Hyundai Santa Fe Complaints

8,019 consumer complaints on file.

#10971529April 9, 2017
ENGINE
AS I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A STRANGE NOISE AND THEN I SAW SMOKE COME OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CAR, I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER 2 LANES IN THE HWY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. DEALER SAID THE ENGINE BLEW UP. ENGINE ONLY HAD 62K MILES ON IT. AND MAINTENANCE WAS DONE AT DEALERSHIP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971421April 8, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
TAKATA RECALL I BROUGHT MY CAR 1 YEAR AGO I'VE BEEN DOING MAINTENANCE OIL CHANGE, TUNE UP ON MY CAR, HOWEVER IT STARTED MAKING SOME TYPE OF TICKING NOISE WHEN I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD I COULD PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE OR DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT BREAKS DOWN. I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY FOR A NEW ENGINE. I PUT 5000 DOLLARS ON THE CAR FOR A DOWN PAYMENT. IM ALSO FINANCIN IT AT THIS TIME. ALSO THE BREAKS MAKING A SQUEAKY SOUND IN I KNOW MY BREALS ARE GOOD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971444April 8, 2017
ENGINE
NOTICE HESITATION WITH VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING BOTH ON HIGHWAYS OR FROM LOWER SPEEDS ON ANY ROADS. ASSUMED THIS MIGHT BE NORMAL FOR A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE, HOWEVER, I AM NOW CONCERNED IT IS RELATED TO RECENT RECALL OF THE MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR OF MY VEHCLE FOR ENGINE MANUFACTURING PROBLEMS RELATED TO STALLS AND INCREASED RISK OF CRASHES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971452April 8, 2017
ENGINE
WAS DRIVING ON I 5 IN CALIFORNIA WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK LOUDLY. PULLED OVER AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER COULD NOT VISUALLY FIND ANY REASON FOR ENGINE MALFUNCTION & SAID HYUNDAI SHOULD COVER IT DUE TO IT ONLY HAD 63,000 MILES. THEY SUBMITTED MY CLAIM AND IT WAS DENIED. I TRIED TO APPEAL BUT WAS TOLD THEIR DECISION WAS FINALE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS ASTONISHED AS WAS I. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER IT WAS AN OIL ISSUE AND WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT A LACK OF OIL BUT CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT, AND YET HYUNDAI REFUSED TO HELP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971045April 7, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
FOG LIGHTS COMING LOOSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971088April 7, 2017
ENGINE
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON THE BELTWAY AROUND DC WHEN THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER WHERE AAA THEN CAME AND TOWED HER TO A SHOP. SHOP SAID IT WAS THE ENGINE AND WE HAD TO TAKE IT TO A HYUNDAI DEALER. DEALER SAID IT WAS A BATTERY ISSUES, REPLACED THE BATTERY AND CHARGED US FOR IT. FOUR DAYS LATER AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON I-95 NORTH THE ENGINE LOCKED UP AGAIN. THE DEALER IS TELLING US IT IS NOW AN ENGINE ISSUE, WHICH WAS SOMEHOW NOT THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME. THE CHECK ENGINE AND WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON BEFORE THE FAILURE AND ALL OF THE FLUIDS ARE FULL TO STANDARD LEVELS. THE DEALER IS SAYING THEY HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND HYUNDAI CORPORATE IS SAYING THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO FOR US. VEHICLE WAS BUILT ONLY 5 YEARS AGO, AND ONLY HAS 72,000 MILES ON IT. BECAUSE WE ARE THE SECOND OWNER, THE ORIGINAL 75,000 MILE WARRANTY NOW ONLY GOES TO 62,000. SHE OR ANYBODY ELSE AROUND HER COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971095April 7, 2017
ENGINE
ENGINE DIED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IN OPERATION ON A CITY STREET GOING STRAIGHT, APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MILES PER HOUR AND ON HIWAY GOING APPROX. 60 MPH TWICE. WE NO LONGER DRIVE IT ON A HIWAY. REPAIR SHOP CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971093April 7, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2017 SANTA FE ULTIMATE 2.0T. CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND LAGS. HAPPENS AT A LOWER SPEED AND FROM A STOP. VERY SCARY WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN AND ENTERING FREEWAY.DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAPPENS FOR A SECOND OR MORE, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TAKES OFF. AT LOW SPEED IN PARKING LOT DEPRESS ACCELERATOR LIGHTLY AND CAR TAKES OFF. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP CAR WILL ACCELERATE QUICKLY WHILE DEPRESSING PEDAL GENTLY. DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT IS FREQUENT ENOUGH TO BE CONCERNED. HAS HAPPENED SINCE NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10971160April 7, 2017
ENGINE
VEHICLE STALLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TOOK VEHICLE TO HYUNDAI DEALER, THEY COULD FIND REASON FOR THE STALLING. NO CODES CHECKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970865April 6, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
DRIVING AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT, DASH PANEL LIGHTS WENT HAYWIRE. I COULD BARELY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO GET THE CAR OFF OF THE ROAD. I AM NOT AT ALL SURE MY WIFE COULD HAVE TURNED THE WHEEL. ATTEMPTED TO JUMP-START THE CAR - NOT WORK. FIRST TIME DRIVING AT 35 MPH IN A SUBDIVISION IN AL. PULLED OVER, WOULD NOT START, TOWED TO DEALER WHO RECHARGED BATTERY AND ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED ' SAID IT WAS 'FIXED'. TRIED TO JUMP-START THE CAR AND THIS DID NOT WORK. FEW WEEKS LATER EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED IN KY. I WAS DOING 63 MPH ON HIGHWAY WITH 50 CUBIC YARD COAL TRUCKS COMING BY. IF HAPPENED TO MY WIFE I AM VERY CONCERNED AS TO A RATHER BAD ACCIDENT. AUTO TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT GET IT OUT OF GEAR. TOW PEOPLE 'JIMMIED' THE SHIFT TO LOAD ON THE TOW TRUCK. VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER WHERE BATTERY REPLACED AND ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CHECKED ' SAID IT WAS 'FIXED'. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAVE HAD THREE BATTERIES IN 2 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS. I DO NOT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR EXCEPT AROUND TOWN. I FEEL THIS IS TRULY AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ISSUE AND APPARENTLY HYUNDAI DOES NOT KNOW EITHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970872April 6, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. EVERY TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED IN THE MORNING, THE VEHICLE JERKED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970914April 6, 2017
