general problems of the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe

Stopped at a red light. Stepped on gas to move and the engine revved up and it just took off. Had to use both feet on brake pedal to stop the car. Going about 1 mph after the light turned green. The engine accelerated and wouldn't stop. Nearly hit the car in front of us. May be computer or throttle positioning sensor. And it happened again later. Same day. Going straight, up a hill about 2mph and once again the engine sped up and the car took off. It was very difficult to stop.

Tl-the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. While driving 45 mph there was a loud knocking noise detected. Additionally, the vehicle decelerated without warning. The vehicle was towed to two independent mechanic who stated that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was towed to coconut creek Hyundai 4960 north, FL-7, coconut creek, FL 33073 (888) 441-7737 where diagnosed that metal shaving were in the engine and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired the manufacturer was contacted who referred contact to local dealer. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000. Ap.

My car is shaking when the vehicle gets up to around 60 miles an hour.

My vehicle is a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe with 131,000 miles. I was driving on the highway traveling about 65 mph and lost power steering, power breaks, and speed control. My car began to slow and would not accelerate and was difficult to steer. Fortunately I had enough power/speed still to get over into the breakdown lane. I was able to use my directionals and hazard lights once on the side of the road. I shut off the car and attempted to start it again several times without success. The check engine light was on, as was the oil light and battery light. There was no discernible warning that would have indicated an impending engine failure. I had already driven 75 miles of my trip and it simply stopped running. In the middle of the highway! the cause of the problem is unknown to me and currently unknown to my mechanic. I had to have my car towed 50 miles to the mechanic. Getting it to a dealer would have been even father.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving 45 mph on the freeway the contact exit the freeway and the vehicle began to accelerate but then stop. No lights illuminated. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to a dealer capitol Hyundai 1050 capitol expressway auto mall, san jose,CA 95136 (408)-340-7321 but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 61,429. The VIN was not available. Ck.

Accelerating away from stop light, accelerator pedal detached from firewall. The vehicle was 15-20 ft. Into a five lane intersection. The vehicle idled through the intersection safely into a parking lot. Fortunately this happened at 0610 on 26 June 2016 when traffic was lite.

Today April 28, 2015, my mother, daughter and I were coming home from running an errand, when we came to are house we pulled up and went in reverse to pull into the drive way like normal so we can park the car in the garage. When we pulled in we were going just 5mph. Then suddenly when my mom was pushing the brake the stop and put the car into park. The car out of no where lurched and crashed into are washer, water heater , and caused the back windshield to shatter. An we have had this car for 3 years and its always the same routine, so were very shook up on how this could happen. Even though this happened at a resident im filing this since it could happen anywhere to another car.

I was turning right into a parking space, applied the brakes and the vehicle surged/accelerated. It went over a curb and hit another vehicle. When it stopped I looked down and my foot was indeed on the brakes, to the floor. A similar thing happened twice before. I was turning onto another street and the car felt like it surged. Fortunely both times there was no one in the other lane or in front of me.

The contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph, the engine stalled with the illumination of the warning indicator. The vehicle was merged to the side of the road. Upon restarting, the vehicle resumed normally. The failure recurred two times and the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer each time. The computerized system went into the limp mode which caused the throttle body sensor to fail. The vehicle was repaired on the two separate occasions. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 38,000. Updated 08-20-14.

Please investigate the Hyundai line of cars. I was driving this car that I owned. I had just driven 140 miles, and I was on city streets making my way to the inlaws. I stopped at a stop sign and as I accelerated and proceeded to make a right turn on to another city street, the engine completely died. I noticed it when my power steering locked up, I had no brakes and I was headed right toward a home's front door. I was able to stop the car when it hit the curb dead on. I then put the car in to park and turned the car back on and it fired up right away. I really believe that Hyundai has the same problem as gm. There was nothing wrong with the car after that and I could not duplicate the incident. I traded the car in a few days later because I refuse to drive it. If you google the problem, I was able to trace it back at least 11 years. How can you trust a car that where the engine will just turn off sporadically. Dealership claims "they've never heard of such a thing. . . " lies. The know about it, they just haven't done anything about it. I seriously think there needs to be an investigation in to this vehicle. I saw stories of peoples Hyundais dying on the freeway. They could have been killed. One lady said that she was told next time it happens to leave the car as is and they will tow it and check it out. They towed it after it died and nothing. That's what leads to me believe that in this vehicle, the key can also become disengaged while driving. Similar if not exactly to the problems with the gm. I beg of you to investigate!!!.

1st incident occurred while driving approximately 20 mph in morning rush hour traffic. The rpms dropped to idle and the engine malfunction light came on. The accelerator would not respond to increase speed or rmps. I rolled to the shoulder of the road and turned off the car. When I re-started it, the engine malfunction light was still on but I was able to drive off the road and to the dealer. Same thing happened two additional times on my way to the dealer. Dealer advised that a computer update was needed. I was told the repair was made. Next morning I drove approximately 5 miles and the same issue happened, except this time I was travelling 55 mph. Re-started the car and was able to drive back to the dealer. I am now being told that the throttle body is being replaced as per instructions from Hyundai and that I was not the only person having this repeat problem.

