2005 Hyundai XG350

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION PROBLEM. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. ALSO, WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 04/04/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY RESPONDS. THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS NOT ADEQUATE WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE APPLIED. THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 02/28/06. *JB

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 XG350L ON DECEMBER 7, 2005. MY INITIAL OPINION OF THE VEHICLE WAS THAT THE CAR RAN SLUGGISH UNLESS IT WAS WARMED UP AT LEAST FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING. THEN ON DECEMBER 26, 2005 WE WENT TO THE STORE AND BEFORE TURNING OFF THE CAR THERE WAS A ROUGH IDLE. ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER WE LEFT THE STORE AND PROCEEDED HOME. I SAT IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT AS WE DROVE ABOUT OF A MILE AND WAS FORCED TO SIT IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. WE STOPPED WITH ABOUT CAR LENGTH BETWEEN US AND THE CAR IN FRONT WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BREAK. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED EASING FORWARD. HE APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE BREAK AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FASTER. WHEN HE REALIZED THE CAR WAS NOT GOING TO STOP HE THEN PRESSED THE BREAK WITH BOTH FEET WITH ALL OF HIS STRENGTH AND THE CAR ACCELERATED EVEN MORE AND LUNGED FORWARD INTO THE CAR IN FRONT PUSHING IT TOWARDS THE CAR AHEAD OF IT. AS HE PUT THE SHIFTER INTO PARK WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL THE RPMS OF THE ENGINE REVVED REALLY HIGH, WHEN PASSING REVERSE IT MADE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND MAKING THE CAR SHAKE, AND WHEN IT REACHED PARK THE CAR`S RPMS REVVED VERY HIGH THREE TIMES CONSECUTIVELY, FASTER THAN PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL MANUALLY. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN THE TIME IT TOOK THE DRIVER TO TAKE HIS HAND OFF OF THE SHIFTER TO REACH THE IGNITION TO TURN OFF THE CAR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE POLICE INSTRUCTED US TO MOVE THE CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER INSTRUCTED ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO HIS DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. THEY KEPT THE CAR TWO DAYS TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM WITH NO RESULT. THE DEALER WANTS TO RETURN THE CAR TO ME SINCE THEY DID NOT FIND ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT I WOULD HAVE A SAFE AND RELIABLE CAR FOR PERSONAL AND BUSINESS USE. I SELECTED, WHAT I THOUGHT, THE BEST AMONG ALL MODELS. NOW I AM LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT IS UNSAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE. *NM

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WITH THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, OR, AT OTHER TIMES, WILL NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR POSITION. THESE TWO OPPOSITE AND EXTREME CONDITIONS HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY BUT WITH ENOUGH FREQUENCY THAT ANYONE THAT I HAVE ALLOWED DRIVE THE VEHICLE (EXCEPT THE SERVICE TECH!) HAS EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT JUST AN IRRITATING PROBLEM BUT A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SAFELY ENTER A ROADWAY WITH ANY AMOUNT OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE SPEED WHEN EITHER OF THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR. EITHER THE CAR LURCHES AHEAD SO VIOLENTLY THAT CONTROL IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IN DIRECT CONTRAST, CREEPS ALONG SO SLOWLY THAT THE CAR BECOMES A ROAD HAZARD, THREE DAYS AGO I WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY A SNOWPLOW DUE TO THE LATTER PROBLEM!. *JB

DT: 2005 HYUNDAI XG 350. WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE AND STOPPING TO PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND WHEN PRESSING THE GAS LIGHTLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE, AND THIS SITUATION REPEATED BY ITSELF. HAD TO TAKE BACK FIRST CAR TO DEALER, AN THE SECOND CAR WAS DOING THE SAME THING. MOREOVER, WHILE DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME AT 15 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO LUNGE FORWARD,. HAD TO PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN OR HAVE IT TOWED. DEALER OFFERED A LOANER CAR. THIS WAS LAST FRIDAY, AND CONSUMER HAS NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO DRIVE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. SOMETIMES THIS LEFT RUBBER MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT OR ROAD. AT TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE IT WOULD DO THIS IN REVERSE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WHEN PUT INTO GEAR WILL GO INTO THE HIGHER GEARS UNTIL THE RPMS REACHED 4000. CONSUMER HAD LOGGED 600 EVENTS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 54 OCCASIONS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE SERVICE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED, BUT DID REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE, AND IT DID HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECORDED COMPLAINTS WITH HYUNDAI. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT HAD NO RESOLUTION. CONSUMER NO LONGER HAD THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE, BUT FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT AND SOMEONE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *TT

AUTOMOBILE 2005 HYUNDAI XG350L. 4 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE 5-28-05 WITHIN 1000 MILES OF DRIVING, CAR WILL NOT GO AFTER STOPPING. THIS CAR WILL REV TO ALMOST 4000 RPM IN DRIVE FOR 3-10 SECONDS THEN LURCH OUT AWAY FROM STOP. LATEST INCIDENT ON JULY 6 THE CAR DID THIS WHIS MOVING DOWN THE ROAD, LOST ALL POWER BUT CONTINUED TO REV TO APPROX 4000RPM THEN TOOK OFF WITH TIRES SQUEALING. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER EACH TIME. THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE SO ARE DOING NOTHING. HYUNDAI DEALER REPORTS NO OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE THIS REPORTED. I HAVE BEEN ON INTERNET DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHERS SAYING SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ARE TOLD THE SAME THING.

DT: CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES THE TACHOMETER CLIMBED. THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT TWICE. HE ALMOST VEERED INTO TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ,THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED, THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP, DROVE HOME, THEN WENT OUT, AND THE VEHICLE REVVED UP TO 2400 RPMS. HE HAS DOCUMENTATION OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. VEHICLE 'ALMOST HIT A WOMAN WHO WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE PARKING LOT.*AK