2005 Hyundai XG350 complaints

PURCHASED XG350 IN DECEMBER 2005 ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN FIRST LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY NOTICED THAT WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR DID NOT RESPOND. AFTER RELEASING AND TRYING A COUPLE MORE TIMES THE CAR THEN LURCHED FORWARD. THAT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THE PURCHASE. NOW HAVE A LITTLE OVER 26,000 MILES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR SEEMED TO SURGE FORWARD FOR THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. ON JULY 16, 2007 LEFT THE DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO PRESSURE. KEPT TRYING FOR ABOUT 1/2 MILE PRESSING AND RELEASING AND JUST AS I WAS GOING TO TURN AROUND THE CAR SURGED FORWARD AND DROVE FINE FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO A HYUNDAI REPAIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT SOON AS THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF PULLING INTO OR DRIVING IN HEAVE TRAFFIC. *AK

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCURANCES MY 05 HYUNDAI XG350, WHEN IN CITY TRAFFIC AT APPROX 35MPH, FAILED TO DROP ENGINE RPM WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED DURING A TRAFFIC LIGHT STOP. TO STOP THE CAR, I HAD TO SHIFT THE CAR TO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE RACED THEN IMMEDIATELY DROPED TO AN IDLE. THIS EASILY COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN INCIDENT HAD I NOT SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL. LOCAL DEALER ADVISED THAT ALL WAS OK - NO PROBLEMS!

SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATION. ON 10 OCCASIONS SINCE 03/05 THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CAN BE DEPRESSED, NOTHING HAPPENS, AND THEN THE VEHICLE TAKES OFF. YESTERDAY WAS THE LAST STRAW - BACKING UP AND IT DID IT. WHEN IT DID TAKE OFF WITH ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED ABOUT HALF WAY, IT TOOK OFF AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS READY FOR IT TO DO THAT I COULDN'T GET IT STOPPED QUICK ENOUGH AND IT HIT A POLE. IT TORE REAR BUMPER. I HAVE HAD IT TO DEALER 4 TIMES AND THEY KEPT CAR FOR 5 DAYS AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. TOLD US UNTIL THEY CAN GET IT TO DO IT WHILE THEY HAD IT - THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THEY CAN DO. SO FAR WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID GETTING HIT. CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY NHTSA HASN'T ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM. PERHAPS BECAUSE NO DOCUMENTED DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED.....*JB

CAR ACCELERATES/LURCHES FORWARD WHEN IDLE OR STARTING TO DRIVE FROM A STANDSTILL. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND MY WIFE HAS TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TWICE FOR THIS. THE DEALER STATES THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WELL, BY READING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM MY WIFE IS EXPERIENCING, THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND A SERIOUS ONE. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI XG 350. WHEN ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND; THE CONTACT COULD FEEL THE GEARS SHIFT AND THE VEHICLE MOVING SLOWLY. THE DEALER STATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS UNABLE TO GET A RESPONSE. *AK UPDATED 03/19/07. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 HYUNDAI XG350. THE AIR BAG LIGHT SUDDENLY CAME ON IN THE CAR. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT A PLUG BENEATH THE SEAT CAME OUT. ALTHOUGH IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY SOMETHING GETTING CAUGHT UNDER THE SEAT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS MANY TIMES AND HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILE A CLAIM WITH HYUNDAI BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TURNED DOWN. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IF IT IS HAPPENING MANY TIMES AS THE DEALER DESCRIBED IT IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING HE CAN'T READ THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE OR FAN SPEED LOCATED UNDER THE RADIO ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT ONLY EXPERIENCES THIS PROBLEM DURING THE DAY HE DOES NOT EXPERIENCE IT AT ALL AT NIGHT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THAT IS THE VEHICLE'S DESIGN.

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO MATTER HOW FAR DOWN SHE PUSHES THE ACCELERATOR HER VEHICLE WILL NOT GO OVER 15 -20 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES AND SHE WAS TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE CONTACT SAYS THAT THE PROBLEM OCCURS OCCASIONALLY AND SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHICH INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS BUT, AFTER THE REPAIRS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED IMMEDIATELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON OCTOBER 16, 2006 WHO REPAIRED THE CONNECTOR FOR THE HIGH HARNESS, WHICH LATER FRACTURED ON NOVEMBER 27TH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, WHO RECOMMENDED THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS BUT THE DEALER REFUSED.

