1. Hyundai Elantra
  2. Problems
  3. 2016
  4. Vehicle Speed Control

2016 Hyundai Elantra Vehicle Speed Control Problems

7
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 7 stored complaint records:

  • 2 indicate a crash
  • 1 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi3
60–100k mi2
1–30k mi1
150–400k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • December 14, 2019 · 72,486 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    This has happened numerus times, whether on highway's or city streets. Driving the car you will feel it lurch forward accelerating suddenly and then return to normal driving. The rpms will be at 4000 to 5000 each time. The other day on the way home from a family christmas party with my 2 girls and husband, i had the cruse control set. It suddenly revved up to 4000 rpms on a curved hilly road. This happened at 1am.…

    ODI 11289671

  • March 16, 2019 · 184,000 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    On more than one occasion when accelerating from a stopped position, the car will lurch forward when pressing the gas, but not equal to the depression of the accelerator pedal. I bought this car 8 months ago and it has happened many times. One incident i believe when this happened caused me to damage personal property.inwas stopped behind a car waiting to get to a gate key pad. When i started to pull forward the car…

    ODI 11269555

  • December 26, 2018 · 63,000 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    Car shut off while driving. All lights and engine seemed to stall but when i pressed accelerator after a second everything came back on. Am now afraid to drive my vehicle and have it shut down and be in a serious accident.

    ODI 11163517

  • October 31, 2018 · 44,242 miles

    Engine · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tl* the contact owns a 2016 hyundai elantra. While driving 10 mph, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal and the vehicle shook. When the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle stalled. In addition, the check engine, battery, and oil warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to pohanka hyundai ([redacted], walker mill, md 20743, [redacted]) where it was diagnosed that the throttle body was…

    ODI 11150313

  • May 17, 2018 · 57,000 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    When i first purchased my car, i was given a different car than the one written down on my paperwork. I had to come back in to get the car that matched my paperwork. Since receiving this car, i noticed a slight hesitation when accelerating. Recently, it has gotten worse to the point where it will jerk repeatedly when i have to constantly accelerate and then break when there is traffic. When i am just driving freely…

    ODI 11096642

  • August 11, 2017 · 33,600 miles

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control

    I drove slowly through the parking lot at work and pulled into a parking spot. Instead of stopping, the car suddenly swerved, lurched forward and crashed into the cement base of a light pole. The car kept grinding into the cement base. I was helpless to stop the destruction of my car. The repair shop has had my car for one week but no repairs have been made yet. The repair shop is awaiting the decision from the…

    Crash reported

    ODI 11016096

  • October 15, 2016 · 11,000 miles

    Air Bags · Vehicle Speed Control

    On 10/15/16 i was in a multi impact accident. After hitting a curb, small tree, took a stop sign out, my car landed into a tree in between two 10 in. Bushes. As the car seemed to settle i immediately smelled a chemical odor. I then saw a small white what i thought was paper appear on the inner steering wheel, suddenly blood was pouring down my face where i could barely see. I thought the car was on fire because of…

    Crash reported · 1 injury

    ODI 10946816