Unknown Or Other Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe - part 1

The left (driver side) quarter panel glass (non opening) dropped out of the car while it was sitting stationary in the driveway. The glass did not break when it dropped out, it simple became detached from the sealant and car body. This quarter of the auto had been involved in an accident (hit while parked in a hospital parking lot. ) approximately two years ago. Repair at that time consisted of replacing the left rear light box and some minor bodywork prior to painting. There has been no indication of an issue with the window prior to it's falling out.

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The are three layers of floor covering on this vehicle. The first is the wall to wall carpet. The second is a floor mat, made of carpet material which is securely anchored to the floor of the vehicle. The third layer of floor covering is a thick rubber mat. The rubber mat rests atop the carpeted floor mat unanchored. It slides around on top of the carpeted floor mat and prevents a severe hazard because it occasionally lodges itself under the accelerator pedal, causing the pedal to jam. This danger can be extreme because when the gas pedal jams in an intermediate throttle setting, it lengthens the stopping distance and has been known to cause a traffic accident.

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Engine would intermittently run rough, sputter and choke while driving.

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I was showing my new/used 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe to some friends when we heard a pop and the rear windshield shattered. No one else was around the vehicle and where it was parked there was no where someone could have shot the window with a pellet gun or something like that. Ealrier in the morning I had the rear window defogger on to clear light fog off the rear windshield. It was only on for approximately 5 minutes until I shut it off while driving.

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Stopped at intersection, with my foot on the break, the SUV lurches forward and jerks. I placed it in park while waiting for the light to change. I was concerned that I would hit the car in front of me. I drove 2 hours and noticed continued misfiring and jerking while driving. It was ok when the engine was cool, but felt unsteady when up to temp. After being parked in grocery parking lot, while backing up the car stalled, I restarted and drove home. Took it to mechanics next day. At the Hyundai dealer now. They could not get any codes and the engine failure light never showed. The mechanic, said that he was 90% sure that replacing the timing belt/crank shaft position sensor/balancer shaft belt/pick up plate would correct the problem. . . This didn't work and the dealer asked to keep it a 5th night. I have not heard from them as of yet. I'm concerned that my car will not be repaired and am afraid to drive it.

While I was driving on the highway at about 60 mph the driver sunvisor just broke off and fell right infront of me, because of the wires to the mirror on the sunvisor, the sunvisor was just hanging in front of me. This almost caused me to get into an accident with traffic. I took the vehicle to the dealership to get the sunvisor changed and I was told it was not covered under the warranty. I have done some research on this type of problem and have found out that Hyundai has had this problem for about 10 years in different vehicle models, one of them being the 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe limited which is what I have. I believe the manufacturer should assume responsibility of fixing this problem. This needs to be corrected ASAP.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while sitting at a stop light, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they were unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 1,500. Kmj.

I had just dropped off my son to school when the accelerator started to rev up and after dropping him off it continued to do so until I got close to my place of employment when the car started to accelerate more and I had a hard time stopping it I had both feet on the brakes and was pulling the emergency brake at the same time, as I pulled into a parking spot the car would not stop and I went over a parking bumper and turned the car off! it scared the day lights out of me I could have if not killed someone, but severely hurt someone else on the road and not to mention possibly my son. . . . I had my boss check it and the cable throttle came out how I do not know. . . I have never had this happen before and I looked up to see if others who owned the same make and model and year had the same problem and they did!!.

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In rainy humid conditions, the air conditioning compressor will shut down causing warm air to blow inside the car cabin. This immediately causes the windows to fog up causing a very dangerous driving condition. This has now happened 5 times since owning the car. If you turn the car off, let it rest for a few minutes, then turn back on the air compressor will work again but only for the short time. We have taken the car to the dealership and they cannot duplicate the problem. Again it only happens when it's humid and raining outside. After numerous searches on the internet, it seems that I am not the only person this is happening to. Hyundai has a serious problem and they should do a recall to fix this!.

