2012 Hyundai Accent

CAR IS ACCELERATING BY ITSELF, AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE SPEED AFTER THE GAS PEDAL IS NO LONGER PRESSED. THIS OCCURS WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS, ON HIGHWAYS, AND WHEN TURNING. AND WHEN STATIONARY OR IN NEUTRAL THE RPMS WILL JUMP BY 1500 TO 2000 RPMS. IS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND THE RPMS JUMP UP 1500+ WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. STARTED HAPPENING AROUND 55,000 MILES DEALER RESET THE ECM WHICH RESOLVED THE ISSUE TEMPORARILY BUT CAME BACK WITHIN 2 WEEKS, CAR NOW HAS 61,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE.

THE CAR IS LESS THAN 8 YEARS OLD , MAINTNANCE PROPERLY, THERE IS NO WHERE VISIBLE TO CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID DURING A ROUTINE FLUID CHANGE AND WHEN I HAD THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED AND THE FLUID IT WAS FINE . ALL OF A SUDDEN 3 DAYS LATER MY TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN 4TH GEAR NOW IT WONT MOVE BACK OR FORWARD . I HAVE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF ACCENT OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND SOME SOONER AFTER HAVING THEIRS THAN MINE.

WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IN COLDER TEMPERATURES, WHEN ACCELERATING AND BRAKING, THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING NOT LETTING THE PEDAL GO DOWN WHEN YOU PUSH THEM. EVER SINCE I NOTICED THAT HAPPEN, THE ACCELERATION AND SPEED STAYS AT A HIGHER SPEED WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN ACCELERATING BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE SO IT DOESN'T GO TOO FAST AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I HAVE TO USE MY BRAKES A LOT MORE RIGHT AFTER ACCELERATING.

THE GAS PEDAL STARTED STICKING PARTWAY DOWN, CAUSING THE CAR TO ACCELERATE PRECIPITOUSLY AND THE ENGINE TO REV, EVEN WHEN IN PARK. ONCE, WHEN DRIVING, I SOLVED THE REVVING NOISE BY LITERALLY REACHING DOWN TO THE PEDAL AND YANKING IT BACK UP TOWARDS ME ONCE I STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT. THE REPAIR SHOP NOTED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN HYUNDAI ACCENTS, WITH STORIES OF IT READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE. THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED WHEN THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY, WHICH CONVENIENTLY WAS IN STOCK AT THE LOCAL WAREHOUSE, SINCE HYUNDAI SEEMS TO KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM. A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT DESERVES A RECALL!!!

WHILE DRIVE ABOUT 60 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON (02/20/2018). I WENT TO GET THE CODES READ BY A LOCAL AUTO PARTS STORE. THE CODES P050A AND P0326 WERE IDENTIFIED. I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON WITH THE SAME CODES. WHEN I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF. I HAVE JUST HAD MY VEHICLE INSPECTED AND EMISSION TEST COMPLETED BY THE #1 COCHRAN HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP (MONROEVILLE, PA) ON 02/16/2018. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUOUS ISSUE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR MAYBE A WEEK OR SO THEN GOES OFF FOR A WEEK OR SO.

AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A LOUD AND CONSTANT KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT: "INTERNAL RODS ARE MAKING KNOCKING SOUND - ENGINE MUST BE REPLACED." THIS VERY LOUD KNOCKING HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY OR MOVING. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THIS ISSUE IS IDENTICAL TO THE 2015 RECALL OF MANY OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES FROM THE SAME MODEL YEAR (I.E. NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V568000). HYUNDAI DENIED THIS CLAIM SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY. HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS CASE#: 10847090.

AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE AND TAPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR WILL ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN AND REV UP TO 1,500-2000 RPM WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR. EVEN WHEN BRAKING. RETURNING THE CAR TO NEUTRAL CAUSES THE ENGINE TO REV UP TO OR BEYOND 2,000 RPM UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. THIS INCIDENT FIRST OCCURRED IN APRIL 2016. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SENSORS BY THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. THE ISSUE RESURFACED AGAIN IN JANUARY 2017. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME IT WAS DUE TO A CARBON BUILDUP IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. NOW IT'S DOING IT AGAIN. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING TO HYNDAI'S ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED THE STEERING BECAME EXTREMELY LOOSE. I WAS TRAVELING AROUND 65 MPH IN A STRAIGHT LINE SECOND LANE TO THE RIGHT ON A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY - NO PUDDLES OR WATER ON THE PAVEMENT AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE CAR LOST CONTROL BETWEEN THE STEERING AND THE TIRES. I BEGAN TO SWERVE MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAD TO FIGHT THE CAR FROM SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL BY PRESSING THE BREAKS AND MANEUVERING THE STEERING MANY TIMES TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE THE CAR WAS SWERVING TO. I WAS NOT AROUND MANY CARS AND THANKFULLY DID NOT HIT ANYONE AND WAS EVENTUALLY ABLE TO AFTER REPEATED LOSES OF CONTROL TO MOVE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY OFF THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED. I CALLED FOR HELP AND WHEN FAMILY ARRIVED THEY NOTICED THAT THE TIRES WOULD STOP AFTER I WOULD TURN THE STEERING EVENTUALLY, BUT THE STEERING WOULD CONTINUE ROTATING 2 TO 3 TIMES MORE EVEN WHEN THE TIRES WHERE LOCKED. BECAUSE OF THIS I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND REQUESTED A TOW TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM 6 YEARS EARLIER. AFTER THEIR MECHANICS DIAGNOSED THE CAR THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME, BUT I ADVISED THAT OTHERS SAW THE ISSUE WITH THE STEERING AND TIRES AS WELL. ONLINE OTHER AFFECTED CONSUMERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO THEM AND WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF IT APPEARS AS IF NOTHING IS WRONG BUT IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN SPONTANEOUSLY. I AM NOT GETTING ANYWHERE WITH THE DEALERSHIP AS THEY THINK I HYDROPLANED BUT I ADVISED I WAS GOING IN A STRAIGHT LINE, THERE WAS NO WATER ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE STEERING WAS LOOSE WHERE OTHER REPORTED THE SAME THING... THAT THE STEERING WOULD CONTINUE TURNING EVEN THOUGHT THE TIRE WERE LOCKED. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR AND DO NOT THINK I SHOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR COMPLETELY. WAITING FOR CORPORATE TO CONTACT ME BACK AS WELL BUT THIS IS MECHANICAL DEFECT FAILURE!