Hyundai Santa Fe Complaints

8,019 consumer complaints on file.

#10915437October 12, 2016
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
DRIVER'S SEAT LURCHES FORWARD AND BACKWARDS AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS REGARDLESS OF SPEED, BRAKE/ ACCELERATION/ CRUISE CONTROL, TYPE OF ROAD, DIRECTION OR MOVEMENT ETC. OFTEN TIMES WHILE THE CAR IS PARKED OR IN MOTION, THE SEAT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL IN ANY DIRECTION. ALSO, THE ABS, TRACTION CONTROL, AND DOWNHILL LIGHT HAVE ALL BEEN TURNING ON AND OFF AT RANDOM, AND, WHILE PARKED AND WITHOUT PROVOCATION, MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BEGAN JUMPING. LESS IMPORTANT, THE DRIVER'S SEAT A/C DOES NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS IS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION, HOWEVER, THE MULTIPLE TIMES I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE INTO THE "SERVICE CENTER", THE MECHANICS SAID THEY COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM AND SENT MY BROKEN CAR HOME, SO THE OFFICIAL REASON IS UNKNOWN. I AM ONLY 5'2" SO THIS HAS CAUSED ME CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS WITH SUDDENLY NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH THE PEDALS, AND HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915327October 11, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE AT A COMPLETED STOP, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING;, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10915381October 11, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING, "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ILLUMINATED. "LOW FUEL" WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. FUEL GAUGE INDICATED NEARLY EMPTY EVEN THOUGH TANK WAS CLOSE TO HALF FULL. CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ALWAYS ILLUMINATED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914993October 9, 2016
POWER TRAIN
SANTA FE WILL STALL FROM A STOP WHEN MAKING A TURN ALSO WILL STALL AT A SLOW SPEED WHEN YOU TRY TO GIVE IT GAS THE DATE I PUT ON THIS FORM IS THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10914375October 6, 2016
ENGINE
MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY HYUNDAI ON SATURDAY. THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY, I TOOK MY HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT 2013 TO THE CAR REPAIR FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE TECH SAID THE CODES WERE RELATED TO A TIMING BELT AND THAT WE COULD DRIVE IT SHORT DISTANCES AND BRING IT BACK LATER BEFORE CLOSING (5PM) BECAUSE THE REPAIR MECHANIC WOULD NOT BE IN UNTIL MONDAY. ON THE SAME DAY, SUNDAY, WE DROVE TO PICK UP A RENTAL CAR SO THAT MY HUYNDAI COULD GO BACK TO THE SHOP FOR THE MECHANIC ON MONDAY. WHILE DRIVING TO THE CAR RENTAL, WE PULLED INTO THE CAR RENTAL PARKING LOT AND MY HYUNDAI JUST STOPPED/SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT TURN BACK OVER. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE IT TOWED BACK TO THE CAR REPAIR. THE NEXT DAY, MONDAY, THE CAR REPAIR CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT MY ENGINE HAD SEIZED AND THAT A NEW ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE PURCHASED. I HAD MY HYUNDAI TOWED AGAIN ON THAT SAME DAY TO HYUNDAI SERVICE CENTER FOR A SECOND OPINION AND THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MY CAMSHAFT AND THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED AND THAT A NEW ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE PURCHASED. MY HYUNDAI HAD JUST HAD A TUNE-UP AND IT HAD OIL IN IT. WE CHECKED THE OIL ON SATURDAY. A BRAND NEW CAR WITH REGULAR OIL CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE DOES NOT JUST DECIDE TO GO KAPUT! I AM THANKFUL THAT WE WERE NOT DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND THAT WE DID NOT LOSE OUR LIVES ON THAT SUNDAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913642October 4, 2016
ENGINE
