2012 Kia Sedona Vehicle speed control Problems

“I have reported to the Kia dealership and filed a complaint with Kia motors customer service about the accelerator pedal being unusually sensitive to foot pressure. This is a constant issue that causes me to accelerate more than I wish to. I have never experienced an issue with an accelerator pedal in my decades of driving experience. From a stop, I have to concentrate on pressing down extremely gently or else I can spin my wheels and lurch forward unintentionally. While driving I cannot help but speed up more than I want to do. …”

“First the check engine light would come on and the van would jerk then I had no control over the gas 6/19/2014 I had to pull over turn the van off wait about five mins then turn it back on a go till it happened again took it to the dealership got it fixed then two days later 6/21/2014 same problem occurred and this time the gas would go down on its own so I took it back on thursday 6/26/2014 they looked at it came out told me it was a throttle issue and he wasn't going to let me drive it they put me in a rental and I got my van back on 7/02/2014 and about three to four hours or so after…”

“Let me begin by prefacing that this is our 2nd Sedona, and we purchased both brand new. We have had this vehicle for 4 months, and it only has appx. 6000 miles on the odometer. I was driving down a residential side street I approached the a stop sign, I began depressing the brakes to slow down, and there was a car at the stop sign in front of me, waiting to turn left. As I continued to slow down with my foot still on the brake, the van's engine, out of nowhere, began to rev continuously at full throttle. My foot was still on the brake, and despite that the van began to move forward despite. …”

“Upon coming out of ramp curve to merge onto interstate, vehicle felt as if coasting because with gentle acceleration to merge the vehicle did not respond. Then suddenly it quickly speed up! I steered right and brushed hedges hanging over guard rail to avoid oncoming traffic due to uncontrollable speed. This same occurrence happened intermittently at traffic lights. At a complete stop and began to accelerate with no vehicle response, then sudden acceleration to extent vehicle wheels spinned. …”

“The contact owns a 2012 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that while attempting to parallel park and gear in drive, the vehicle independently accelerated violently while lightly depressing the accelerator pedal. No warning light illuminated. The contact crashed the front of the vehicle into the rear of a parked vehicle where it came to a stop. No police report was filed. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed however the failure was unable to be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. …”