NHTSA Complaint #11326063 — 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. DUE TO THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS HER BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR BOARD AS WELL AS USE HER EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE CONTACT EASED HER FOOT OF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. DUE TO THE FORCE APPLIED TO HER BRAKES, SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM VEHICLE'S EXHAUST PIPE. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE UNTIL A PARKING LOT UNTIL THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CONTACT THEN TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND CALLED TITUS-WILL HYUNDAI 2255 CARRIAGE LOOP SW, OLYMPIA, WA 98502 WHERE THEY INFORMED HER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THERE DEALER. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD YET TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,700. INVALID VIN.