2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES AND DOES NOT SHOW AN ACCURATE FUEL LEVEL. IT'S ONLY ACCURATE AFTER FILLING AND THEN AFTER USAGE IS INACCURATE. THIS AT TIMES RESULTS IN CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS THAT WOULD FAIL EMISSIONS. HIGHWAY DRIVING IS A CONCERN IF THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER. STARTED AT 110K MILES.

VEHICLE IS STATIONARY...I PURCHASED THIS USED VEHICLE A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAVE RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH ALONG WITH OTHER PROBLEMS .KEY WILL NOT TURN WHILE IN PARK REQUIRING THE NEED TO PUSH IN SHIFT LOCK RELEASE BUTTON , MOVING TO NEUTRAL SO THE KEY WILL TURN AND START THE VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THESE EXACT PROBLEMS, BUT WHEN I ENTER MY VIN# THER IS NO RECALL LISTED. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS RECALL WAS FIXED BY DEALER BEFORE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, AND IF SO, THE PROBLEM IS BACK CAN I STILL HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED FREE UNDER THIS RECALL ? THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD ERRONEOUSLY ACTIVATE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. IF THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN WARMED UP FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES, THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD ONLY OCCUR IN COLD WEATHER TEMPERATURES. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ESC SUDDENLY ACTIVATED AND THE SPEED REDUCED TO 10 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER IN JAMESVILLE, WI WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

MY FUEL GUAGE IN THE CAR SHOW NO FUEL AT TIME AND THEN 1/2 OR 1/4 TANK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, I HAVE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CHECKED AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT IS THE GAUGE IN THE FUEL TANK. THERE ARE OTHER FAMILY WITH 2008 HYUNDAI WITH THE SAME ISSUE?? HELP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON..

AS THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE, AT 70K MILES GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STUCK ON. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF GAS AND RUNNING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN. SHOCKED HYUNDAI HAS NOT RECALLED THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL HYUNDAI'S BUT THIS IS THE LAST.

FUEL GAUGE ALWAYS READS AS EMPTY, REGARDLESS OF MOVEMENT OR AMOUNT OF GAS IN TANK, LEAVING DRIVER TO RUN OUT OF GAS IN UNDESIRABLE PLACES. REPAIR IS APPROX 600-800 DOLLARS. MANY COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE RECALLED. HAS TO DO WITH THE FUEL SENDING SENSOR OR SOMETHING I WAS TOLD.

THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE. VERY HARD TO SHIFT AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT IT INTO "DRIVE", THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. UNABLE TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FORWARD. IT WILL GO INTO REVERSE, BUT NOT DRIVE. SHIFTER BECOMES HARDER TO MOVE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE IT SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY.

FUEL LEVEL GAUGE BECOMES ERRATIC AND DOES NOT INDICATE CORRECT FUEL LEVEL IN GAS TANK. RECENTLY "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON AND DIAGNOSIS BY MECHANIC WAS "FUEL LEVEL SENSOR A, CIRCUIT INTERMITTENT". THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON A VEHICLE AT THIS STAGE. I HAVE NOW BECOME AWARE THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON DEFECT IN THE HYUNDAI SANTA FE LINE OF VEHICLES.

UNDER THE HOOD LATCH INOPERATIVE. I PULLED THE INSIDE LATCH TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ENGINE AND THE HOOD WAS FREE TO OPEN. THE LATCH UNDER THE HOOD DID NOT SPRING BACK TO PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL INTERLOCK. THIS WAS OBSERVED IN THE GARAGE WHILE STATIONARY.

FUEL GAUGE FREQUENTLY BOBS FROM EMPTY TO FULL WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO GO ON WHEN THERE IS PLENTY OF FUEL