VEHICLE RECALL NOTICE. RECALL STATES THAT ALTERNATOR MAY FAIL ON SAID VEHICLE RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER, ETC., ETC. TOOK VEHICLE TO AUTHORIZED DEALER. ALMOST 2- HRS. REP CAME TO ME FOR 1400 EST IN CAR REPAIRS. NO INFORMATION ON ALTERNATOR. TALKED TO BOSS AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES WAS TOLD IT WAS ABOUT THE VALVE COVER GASKET. WORK COMPLETED. ALMOST 3-HRS. RECALL NOTICE IS FALSE INFORMATION TO BRING CAR OWNERS INTO DEALER TO PERFORM MULTI POINT INSPECTION, ETC., AND PERFORM NEEDED WORK. NOT CENTERED ON AUTO RECALL AT ALL. UNSAT. CAR WAS AT DEALERSHIP IN SHOP FOR REVIEW AND WARRANTY WORK FOR RECALL. BECAUSE OF RECALL WORK. ALL OTHER CARS(ENTAILING MONIES) AFTER ME WERE COMPLETED BEFORE ME. I WAS LAST OUT OF WAITING ROOM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10913736October 4, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN DEPRESSED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A JUNK YARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10911078October 2, 2016
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM USED DEALER IN MARCH 4,2016 DESPITE NOT WANTING TO BUT HAD LITTLE CHOICE AFTER DEALER SOLD THE CAR I PUT MONEY DOWN ON THAT DAY FOR CASH WHILE I WAD RETRIEVING THE LAST DOCUMENT SHE SENT NE HOME FOR WHEN,I RETURBEDVMY CAR WAS GONE AND THE CAR IN STUCK IN NOW IS THIS HYUNDAI WITH A VERY SHAKY FRONT END THAT RATTLES AND LITERALLY SKIPS OFF THE ROAD INTO THE SHOULDER IF IN NOT VERY CAREFUL ,MY MECHANIC DAYS ITS THE STRUT ON DRIVER SIDE ,ADDITIONALLY THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ONBAT ALL TIMES AND I JUST FAILED A SAFETY INSPECTION FOE THIS VEHICLE AND CAN NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIVE FIR LYFT OR NUMBER UNTIL ITS REPAIRED I ALREADY HAD TO FIX BRAKE LIGHTS TIRES BATTERY AND OTHER SAFETY ISSUES ON THIS CAR IN ADDITION TO 1400 IN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ESTIMATES TO,LEARN IT WAS MERELY A ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO THE COMPRESSOR AS IT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE FIR DOZENS OF OTHERS WITH NO COLD AIR ON THIS CAR MODEL SEE AXIL ADADDICREPAIR COMMENTS ON 2005 HYUNDAI SANTA FE AC BLOWING HOT AIR. SO IM VERY UPSET HYUNDAI WILL NOT EVEN LOOK TO SEE WHY MY AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON DESPITE A KNOWN,ISSUE WITH AIR BAGS AND IT BEING RECALLED . MY VIN NUMBER DOESN'T SHOW A RECALL OPEN HOWEVER I FEEL AS LONG AS I AM DRIVING IT AND THE ISSUES REMAINS UNRESOLVED. I AM AT SERIOUS RISK IF THE AIR BAG IS DEFECTIVE OR THE FACT IT REMAINS ON ALL THE TINE AND WHEN THERE'S A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT THE PASSENGER BAG OFF LIGHT APPEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910774September 30, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
MY 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE FUEL GAUGE OVER A MONTH AGO. EVERY TIME I FILL UP THE TANK, THE GAUGE WILL GO TO "E" AND THE "LOW FUEL" LIGHT COMES ON, DESPITE A FULL TANK. AT TIMES THE METER WOULD STARTING MOVING UP TOWARDS "FULL" BUT THEN BOUNCE AROUND. I UNDERSTAND IT'S CLOSE TO $!000 TO GET THIS FIXED - BUT I HAVE READ ABOUT SO MANY OTHER HYUNDAI SANTA FE USES WITH THE SAME ISSUE THAT I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE IN PLACE. CURRENTLY I'M JUST DRIVING LOCALLY AND I JUST FILL UP EVERY TIME I TAKE THE CAR OUT, BUT ON THE HIGHWAY FOR LONG TRIPS THAT IS VERY DANGEROUS. VERY SURPRISED THERE IS NOT A RECALL WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910538September 29, 2016
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A 2017 HYUNDAI SANTE FE TORBO ULTIMATE AND FOUND ON EXCELLERATION THERE WAS A BAD HESITATION. I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN GOING ON TO THE HIGHWAY, A TRACTOR TRAILER WAS FAR ENOUGHT AWAY FROM ME TO PULL OUT, BUT UPON STEPPING ON THE GAS THE CAR HESITATED SO BAD IT ALMOST STALLED, THEN THE TACH SHOT TO 6000 RPM'S AND IT TOOK OFF. THANK GOD I COULD PULL OVER OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910175September 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
FUEL GUAGE READS EMPTY WHEN AT LEAST HALF FULL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910176September 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL SENDERS HAVE FAILED IN BOTH TANKS. TANK SAYS EMPTY WHEN IT'S FULL BUT DOES NOT READ RIGHT WHEN EMPTY. HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS TWICE WHEN IT SAYS 1/2 FULL. REPLACED BOTH AND NOW THEY HAVE GONE OUT AGAIN. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. COULD RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAUSE A CRASH. YOU CAN RUN OUT OF GAS ANYWHERE, DRIVING OR IDELING. FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910453September 28, 2016
