general problems of the 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe - part 2

The contact owns a 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while stopped with the gear in reverse, the vehicle would not accelerate. The contact had to place the vehicle in neutral and back into reverse in order for the vehicle to reverse without failure. The contact noticed an abnormal sound when switching gears. The vehicle also stalled when being driven at low speeds. The failure was recurring. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis three times however, the technicians were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

Report date: 08/26/2010. Purchased Hyundai Santa Fe 08/14/2010. Vehicle has 1190 miles to date. Vehicle has momentarily stalled 5 times - 2 in traffic situation which could have resulted in crash. All stalls have occurred after sitting and idling at traffic lights or turns on both level surface and inclines. When brake is released and accelerator pushed vehicle starts moving sluggishly and then stalls flat for several seconds and then engine re-engages. No warning lights activated. Engine does not die requiring an ignition restart. Immediately took to dealer after stalling on incline 3 times at 677 miles on 08/18/2010. Service tech ran complete computer diagnostic in idle mode in shop and found all systems within technical specifications. Suspect drive-by-wire / computer linkage. Vehicle runs smoothly, downshifts and accelerates on demand normally at all other speeds less than 10 mph. This condition occurs after a stop and after brake is released and accelerator engaged (2 times); when moving slowly and hard acceleration demanded (2 times); or when transmission initially engaged in drive from park mode (2 occasions).

The contact owns a 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe. The vehicle was parked on a slight incline with the engine running when it began to roll backward. The front passenger side door was open while the failure occurred. The contact ran to catch the vehicle as it independently reached a stop. The front passenger side door struck the contact resulting in serious injuries. She was transported by ambulance to the emergency room for treatment treated. A police report was available. A third party investigator was sent by the manufacturer to inspect the vehicle. The investigator found no failure within the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. In addition, the contact stated that while driving approximately 5 to 10 mph, the vehicle would intermittently surge forward. The vehicle was never taken to be examined for the cause of failure and was not repaired. The failure mileage was 150 and the current mileage was 3,200.

The contact owns a 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe. While driving approximately 30 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle suddenly stalled without warning. He also noticed that the rpms would increase and decrease without applying pressure to the accelerator pedal. The dealer made four attempts to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer advised the contact that since the computer did not display any error codes then they were unable to diagnose the failure or repair the vehicle. The current mileage was approximately 18,000. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The car will go into neutral gear all on its own and then slip back into gear lunging the car forward. Occupants of the car will get a wipelash effect. The car is usaully in 2 or third gear when it no longer has power. This can be very very dangerous in a merging type of driving situation. The driver is counting on the car to bring them into traffic , maintaining a certain speed and control. All of a sudden when the car is not responding. . . It is a very frighting situation. Followed by the lurching of the car. It feels as if the car has just been hit in rear. The problem happens once or twice a month, for over a year now. There are thosands of complaints on line on many many web sites. Everyone says the same thing. They bring it to the dealer, and the dealer usually can not replicate the problem. In some cases the dealer has test driven the car and has felt the problem and has replaced the transmission, only to have the new transmission do the same thing. Usually though, the dealer and or Hyundai get around this problem by saying that even though they have heard of this as being an issue, they will not do anything about it until the dealer experances the problem or sees that the computer registers it in the cars computer system. But that is part of the problem. No check light comes on, nothing registers. So , all of these unsafe cars are out there. A situation waiting to cause an accident. We had a friend's car behind us when we lost power, and they said they almost ended up rear ending us. It's not a safe car. Hyundai said "they can not do anything for us even though they know there is an issue. That more people have to complain". They need to do a recall. It is my hope that you all can take some action. I do not want to sell this car or trade it in, it would be putting someone elses life on the line. Hyundai is brushing us all off.

Engine hesitation and acceleration,pulling to the right of the road. When braking almost coming to a complete stop. Can hear wheel noise,like tires are going to fall off.