We started the vehicle and the check engine light came on. We then checked the manual and it stated there might be an emissions problem so we checked to make sure the gas cap was tight. We started it again, but the light came on again. We backed up the car, but it would barely move. We called the dealership to have it towed and checked. The dealer called us the next day and said someone cut the wires above the accelerator pedal. That claim was suspicious because the vehicle is locked inside the garage and our house has a security system and a large dog. We also had 6 family member staying with us. Opening the garage door would have woke someone up. Also, the vehicles outside the garage were unlocked and untouched. After reading some complaints on here, I see there is an ongoing issue that may have been covered up by the dealership by cutting the wires. The location of the wires would have been extremely difficult to get to inside my garage. They also were cut and not chewed based on the pictures that were taken by the dealership for my insurance company.

Submission from congressman thompson on behalf of constituent re 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe defects. The consumer stated on two separate occasions, the vehicle behaved as if, it were in neutral, although the gear shift was in drive and the check engine light illuminated. The consumer was able to find a dealer, where they applied an approved update to the computer board. The vehicle performed as designed for the next 500 miles. The consumer experienced four similar failures, while driving on the parkway. The consumer went to another dealer, and they replaced the throttle. The consumer has since driven 1,000 miles, with no problem.

Vehicle picked up after inspection at dealer and driven approx. 1 mile when vehicle experienced sudden loss of power. Took back to dealer, miller Hyundai, and they advised nothing wrong. Then on 11/11/13 same thing occurred. Miller Hyundai advised they completed an ecm upgrade. Left dealer lot and drove approx. 1/2 mile and same thing occurred. Miller Hyundai then replace the throttle body on 11/14/13. On 12/19/13 the same thing occurred, sudden lost of power. This is the 4th time in 8 months that this has occurred.

My 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe has lost power twice while driving. The first time this occurred was on April 11, 2013. It happened again on March 1, 2014. Both times the vehicle shut off while driving at a slow speed. The first time was on a roadway, the second time was in a parking lot. I have read of similar experiences on the internet. I have notified the dealer and Hyundai customer service of both incidents. Hyundai has advised there is nothing they can really do unless they are able to duplicate the issue.

Tl- the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while sitting at a stop light, the vehicle accelerated on it own causing the vehicle to crash into another vehicle. The vehicle was not destroyed and there were not injuries. The police came and filed a police report. The vehicle was driven to the dealer for inspection and they stated that there could have been static electricity built up that caused the failure and the computer did not read anything. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and they stated that he needed to take the vehicle back to the dealer. The failure mileage was 6,210. Ap.

My Santa Fe Hyundai 2012 accelerated unintentionally when I was turning into a parking spot. I was making a right turn into the parking spot when it lurched full throttle over two bushes and knocked down a black iron fence and I pressed on the brakes and I was on the side walk. I could have hit a pedestrian! it was very frightening.

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.

I pulled into a parking lot, in front of a bakery, and stopped to allow a car to leave a parking spot. I then proceeded to pull into the vacant parking spot and when I applied the brakes, the vehicle sounded like it was actually gunning into a higher gear, and as I was pushing harder down on the brake with my right foot the vehicle jumped the sidewalk in front of the bakery. I proceeded to apply both my feet to the brakes in hopes that the vehicle would stop, and it did. Thankfully no one was injured and the vehicle stopped before entering the bakery window. I called the dealership and arranged for them to tow it to their mechanics department.

While changing lanes, there was a sudden lack of response while I was pressing on the accelerator. This only lasted a millisecond but was enough that I started to press down to complete the change when throttle response returned. I have had this happen about a dozen times in the 3 months since purchasing this auto.

Tl - the contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while attempting to drive with both the accelerator and break pedal engaged the vehicle lunge forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that there was nothing wrong with the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 4,000 and the current mileage was 14,000. Pm.

While driving on an overpass and turning to the left, I had just applied the brakes and was applying the gas as I had to get onto the interstate. I noticed the car decelerated, I had no braking power and it was very difficult to steer the car so I coasted to the side of the road. I almost got rear ended by several cars behind me. All the lights were on the car but it seemed dead. I turned the key off and put the car in park. While talking to my husband, I turned the car on and it started and off I drove off with no further problems. What's worse is that day I had my two little girls and my mother in the car. I had to continue to driving since we were on our way to an important doctors appointment. I can't imagine if I were on the interstate at 70 miles an hour. When I called to make an appointment with Hyundai service they acted like it has never happened before.

My car does not ever stop when I try to stop. I can be stopped on an incline and the car will roll out in the main road and will not go in oncoming traffic. Then all at once it will take off at a fast speed and I have almost been hit many times by oncoming traffic. I have had my car in the dealer several times and they say they cant find the problem with the car. My car has 28,000 miles on it now, this problem has been occurring since the car was new. The problem is happening more often now. It is very dangerous for my family to drive. I need your help. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Driver was pulling into a parking space when Santa Fe suddenly surged or lunged forward and to the right causing car to jump over a concrete bumper and into another car parked at a 90-degree angle. After the accident investigation was cleared driver proceeded to the local dealership. Enroute the Santa Fe would not shift out of low gear. Dealer claimed the events could not be duplicated.