NHTSA Complaint #11340446 — 2017 HYUNDAI TUCSON

SEVERAL TIMES NOW WHEN MY CAR IS AT A COMPLETE STOP, AND I TRY TO PRESS THE GAS THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FOR AT LEAST 2-3 SECONDS AND THEN WHEN IT DOES BEGIN TO MOVE, IT CREEPS ALONG. IT IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA IF MY CAR WILL BE FAST ENOUGH TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE HAD TO BACK UP WHEN I REALIZED MY CAR WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE GAP WHEN TURNING LEFT, OR I HAVE MISSED A LIGHT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE SECONDS ON END. THIS IS ONE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INTO A LIFE THREATENING ACCIDENT. ONE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED WAS WHEN I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR WAS STATIONARY. WHEN I BEGAN TO PULL OUT, MY CAR WAS LAGGING TERRIBLY, TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD MISSED A VERY CLEAR GAP AND HAD TO BACK UP QUICKLY AND OUT OF THE WAY OF AN ONCOMING CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING AT AT LEAST 60 MPH. NOT ONLY WAS THIS DANGEROUS BECAUSE I HAD NO SPEED TO GET ONTO THE HIGHWAY, I FELT LIKE A SITTING DUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. AFTER I FOUND ANOTHER OPENING TO PULL OUT, MY CAR STILL DID NOT REACT QUICK AND IT WAS CRAWLING UNTIL IT HIT ABOUT 30 MPH, WHICH ON A HIGHWAY IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUSS SPEED TO BE TRAVELING AT.