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2007 Hyundai Santa Fe; front right tire locks up while driving. This has happened at various speeds 5 mph to 70 mph for the past 2 years. I have had the tires rotated to ensure that it is not a particular tire. I have had the dealer look at the SUV, they said they could not replicate the problem. The dealer states all recall items have been addressed, but our problem still occurs. My wife did an 800 mile trip last month with no problems, the following week she complained it happened 4 times in one week. The esc off light has turned on in conjunction with these events, however there have been times when the esc off light will turn on, but no incidents with the tire locking has occurred. In the cases of higher speeds 50+ the tire will lock, speeds will decrease, of course with the tire dragging the car pulls. I will swerve the car back and forth to see if the tire will unlock. Once I was in an hov lane it almost brought us to a stop with no shoulders to get the car out of traffic. Once at low speed (5 mph) coming out of a parking lot the tire locked up and did not release bring the car to a stop, my wife stated that she had to pump the brakes to get it to release. The problem is intermittent, I can not get it to fail on demand, or know what causes it to do so. In the event for the esc off light, bumpy roads will trigger that, for example a particular highway in las vegas was widened the widened area is not a very smooth ride. 30 seconds into the area the esc off light will appear. That I can replicate. But the tire has never stopped rotating in this section. Once on rural highway in arizona, once in hov lane in las vegas, dozens of times on local streets, 8 times on highways at freeway speeds. My wife and I are alert while driving, there are no warnings when this will occur, however once it does occur we are able to respond quickly to the tire dragging/pulling (not spinning) have been fortunate no accidents.

I get acceleration problem in my hayundai Santa Fe 2009. , whenever my car gets slow it see car it going by it self even thou my foot in my the break. It also gives my feeling that car is stops and go somehing like car is jerking off. I even see lot of other people having the same problem. In March 201, my wife got in to the accident because of the acceleration problem. But, we did not realzie that at that time. And, my wife told me that that was the problem but we did not belive it at that time. Now, we are facing more problems. Dealers are not doing anything. They just told me tht they dont see the problems. Can you guys really do something about this, before somebody gets killed or get in to the accidents. Hope you consider our genuine complain about accelaration problem complain for hayundai Santa Fe 2009.

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When slowing down for traffic lights, turns or merging into traffic lanes, when the brake is released and the accelerator is pushed, at random times the car hesitates and all power is lost momentarily. The vehicle seems as if it has or is in the process of stalling out. At first, it feels as if all power has been lost and that the vehicle should be steered to the side of the road. However, then the engine suddenly re-engages and the vehicle lunges forward. The engine warning light does not come on, and the engine apparently does not "die," since there is no requirement for an ignition re-start. The problem happens sporadically (about once or twice a week--but sometimes once or more in the same day). The vehicle starts well, idles well and otherwise performs in an okay fashion. The dealer cannot find anything wrong. The car did not do this for the first 20,000 or so miles. On at least two occassions, this "stalling out" has almost created an accident situation.

I have a 2010 Santa Fe with 19k miles. . . . . Twice this week I was driving and suddenly the gas pedal stopped working and engine light came on. Brakes worked, thank goodness. Anyone else have "sudden unintended deceleration"?? after the first event, I had it towed to the dealer (following protocol in the manual). They reported a new recall (it had been serviced a few months ago), executed a computer update and all was fixed (or so I thought). 4 days later, with less than 100 miles driven since the repair, it happened again. This time I was in 35mph traffic so when the accelerator pedal no longer worked, I almost was rear-ended. I was able to coast out of traffic (brakes and steering fine)to a side street. I was able to coast home (. 5 mile or so). Car would accelerate after stop signs, although the gas pedal doesn't respond at all. Very scary that it even shifted to a higher gear and would go 30mph and keep accelerating if I didn't brake! the first repair info: 1. Spring protector install (TSB#11-01-021); cause: camp 2. Tc7 cm ecm update p0111 10-01-034; cause: camp.

Drivers side visor broke allowing the visor to fall into field of view.

I have a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe with 35,000 miles on it. Last week I was driving at 25 miles/hr and it suddenly accelerated. I tried to brake multiple times but the car would not stop. I put the car in park and turned off the ignition and it stopped. Over the past two weeks I have had multiple incidences of sudden acceleration while pressing lightly on the gas and at other times while letting up on the brake. I brought my car to ther dealer in reisterstown, maryland. They tested the car and drove it and insist that the computer says that everything is fine and they drove it and of course it did not happen while they drove it. I was told there is nothing to be done. I am scared to death to drive the car and don't know what to do. I see online there are many people with the same complaint that have not gotten any help from their dealers or from Hyundai.

Accident involved sudden acceleration and owners suspect electronic defect in the car. Fortunately despite extensive damage to the store and vehicle, no one injured. Owners are working with both insurer and vehicle manufacturer to request appropriate investigation. Driver's statement: "I was pulling into a parking slot at local store. Everything was going normally. I applied pressure to the brakes to come to a complete stop and the car responded and slowed. But just as I was about to come to a complete stop, the engine revved up some and the car kept moving forward. I pressed on the brakes harder, but the car moved forward even faster. I had no time to slip into neutral or cut the engine. I finally lifted my foot for second and stomped on the brake pedal hard, but momentum caused the car to jump the curb and I shattered a huge plate glass window in the front of the store. The car finally came to a stop in a hail of glass shards partially inside the store, the engine still revving higher than at "idle" speed. I shut off the engine. And that's what I recollect about what happened in the few seconds it took for the car's failure to stop and running through the window. €�.

