2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREE WAY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. JUST LIKE THE ONE THAT'S BEING RECALLED.

MY ESC, DBC, AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS ALL ILLUMINATED AT THE SAME TIME THIS MORNING. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON NUMEROUS HYUNDAI FORMS. FOLKS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO REPLACE HUBS, SENSORS AND ASSORTED OTHER PIECES. MOST DO NOT WORK COSTING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE HAD THE LIGHTS COME ON MAYBE 6 OR 8 MONTHS AGO. GO OFF AND COME ON AGAIN AND OFF AGAIN. I'VE IGNORED THEM NOT NOTICING ANY DRIVING IMPACT. BUT THE CAR IS WARNING ME THAT IT ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THIS IS NOT A ONE OF OR TWO OR THREE ISSUE. THIS FROM ANOTHER OWNER;ALL THREE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY 2011 SANTA FE SO I CHANGED MY FRONT RIGHT ABS SPEED SENSOR WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF THE LIGHTS, BUT THE DASH LIGHTS ARE STILL ILLUMINATED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS A SHORT IN THE ABS SYSTEM WIRING HARNESS. WHAT'S THE COST TO FIX? $4500.00 REALLY! I THINK A RECALL IS DUE FOR THIS PROBLEM.

TWICE AS I WAS DRIVING IT MID TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ON THE REGULAR STREET.

WE WERE TRAVELING ON I-70 WEST ACCELERATING UPHILL WHEN WE HEARD A SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. WE STOPPED TO CHECK AND THEN CONTINUED OUR TRAVEL WHEN A PART CAME OFF THE ENGINE. WE WERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO OUR DESTINATION IN FRISCO. THE ENGINE IS BLOWN AND WILL BE COSTLY TO REPLACE. WE HAVE 149,465 MILES ON THE ENGINE. THS IS AWD.10

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING, AN INTERNAL PIECE OF MY ENGINE SHOT A HOLE THROUGH MY ENGINE BLOCK. FIRE STARTED SHOOTING OUT OF MY ENGINE AND THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND GET OUT WITHOUT THE FIRE GETTING WORSE. THE DRIVER BEHIND ME PULLED OVER AND TOLD ME THAT HE COULD SEE THE FIRE UNDER THE CAR WHILE DRIVING BEHIND ME. HE STOPPED TRAFFIC UNTIL WE CONFIRMED THAT THE FIRE WAS OUT. THE FIRE WAS STILL VISIBLE FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF MY VEHICLE FOR A COUPLE MINUTES BUT IT STOPPED WITHOUT THE WHOLE CAR IGNITING. I REPORTED THIS INCIDENT TO HYUNDAI USA. THEY ASSIGNED A CASE NUMBER TO ME BUT TOLD ME THAT THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, THAT MY CAR WAS TOWED TO, DID NOT SEE EVIDENCE OF FIRE SO THEY DROPPED THE CASE. I TOLD THEM THAT I HAD A WITNESS, THE DRIVER BEHIND ME FROM THE NATIONAL GUARD, AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T SEE FIRE DAMAGE AND THEREFORE COULDN'T VALIDATE MY CLAIM REGARDLESS OF THE WITNESS. THE CAR HAD NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, THE OIL WAS CHANGED REGULARLY, AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE ENGINE TO SUDDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, BLOW OUT THE BLOCK AND SHOOT FIRE. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY MANUFACTURING DEFECT. MY ATTEMPTS TO PRESSURE HYUNDAI TO CHECK MY ENGINE AGAIN HAS ONLY LED TO THEM TO TELLING ME THAT IN 30 DAYS THEY COULD GET SOMEONE ELSE TO LOOK AT THE ENGINE TO VALIDATE MY CLAIM.

THE 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WHERE THE FRONT END HIT A GUARDRAIL ON A RURAL HIGHWAY. THE GUARDRAIL WAS CRUSH, AND THE IMPACT SPUN THE CAR AROUND 180 DEGREES. NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT, BUT THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS AFFECTED DURING THE WRECK. PENDING NOTIFICATION IF CAR IS TOTALED.

