Hyundai Tucson Complaints

6,738 consumer complaints on file.

#10649244October 22, 2014
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
I WAS HEADING SOUTHEAST (INBOUND) ON HIGHWAY 290. IT WAS CLEAR, ROADS WERE DRY, AND NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD. I HAD MY 16-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME. I WAS DRIVING AND SHE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT (PASSING) LANE. OUT OF NOWHERE, MY SUNROOF SHATTERED AND FLEW OFF MY CAR. IT SHATTERED MOSTLY INTO A THOUSAND PIECES, BUT THE PERSON DRIVING BEHIND ME INDICATED THAT A HUGE PIECE FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO CRACK IN MULTIPLE PLACES. MY SUNROOF HAD BEEN CLOSED. MY INTERIOR SHADE WAS ALSO CLOSED. THERE WAS NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10644913October 15, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NOT ABLE TO REPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10644972October 15, 2014
POWER TRAIN
WHEN DRIVING (AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPEEDS), THE MOTOR (RPM'S) SHOOTS UP, BUT THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE; IT ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS YIELDING, AND AS WE ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD; AGAIN, THE RPM'S SHOOT UP, BUT THE CAR IS NOT ACCELERATING. IT IS SIMILAR TO DRIVING A STANDARD VEHICLE AND ACCELERATING AND PUSHING IN THE CLUTCH AT THE SAME TIME. THE TRANSMISSION (RPM) PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO US. WE HAD A 2010 TUCSON, WHICH WE HAD EXACTLY THE SAME ACCELERATION PROBLEMS WITH. AFTER MANY SERVICE VISITS TO YOUR DEALERSHIP, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL SERVICE VISITS WENT ON FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL MONTHS; AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS FINALLY REPLACED, WE WERE STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE EXPECTED THAT THIS WAS A ONE-TIME PROBLEM, AND PERHAPS WE JUST GOT A LEMON. NOW THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ACCELERATION PROBLEM WITH THE 2012 TUCSON, WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR. WE KNOW FROM THE PAST EXPERIENCE THAT THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WILL NOT GO AWAY, IT WILL GET WORSE MONTH BY MONTH OVER TIME, AND THE CAR WILL HAVE TO KEEP BEING RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS/REPAIRS. THE DEALERSHIP TEST DROVE THE CAR AND DID NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. WE ARE FORCED TO KEEP DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT SAFE, AND THAT AT SOME POINT AN ACCIDENT MAY OCCUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10643759October 10, 2014
SEATS
I NO LONGER OWN THIS UNSAFE CAR. I AM SHORT, AND THUS SIT LOWER AND ADJUST THE DRIVER SEAT FORWARD TO REACH PEDALS. (TALL FRIENDS SIT FARTHER BACK/HIGHER, AND DON'T SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEMS.). THIS CAR HAS SERIOUS SIDE BLIND SPOTS CAUSED BY THE DECREASING SIZE OF THE WINDOWS AND THE VERY THICK SIDE COLUMNS FOR THE AIR BAGS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE COLUMN ENDED UP RIGHT BESIDE MY FACE, AND COMBINED WITH THE SEAT BACK/HEAD RESTS, BLOCKED MY VIEW. NEITHER SIDE MIRRORS NOR THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR COVER THIS BLIND AREA - AND IT CAN'T BE SEEN WHEN CRANING ONE'S NECK TO AROUND... I WAS ON THE I-5 FREEWAY NEAR PORTLAND, OR AND WANTED TO CHANGE ONE LANE TO THE LEFT... I SIGNALED, CHECKED BOTH SIDE MIRRORS, THE CENTER REAR-VIEW MIRROR, AND CRANED MY HEAD AROUND TO LOOK, AND THEN STARTED MOVING OVER... I HEARD A BEEP!, AND SWERVED BACK TO MY ORIGINAL LANE, ONLY THEN SEEING A MOTORCYCLE WHICH HAD BEEN IN MY BLIND SPOT...MY BROTHER WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT 7 YEARS AGO, AND THIS INCIDENT TERRIFIED ME SO THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I WAS CRYING AND SHAKING! IT HAD BEEN SO CLOSE, AND I DECIDED RIGHT THEN I HAD TO GET RID OF THE CAR...THERE ARE ALSO VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS A LARGE INTERSECTION (MORE GRADUAL/SLIGHTER CURVE..). TURNING LEFT, THE AIRBAG COLUMN IN THE LEFT CORNER BETWEEN WINDSHIELD & LEFT