The automatic climate control system in my 2010 Santa Fe limited would occasionally stop running the air conditioning compressor, usually during heavy rain or humid conditions. Even with the a/c switch and indicator light on, the compressor would still not activate until the ignition was cycled. This caused the interior windows to fog up heavily and not clear, leading to a dangerous situation in which one instance my outward visibility being reduced to almost zero and could have caused a crash as I had nowhere to pull over. Eventually I was able to replicate the condition to the dealer who replaced the climate control module in the dash. The problem has not resurfaced since.

Rear brake lock atlow ( 21,000) miles rotor grooved, excessive heat potential fire hazzard, out of control steering hundai says the brake slides must be lubricated. . However, their maintenance schedule does not mention lubrication of brake slides as part of schedule.

Tire pressure light comes on and off. Went to dealer four times on this issue and was advised that this is normal as the tire pressure sensor can be affected by high voltage power lines, radio frequency from an airport, a policy station, an internal electronic device attached, etc. Etc. However, understand from my friends who drive Toyota and Honda that this issue does not exist.

2007 Hyundai Santa Fe - may 27, 2010 I was driving on the interstate at 65mph when the passenger rear wheel locked up causing the car to fishtale - as I moved over in to the slow lane, it fishtaled again. The dealer it was towed to said it was the yaw sensor which they replaced. I informed them at that time that the ecs off light had been coming on to which they replied it had nothing to do with the yaw sensor I called the week of July 4th to let the dealer know that the ecs off light came on again - they informed me that this has been a problem for many Santa Fe's and they needed me to come down (150+ miles one way) to hook it up to see what the code tells them. On July 19, 2010 driving 75mph on the interstate, both rear wheels locked up and there were no brakes. This car is a danger to my life!.

On Tuesday, June 8, 2010 I was on a busy interstate highway with fast moving traffic and my car lost all power while traveling at 70 mph. Fortunately, I was able to barely glide the sante fe to the shoulder and stop without incident. Follow up: 3 pm visited Hyundai service center and was told that it was not a throttle problem. They are in contact with CA service to determine cause of problem. Friday, 6-11-10 after complete testing of all circuits, Hyundai declares no source of problem. Auto was picked up at 4:30 pm Hyundai assistant service manager: bob wood Hyundai case # 3982284 the specifics are: ? SUV was purchased 8/09 and currently has 5200 miles. ? cruise control was on but not engaged. ? gas tank indicator on one-half. ? with my foot on gas pedal the initial instinct was that the engine had lost all power. O pressing harder on gas pedal had no reaction. O there was an opening in traffic and with the SUV forward inertia I was able to just reach the road shoulder. O observed that red indicators were on (battery, oil) ? reset transmission selector to park, turned off key. O first restart-nothing happened o second restart SUV started and I did not turn off until reaching home. Obviously, this is a serious life threatening situation that needs to be researched thoroughly and corrected.

On March 24, 2010, my CO-worker and I were in my 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe when it suddenly accelerated. I pushed the brake to the floor and it would not slow down. I then put on the emergency brake. Both feet were extended to the floor holding these brakes down. The car did slow down but would not stop. I had to take a left turn across the highway (there was fortunately a break in the traffic), I put the car in park and turned off the engine. It made a very loud noise that lasted about 10 seconds or so. We jumped out of the car as if it were on fire. It's currently at the sheehy dealership in waldorf, MD. We are awaiting their diagnosis.

Since the Hyundai Santa Fe 2003 had 1500 miles on it we were told the rotors had to be replaced because of rust. Since then we have had brakes and rotors replaced several times. Transmission lost fluid because of rusted cooling line. Just replaced power steering lines because lost fluid due to rusted lines. Now we are losing brake fluid due to rust. Vehicle has 42500 miles. . Car purchased new in Aug. 2003.

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My 2004 Santa Fe has serious rusting on the under frame. Rust is on the weld points and the fuel and engine covers are completely covered with rust and have chunks missing. A recall of 2001 through 2003 sante fe vehicles does not include ours. We have 64,000 miles on it and well taken care of and we our very concerned that further rusting will cause important parts to give way. I was told by Hyundai that nothing could be done but I could write a letter of complaint to Hyundai of America. This I did and have not had any response as of 10/26/2009. My vehicle !@#$%. I am sure this is not an isolated vehicle and probably people do not realize there is an issue because like our car, it looks great until you put it on a hoist.

