general problems of the 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe - part 2

41 problems related to electrical system have been reported for the 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe based on all problems reported for the 2023 Santa Fe.

36 Electrical System problem

Failure Date: 11/01/2023

I have taken my vehicle back into the dealership because my car will sometimes unlock itself, I am constantly having to check the doors to make sure they are still locked and most of the time it has unlocked itself. Most of the time I hear it unlocking as I am walking away. It is very disturbing. It also beeps as if another vehicle is going to crash into me and most of the time there aren't any vehicles anywhere near me. The phone charger does not work, I have been having issues with this from the beginning. The steering wheel also says I have to put my hands on the wheel when I have them on the wheel. I have a video of the car going a lot of rpms and it barely moved, a golf cart passed me up. The car also locks up sometimes when I am backing up. I drive my parents to san antonio for their dr. Appointments and am a little fearful of staying stranded either direction. My father is very ill and I am their driver. The dealer insists my car is the only one having these issues but I have read on reddit and other platforms of other Santa Fe's with similar issues. These issues do not occur all the time, but this does occur at the most inconvenience time.

37 Electrical System problem

Failure Date: 07/18/2023

Driving at 25 mph and the vehicle alerted "shift to neutral" and came to a complete stop and stalled. Had no warning, couldn't even pull to side of road. Could not start again and had to be towed.

38 Electrical System problem

Failure Date: 05/04/2023

May 5th 2023 my car was broken in to. The back passenger window was broken out and the steering column was tour out . The car was undrivable. The car was towed may 18th to nalley Hyundai. I just got my car back today Aug 11. I understand Hyundai is suing tiktok I was given a number. She said when they go to court. When .

39 Electrical System problem

Failure Date: 04/29/2023

Check engine light and hev warning light come on and vehicle looses all power. It has been confirmed by myrtle beach Hyundai also they tried fixing the problem gave me back car supposedly fixed just to have same problem within 24 hours. The problem started later part of April and is still ongoing vehicle has been towed 3 times so far. My concern is what happens if I loose all power while driving.

40 Electrical System problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2023

2023 hyundia Santa Fe bought brand new from the dealership. During the course of the last month and a half the vehicle has done things with unknown origin. The panic alarm will randomly go off when the vehicle is turned off, no one is in it, or even near it. By locking the vehicle with the remote, the alarm will tend to go off about 20-30 seconds after the vehicle is locked and will sometimes not stop until the vehicle is restarted. The transmission will shift very roughly almost to the point that it feels like you are driving a manual transmission vehicle. The transmission lags in gears between 60-70 miles per hour and you feel a very rough back and forth shifting with in the transmission. Next the emergency break would engaging and then not releasing or reengaging when parked on a hill, flat service or anywhere. The break light on the dash would light up, blink, then it would go off, making it unknown if the emergency break was acting engaged or not. The dealership I purchased it from did replace the ems module along with breaks and rotors on the vehicle. The auto shut off or the idle shut off will also randomly work, and not work. It will cut on and off even if the button is pressed to shut it off or prevent it from coming on. Now the air condition, along with the heat and heated seats has started to not work, randomly cut on, will not cut off etc. While driving I have had the heated seats turn on, along with the heat and not go off, nothing would cut off until the vehicle was physically turned off and restarted. No codes have ever been displayed or found by the dealership.

41 Electrical System problem

Failure Date: 12/11/2022

On December 11 and 12, 2022, my 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe limited hybrid failed to accelerate in traffic. In both cases I was attempting gradual acceleration to change lanes, or merge onto an another high traffic street and when I pressed the accelerator nothing happened. On second occasion I could not get any power for several seconds. In both cases I activated hazard signals to avoid a collision by vehicles rapidly approaching me from behind in a 50 mph speed zone. The vehicle has 900 miles on it and I took delivery November 14,2022. I see where this has occurred to other santa fr hybrids, yet when I called the dealer they seemed unaware of any problems. I am scheduled for a long driving trip to michigan in a week. 567 miles and I am very concerned about driving on the turnpikes with this problem. I am going to pohanka Hyundai of fredericksburg va tomorrow.


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