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 STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 10/30/2006 - *NM

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

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED FURTHER DOWN THAN THE GAS PEDAL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS LOCATED TO CLOSE TO THE GAS PEDAL. UPDATED 9/13/2006 - *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 H

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER COULDN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 08/24/06. *JB

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

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING THE RPM TO RUN HIGH AND THE VEHICLE TO OVER-ACCELERATE. DURING ONE INCIDENT WHILE PULLING THE VEHICLE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND BARELY TAPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE OVER ACCELERATED ALMOST HITTING A PEDISTRIAN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERS ON FOUR SEPERATE OCCASIONS AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE FURTHER ASSISSTANCE.*AK

2005 HYUNDAI XG-350 CLOCK, RADIO, HEAT, AND AIR CONDITIONING GAUGES ARE UNREADABLE. MECHANIC SAID THERE WAS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED SHE CAN'T READ THE GAUGES WHEN ITS BRIGHT OUTSIDE. *JB

SEVEN INSTANCES OF UNWANTED ENGINE ACCELERATION SINCE JAN 2006. ALL OCCURRENCES SIMILAR: 1)ENGINE IS WARM AFTER A PERIOD OF DRIVING; 2) CAR DECELERATING APPROACHING STOP SIGN, TRAFFIC LIGHT, OR IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC; 3) A BARELY AUDIBLE "CLICK" IS HEARD AND THE ENGINE RPM BEGINS TO REV UP MAKING BRAKING DIFFICULT AND GIVING A CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS AMISS. WHEN THIS POINT IS REACHED KEY WAS TURNED OFF OR IDLE SELECTED TO SEE HOW HIGH THE RPM WOULD REV; 4800 IS THE HIGHEST NOTED. THIS IS A RANDOM EVENT AS THE CAR HAS OVER 10000 MILES WITH 7 OCCURRENCES. LATEST DATE IS NOTED BELOW. *JB

SEVEN INSTANCES OF UNWANTED ENGINE ACCELERATION SINCE JAN 2006. ALL OCCURRENCES SIMILAR: 1)ENGINE IS WARM AFTER A PERIOD OF DRIVING; 2) CAR DECELERATING APPROACHING STOP SIGN, TRAFFIC LIGHT, OR IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC; 3) A BARELY AUDIBLE "CLICK" IS HEARD AND THE ENGINE RPM BEGINS TO REV UP MAKING BRAKING DIFFICULT AND GIVING A CLUE THAT SOMETHING IS AMISS. WHEN THIS POINT IS REACHED KEY WAS TURNED OFF OR IDLE SELECTED TO SEE HOW HIGH THE RPM WOULD REV; 4800 IS THE HIGHEST NOTED. THIS IS A RANDOM EVENT AS THE CAR HAS OVER 10000 MILES WITH 7 OCCURRENCES. LATEST DATE IS NOTED BELOW. *JB

THROTTLE BECOMES SPORADIC AND UNSTABLE. PROBLEM OCCURS ONCE CAR HAS REACHED OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND IS RESTARTED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD OR NOT RESPONDING. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RESOLVED THIS ISSUE EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. *JB

AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE. WHEN LIT, THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT FUNCTION. I HAVE BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR BRAND NEW DECEMBER 31, 2004. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 15 MPH THEN SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING IT WOULD ACCELERATE TO 60 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER IT CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED OR DIAGNOSED. UPDATED 7/3/2006 - *NM

CAR PURCHASED NEW. ABOUT EVERY 6 WEEKS; CAR IS IN DRIVE; WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO PASS TO ENTER ROADWAY. HIT GAS PEDAL, ENGINE REVS TO 4000 RPMS BUT DOES NOT MOVE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, CAR JUMPS FORWARD SPINNING DRIVE WHEELS EVERY TIME. THE ENGINE TEMP IS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. HAD CAR TO DEALER AT 400 MILES AND AGAIN AT 5500. CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM WAS THEIR ANSWER. *JB

CAR DRIVEN FOR 6 MILES. ENGINE SHUT OFF FOR 1 HOUR. RESTARTED CAR AND SHIFTED TO DIVE. CAR MOVED FORWARD WITHOUT PROBLEM. TRAVELED 3/4 MILE AND STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT BEHIND SOME CARS. HAD RIGHT FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL, CAR STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD, PRESSED PEDAL HARDER BUT CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD. NOTICED RPMS AT 4000 WITHOUT GAS PEDAL BEING TOUCHED. SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, DEPRESSED AND RELEASED GAS PEDAL. RPMS AT 3500 AND DROPPED TO 1000, RPMS JUMP TO 3000 AND BACK TO 1000, RPMS JUMP TO 2500 AND BACK TO 1000, RPMS JUMP TO 2000 AND BACK TO 1000, RPMS JUMP TO 1500 AND BACK TO 1000. THIS PROCESS TOOK ABOUT 25 SECONDS. PUT CAR IN DRIVE, ALL SEEMED OK VERY BAD SITUATION. ***NOTE: CAR TEMP WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL **** *JB