ENGINE
BEGAN TO SMELL BURNING SMELL AND A FEW HOURS LATER LOW OIL LIGHT CAME OIL, STOPPED CAR AND NO OIL NOTED ON DIP STICK. ADDED OIL BUT POURED OUT THE BOTTOM OF CAR. DEALER NOTED OIL LINE TO TURBO HAD FAILED AND OIL WAS DRIPPING ONTO THE MANIFOLD WITH POSSIBLE FIRE RISK. UNSURE OF ANY ENGINE DAMAGE. ..UPDATED 10/26/16 *BF *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910445September 28, 2016
ENGINE
THE HYUNDAI SONATA ENGINES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR SAFETY CONCERNS BECAUSE THEY CAN STALL AT ANY TIME. THE SANTA FE SPORTS HAVE THE SAME ENGINES BUT HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED. MINE DID JUST THIS. LUCKILY I WAS ON A QUIET ROAD WITH NO ONE BEHIND ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909871September 27, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING FROM A STOP AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT DROVE OVER A CURB AND CRASHED INTO TWO TREES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,600.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910069September 27, 2016
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
WE BOUGHT A 2017 SANTA FE SPORT WITH THE 2.0 T ENGINE IN JULY OF 2017. IT HAS ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS NOW STARTED TO HESITATE BADLY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE WHEN TURNING. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH IT EITHER LOSES POWER OR THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT IN THE CORRECT GEAR. THE RESULT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN TRY TO TURN ONTO A ROAD WITH TRAFFIC. WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP WERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY FIX. I SEE FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A COMMON ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10910100September 27, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AROUND 67,000 MILES AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS. THE GAUGE WOULD FLOAT BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY REGARDLESS OF GAS USAGE USUALLY RESTING AT EMPTY. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED GOING ON BECAUSE OF THE FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION. THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY TO GAUGE THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE CAR,. IT IS ALSO UNSAFE TO HAVE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON, BECAUSE THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO ALERT THE DRIVER OF SAFETY ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909830September 26, 2016
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
"SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION" IN HYUNDAI'S, SPECIFICALLY SANTA FE. MY WIFE HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HER WHILE DRIVING HER HYUNDAI SANTA FE THREE TIMES NOW AND THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP INSISTS THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION ON THE COMPUTER CODES AND THAT HYUNDAI DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THEREFORE AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED "SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION" ON HER SANTA FE NEVER HAPPENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909759September 26, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND POSES DANGER. TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. SINCE IT DOES NOT THROW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, DEALER SPECIFIED THAT THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO FIX IT WITHOUT ANY CODE. THIS LOOKS REALLY DANGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10909499September 25, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND ENTERING TRAFFIC, WHEN YOU PRESS ON ACCELERATOR THE TRANSMISSION DIS ENGAGES AND LEAVES YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH NO POWER AND PUTTING YOU IN DANGER OF BEING HIT. ONCE TRANSMISSION KICKS BACK IN, THE ENGINE REVS AND VEHICLE JOLTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL GET SOMEONE KILLED. HYUNDAI HAS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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