Hyundai XG300 Complaints (2001)

65 consumer complaints on file.

#10030673August 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR WAS TOWED 3 TIMES IN 2002, OCTOBER AND TWICE IN DECEMBER, TO DEALERSHIP FOR SENSOR FAILURES AND CAR STALLED OUT AT 50 MPH ON MAJOR ROADWAY. I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A DUMPTRUCK BEHIND ME, I WAS ABLE TO BARELY COAST INTO A SIDE STREET. ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILED AND WAS FIXED. CAR WAS IN FOR REPAIRS 7 TIMES IN THE 2 YEARS I OWNED IT. I TRADED IN THIS "TOP OF THE LINE HYUNDAI" FOR A BUICK REGAL THAT I LOVE. ONE OF THE CAR SALESMAN TOLD ME TO NEVER BUY A CAR IN THE FIRST YEAR IT IS MANUFACTURED. NOBODY TOLD ME THIS AS I DROVE OFF THE LOT IN MY BRAND NEW 2001 CAR. I WAS INCONVENCIED BY THIS CONTINOUS PROBLEM OF REPAIRS, AS MY OCCUPATION AS A NURSE IS NECESSARY FOR A SAFE AND RELIABLE VEHICLE. I WILL NEVER BUY A HYUNDAI AGAIN AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE AWARE OF THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS I'VE HAD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029965July 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP INDICATED IT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010048March 6, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN THE VEHICLE SAT OVER NIGHT IN COLD TEMPERATURES AND THE RESTARTED IN THE MORNINGS, THE RPM REVVED EXCESSIVELY HIGH AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002850January 17, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ALMOST CUT-OFF. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM IS MAJOR (ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTER (VALVES) SPARK PLUG WIRES). PREVIOUSLY I'VE HAD TWO RECALLS. I NEED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING HYUNDAI CARS. VERY INCONVENIENCING. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8024135December 10, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS A SUDDEN DECREASE IN ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLES RPM'S DROPPED TO 14. CONSUMER STATES' THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022635November 13, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THIS HAS HAPPEND 3 TO 4 TIME IN THE PAST LAST MONTH. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING SO NOTHING WAS NOT DONE. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011651June 12, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BOTH REAR BRAKE CALIPERS GOT HUNG UP WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, DEALER CONTACTE, AND REPLACED CAPLIPERS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011656June 12, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011662June 12, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL ODOR WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE, DEALER CONTACTED AND REPLACED FUEL TANK. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010073May 20, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE HESITATING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED.*AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565430April 24, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE BUT PLUNGES FORWARD AT INITIAL 5-30 MINUTES DRIVING. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565431April 24, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD OUT OF CONTROL, THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG. *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008344April 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE THERE IS A DELAY OF 3-5 MINUTES BEFORE VEHICLE GOES FORWARD, IT WILL LURCH QUICKLY. DEALER CANNOT FIND A CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761093April 23, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY HYUNDAI XG300 WILL NOT MOVE AND THAN PLUNGES FORWARD OUT OF MY CONTROL, DOES THIS THE INITIAL DRIVE OF THE DAY ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT JUST DOES IT OUT OF THE BLUE, WHEN STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. I SPOKE WITH ONE OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY. I JUST GOT BACK FROM THE STORE - WHEN STARTED MY CAR, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE AND THAN IT PLUNGED OUT AND I HIT THE BRAKES IN TIME! THIS WAS WAY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, AND MY BODY IS STILL UPSET M AS I TYPE! WE HAVE A GREAT DRIVING RECORD, GREAT INSURANCE RATES AND WE ARE NOT ANTISIPATING A CHANGE, BUT IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT CORRECTED I COULD BE LOOKING AT AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING WORSE! DO YOU ADVISE WE STOP DRIVING UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED? YOU SITE HAS LISTED RECALLS FOR XG300, SAME DEFECT , MANUFACTURED BETWEEN A CERTAIN DATE, OF WHICH MINE WAS MANUFACTURED ON 1/9/2001. THE DEALER TOLD ME HE FOUND NOTHING WRONG, I WISH I WOULD HAVE VIEWED YOUR SITE BEFORE I SAW THE DEALER, MAYBE ME KNOWING WOULD HAVE HELPED HIM LOCATE THE PROBLEM. WHAT SHOULD I DO, TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER? *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759367March 14, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758887March 3, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NOTE - REPORTED AIRBAG FAILURE EARLIER, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM. ON OCT 11TH, DURING A RAIN STORM TWO DOGS WALKED INTO THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I HIT THE BRAKES, AND HAD PLENTY OF PEDAL YET THE CAR CONTINUED ONWARD. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS THAT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP BUT QUICKLY IT BECAME APPARENT THAT I COULD NOT. I ATTEMPTED TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT HOPEING THAT I WOULD SLOW THE VEHICLE ENOUGH TO GO AROUND THE DOGS. THE CAR BARELY SLOWED AND I CONTINUED OFF THE ROADWAY STRIKING A POLE PERHAPS 100 FEET OFF OF THE ROADWAY. AT THE TIME I WAS MOST BOTHERED BY THE AIRBAG FAILURE WICH I REPORTED EARLIER. THOUGH I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND MY FAILURE TO STOP, I DID NOT REPORT IT AS A BRAKE FAILURE BECAUSE I HAD PLENTY OF PEDAL AT THE TIME, NOR TO BE HONEST DID I HEAR THE SOUND OF TIRES SLIGING ON THE PAVEMENT. FRANKLY, I COULD NOT EXPLAIN MY FAILURE TO STOP. WHEN THE CAR WAS SENT IN FOR REPAIRS THE TRACTION CCONTROL LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. AFTER ALL BODY WORK WAS COMPLETED THE CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO COVINGTON PIKE HYUNDAI, THE DEALER FROM WHOM I BOUGHT THE CAR FOR INSPECTION. AT THAT TIME THEY REPLACED THE "TRACTION CONTROL" MODULE UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN THE CAR WAS FINALLY RETURNED TO ME, THE BRAKES GENERALLY WORKED AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME IT RAINED I HIT THE BRAKES AGAIN IN A PANIC STOP AT ONLY ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR AND IMMEDIATELY THE CAR WENT INTO A SKID. IT WAS ACTUALLY LIKE BEING ON ICE. UPON RETURN TO THE DEALER THEY TESTED THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY. ON ONE OCCASION THE MECHANIC EVEN ADMITTED THAT THE VEHICLE TURNED COMPLETELY SIDEWAYS DURING ONE PANIC STOP. THE SLIDING WAS PARTICULARLY OBVIOUS WHEN THE STREETS WERE WET. THE DEALER FINALLY FOUND THAT OF THE SIX BRAKE LINES GOING INTO THE ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE, ONLY TWO WERE IN THE CORRECT FITTINGS (THE REAR WERE COMPLETELY REVERSED). THE MECHANIC, MR. JOE GRIFFIN, ASSURES ME THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM "FROM THE FACTORY" IN THAT THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY USE TUBE BENDERS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758308February 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE WIRE FOR AIRBAG IS INSTALLED UNDER THE SEAT. WHEN THE SEAT MOVES FORWARD AND BACKWARD, THE WIRE CONNECTION GET LOOSE. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER SERVICE CENTER PEOPLE, IT IS A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM AND THE MANUFACTURER ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758309February 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DUE TO FAILURE OF FINDING A PROPER PART IN THE USA, THE ORIGINAL PART WAS TAKEN FROM OTHER SAME STOCK TO REPLACE THE FAILED PART. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758310February 15, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758311February 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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