning from northbound gary av. Onto eastbound lawrence ave. At approximately 5 MPH. While I was turning my accelerator stuck the engine sped out of control to at least 40 MPH. I swerved to avoid hitting a truck turning onto gary and my car went over the south curb.. And my attempts to break were failing all this time... I crashed through a fence into somebody's back yard went down hill about 50 feet and ran into a tree. I then turned off the ignition. The airbag did not deploy. …”

“While driving very slowly in a parking lot, just after stopping at a stop sign and while gently pushing the gas pedal to make a right hand turn, my Hyundai Elantra suddenly accelerated at an undesirably high rate of speed. Although I removed my foot from the gas pedal and firmly pressed the brake, the car continued to lurch forward while the RPM revved loudly. I immediately put the automatic transmission into park, and the car stopped moving and a few seconds later the engine idle returned to normal. …”

“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.”

“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. …”

“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. …”