Clutch Pedal/linkage Problems of Hyundai Tucson - part 2

Car is a 2016 Tucson with the 1. 6t engine and dual clutch automatic transmission. On 3 occasions while driving in slow traffic the car will not move after coming to a stop. The engine revs as if in neutral with no power to the wheels. After 10-15 seconds and shifting from park back to drive the electronic clutch partially engages enough to get the car moving again, but behaves like a manual transmission car with the clutch pedal partially depressed. The car does not display any warning lights or error codes. Took it to Hyundai dealer who advised it is a known problem but they have no solution. This is a hazard as it has left me stuck in traffic unable to move. Unbelievable that Hyundai is aware and offers nothing. Google search of "2016 Hyundai Tucson dct problems" hits over 25k search results. I see other NHTSA complaints on same issue.

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I pulled into the drive thru line at bank behind another vehicle. I placed the Tucson into park, but left the engine running while the person in front of me processed their transaction. When it was my turn I moved the vehicle into park and pressed the gas pedal to move forward but the vehicle did not move. The rpms moved into the 3000 and 4000 range but the car did not move. Emergency brake was not on. Vehicle was in drive. No errors or warning lights on dashboard. I moved the vehicle into and out of park and neutral several times before the transmission engaged and allowed me to ease forward. I placed the car back into park while my transaction was processed. After my transaction was complete I placed the vehicle back into drive and attempted to pull forward. Once again high rpms and engine revving very loudly but not moving anywhere. I tried the shifting gears trick several times and it still did not work. The drive thru lane had to be shut down while I was trying to get my vehicle to move. After turning it off and back on a few times it finally worked and I was able to get into a parking spot. I called my husband. He arrived approximately 30 minutes later. He started the vehicle and drove around the parking lot. He reported that when the vehicle came to a complete stop (though still in drive) he would then attempt to accelerate and the engine would rev to high rpms for 3-10 seconds before finally engaging and causing a quick jerky jack rabbit start. Even with the dual clutch transmission, the previous 7,400 miles driven it would only rev to approx 1200 rpms prior to accelerating. Decided to take to dealership. Car turned off while removing items. When turned back on and driving to dealership problem did not occur. Dealership kept vehicle from Friday afternoon to Monday. They stated they were unable to recreate and that there were no error codes in the computer.

Just happened to me yesterday. 7000+ miles on my Tucson. I was waiting to go straight at a red light and when the light turned green I couldn't accelerate. Revved high but didn't move until I let off the gas a little and it seemed like the clutch finally engaged and I was moving at about 5 mph while still reaching high rpms. Cars yielding to make a left were waiting for me to continue straight. Luckily I wasn't trying to make any right turns at any intersection because I'd imagine a car coming at full speed could've hit me if I didn't pick up my speed quick enough. As I was attempting to get back to my work parking lot (all the streets were busy during the lunch hour), I was at a slight incline and the car didn't accelerate again as it should. I floored the pedal to avoid rolling backwards into another car and as soon as the clutch engaged my car peeled out and accelerated abruptly. The "transmission temp. Too high" indicator light came on. Luckily was able to make it to work. This happened once before but only once on one acceleration at a red light. I didn't think anything of it as it drove normal afterwards. Hyundai did the ecu flash update (as a TSB that I wasn't aware of) at the dealership a few weeks later and I thought it may have taken care of the issue. When it happened yesterday, it was much worse than the first time as it continuously had acceleration issues. After work, I drove very carefully to the dealership to drop the car off. It was a very dangerous situation and I hope they can get fix on this car. I love this car and it fits my daily needs perfectly. Hopefully, Hyundai can get this issue taken care of where all service departments are on the same page and get a TSB sent out to all owners who may own affected models.