Other Fuel System Tank Mounting problems of the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe

Fuel gage stopped registering fuel in tank, empty light is on, no guage movement of needle. Have to guess on amount of fuel in tank.

For the last 3-6 months my engine light and fuel gauge have been acting up. My engine light comes on to check engine at same time my fuel amount reads empty of 1/4 tank amount after I just filled up. I'm told that I need to replace defective sensors for 600. 00 plus dollars as soon as possible. I dont want to run out of fuel by a bad read out or stall in traffic.

I had just purchased gas a few days before and all of a sudden my gas gauge registered no gas. I knew I was not on empty and went to the gas station and purchased more gas, which was only a couple of dollars to top it off. In the past 6 weeks, my gas gauge fluctuates between empty or wherever else it wants to land. It is very unreliable to use the odometer/trip calculator to pinpoint how much gas is left in the tank. I have researched this fuel sensor issue all over the internet and come to find out this has been a serious problem with the 2007 and 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe's. Hyundai has fixed the problem with the fuel sensor starting with the 2009's so they realized there was an issue. Unfortunately, the repair for the fuel sensor can run almost a $1,000, which is a huge amount of money for a problem that Hyundai knows exists. Please help.

Fuel gauge incorrectly displayed amount of fuel in tank. Fuel level sensors not working.

While driving in the highway at a speed of ~60 mph, I noticed the arm on my fuel gague start to dip. It dropped from above a half tank to well below a quarter tank of gas. As you can imagine, this caused immediate panic as I was afraid there was a fuel leak of some sort. As I was preparing to move out of traffic I noticed that the arm on the gague began to return to its original spot. This caused some comfort as I was sure there was enough fuel in the tank ebcuase I had filled up the tank just a few days prior and had not done much driving since. Ever since that incident, the fuel gague has continued to 'act up' and now I am in a situation where I cannot rely on the fuel gague to accurate indicate the amount of fuel that I have. The NHTSA has recognized this to be a significant safety hazard for gm . . . "an inaccurate fuel gauge may result in the vehicle unexpectedly running out of fuel and stalling, increasing the risk of a crash," the national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA) said on its website. As of yet there is no recall issued for the Santa Fe. I can only hope that with the numerous complaints that I have seen realted to the Santa Fe that the NHTSA makes the same conclusion.

Fuel gauge was not registering correctly the amount of fuel in the tank. We would fill up the tank and the gauge would read empty. Investigated and found that gm vehicles had the same issue in many models from 2005-2007. They were recalled, there is no recall to date for Hyundai vehicles with the same problem. This issue could be extremely dangerous, people don't have any idea how much fuel is in their tanks and they can inadvertently run out of fuel on the highway or on rural roads. I have the sensors that were removed from our vehicle. I am guessing car manufactures probably buy these parts from the same company. So why weren't all vehicles with this sensor recalled? or if they don't buy them from the same company then around the 2007 time frame a lot of sensors were bad. We paid around $500 to get our vehicle fix because we had to travel 400 miles and did not want to run out of fuel on the interstate, that has many semi trailers traveling it.

Two weeks ago, I started my car and was shocked to see the fuel gauge way below "e" and the light had turned on, along with the "check engine" light. I was afraid I had neglected to get gas, even thought I was pretty sure that when I left the car the night before I was over a 1/4 of a tank. I made it to the gas station and fueled up. I only put $20 in at the time, because I was in a hurry. I got in, started the car and I was up almost full, which is nearly impossible on $20 in a Santa Fe. It turns out I had plenty of gas in the tank and the gauge wasn't registering it properly. This has happened several times in the last two weeks. It's almost like the car needs to "warm up" before the fuel gauge actually registers the amount of gas correctly. And the check engine light continues to go on and off intermittently. I am concerned that problem could worsen with time and will effect other systems in the car. I am also concerned that I may actually run of out gas and be stuck somewhere with my child because the gauge isn't accurate and like all human beings. . I can't always remember the last time I fueled up.

My gas gauge acts really weird and the check engine light comes on. The gas gauge tells me I have no gas after I've filled up the car. This has been an ongoing problem since the warranty expired on my Santa Fe. The gas gauge also fluctuates and will not register the proper amount of gas in the gas tank.