2005 Hyundai XG350

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, WHO REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES STATING THAT HYUNDAI WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. TIRE MANUFACTURER: MICHELIN. SIZE: P205/60R16>AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED FREQUENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE AIR BAG WIRING PROBLEMS UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT. THE AIR BAG WIRING WAS DISCONNECTED WHEN THE SEAT WAS ADJUSTED. THE DEALER READJUSTED THE SENSOR, WHICH DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHO REROUTED THE AIR BAG WIRES, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. UPDATED*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE MOVING FORWARD FROM AN IDLED POSITION THE VEHICLE JUMPED AND REMAINED IN FIRST GEAR WHILE DRIVING UP TO 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNAL WHILE THE PROBLEM WAS PRESENT. THE JUMPING PROBLEM OCCURRED CONTINUALLY HOWEVER THE GEAR SHIFTING PROBLEM HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT. SOMETIMES TOOK TEN MINUTES TO SHIFT AND ON OTHER OCCASIONS AS LONG AS FORTY FIVE MINUTES OR MORE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WOULD NOT INDICATE ANY ABNORMALITY. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO MENTIONED THE JUMPING PROBLEM WAS NORMAL ON ALL THOSE HYUNDAI MODELS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DETERMINED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED UPON ACCELERATION FOR THE FIRST 5-10 MINUTES THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. AFTER PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL A FEW TIMES, THE VEHICLE WOULD START. THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND DETERMINED THIS WAS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/4/2006 - THE CONSUMER INDICATED THAT EACH MORNING THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, PUT INTO DRIVE AND DRIVEN INTO TRAFFIC IT STUMBLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. WHEN THE CONSUMER LETS OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY. *NM

ON AUGUST 18, 2005 WE PURCHASED A NEW 2005 XG HYUNDAI. THAT SAME DAY, AFTER EST DRIVING, I REPORTED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT GIVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS PROBABLY DUE TO IT BEING NEW. 1.0 THE FOLLOWING MONTH, WE DROVE THE CAR TO MYRTLE BEACH SC (APPROX 1000 MILES). AFTER LEAVING A RESTAURANT, AND ATTEMPTING TO ENTER INTO TRAFFIC ACROSS FOUR (4) LANES OF TRAFFIC, I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND AND I ENTERED THE FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC AT IDLE SPEED. THIS PROVED TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL HOUND DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE SERVICE MANAGER REPORTED NO FAILURES ACCORDING TO THEIR COMPUTER, AND SAID WE MUST BRING THE CAR IN WHILE IT IS PERFORMING IMPROPERLY. THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS WHILE AT MYRTLE BEACH, BUT IN LESS DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. 2.0 UPON RETURNING TO ST LOUIS, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE CLOSEST HOUND DEALERSHIP FOR INVESTIGATION. AGAIN THE COMPUTER SHOWED NO FAILURES 3.0 THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED WHILE IN ST LOUIS AND OCCUR ABOUT 8 TIMES THEREAFTER. 4.0 I ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH THE AREA SERVICE REP. TWO WEEKS LATER HE ARRIVED, DROVE THE CAR AND SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. 5.0 THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN ( ABOUT JUNE 2006) TWICE WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. . 6.0 THE ACCELERATOR AGAIN FAILED. I DROVE AT IDLE SPEED, WITH FLASHERS ON, FOR ABOUT 5 TO 7 MILES. . WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR (5) BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY FROM HOUND, BUT SEEMS WORTHLESS SINCE THEY INTEND TO DO NOTHING. WE NEED YOUR HELP [XXX] *NM UPDATED 07/12/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON FOUR OCCASIONS, ONCE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE RPMS SHOOT UP TO THE TOP. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER THEY HAVE NOT BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. 08/29/06 CERTIFIED LETTER RECEIVED BY HYUNDAI ON 7/30/06. NO RESPONSE BY HYUNDAI OR BY PRICE. *TT