2003 Hyundai Santa FE Vehicle speed control Problems

“My vehicle experienced unintended acceleration while traveling down a busy road traveling at a speed of 55 MPH. The vehicle did not slow down while applying the brakes at full force. The vehicle did eventually slow down to a speed of about 40-45 MPH at which point I was able to successfully make a right hand turn at that speed! Once off the main highway, I was able to shift the car into neutral and turn it off to a complete stop! The vehicle was towed to the nearest Hyundai dealership. A diagnosis was made that the accelerator cable assembly was damaged and needed to be replaced. …”

“I've owned my 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe since july 2003 and I have been mostly pleased with the vehicle. On 4/30/10, I left home for a trip to another town approximately 100 miles from home. The trip was mostly on an expressway traveling at speeds of 60 - 70 miles per hour. As I neared my destination, I got off the expressway, onto a surface road. Within 1 mile of being on the road, I was changing lanes and sensed my car pulling me, while I was lightly breaking. I looked down to ensure that neither my foot, floormat or anything else was touching the accelerator pedal. …”

“I have experienced my 4th incident of sudden unintended acceleration on my 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe. I have reported this to you three times before. I am concerned that I may injure myself or another person when this happens. I now drive with my hand on the shift lever and put the car into neutral when nearing any possible situation where I could hit another car or a pedestrian. I am becoming so adept at this maneuver that last time it happened I put it in neutral automatically. I was badly shaken, but nothing serious happened. I have reported this to Hyundai america and they are not concerned. …”

“We purchased our 2003 Hyundai sante fe november of 2003. It is a 2003 model with a 3.5 liter engine. After having the car a couple of months, we started having a lurching problem when sitting at stop light. It would feel as if someone bumped into you from the rear. We brought the car in and were told that this was due to an ABS problem. They serviced the car for the recalls that were current, and explained to us that they could not duplicate the problem, but it should be ok now with the recall servicing they had done. The car continued to have the problem, doing it several times a day. …”

“Random unintended gradual acelleration. Happens at any speed. Feels like when you resume cruise control to a higher speed. Except it doesn t stop and continues acellerating. Though it may not be related to the cruise control at all. Pumping the gas pedal once stops the acelleration. Although last time it took 2 tries. Can live with it. So far anyway. But don't want to sell it without fixing the problem. The Hyundai dealership is no help. Happens maybe 3 or 4 times a week (100 miles).”