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SOMETIMES, WHEN I PRESS THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, MY CAR DOES NOT GO. IT WILL MOVE FORWARD AT A SLOW PACE BUT THEN DOESN'T GO AS FAST AS I'M PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, EVEN THOUGH MY RPMS ARE INCREASING. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CAR DOES NOT PERFORM AS IT SHOULD. HAPPENED TODAY FOR PROBABLY THE 10TH TIME SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR, LESS THAN A MONTH. PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO THE STREET, MY CAR MOVE'S FORWARD VERY SLOWLY THEN WHEN I GO TO INCREASE MY SPEED THE CAR DOESN'T GO FASTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970982April 6, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING
WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF. POWER STEERING AND BREAKS ARE GONE. THE CAR WILL CRANK RIGHT BACK OFF BUT THIS US VERY DANGEROUS. I'M NOT SURE IF WEATHER IS A FACTOR BUT WHEN IT HAS HAPPENED WHICH GAS BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES, IT HAS BEEN IN THE 80'S. MECHANICS AND DEALERSHIP HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING AND NO CODES ARE RECORDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970995April 6, 2017
STRUCTURE:BODY, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TAKATA RECALL .GAS GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY EVEN WHEN TANK IS FULL. I RAN OUT OF FUEL ON THE HIGHWAY AND ALMOST HAD A REAR END COLLISION . GAS GAUGE SHOWED I HAD 1/2 A TANK OF FUEL . I WAS STATIONARY IN THE MIDDLE LANE ON I-77
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970721April 5, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), POWER TRAIN
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT, LEFT, OR U TURN THE POWER COMPLETELY CUTS OUT AND THE CAR IS LEFT DRIFTING WITHOUT POWER. THEIR IS NO RESPONSE TO PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDDLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. AT THE SAME TIME ON THE DASH THE ORANGE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. THIS LAST FOR A NUMBER OF SECONDS AND THEN THE ENGINE STARTS TO ONCE AGAIN RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDDLE. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY WIFE12 TIMES SINCE WE PURCHASED THE CAR 3-1/2 MONTHS AGO. THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM A STANDING START AND A ROLLING YIELD OR U TURN. THE PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS OCCURRED ON A PAVED PUBLIC, CITY/COUNTY, STREET I HAVE HAD THE CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS, ONE SEVERAL TIMES, AND BOTH TELL ME THAT THEIR ARE "NO CODES SHOWING" SO THAT THEIR IS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. YOU HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE FRIGHT OF LOOSING POWER WHILE YOU'RE IN THE PROCESS OF A RIGHT OR LEFT HAND TURN WITH TRAFFIC COMING AT YOU FROM ONE OR BOTH SIDES TO APPRECIATE HOW TRULY DANGEROUS THIS CAR IS. THIS IS OUR 4TH OR 5TH SANTA FE, UP TO NOW ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN GREAT BUT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS NEW CAR WE HAVE NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970469April 4, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE TURN SIGNAL "CLICKING NOISE" STARTED WORKING CONTINUOUSLY AND INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER AND THE ASSOCIATED LIGHTS ON THE PANEL. ELECTRICAL SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING COLUMN FROM THE AREA NEAR THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR HANDLE. I REMOVED THE 10 AMP FUSE TO INTERRUPT THE POWER TO THE TURN SIGNAL AND THE SMOKING STOPPED. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND DID NOT CHANGE UNDER ANY DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970592April 4, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
HIT POT HOLE AFTER STOP AND STABILITY CONTROL STOPS POWER TO TRANSMISSION...5-8 SECONDS OF NO ACCELARATION HAS CAUSED SAFETY ISSUE WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON USER BASED FORUMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970358April 3, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I BOUGHT THIS CAR 16 MONTHS AGO, THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING, I TOOK THE CAR TO LESTER GLENN HYUNDAI IN TOMS RIVER, NJ WHERE I BOUGHT IT. I USE THIS CAR AND COVER 5 STATES AS A TERRITORY MANAGER, THE WARRANTY EXPIRED 10,000 MILES AGO, THEY SAID THEY WILL TALK TO HYUNDAI TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER PART. I FEEL AFTER 1 YEAR THIS PART SHOULD NEVER HAVE FAILED. I OWNED 3 HYUNDAI'S AND NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. THIS PART SHOULD HAVE LASTED THE LIFE OF THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970000April 2, 2017
ENGINE
ENGINE FAILURE. WE WERE DRIVING ON FREE WAY AND HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND, THAN CAR JUST STOPED AND REFUSED TO START. WHEN TRYING TO START IT MAKES VERY LOUD KNOCKING SOUND INSIDE THE ENGINE AND DOESNT START UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970020April 2, 2017
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHILE TURNING ON TO A BUSY INTERSECTION, TWO OTHER INSTANCES OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION ON CITY STREETS. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. VERY LEARY OF DRIVING CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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