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2020, THE ENGINE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND MAKE A CRUNCHING CRACKING NOISE ABOUT A MILE LATER WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, ON A MAIN HWY.WE HAD TO CALL AAA TO COME GET US. WE HAD THE POLICE STAY BEHIND US UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK CAME. IT TOOK 45 MINUTES DUE TO THE HEAVY TRAFFIC AND TIME OF DAY.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON I HEARD A LOUD BANG AND I ASSUMED THAT A ROCK HAD HIT THE SIDE OF MY CAR. WHEN I GOT HOME I CHECKED BUT DID NOT SEE ANY DENTS OR SCRATCHES ON THAT SIDE. THAT EVENING I DROVE MY CAR AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT STALLED OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I PULLED OVER TO THE BREAK DOWN LANE AND TURNED IT OFF. AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT STARTED UP FINE AND DROVE JUST FINE THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY. ON FRIDAY WHEN I STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE, WHICH WAS A CONSTANT LOUD NOISE. I TURNED AROUND AND BROUGHT IT HOME AND CALLED MY MECHANIC. HE CHECKED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WOULD COST MORE THAN WHAT THE CAR IS CURRENTLY WORTH. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 130,000 MILES ON IT. I BRING IT IN EVERY 3 MONTHS FOR OIL CHANGES AND MAKE SURE TO DO ALL OF THE RECOMMENDED REPAIRS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HYWAY AT 65 THE ENGINE SEIZED AND BROKE THE ENGINE BLOCK SPRAYING OIL ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST ALMOST CATCHING FIRE. THIS ENGINE HAS BEEN VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND GAVE NO WARNING SIGNS OF HAVEING A PROBLEM. A CONNECTING ROD BEARING STARVED FOR OIL AND BROKE THE ROD. HYUNDAI WAS CONTACTED AND DECLINED TO INSPECT OR INVESTIGATE THIS ENGINE FAILURE AND ALMOST CATCHING FIRE. THEY ALSO DECLINED TO HELP WITH THE REPAIRS OR COSTS I SPOKE TO MARIA AT HYUNDAI CORPORATE AND MY CASE NUMBER WITH HYUNDAI WAS 17260696 ALSO THE AVALIABILLITY OF THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS LIMITED TO A SHORT BLOCK BECAUSE HYUNDAI DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH ENGINES TO REPLACE THEM ALL THAT ARE GOING BAD SADLY MY CAR IS ONE YEAR OFF FROM FALLING UNDER THE ENGINE RECALL SO IM STUCK FOOTING THE BILL

VERY RECENTLY, THE CAR HAS BEEN STALLING OUT WITH NO WARNING, NO ODD SOUNDS AND NO OBVIOUS REASON AS TO WHY. I TOOK THE CAR TO A WELL-KNOWN, TRUSTED MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE, AS THE VEHICLE PRESENTED 0 FAULT CODES. I WAS INFORMED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DROP THE CAR OFF FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS SO THAT THEY COULD DIAGNOSE WHAT THE ISSUE COULD BE, AND HOPEFULLY CATCH IT HAPPENING. AFTER DOING SO, I WAS THEN INFORMED THAT IT SHOWED 0 SIGNS OF STALLING WHILE IN THEIR POSSESSION. IN ORDER TO POSSIBLY FIND THE ISSUE, THE CAR WOULD HAVE TO BE KEPT FOR MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS, WHICH WOULD AFFECT MY JOB AND THE BILL WOULD MOST DEFINITELY BE MORE THAN I COULD AFFORD. THE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING... ENGINE STALLS WHILE IN IDLE AT A STOPLIGHT. ENGINE STALLS WHILE STOPPING AT STOP SIGNS. ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING IN LOW SPEEDS. ENGINE HAS A ROUGH IDLE IN MORNING AND STALLS WITHIN FIRST MILE OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS ALL BEEN OCCURING FOR THE PAST MONTH. EVERY MECHANIC I SPEAK TO FOR HELP AGREES IT'S A MYSTERY ISSUE AND THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE TO BE KEPT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE ELSE TO TURN. I USE MY VEHICLE DAILY FOR WORK AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. NOT ONLY IS IT A VERY UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS ISSUE, IT LITERALLY SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME, BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT'S SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING. TIRED OF FEARING FOR MY LIFE IF STALLED OUT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. IT USUALLY STARTS RIGHT BACK UP, BUT AT TIMES IT TAKES A MINUTE OR A FEW TRIES AT TIMES. ANY ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. DG