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Hyundai Elantra Vehicle Speed Control Problems

234
Owner complaint records in our dataset
20
Years with records
1999–2018
Stored years

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 234 stored complaint records:

  • 77 indicate a crash
  • 33 indicate injury
  • 4 indicate fire
  • 1 indicate a death

Complaints by year

What appears in the records

  • failure mileage · 16 records
  • brake pedal · 16 records
  • accelerator pedal · 13 records
  • suddenly accelerated · 12 records
  • police report · 12 records
  • cruise control · 12 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi77
30–60k mi52
60–100k mi40
100–150k mi17
150–400k mi4

Complaint evidence

Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.

  • January 21, 2020

    Vehicle Speed Control

    ACCELERATION FAULTY CRUSE CONTROL

    ODI 11300717

    2009 records in this system

  • 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

    2016 records in this system

  • December 13, 2019 · 81,000 miles

    Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control

    I was slowly going into my parking spot and the car suddenly accelerated and lurched forward. I tried to brake, didn't seem to do any good. It hit concrete protecting a street light and was smashed up and stopped. It was terrifying. I the car did this on it's own. I know where my feet were and i was in good shoes. I'm a classically trained professional ballet dancer and i know where my feet are in space and what…

    Crash reported

    ODI 11288969

    2012 records in this system

  • November 7, 2019 · 97,000 miles

    Engine · Vehicle Speed Control

    Suddenly my car developed a new issue of sudden acceleration while stopped/idle. While my foot is on gas, the car will suddenly jerk forward/rpm increase. However, so far while my foot is on the brake, i haven't moved as far as i can tell but fearful it might happen while driving or it will drive forward even with foot on brake.

    ODI 11279092

    2013 records in this system

  • October 3, 2019

    Engine · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control

    Hyundai elantra 2012 gls shutting off while driving at low speed or at stopped, stopping, loosing control of your car at low speed no breaks or steering wheel, or speedometer after turning the car on..

    ODI 11265942

    2012 records in this system

  • August 25, 2019 · 31,000 miles

    Vehicle Speed Control

    While trying to increase speed to get on highway the rpm increased but my car would not speed up. Has happened on several occasions.

    ODI 11246329

    2017 records in this system

  • August 13, 2019 · 93,532 miles

    Engine · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tl* the contact owns a 2014 hyundai elantra. When the accelerator pedal was engaged, the vehicle hesitated and only accelerated to 20 mph. The vehicle also stalled while at a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. The mechanic cleaned all the sensors; however, the failure was not corrected. The mechanic stated that the throttle body was…

    ODI 11243598

    2014 records in this system

  • August 12, 2019 · 157,607 miles

    Engine · Vehicle Speed Control

    Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai elantra. When the accelerator pedal was engaged, the vehicle hesitated and only accelerated to 20 mph. The vehicle also stalled while at a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be found. The mechanic cleaned all the sensors; however, the failure was not corrected. The mechanic stated that the throttle body was…

    ODI 11243592

    2012 records in this system