Hyundai XG350 Complaints (2005)

144 consumer complaints on file.

#10162654July 13, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162197July 12, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162199July 12, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160101June 18, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159992June 16, 2006
AIR BAGS
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158315May 26, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157155May 10, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157159May 10, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155821April 21, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152968March 17, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152782March 15, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10153006March 1, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10149657February 7, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150797February 1, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146896January 4, 2006
STEERING
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146823January 3, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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 INSTRUCTED ME TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO HIS DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING. THEY KEPT THE CAR TWO DAYS TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM WITH NO RESULT. THE DEALER WANTS TO RETURN THE CAR TO ME SINCE THEY DID NOT FIND ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT I WOULD HAVE A SAFE AND RELIABLE CAR FOR PERSONAL AND BUSINESS USE. I SELECTED, WHAT I THOUGHT, THE BEST AMONG ALL MODELS. NOW I AM LIABLE FOR PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT IS UNSAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10145521December 17, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130878August 30, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130081August 12, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129636July 21, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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