WINDOW ENDED UP IN THE CENTER OF MY VISION. I COULDN'T SEE WHERE I WAS HEADING, AND JUST SORT OF "JUDGED" MY DESTINATION LANE BY MEMORY AND/OR CARS BESIDE ME IN THE NEXT LANE TURNING...SCARY! I HAVE A SHORT FRIEND WITH THE IDENTICAL CAR (1 YR NEWER), AND THE SAME TROUBLE WITH BLIND SPOTS AND BLOCKED VISIBILITY WHEN SLIGHTLY TURNING LEFT. THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES (AND LOOKING FOR A NEW CAR, THIS CAR WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS BODY STYLE.) I BOUGHT A 2014 SUBURU FORESTER, LARGER WINDOWS/MUCH NARROWER COLUMNS, VASTLY IMPROVED VISIBILITY AND NO BLOCKED VIEW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10641547October 5, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN I WENT TO PUT ON THE BRAKE TO PARK THERE WAS A SUDDEN ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE HIT THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10640425October 1, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ENGINE ON OUR 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON TURNED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. MANAGED TO TURN/ROLL OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER OR POWER STEERING. HAD TO RESTART CAR SEVERAL TIMES AS IT WOULD STALL OUT ON ACCELERATION OR WHEN SLOWING TO TURN. PAID DEALERSHIP $209 TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS A MONTH LATER AND IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE EACH DAY. DEALERSHIP DID OIL CHANGE, VEHICLE INSPECTION AND REPLACED "P0444 EVAP PURGE CONTROL VALVE CONNECTOR." CLEARLY THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS THIS SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD PERSISTS. HYUNDAI HAS NO ANSWERS AND SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WE'VE READ HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE NHTSA. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10638915September 25, 2014
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
EXITING FREEWAY, DECREASING SPEED, WHEN IT FELT AS THOUGH A TIRE HAD GONE FLAT. SHIMMY AND SUDDEN LOSE OF POWER FOLLOWED. STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. CAR HAD NO POWER, INCREASING GAS ONLY REVVED ENGINE, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE VEHICLE AT ALL. WAS ABLE TO ROLL TO THE END OF THE FREEWAY OFF-RAMP AND PULL NEAR SHOULDER. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT SOUNDED LIKE A CEMENT MIXER FULL OF LARGE ROCKS. ONCE TRANSMISSION WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL, IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. ALSO REFUSED TO SHIFT INTO PARK. VEHICLE WAS FLAT-BEDDED TO DEALER. MECHANICS DETERMINED THE RIGHT TRANS-AXLE HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL WITH SPINDLE DAMAGE. INITIALLY IT WAS THOUGHT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DAMAGED, BUT THAT MAY NOT BE THE CASE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10639060September 25, 2014
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD TRAVEL OVER BUMPS AND POT HOLES VERY ROUGHLY. THE PROBLEM RECURRED TWENTY TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637928September 21, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE
TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHEN YOU PUT INTO GEAR AND CAR WON'T MOVE. YOU STOP AT A LIGHT AND EVEN THOUGH CAR IS IN GEAR IT WON'T MOVE. FLIP IT BACK AND FORTH ON AUTO GEAR SHIFT SOMETIMES IT MOVES. OTHER TIMES IT CHANGES GEARS OR SLIPS OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637453September 19, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SHIFT DOES NOT APPEAR ON DASHBOARD, TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WHEN IN REVERSE, THE CAMERA DOES NOT WORK. HAVE TO SHUT CAR OFF THEN TRANSMISSION WORKS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637469September 19, 2014
WHEELS, TIRES
ALL FOUR YOKOHAMA AVID TOURING S P215/65/16 TIRES HAVE EXTREME TREAD/MOLD SEPARATION AT 40,000 MILES MAKING THEM UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10637639September 19, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10632591September 11, 2014
