general problems of the 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe

I have noticed for the past year that my steering column feels loose. It makes a popping noise and really makes noise on rough pavement. I feel like the steering wheel is just gonna come off into my hands. It's very loose to turn and you can feel the pops within the steering wheel. I took my car to local repair shop and they told me there was a recall and that I should take to dealer. I called dealer but my VIN # is not listed within the actual recall. However I read the recall itself and that is what is happening to my Hyundai. It makes no sense that my exact VIN # would not be included in recall since I am having that problem.

At 118,000 miles downhill brake, transmission and 4 wheel drive were damaged from the Hyundai dealership not fullfilling warranty. They disconnected my tow hitch and my transmission was burning . . Smelled like a bon fire. Took me 1 year to repair and have transmission changed through warranty but they didnt change the other components that were damaged due to negligence from the Hyundai dealership. The dealership was very rude and didnt dedication their attention or care to truly finding what was wrong with my vehicle.

Vehicle lost complete control of steering, as it felt "loose" during a left turn at an intersection. Vehicle could not be controlled by steering wheel causing me to drive into oncoming traffic lanes until vehicle slowed to a stop.

Steering exhibits "stiction" after driving for 20-30 minutes. This becomes worse as speed is increased. Small movements of the wheel produce no steering effect but resistance is felt. When the resistance is overcome, the result is slight over steer. Under these conditions it is difficult to drive in strait line as constant corrections and re-corrections are required back and forth. The effect is that the steering feels to "freeze" until a minimum break out force is applied, resulting in an overshoot past the intended point. It is similarly necessary to apply a positive return to center force to return to strait, as the normally present self centering feel is not present for small steering angles. The problem can sometimes be detected after being at rest for a few moments but is not intrusive at slow speed. However, from ~40 up it is very tiring to stay in lane. Have worked with one dealer who performed a sas calibration with no improvement. They claim "cannot reproduce" but spend most effort trying to persuade me that the steering is normal. However, the issue did not show up until ~ 10,000 miles which included long road trips on the interstate with no issues. Have referred issue to Hyundai consumer affairs who have asked me to work with another dealer - currently waiting for a call back.

Yesterday when I was teaching my vehicle I suddenly marked steering wheel on the board. And on the brakes every time I put the emergency parking brake it makes a loud sound on the left rear side.

6 months after I purchase a brand new 2018 Santa Fe grande my vehicle start cutting off when I turn the wheel a certain way I reported it to the company it will not detect on the machines so they cannot fix it so I'm stuck with a car that continue to cut off and nobody knows why.

This past Saturday I had taken my car into rick case Hyundai in plantation FL to have the dealership inspect my car for the steering wheel assembly recall. They gave me the car back and said that the lot number of my assembly was not on Hyundai's recall. Two days later while driving, I started to notice the wheel became very loose. Almost to the point where I was concerned it would fall off. I had my two young children in the car along with my wife for a week trip down to the FL aleta. I decided the car for unsafe and brought it back to the same dealer. Upon inspection after they pulled the airbag off, the whole steering assembled was cracked off. I have documented with pictures. I believe Hyundai USA must expand their recall part to include more lot number assemblies as my dealer claims they did not disassemble this piece in order to inspect. They claim all lot numbers ending in 9 are defective while mine was an 8. My family and I could have been killed or badly injured if the wheel had fully detached while driving the car are the dealer confirmed my steering wheel assembly was fine.

Steering becomes unstable during driving on windy days. Steering trays to over compensate for wind and becomes scary to drive.