Hyundai Santa Fe Complaints (2016)

236 consumer complaints on file.

#10985104May 12, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN DRIVING THE PARKING LIGHT COMES ON, DOWNHILL ASSIST COMES ON AND THE TRACTION CONTROL GOES OFF, THEN THE SPEEDOMETER GOES FROM THE CURRANT SPEED TO ZERO THEN FLUTTERS BACK TO THE CORRECT SPEED, THEN REPEATS. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT SPEEDS FROM 25 MPH TO 70 MPH. DEALER SAYS THEY CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG.
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
#10943804January 9, 2017
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WIFE STOPPED AT STOP SIGN , CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL , 1 BLOCK FROM HOME WAS ABLE TO IDLE CAR INTO DRIVE WAY. I GOT INTO CAR TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON FOUND SAME PROBLEM. I SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND ACCELERATOR STARTED WORKING , PULLED INTO GARAGE AND CALLED HYUNDAI TO GET TOWED TO DEALER CAR NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10929964December 5, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE ENTIRE PANARAMA SUNROOF EXPLODED ON MY 2016 SANTA FE WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 81 @ 70 MPH IN PENNSYLVANIA YESTERDAY COVERING MY WIFE AND I WITH SHARDES OF GLASS. I UNDERSTAND THERE HAS BEEN OTHER INCIDENTS OF THIS NATURE POSTED ON GOOGLE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND GOT THE TYPICAL RUN AROUND. I DID NOT PASS UNDER ANY OVER PASSES AND TRAFFIC WAS NON EXISTENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10928522November 29, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
A. WIPER HEATERS, AS LISTED ON THE WINDOW INVOICE ARE NON-EXISTANT. I HAD SEVERAL FREEZE-UPS LAST WINTER CAUSING ME TO STOP THE CAR AND CLEAR THE BLADES MANUALLY, EVEN THOUGH THE FRONT DEFROST BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED. DEALER SAID IT WAS OPERATING AS IT SHOULD. (?? - I DISAGREE) B. DURING THE SUMMER I WAS GETTING MOISTURE ON THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND FRONT SIDE WINDOWS. I DISCOVERED A SOPPING WET FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR WHICH THE DEALER ATTRIBUTED TO SPIDERWEBS IN THE A/C CONDENSER DISCHARGE TUBE WHICH THEY "CLEANED" FOR NON WARRANTY $69 PRICE-POINT . WATER APPEARED ON CABIN FIREWALL / CONSOLE YESTERDAY, AS 'DEFROST /BLADE DEICER' ACTIVATES A/C; AND A CIRCLE OF EVENTS BEGINS AGAIN. THE PROBLEM REQUIRES DEFROST TO FUNCTION WHICH CAUSES MORE MOISTURE AND THE WIPERS STILL DO NOT HEAT UP (THE WINDSHIELD UNDER THE BLADES SEEMS TO GET WARM BUT NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP SNOW/ICE FROM THE EXCESSIVE BUILD-UP AND IT'S RESTRICTING AIR INTAKE AT THE PORTS UNDER THE REAR EDGE OF THE HOOD). VISIBILITY IS PROBLEM-MATIC IN THIS CAR'S MALFUNCTION AND DESIGN. THIS 2016 SANTAFE SPORT IS ONE YEAR OLD LAST WEEK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10904763September 8, 2016
EQUIPMENT, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
2016 HYUNDAI SANTE FE INVOLVED IN A NEAR HEAD ON COLLISION. COMBINED TOTAL SPEED OF IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH. TWO OCCUPANTS BOTH WEARING SEATBELTS AT TIME OF CRASH. DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED DURING CRASH. PASSENGER SHOULDER HARNESS FAILED (LOCKING MECHANISM DID NOT LOCK) RESULTING IN PASSENGER HEAD IMPACT WITH WIND SHIELD CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DEFORMATION OF WIND SHIELD AND HEAD INJURY TO THE PASSENGER. LAP BELT RESTRAINT PREVENTED PASSENGER FROM SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE INJURY. PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10877133June 28, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I BOUGHT A 2016 SANTA FE SPORT AT CARMAX 8000 MILES AND WHEN I FILLED THE TANK THE FIRST TIME I COULD ONLY FILL ABOUT 13 GAL, I DROVE IN TOWN ABOUT 280 MILES. FILLED NOW A FEW TIMES AND ONLY CAN FILL ABOUT 13 GAL EACH TIME. IT SHOWS AS FULL, HOWEVER THE TANK IS A 17 GAL TANK. ALSO WHEN FILL THE GAUGE SHOWS I SHOULD GET ABOUT 380 MILES BUT I ONLY GET ABOUT 280. I HAVE SEEN ON OTHER FORUMS THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH EVEN 2015 VEHICLES AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10862584May 2, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH IN THE SNOW, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS. SNOW BEGAN TO ACCUMULATE AT THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WHICH PREVENTED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FROM GOING DOWN. AS A RESULT, THE WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10853568April 5, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE FRONT SUNROOF ON MY 2016 SANTA FE I BOUGHT IN JAN 2016 THAT HAS APPROX. 