MY 2005 HYUNDAI XG350 HAS A VERY DANGEROUS HESITATION PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS GENERALLY ENCOUNTERED FORM A COLD START OUT OF A PARKING LOT OR GARAGE. THE GAS PEDAL IS SLOWLY DEPRESSED TO ACCELERATE. SOMETIMES, IT RESPONDS NORMALLY. AT OTHER TIMES IT JUST COASTS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PUSH ON GAS PEDAL. SUDDENLY IT WILL LURCH FORWARD WITH ENORMOUS TORQUE (DEPENDING ON HOW THE DRIVER RESPONDS TO THE COASTING PROBLEM). THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS WITH THIS HESITATION: 1) PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND THAN NOT ACCELERATING CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS 2) MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE UNEXPECTED QUICK ACCELERATION CAN CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL, HITTING SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY, OR WORSE. RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS NOT CONSIDERED BY HUYNDAI AT THIS POINT. DENIAL OF OTHER CARS HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS ARE COMMON AT FACTORY LEVEL, BUT ARE ADMITTED AT DEALERSHIP LEVEL. INCIDENT DATE IS FIRST TIME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS A INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION PROBLEM. WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION, THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. ALSO, WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 04/04/06. *JB

INITIALLY (2) TIMES THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM ENGINE WHEN GAS PEDAL DEPRESSED, WE HAVE HAD 3-4 INCIDENTS OF WHEN STOPPED AT INTERSECTION, OR DRIVING SLOWLY IN PARKING LOT ENGINE SURGES AND BREAKS HAD TO BE APPLIED SEVERELY TO PREVENT CAR FROM HITTING OTHER CARS, THE LAST INCIDENT WAS THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 1ST GEAR AND CAR WOULD NOT GO FASTER THAN 20 MPH. ALL OF THESE ARE SAFETY ISSUES. *NM

2005 HYUNDAI XG350L SEEMS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO STALL. *TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER STATED AT TIMES THE VEHICLE WOULD BARELY MOVE, IT DIDN'T MATTER HOW MUCH SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THERE WOULD BE NO RESPONSE AT FIRST AND THEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY RESPONDS. THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS NOT ADEQUATE WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE APPLIED. THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 02/28/06. *JB

2005 HYUNDAI XG350L INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHEN PUT IN MOTION, THEN RAPIDLY ACCELERATES AND SURGES FORWARD. *TS AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE WILL REGAIN POWER AND SURGE/LUNGE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THAT DID NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING ASSEMBLY WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH. THE NUT THAT HELD THE STEERING ASSEMBLY WAS STRIPPED AND FELL OFF, CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO COLLAPSE. *AK UPDATED 01/19/06

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 XG350L ON DECEMBER 7, 2005. MY INITIAL OPINION OF THE VEHICLE WAS THAT THE CAR RAN SLUGGISH UNLESS IT WAS WARMED UP AT LEAST FOR 5 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING. THEN ON DECEMBER 26, 2005 WE WENT TO THE STORE AND BEFORE TURNING OFF THE CAR THERE WAS A ROUGH IDLE. ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER WE LEFT THE STORE AND PROCEEDED HOME. I SAT IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT AS WE DROVE ABOUT OF A MILE AND WAS FORCED TO SIT IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. WE STOPPED WITH ABOUT CAR LENGTH BETWEEN US AND THE CAR IN FRONT WITH HIS FOOT ON THE BREAK. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED EASING FORWARD. HE APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE BREAK AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE FASTER. WHEN HE REALIZED THE CAR WAS NOT GOING TO STOP HE THEN PRESSED THE BREAK WITH BOTH FEET WITH ALL OF HIS STRENGTH AND THE CAR ACCELERATED EVEN MORE AND LUNGED FORWARD INTO THE CAR IN FRONT PUSHING IT TOWARDS THE CAR AHEAD OF IT. AS HE PUT THE SHIFTER INTO PARK WHEN THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL THE RPMS OF THE ENGINE REVVED REALLY HIGH, WHEN PASSING REVERSE IT MADE A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND MAKING THE CAR SHAKE, AND WHEN IT REACHED PARK THE CAR`S RPMS REVVED VERY HIGH THREE TIMES CONSECUTIVELY, FASTER THAN PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO FLOOR THE GAS PEDAL MANUALLY. ALL OF THIS HAPPENED IN THE TIME IT TOOK THE DRIVER TO TAKE HIS HAND OFF OF THE SHIFTER TO REACH THE IGNITION TO TURN OFF THE CAR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE POLICE INSTRUCTED US TO MOVE THE CAR INTO THE PARKING LOT I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER INST