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI TUSCAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY FAILED AND INTERFERED WITH THE AIR BAGS. THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURED HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. MAILED 01/28/15*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10631219September 6, 2014
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSE IS FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WEIGHT SENSOR, THIS MEANS THE ENTIRE SEAT MUST BE REPLACED, I DON'T FEEL THAT WITH THE MILEAGE AS LOW AS IT IS, I SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR, WHY HASN'T THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY (NHTSA) ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE? MY MECHANIC TOLD ME HE HAS REPLACED MANY (OVER 100). AT GREAT EXPENSE TO THE OWNERS. DEFECTIVE SAFETY PARTS FOR A CAR LIKE THIS, OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE OF AGE, NOT MILEAGE, SHOULD BE ON THE MANUFACTURER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629448August 29, 2014
STEERING
WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY BECAME SO LOOSE I HAD TO TOLD THE WHEEL VERY STILL BECAUSE IF YOU TOUCHED SLIGHTLY THE CAR WOULD SWERVE EITHER TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT THIS CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN CORRECT ITSELF. THIS HAPPENED ANY TIMES - THEN LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON - THE AIR PRESSURE, BATTERY AND ENGINE LIGHT AND THE STEERING LIGHT. THE NEXT DAY EVERYTHING WAS FINE NO LIGHTS - THEN THE STEERING WENT LOOSE AGAIN AND THE LIGHTS CAME ON. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD SEE THE CAR FOR A WEEK. ANOTHER HAD ME COME IN THE NEXT DAY BUT WAS TOLD THE CAR DID SHOW THE LIGHTS SO THEY CLEARED THE COMPUTER AND RESET IT BUT THEY COULD DO NOTHING MORE UNLESS THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I COULD BRING THE CAR BACK WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I WAS NO SOONER OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP AND THE STEERING WENT AND THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON - I TURNED AROUND AND HEADED BACK - JUST I GOT THERE THE LIGHTS WENT OFF AND THE STEERING WAS NORMAL SO I DID NOT GO BACK IN. IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR KNOWING THIS COULD HAPPEN AT ANYTIME AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. IN THE MEANTIME, NO ONE HAS A LOANER CAR AND THIS IS THE ONLY CAR WE HAVE. I WILL GO BACK NEXT WEEK FOR FURTHER OBSERVATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627176August 21, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SERVICE BRAKES
BOTH THE DOWNHILL BRAKE LIGHT AND STABILITY TRACK CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. MY CAR WOULDN'T GET OUT OF PARK, OR WHEN I GOT IT IN DRIVE, IT WOULDN'T GO BACK INTO PARK. TAKING IT TO THE SHOP TODAY, NOTICED IT MIGHT BE FROM A BRAKE SWITCH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626669August 20, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE G4 SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10618104August 1, 2014
SEAT BELTS, AIR BAGS
AFTER READING IN THE PAPERS ABOUT 2006-200 SONATAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAG SENSOR INSIDE THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE TUSCAN. I'VE HAD THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME NOW AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SENSOR ISSUE I AM SURE HYUNDAI IS AWARE ABOUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616696July 28, 2014
ENGINE
CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY NOT START HAVE INSIDE LIGHTS AND TRYS TO TURN OVER OR SOME TIMES NO POWER AT ALL .FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN CHECKED BATTERY OK ALTERNATOR OK STARTER OK CABLES AND FUSES BUT HAVE HAD TO JUMP EVERY DAY FOR THREE WEEKS THIS SUCKS AND VERY FRUSTRATING. DEALER KEEPS TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH CAR. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616778July 28, 2014
ENGINE, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,757. UPDATED 9/4/14*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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