8000 MILES, EXPLODED ON THE WAY TO WORK WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT IN MY RIGHT EAR, THEN GLASS BEGAN TO FALL ON MY HEAD AND THROUGHOUT THE CAR - I'M SURE THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS SUCKED OUT AND ONTO THE INTERSTATE. (I HAD THE SUN SHADE INSIDE OPENED SO MY CHILD COULD WATCH THE RAIN ON THE RIDE TO THE BABYSITTERS.)I FOUND OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHEN I GOOGLED IT. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND ISSUE WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY I WAS TOLD, I WAS GIVEN A LOANER WHILE IT WAS FIXED. NO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF OR BEHIND ME WITHIN 4 CAR LENGTHS AT LEAST. I DID NOT PASS UNDER AN OVERPASS. IT WAS RAINING THAT DAY (OF COURSE - THAT'S MY LUCK) WHEN I GOT TO WORK I CLOSED THE SUN SHADE ON THE INSIDE AS BEST AS I COULD WITH ALL THE GLASS THAT WAS IN THE TRACK, AND TAPED GARBAGE BAGS OVER IT TO PRESERVE THE INSIDE. I WENT TO DEALERSHIP LATER TO TAKE ADDITIONAL PICTURES AND YOU CAN TELL THE GLASS WAS BLOW OUTWARDS. THERE WAS EVEN CHIPS IN THE PAINT THROUGH THE CLEAR COAT FROM WHEN GLASS FLEW. I'M THANKFUL I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME, BUT MY CHILD'S CAR SEAT IS FULL OF GLASS REMAINS. I WASN'T HURT - ONLY A FEW CUTS FROM GLASS THAT WAS IN MY JACKET POCKET AND IN MY CLOTHES. I AM STILL AT A LOSS AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, HOW AND WHY - UNKNOWN. AND SO FAR THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT COMMUNICATED ANYTHING TO ME, BUT I HOPE THEY MAKE IT RIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10852291March 29, 2016
WHEELS
THE SUV 2016 COME EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL 235/55 R19 TIERS, THE SUV HAS ONLY 3400 MILES ON IT SINCE PURCHASE, I LOST TWO TIERS ON A BLOW OUT AT LOW SPEED 35 TO 40 MPH, SIDE WALLS FAILED, (IT WAS ON A STREET) I VISUALLY INSPECTED THE TIRES MYSELF AND AGREED WITH THE TIRE DISTRIBUTOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10850507March 19, 2016
STEERING
VEHICLE'S STEERING REQUIRES CONSTANT CORRECTION. VEHICLE WILL NOT TRACK STRAIGHT. VERY DIFFICULT TO KEEP VEHICLE IN A LANE, SOMETIMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. NOT A PROBLEM FOR IN-TOWN DRIVING, BUT A MAJOR PROBLEM ON HIGHWAYS. PROBLEM GETS EXPONENTIALLY WORSE AS SPEEDS INCREASE, ESPECIALLY ON I-45 AND I-130 IN CENTRAL TEXAS WHERE SPEEDS ARE 80+. WINDY CONDITIONS MAGNIFY THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS ESSENTIALLY WEAVING DOWN THE ROAD. VERY DANGEROUS SINCE VEHICLE IS ALWAYS HEADING TOWARD CENTERLINE OR SHOULDER. THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THE DESIGN OF THE STEERING ON THIS VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838069February 24, 2016
POWER TRAIN
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED,WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO DRIVE. IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET IT WAS TO TURN OFF ENGINE AND RESTART THE ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820369January 15, 2016
VISIBILITY/WIPER, STRUCTURE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER LEAKED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD ONTO THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, IN COLD TEMPERATURES, ICE ACCUMULATED INSIDE THE WINDSHIELD. ON HOT AND HUMID DAYS, CONDENSATION WAS VISIBLE INSIDE THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900.....UPDATED 02/10/16 *BF ...VIDEO AVAILABLE *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809600December 11, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 70MPH - THE SOUND WAS LIKE A GUNSHOT INSIDE THE CAR - THIS IS A SANTA FE SPORT 2016 MODEL THAT I BOUGHT ON JULY 5 2015
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785665October 23, 2015
SEATS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT ALL THE SCREWS IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SEAT NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10779741October 5, 2015
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED. THE CONTACT HAD TWO MINORS SEATED IN THE REAR AND GLASS PARTICLES FELL ON THEM; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED, BUT THE REPAIRS WERE UNKNOWN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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