What 144 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

MY 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS ENGAGED IN UNINTENDED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON 3/9/16 AT 5:35 PM, IN TAMPA, FL, RESULTING IN A CRASH INTO A DWELLING AT 306 WEST FRANCES AVENUE, TAMPA, FL.33607. VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PARKED ON SIDE OF HOUSE WHEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN ACCELERATED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP IT

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS. WHILE IDLING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,233.

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ON DECEMBER 18, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45PM, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE BEGINNING OUR TRIP TO AN EVENT. WE WERE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT, ABOUT THE 4TH OR 5TH CAR IN LINE TO TURN LEFT ONTO A MAJOR ROAD. THERE ARE 2 LANES FOR TURNING LEFT AND WE WERE IN THE TURN LANE NEXT TO THE LANE THAT GOES STRAIGHT ACROSS THE MAIN ROAD BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THE FIRST RIGHT ONTO THE INTERSTATE AFTER GETTING ON THE MAIN ROAD. WE HAD ALREADY COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR PROBABLY A MINUTE OR SO. CARS WERE ALSO STOPPED BEHIND US. IT IS A STEEP HILL, AND WE WERE FACING UPHILL SO HIS FOOT WAS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKES. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE JUST STARTED ROARING LIKE IT WAS FULL THROTTLE AND IT TOOK OFF FORWARD AND HIT A NISSAN FRONTIER PICKUP TRUCK IN FRONT OF US. IT WENT UNDER THE TRUCK'S BUMPER AND KEPT PLOWING FORWARD. HE TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR AND IT WOULD NOT GO. WE WATCHED AS THE HOOD KEPT CRUMPLING MORE AND MORE AS WE WERE LIFTING UP THE TRUCK AS WE WERE GOING UNDER IT. THE BACK WHEELS OF THE TRUCK WERE OFF OF THE GROUND. I FINALLY THOUGHT TO REACH OVER AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF. THANK THE LORD, IT SHUT OFF BEFORE ANYONE GOT HURT.

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I WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH IN THE LANE, THE CAR ON THE LEFT LANE HIT THE REAR BODY AND TIRE OF DRIVER SIDE, BUT THE CAR DIDN'T STOP EVEN AFTER THE IMPACT. AFTER THE COLLISION, I PRESSED VERY HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, BUT IT KEPT MOVING, EVEN INCREASED ITS SPEED UP TO 60 MPH, AND TURNED INTO THE DIFFERENT DIRECTION. ALSO THE WHEEL WAS STUCK BY ITSELF AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN ANYWHERE WITH MY HANDS. IT WENT OFF THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY CONTROL. 20 YEARS OLD TOYOTA CAMRY WAS ABLE TO STOP AT THE SPOT OF COLLISION, BUT HYUNDAI GENESIS COULDN'T. THE WHEEL AND THE BRAKE WERE BOTH STUCK AND UNABLE TO BE CONTROLLED AND CRASHED INTO THE ELECTRIC POLE. THE AIR BAG WAS DEPLOYED, AND HYUNDAI GENESIS WAS TOTALED. IN 2014, THE BRAKE RECALL SERVICE WAS RECEIVED TWO TIMES FROM THE DEALER. THERE MUST BE THE MECHANICAL FAILURE IN THE BRAKE, SPEED CONTROL, AND THE WHEEL WHICH CAUSED THIS TOTAL LOSS. I WAS INJURED AND TAKEN BY THE AMBULANCE LATER. I NEVER HAD ANY ACCIDENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE WITH ANY OTHER CARS! *TR

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WHEN STARTING MY CAR, RPMS JUMPED TO 4 WITHOUT PRESS ANY PEDALS. AND MY CAR WAS SHAKING AND REALLY BIG SOUND FROM ENGINE WHILE ITS ON PARK. AND I SWITCHED TO DRIVE MODE AND SUDDENLY MY CAR MOVE FORWARD BY ITSELF. AND THEN HIT SIDEWALK AND HEATSHIELD GOT DAMAGED. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP. BUT NO PROBLEM FOUND. I WAS REALLY SCARED, I THOUGHT IM GONNA DIE. *TR

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ON 8/16/11, WHILE DRIVING DOWN A COUPLE OF HILLS ON MY BRAKES, APPROACHING A CAR & STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION A LITTLE OVER 2 BLOCKS AWAY, I PRESSED DOWN HARDER ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE CAR, A NEW, 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS, WOULD NOT STOP. I CONTINUED TO PRESS HARDER AND HARDER ON THE BRAKE, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. IT JUST CONTINUED AT TO MOVE AT THE SPEED I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL, APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MPH. AS A RESULT, THE CAR ROLLED DIRECTLY INTO THE CAR SITTING AT THE STOP SIGN. *TR

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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI GENESIS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A WALL ON APRIL 23, 2011. ON JUNE 3, 2011 WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE REAR FENDER. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT TYPE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,000. UPDATED 07/08/11 *BF UPDATED 11/18/11.*JB

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