NHTSA Complaint #10619151 — 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THE VEHICLE GOT TO 30 TO 35 MPH AND WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER DESPITE PRESSING GAS PEDAL AND RPMS WENT UP TO 7 AND 8. AFTER PUSHING GAS PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES THE CAR WILL FINALLY INCREASE IN SPEED WHICH IS VERY CONCERNING GIVEN I DRIVE ON AN INTERSTATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN PAST 4 MONTHS AND SAME EXACT THING AT 10 MPH AND RPM WENT TO 4 AND 5 AND CAR WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. I STOPPED VEHICLE AND ACCELERATED AND THEN IT OPERATED NORMALLY. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN IN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT AND HAS QUESTIONED ME SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT DRIVING WITH TWO FEET WHICH I DO NOT DO AND LAYING PURSE ON CONSOLE AGAINST SHIFTER WHICH I ALSO DO NOT DO. 3 OF THE 4 TIMES IT HAPPENED IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF MY DRIVE WITHIN FIRST MILE OR SO. 1 TIME WAS NEAR END AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES. PURCHASED CAR USED WITH 18000 MILES ON IT AND DID NOT DRIVE ON INTERSTATE FROM JULY 2013 UNTIL MARCH 2014 ON REGULAR BASIS. *TR