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2006 Hyundai SONATA Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	824132
Internal NHTSA #	10362186
Manufacurer	HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SONATA
Model Year	2006
File date	24/10/10
Component	VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Bottom line it is my firm belief that if my family was traveling on a curving road or had my sixteen year old student driver behind the wheel we would not be writing this complaint today. The accelerator pedal on our 2006 hyundai sonata (vin excluded) became stuck fully open. Yesterday evening in shelbyville ky after accelerating to get through a yellow light, the car continued to accelerate. My wife who was driving called this to my attention as she jammed the brake to the floor board. I (from the passenger seat) tried to get the car out of drive and into first gear to slow the car. The car did not seem to down shift after asking my wife if this was better said she said no! So she hit the emergency brake and the car still did not stop. But it slowed some and i thought my wife had the car under control so i pointed to a lowes parking lot and threw the car into neutral as she made the turn and the engine sounded like it was going to explode so i tried to get it back into low and it would not go. We rounded the turn into the lowes parking lot at a higher then expected speed when my wife let off a little on the brakes due to the forces on her. I had her point the car to where there were no cars and then i reached over and turned the key to off and car shut off. The smell of brakes and over heated engine was sickeningly strong. The heat from the brakes and engine could be felt several feet from the car when we went to the front of the car. We rolled the car into a parking place for safety. We then tried to get our keys out of the car and the car into park and we could not no matter what we did. We even tried to started the car and it would actually start in neutral (with the emergency brake on but not the foot brake) and yes we have witnesses to this (others tried). We called the 1-800-hyundai emergency roadside service. They recorded our call to them with a su.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	102085
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FRANKFORT, KY
VIN pattern	5NPEU46F06HXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
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Vehicle speed	55
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2006 Hyundai SONATA Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2006 Hyundai SONATA Vehicle Speed Control Problems, Complaints and Defects

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