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD WITH THE SLIGHTEST PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, OR, AT OTHER TIMES, WILL NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR POSITION. THESE TWO OPPOSITE AND EXTREME CONDITIONS HAPPEN INTERMITTENTLY BUT WITH ENOUGH FREQUENCY THAT ANYONE THAT I HAVE ALLOWED DRIVE THE VEHICLE (EXCEPT THE SERVICE TECH!) HAS EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT JUST AN IRRITATING PROBLEM BUT A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SAFELY ENTER A ROADWAY WITH ANY AMOUNT OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE SPEED WHEN EITHER OF THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR. EITHER THE CAR LURCHES AHEAD SO VIOLENTLY THAT CONTROL IS IMPOSSIBLE OR IN DIRECT CONTRAST, CREEPS ALONG SO SLOWLY THAT THE CAR BECOMES A ROAD HAZARD, THREE DAYS AGO I WAS ALMOST STRUCK BY A SNOWPLOW DUE TO THE LATTER PROBLEM!. *JB

DT: 2005 HYUNDAI XG 350. WHEN BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE AND STOPPING TO PUT VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND WHEN PRESSING THE GAS LIGHTLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL. CONSUMER HAD TO STEP ON THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE, AND THIS SITUATION REPEATED BY ITSELF. HAD TO TAKE BACK FIRST CAR TO DEALER, AN THE SECOND CAR WAS DOING THE SAME THING. MOREOVER, WHILE DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME AT 15 MPH AND APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO LUNGE FORWARD,. HAD TO PUT BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER URGED CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN OR HAVE IT TOWED. DEALER OFFERED A LOANER CAR. THIS WAS LAST FRIDAY, AND CONSUMER HAS NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO DRIVE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS PRESSED VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. SOMETIMES THIS LEFT RUBBER MARKS ON THE PAVEMENT OR ROAD. AT TIMES WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PUT INTO REVERSE IT WOULD DO THIS IN REVERSE AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WHEN PUT INTO GEAR WILL GO INTO THE HIGHER GEARS UNTIL THE RPMS REACHED 4000. CONSUMER HAD LOGGED 600 EVENTS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN 54 OCCASIONS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE SERVICE DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED, BUT DID REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITH THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF THIS VEHICLE, AND IT DID HAVE THE SAME DEFECT. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECORDED COMPLAINTS WITH HYUNDAI. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT HAD NO RESOLUTION. CONSUMER NO LONGER HAD THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE, BUT FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT AND SOMEONE SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *TT

AUTOMOBILE 2005 HYUNDAI XG350L. 4 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE 5-28-05 WITHIN 1000 MILES OF DRIVING, CAR WILL NOT GO AFTER STOPPING. THIS CAR WILL REV TO ALMOST 4000 RPM IN DRIVE FOR 3-10 SECONDS THEN LURCH OUT AWAY FROM STOP. LATEST INCIDENT ON JULY 6 THE CAR DID THIS WHIS MOVING DOWN THE ROAD, LOST ALL POWER BUT CONTINUED TO REV TO APPROX 4000RPM THEN TOOK OFF WITH TIRES SQUEALING. HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER EACH TIME. THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE ISSUE SO ARE DOING NOTHING. HYUNDAI DEALER REPORTS NO OTHER INCIDENTS LIKE THIS REPORTED. I HAVE BEEN ON INTERNET DISCUSSIONS WITH OTHERS SAYING SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ARE TOLD THE SAME THING.

THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD VIOLENTLY WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS TOUCHED INTERMITTENLY. THE DEFECT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ENGINE TEMPERATURE AND OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. THE DEFECT IS MOST LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 20 - 30 MINUTES, THEN ALLOWED TO SIT FOR ABOUT 2 TO 2-1/2 HRS WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IA BTWEEN 68 AND 74 DEGREES. THE CAR WAS PURCHASED MARCH 21, 2005. I HAVE ALMOST 10,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEFECT BEGAN ON DAY ONE. I HAVE A LOG FILE OF STARTS SINCE THEN. THE DEALER CLAIMS IT IS NOT A VEHICLE DEFECT, IT IS THE WAY I DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE AN AFFIDAVID FROM ANOTHER DRIVER WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE CAR ON JULY 17 WHEN I WAS NOT PRESENT.

DT: CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES THE TACHOMETER CLIMBED. THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT TWICE. HE ALMOST VEERED INTO TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ,THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED, THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP, DROVE HOME, THEN WENT OUT, AND THE VEHICLE REVVED UP TO 2400 RPMS. HE HAS DOCUMENTATION OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. VEHICLE 'ALMOST HIT A WOMAN WHO WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE PARKING LOT.*AK

DT: CONTACT STATES WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED VEHICLE ACCELERATED EXCESSIVLEY. THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION WHEN IT HAPPENS IS TO PUT ON THE BRAKES. THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK *TT *NM

THIS IS A BRAND NEW XG350. THE DEFECT STARTED WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK. WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST PUT IN DRIVE AFTER TURNING ON THE ENGINE, THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD WITH NO CONTROL, ENOUGH TO SCARE DRIVER. AFTER 4 VISITS HE DEALER CANNOT ISOLATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS INTERMITTANT. CAR IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE