Singapore - The city’s Land Transport Authority it is investigating Hyundai vehicles following reports of accidents involving sudden acceleration while reversing.
In a statement on Tuesday the authority said it was looking into cases of Hyundai vehicles having “unintended acceleration in reverse gear”.
“It is premature to draw any conclusions at this point in time,” it said.
The statement gave no further details, but the local Straits Times newspaper cited recent incidents involving taxis from operator ComfortDelGro, which leases Hyundai Sonata cars, among other models. It is Singapore's largest taxi operator with a fleet of 17 000 cabs.
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Hyundai said it was looking into the matter.
South Korean Hyundai customers have complained about accidents they believed were caused by sudden unintended acceleration. But government probes have found no evidence that this was linked to faulty vehicles.
At a public demonstration in 2013, the government tried to reproduce conditions that were believed to cause cars to suddenly accelerate without intention but those attempts failed. The ministry concluded that it was “reasonable” to conclude that the sudden unintended acceleration phenomenon did not exist.
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