2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED, STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT GETS STUCK WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN STEERING. AS YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT TO RIGHT AND RIGHT TO LEFT TRYING TO MAINTAIN LANE IT FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL CATCHES EACH TIME YOU SLIGHTLY TURN THE STEERING WHEEL AND CAUSES YOU TO OVER CORRECT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN LANE. FEEL IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I OVERCORRECTED AND THE CAR VEERED OUT OF ITS LANE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE SO FAR AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T RECREATE THE SITUATION, EVEN THOUGH I DROVE THE CAR WITH SERVICE PERSON IN IT AND THE "STICKING" OCCURRED WHILE I DROVE IT.

VEHICLE ALMOST STALLED WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A SLOW SPEEDS. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST ESPECIALLY WHEN TAKING TURNS . DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO TRAFFIC LANES . THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND FORTUNATELY DIDN'T END UP IN ACCIDENT . HAPPENS IN DRIVE MODES ECO, NORMAL ..CALLED DEALER AND THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF SUCH AN ISSUE BUT SEVERAL INCIDENTS REPORTED ONLINE .

HAVE HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CAR FROM DAY ONE. WHEN I HIT A BUMP IT LOST POWER, LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING GAS. HAD IT INTO 3 SEPARATE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIPS FOR SAME PROBLEM 6-7 TIMES. SUV GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WITH TIME, STARTED LOSING POWER WHEN TRAVELING UPHILL.WAS ALMOST IN TWO BAD ACCIDENTS BEFORE IT STOPPED RUNNING ALL TOGETHER, SMOKING. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND DIAGNOSED WITH A BAD ENGINE FROM ASSEMBLY LINE. CAN NOT EVEN GET IT REPAIRED FOR MONTHS DUE TO BACK ORDER ON ENGINES...CONTACTED HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND ASKED THEM TO TAKE THE DEFECTIVE CAR BACK. IT IS A 3 YEAR LEASE WITH 1 YEAR LEFT...THEY REFUSE TO TAKE THE SUV BACK...EXPECT ME TO KEEP A DEFECTIVE SUV THAT I HAVE NO FAITH IN DRIVING EVEN WITH A NEW ENGINE. I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE. BUT HYUNDAI IS REFUSING TO TAKE THEIR DEFECTIVE SUV BACK....JUST NOT RIGHT. ALL OF THIS IS DOCUMENTED. SUV LOST POWER ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONCE WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH ON A FLAT SURFACE THEN AGAIN TRAVELING 65 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS TRAVELING UPHILL. IT ALSO HAD SEVERAL TIMES I WOULD HIT A BUMP AND IT WOULD LOSE POWER DRIVING ON A FLAT SURFACE.

I HAD MY CAR FOR 12 MONTHS I BOUGHT BRAN NEW. IT HAS STALED AND TURN OFF ON ME AT LEAST 5 TIMES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY THE CAR LOSES POWER AND STOPS.THAN BEFORE IT STOPS MAKES A KNOCKING NOISE.

1.) ON APRIL 20, 2018 STOPPED ON A HILL FOR A RED LIGHT WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND PUT ON THE GAS, THE CAR WENT BACKWARDS. THIS HAPPENED ON A BUSY CITY/HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS BEHIND US. 3.) IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON JULY 21, 2018 ON A CITY STREET WITH NO ONE BEHIND US. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULDN'T RECREATE THIS. 2.) WHEN SOMEONE PUTS A PILLOW UNDER THEM ON THE PASSENGER SEAT THE AIR BAG DOES NOT WORK. THIS HAPPENS IF THE CAR IS STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

MY 2017 SANTA FE SPORT WITH THE 2.0 TURBO ENGINE, HESITATES ALL THE TIME WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE OR MAKE A TURN FOR APROX. 1-2 SECONDS, THUS IT MAKES FOR A HAZARDOUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TURNING IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC.

WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT FROM A STOP OR LOW SPEED (<10 MPH) ON A PAVED CITY STREET, INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RESPOND TO MY GAS PEDAL. I CAN HAVE THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. ONLY AFTER 1.5 TO 2.0 SECONDS WILL THE CAR REACT, AND WHEN IT DOES, IT IS VIOLENTLY FAST. THIS CAUSES ISSUES WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH A VEHICLE THAT IS STALLING FOR ALMOST 2 SECONDS BEFORE THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE FORWARD (VIOLENTLY).

I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 45 MPH, TEMPERATURE ABOUT 80 DEGREES F, WITH THE SUNROOF CLOSED, WHEN SUDDENLY THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. THIS VEHICLE HAS A PANORAMIC SUNROOF. THE FRONT SECTION EXPLODED, SENDING SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER INSIDE THE VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OVER AND CALL HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY COULDN'T HELP US , SO WE VACUUMED UP THE GLASS AND PUT A TARP ON THE ROOF. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE HYUNDAI IS REPLACING THE ROOF UNDER WARRANTY. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO OBJECT WHICH IMPACTED THE ROOF; IT JUST EXPLODED!

2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE STALLING WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH DURING COLD WEATHER. *LD *JS

OUR SANTA FE SPORT WAS PARKED IN OUR DRIVE WAY WHEN THE PANORAMIC SUN ROOF EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE OUTWARDS. SHATTERING THE GLASS IN MANY LITTLE PIECES. WE HAVE CONTACTED OUR INSURANCE COMPANY FOR REPLACEMENT.