Steering Is Tight Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe

Sticky steering wheel when traveling on straight roadways and highways above 40 mph. I noticed a slight stick to the steering wheel while traveling on the freeway or on a straight road above 40 mph. This problem started at 15,000 miles. The steering wheel tends to stick when trying to track straight which causes me to consistently swerve while trying to correct. We took it to the dealership where they were able to identify the issue as a bad mdps unit (steering column shaft assembly) part#56310-2w840. While at the shop, I decided to do some research on my own and found that this unit has been identified in other makes and models as a bad unit due to a rubber coupler inside the mdps and Hyundai has extended the warranty on these parts. I believe that there should be an extended warranty on this part beyond the factory warranty for the 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe. We have owned this car for 1 year 11 mos and it currently has 16261 miles. Notes from dealership tech: " the steering was sticking. The column was at fault internal failure. I was unable to isolate what part of the motor driven steering unit was the root cuase of the sticking. All parts tested good but I still had the issue. I performed a steering wheel calibration and reset the steering feel zero. I redrove the car and noted after driving on a straight level road and 40-60 mph speeds that when I moved the steering left or right that there was a noticable sticking. Before the steering felt like it had assist. I replaced the mdps complete unit reset the tow variant coded and drove the car again".

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Tl-the contact owns a 2002 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that the steering wheel was hard to turn. There was an abnormal odor of gas emerging in the vehicle. In addition the contact had to add air to the four tires. The check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where informed that the suspension and axle needed to be repaired. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage 160,000. Ap.

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Sitcky steering wheel. At highway speeds the sticky steering wheel is very prominent, infact gets progressively worse after 50 miles per hour, very pronounced at 70. Vehicle would sway to the left or right first, when pressure is applied to get the tire point to the center, the steering wheel instead of getting to the dead center would over correct and make the wheel slightly point to the opposite side. And this would repeat. The steering wheel feels sticky or notchy, that it gets stuck in slots around instead of moving smoothly around. This causes not just driver fatigue, but is extremely dangerous constantly throwing the car of out of the lane. I reported this to the service center an year back, and wheel alignment was recommended, but the issue has only gotten progressively bad now. Will be going to dealer back again to see if this can be fixed. But when I googled about this issue so many other people are also encountering the same problem, for many steering column was replaced and yet was not resolved. Hyundai must perform a recall on this voluntarily, and find a fix for this highly dangerous safety problem. This is not a simple old car worn out problem, my car had far less than 20k miles when I initially reported it, and now close to 30k, and the car is just two years old, just driven on highway. If it was a lease, I would have just handed it back and forgotten about it, unfortunately we bought it.

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The steering is hard to control. The vehicle wonders from side to side as if you are being hit by strong wind quests. The faster you go the worse it gets. The tracking is terrible. It doesn't matter what mode its in or weather the vehicle is empty or has 3 passengers in it.

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The steering is hard to control. The vehicle wonders from side to side as if you are being hit by strong wind gusts. The faster you go the worse it gets. The tracking is terrible. It doesn't matter what mode its in or weather the vehicle is empty or has 3 passengers in it. You're always correcting which makes for a very draining trip.