Water Pump Problems of Hyundai Santa Fe

I purchased a new 2017 Santa Fe sport on 5-26-17. On 7-19-17 at around 7100 miles I received a message warning me of the engine overheating. I put a phone call in the following morning to my dealership and was told to bring it into the shop 7-20-17 (thur). That afternoon I received a call from my service adviser stating there was no check engine light on and they could not find an issue. I then restated it was not an engine light but an actual message stating the engine was overheatng. He then called me back 10 minutes later stating there in fact was a leak in the water pump and they needed to replace the gasket and that they would not have the part until 7-25-17 (tues). When I finally got my car back on the 26th (wed) all seemed fine again. On Friday 7-28-17 while driving on cruise control at 60 miles per hour I felt the car down shift and rpm's started going well over 5000 and the only way to stop it was to push on the break this happened twice withen an hour span. I contacted dealer again and was told to bring car back. Note they also had to fix a scratch put on my passenger mirror from when car was serviced the first time. I brought my Santa Fe back in on Monday 7-31-17 and finally decided to contact service department on wed 8-2-17 when no body called to let me know of issues. Since then todays date is 8-10-17 I contacted dealer again to find out status as of right now they had to replace head gasket , reprogram cruise control and replace thermostat on top of the gasket they already replaced on water pump. The service department also stated they still smell coolant in my SUV which concerns me still since I am 5 months pregnant. I did start case with Hyundai USA and am waiting to here what options I may have but know I do not want this SUV back for my safety.

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Letter from senator schumer on behalf of constituent re 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe timing belt issues. The consumer was informed the timing belt and water pump needed to be replaced.

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