Car Stall problems of the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe

Tl the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v746000 (engine) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that a rod had gone through the engine block and the engine needed to be replaced. The contact notified the manufacturer of the failure and was informed to take the vehicle to a Hyundai dealer as the vehicle was impacted by the recall. The contact contacted conicelli Hyundai (1208 ridge pike, conshohocken, PA 19428) and was informed that the remedy was not yet available. The failure mileage was 90,000.

The contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving 55 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning and could not be restarted. Due to the failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic who informed him that the engine had thrown a rod. The mechanic immediately linked the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 20v746000 (engine). The contact called lakeland Hyundai (1500 w. Memorial blvd, lakeland, FL 33815) and holler Hyundai (1150 orlando Ave, winter park, FL 32789) and was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The contact was then referred to the manufacturer who also informed him that the vehicle was not under recall. The contact was then referred to NHTSA for assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 116,125.

This vehicle has a problem with stalling and hesitation when coming out of turns and at speeds between 60-80 mph. I have mention this to the dealer several times and they continue to say they cannot find anything wrong. Because there is never any lights on and no codes. This is a very bad problem someone is going to get hurt from this or die from this. But no one will know because the symptom will not show up as a code on the system, if they die the story cannot be told. Please look into this, I bet if you check with owners of this vehicle you will find the same problem not only the same yr of mine but newer ones. This problem has been happening ever since I have owned this vehicle. I have now a 109,000 miles on it now. On 01/28/2018 it done it several times on the highway.

The car turns off while driving. It has happened randomly. The engine dies. I almost got hit by a big rig cause my car stalled while driving on the freeway.

2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. Consumer writes in regards to engine problems. The consumer stated that the vehicle stalled with no warning. The vehicle would not start and the shift lock froze. The engine needed to be replaced.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while pulling in to a parking space, the vehicle stalled with no warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and the contact parked the vehicle in a parking space as well as inspected the vehicle but was uncertain of how this failure occured. The vehicle was driven to the contacts residence due to the random failure and was to be taken to the dealer for inspection and diagnosis to determine the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and they provided no remedy. The approximate failure mileage was 51,000. Dyd.

While stopped at a red light on an incline, vehicle did not move when gas pedal was pressed. It felt like the car had stalled out but the rpm's were still between 1 and 2. When I pressed harder on the gas the car lurched forward. This has happened several times and is now happening more often, not always on an incline or when temperature or engine is cold. Taking to dealer for repair but told if they can't duplicate they can't do anything about it. I have only owned this car 4 months and want to get rid of it because I'm afraid to drive it now. Not sure if its a problem with the transmission or fuel system but something is definitely not right. Hope it happens for the dealer so it can be fixed.

On two separate occasions, my 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe stalled, for no apparent reason, causing loss of steering, wheel control, and brakes. On the first occasion, I was driving through a mall parking lot. While making a left turn and attempting to drive down a row of parking spots, my car stalled and I was unable to turn the steering wheel, brake or guide the vehicle. On the second occasion, I was turning left down the street to my home. Again, without warning, the car stalled, various light eliminated on the dash, and I lost complete control of the vehicle. I had no advanced warning and the car otherwise seemed to be running normally.

When making a right hand turn at slow speed the cars stalls out. Today 7/16 is the 3rd time this has happened. The same event happened twice in the same week about 6 months ago then not again. This sounds too similar to the problems w/ gm cars.

My family has a 2012 hyudai Santa Fe. We started experiencing problems with the vehicle stalling while driving in 2013. The car stalled multiple times on city streets and once on the highway. When the car stalls, the driver loses power steering and brakes. It is a very dangerous situation. After the third time the car stalled we took it in for service in April of 2013 to the local Hyundai dealership. The technician ran a complete diagnostic and said he could not find anything wrong with the vehicle. We refused to take the car at that time and insisted on more testing. They did find a problem. They replaced/repaired the etc-actuator and gasket-throttle body. The car ran fine until last week when it started the same problems again. It has stalled four times in the last week. The latest stall happened today when my girlfriend was driving the car at around 30 mph. It also stalled last night when I was driving it home at about 25 mph. I was able to get to the side of the road and put the car in park. I turned the key and it started right up again. When it stalled on me, I lost power steering and power brakes. The time of the incident was 9:48pm and the mileage on the car was 72,917. It was very scary. We are taking car to Hyundai dealership today for repairs. We do not want to drive this car anymore. It is unsafe and a hazard.

Vehicle driven shopping center (approximately 15 mi. ) upon leaving vehicle stalled going approximately 15 mph. Steering cut out and difficult, but was able to get to the side of the road. Was able to restart vehicle after approximately 3 minutes. Gas was purchased approximately 1 week prior and vehicle ran fine. Will take to the dealer, but based on other reports I do not expect them to find any problems.

The contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while traveling 60 mph, the vehicle stalled as all indicators lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the ecm carburetor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was repaired but the failure has recurred several times. The failure and current mileage was 24,741.

The contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 7,000.

During the past 6 months, our vehicle has stalled three times. The most recent incident occurred while we were exiting the freeway. The vehicle just stalled and we almost lost total control of the car ( very scary). The following day, we took the car to the local Hyundai dealer and their service department replaced the throttle body and cleaned all the grounds in the engine compartment. We hope this was an isolated incident and their repair solves the problem.

Driving on a 2 lane highway about 40mph & the car just stalled. Lost power steering & brakes & was almost hit from behind. I was able to pull over without incident. Second time, I was turning into my driveway & vehicle stalled again. I was unable to complete turn because of loss of power steering & came within inches of hitting my mailbox. Both times I took the vehicle into the Hyundai dealer & was told that they could not replicate the problem & the car was driving fine. I will be following up with Hyundai complaints department.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning while sitting at a traffic stop. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed but the dealer was unable to generate a failure code. The dealer also test drove the vehicle but was unable to duplicate the failure. The dealer reset the electronic control module as a precaution. The failure was not corrected however, and the vehicle continued to stall when stopped. The failure mileage was 2,766 and the approximate failure mileage was 3,000. Kmj.

Just got out of a shopping center and onto mira mesa blvd, san diego. Car stalled! I was going @ 30 miles/hour or so. Total miles on the car when this happened were 5177 miles. When it stalls, it behaves as if key is moved to on position but car has not been started. This is the 4th time car has stalled since I bought new in August (yes, in 5 months and within @ 5,000 miles). Prior two times were just a before christmas on 12/23/2012 (on the same day, @ 1 minute apart). At this time I was going slow speed @ 25 miles/hour on a windy down hill road. Fortunately, there were no fast moving cars behind me in all 4 cases. I am afraid that someone may hit me from behind when car stalls like this. Car has been to dealer twice for the same issue. They seems to have no clue. Last time I went, just after christmas, that changed throttle body. I was hopping that it will fix the issue but I am not that lucky as it came back in just 3 weeks! I have opened a case with Hyundai already right after the first incident, will have to follow up with them again.

Car has stalled while driving three times, all at low speeds. 3/4 tank of gas, no less. Car also won't start at times unless you move shift lever. Car is under warranty and dealer keeps saying nothing wrong. Not starting is very minor. Car stalling in traffic is a major safety issue.

Vehicle stalled as turning into driveway of shopping complex. The steering wheel froze as I was trying to turn left. In the dashboard, no lights on except "malfunction indicator" light was lit. Restarted car and drove on, the "malfunction light" got turned off, came home and then called dealer. Drove to dealer but they could not diagnose the issue since the light was not on and so no code can be found. Car is less than 3 months old and not even 3000 miles on the car. I feel this car is not safe unless Hyundai takes care of the problem. Not diagnosing and addressing the issue makes me concerned. If car stalls while driving then that is very dangerous as it can cause an accident such as car hitting from behind. I am very much concern with such a problem for car as new as mine.

We experience a feeling of loss of power and almost stalls while trying to make left or right hand turns from a complete stop. It has happened since we purchased car in 2012 but so intermediately that we would just try and explain it away (we came up with OH - we are traveling in the mountains, got bad gas, weather hot, weather cold, maybe I imagined it) but when I almost got hit in the side took it in to dealer again. They have had it 4 times for the same trouble and until the last visit could not duplicate it - dealer in June 2014 kept car many days and then I received a call from service manager who asked if I braked left footed - well yes I do as my husband does. He said they could duplicate the problem only when they left footed braked and their solution was to not do that. I asked some more questions, basically why that would make a difference since we have always done it. He said since the Toyota problems the sensors in cars are more sensitive? I told him there are over 80 complaints with the odi for same problem in 2012 Santa Fe - he said OH that is a different problem - I read all of them - trouble sounds the same to me. We researched this car before buying - nothing in their advertisements, paperwork or on the net said left footed braking will cause your car to stall - we would not have purchased it however, I am not even positive that is the problem. I did also open a complaint with Hyundai - they denied a claim of a lemon car and said to just to stop braking left footed. The letter said they drove it 200 miles with no duplication of trouble which is not what the service manager told me - they were able to duplicate it. We now have a car I will not drive because it is dangerous and who would buy it since we would have to disclose this hesitation problem. Just rec. Letter from lawyer asking us to call him - have not yet.