At 84,360 miles our SUV wasn't shifting into 2nd gear, would go from 1st to 3rd. A big klunk would occur around 20 mph. Took into dealership (withnell Hyundai, salem, or) in June 08, and they reset the computer. Husband argued with service dept. , saying he wanted a new transmission, guy said if it went bad again that would probably happen, and he said if it went bad, would go bad by 100000 miles. Took SUV back in 8-2010 with 99960 miles, was shifting hard again, was told it was the rear motor mount, and they replaced that. Then at 105000 miles Jan. 2011, shifting hard again, took back to dealership they again reset the computer. . At no charge to us, and told us "transmission was failing".

I have a 4 month old 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe. I was driving it on the freeway and took my foot off the gas to get ready to brake for my exit. When I took my foot off the gas pedal the engine kept revving and pulling the car forward. I didn't know what to think. I immediately hit the breaks to see if maybe the cruise control kicked in, even though I didn't go near the cruise control. When I hit the brakes, much to my horror, I had no brakes!!!! I punched the brake pedal to the floor a bunch of times and nothing!!!!!! I had to step on the emergency break, put the car in neutral (to keep the engine from revving on its own) and drive my car into a hillside on the side of the freeway to stop it! it's a miracle that myself and my passenger were not harmed and that I didn't kill or injure anyone else. Unacceptable for a new vehicle or any vehicle to have this happen.

The gas mileage on my vechicle is 14 mpg city driving; total highway driving is 18mpg and combined 15- 16 mpg. I am a very conservative driver and have driven for 47 years. My mileage is so poor I contacted the Hyundai corp. Repeatedly on this. I've spoken on a few occasions with the ceo j. Krafcik, and corresponded with him as well via email after getting no satisfaction/help from the regional person. The ceo's wife grew up in my area (lake oswego, or. ) and that is why he called me personally. However, the bottom line was nothing has happened as a result of this call. He offered me the following: he offered to exchange my vehicle which had about 8,000 miles on it by the time he got in touch with me for a new 2009 sonata fwd and it was the old model as Hyundai was coming out with a totally revamped 2010 sonata model. I bought my Santa Feawd because I wanted a SUV with awd! if I wanted a sedan, I would have bought one! I begged him to give me another comparably equipped Santa Fe as they could find no reason mechanically why my mileage was so low and I always double check it manually in addition to the computer output. So, I refused to accept this offer and I spend a huge amount on gas and I live on a small fixed income and cannot afford to buy another Santa Fe! others I've questioned with the same vehicle and equipped comparably get 20 mpg or more city driving. Reading Hyundai has done nothing about so many issues brought up is abominable. Someone needs to do something about this so lives aren't lost and people aren't paying at almost $4/gallon for all this gas I have to keep buying in my case. There is definitely something major wrong with my engine or something that prevents me from getting the mileage I should. As I said, I am a very conservative driver. Please intervene with the manufacturer on all these matters. They truly don't care about consumers.

The 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe limited was designed without a front dome light that would normally be actuated via keyless remote or by unlocking or by opening any of the doors. This is a safety issue when approaching the vehicle at night. Such devices have been standard equipment in vehicles for many years. Why has Hyundai chosen to forego this basic safety item?.

I just bought a new 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe(2. 7l awd at4) on Aug 15, 2005. Then two days later I found out that the vehicle has failed the NHTSA roll over test (tip). . Read more...

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Car sporadically stalls - unpredictably.

Engine check light stays illuminated on dashboard. . Vehicle stalls out even when the air conditioner is turned on. Also, lately the vehicle is using alot of gas and is pulling. Vehicle has started to hestitate when accelerating or braking. Dealer was informed. Please provide more information.

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Check engine light has come on and off for a periosd of two weeks when dealer checked nothing wrong, and now the radio pauses while playing.

On going problems with my Hyundai Santa Fe. I have had to take my car back 16 different times, 7 times since the florida lemon law expired. Each problem has been repaired under warranty, but with the ongoing problems I asked Hyundai to compensate me. I was told the lemon law has expired and they will do nothing to help.

Sppedometer out by 7. 75% , O2 was a recall never contacted by mfg Hyundai replacing when owners stop in for service, also owners on Santa Fe forum having alternator problems numerous alternators being replaced (ecu reprogramming)on case by case basis?.

Vehicle reads different mileage than what its suppose to be. The vehicle locks itself. (keys on peg in the house and it locks. Per consumer).