2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

I PURCHASED VEHICLE 5/25/17. NOTICED THAT SOMETIMES A DELAYED ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. IT HAS GOTTEN MUCH MORE FREQUENT AND IS A PROBLEM IN TRAFFIC OR MAKING A TURN. HAD COUPLE OF SCARY MOMENTS. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT NO ONE CALLS ME BACK AND GETTING VERY FRUSTRATED AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I LIVE 30 MILES FROM THE DEALER SO AM GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A SPECIAL TRIP THERE.

THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN COMING OUT OF TURNS AND ROLLING STOPS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. MORE FREQUENT WHEN IN ECO MODE, IS AN ISSUE TO A LESSER DEGREE IN OTHER DRIVING MODES.

I BOUGHT MY CAR IN JULY OF 2016. SINCE THEN I HAD ISSUE WITH THE ACCELERATION. SOMETIMES CAR TAKES LONGER TO START FROM THE STOP POSITION AND WHEN IT STARTS, IT JUST ACCELERATES. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, THE CAR FEELS LIKE STALLING WHILE DRIVING AND THEN PICK UP THE SPEED AGAIN. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND I HAD BOUGHT TO THE SALES PERSON'S KNOWLEDGE AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN HE DROVE AROUND TO FEEL ABOUT THE SAME, IT DIDN'T OCCUR AT THAT TIME. BUT, EVERY NOW AND THEN THIS SEEMS TO BE THE ISSUE WITH ME.

PASSENGER SEATBELT HAS LOOP SEWN INTO STRAP. APPEARS TO BE COMPROMISED. DEALER COULD NOT SAY WHY THE LOOP WAS THERE. HYUNDAI MANUFACTURER WON'T GET BACK TO US.

9/18/17 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE MOVED SLOW AS IF TO NOT WANT TO SHIFT. I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND WHEN I RE STARTED A FEW MINUETS LATER THE LIGHT WENT OUT AND VEHICLE OPERATED WITHOUT OUT PROBLEM. I MADE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP FOR 9/26/17. THEY DID SOME RECALL ITEMS AND I MENTIONED THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IF THE LIGHT IS OUT IT MAY NOT SHOW UP. THE FAILED TO NOT ON SERVICE ORDER THIS ISSUE. ON 10/24/17 WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND HAD TRAVELED ABOUT 50 MILES FROM HOME THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT NOTIFIED ME ON THE RADIO SCREEN TO CONTACT BLUE LINK AS THERE WAS A POSSIBLE CONDITION WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. I CONTACTED BLUE LINK AND THEY MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 10/27/17 AT 8 AM AT THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER 6 HOURS WAITING ON HYUNDAI TECH SUPPORT TO GET BACK WITH THEM TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS. LAST 3 MONTHS VEHICLE MONTHLY REPORT ON VEHICLE SHOWS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABS SYSTEM. THEY CLAIM THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES.10/24/17

I'M HAVING A RANDOM PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE WHICH RELATES TO THE ACCELERATION. THE CAR SOMETIMES FAILS TO RESPONDS TO THE ACCELERATOR WHEN PRESSED. I HAVE NOTICED THIS WHEN THE CAR IS IN ECO DRIVE MODE AND THE REVS SEEM OK AND THE ENGINE FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR BUT ALL OF SUDDEN THE CAR JERKS FORWARD WITH DRIVER HAVING LITTLE CONTROL UNTIL IT EVENS OUT AGAIN. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY PATTERN TO IT AND AS A RESULT IT NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO DUPLICATE. I HAVE TALKED TO HYUNDAI USA AND ALSO WITH MY LOCAL DEALER AS OF YET I HAVE NO FIX. WILL BRING IT INTO DEALER ONCE MORE AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND AS A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN AND WORRY

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 70 MPH APPROXIMATELY 4:45 AM WHEN I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. MY MIDDLE PANEL OF MY PANORAMIC SUNROOF EXPLODED CAUSING A CIRCULAR HOLE IN THE SUNROOF INITIALLY WHICH EVENTUALLY CAUSED THE ENTIRE MIDDLE PANEL TO BREAK A PART. THERE WERE NO MOTOR VEHICLES AROUND ME AT THE TIME. I HAVE ATTACHED THE REPAIRS FOR MY AUTOMOBILE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT A STOP SIGN AND A STOP LIGHT, IT SHOOK AND VIBRATED SEVERELY. WHILE ACCELERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ABOVE 55 MPH, THE SUSPENSION WAS UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL TANK WOULD BE FULL AT 381 GALLONS AND WOULD DECREASE TO 360 GALLONS. THE DEALER (PANTILI HYUNDAI, 720 OAKVALE RD, PRINCETON, WV 24740, (304) 425-8203) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

PURCHASED NEW 7/172017 SANTA FE ULTIMATE 2.0T. THIS SUV DOES NOT ACCELERATE AND LAGS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS HAPPENS AT A LOWER SPEED AND FROM A STOP. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN MAKING A TURNS AND ENTERING FREEWAY OR TRAFFIC CICLES (ROUNDABOUTS) WHEN DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR AND YOUR VEHICLE SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE TO THE REQUIRED SPEED YOU ARE REQUESTING FOR A SECOND OR MORE. NOW YOU HAVE PLACED YOURSELF IN A VERY DANGEROUS POSITION BECAUSE OFTHIS VEHICLES INABILITY TO RESPOND. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT TAKES OFF. DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME BUT IS FREQUENT ENOUGH TO BE CONCERNED. HAS HAPPENED CONTINUALLY SINCE NEW. MY WIFE LOVES THE VEHICLE BUT IS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT..NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY ENOUGH COMPLAINTS THAT SOMEONE SHOULD INVESTIGATE AND GET AFTER HYUNDAI TO FIX THE SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE GOD FORBID IS KILLED.. OR THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO RESOLVE THIS SERIOUS DEFECT. I LOVE THE VEHICLE ESPECIALLY THE TURBO BUT IT'S SCARY.

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE LIMITED ULTIMATE ON MAY 5 OF THIS YEAR, AND NOTICED A VERY HESITATION DURING THE DRIVE HOME FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I FIGURED IT WAS THE RESULT OF THE ENGINE BREAKING IN AND THAT I SHOULD JUST BE PATIENT. HOWEVER, IT CONTINUED...AND PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE. SPECIFICALLY, IT'S MOST PRONOUNCED WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A DEAD STOP, ACCELERATE OUT OF A ROLLING STOP, ACCELERATE OUT OF A LEFT TURN, OR TRY TO MAKE A QUICK PASSING OR MERGING MANEUVER ON THE FREEWAY. IN ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS, THERE IS A 2 TO 3 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WILL SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFT AND THE VEHICLE WILL BLAST OFF. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS, BECAUSE I'VE HAD NEARLY A DOZEN INSTANCES OF BEING NEARLY REAR ENDED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WON'T ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS TO SAY THAT IT'S LIKE TRYING TO ACCELERATE WITH A DIRTY, SEVERELY CLOGGED, 10-YEAR-OLD ENGINE AIR FILTER, AND THE INTAKE CAN'T GET ENOUGH AIR INTO THE ENGINE TO ACCELERATE AS IT SHOULD. I'VE BEEN TO OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IN EVERY INSTANCE WE'RE TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO UNTIL HYUNDAI RELEASES AN UPDATE OR A RECALL. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I GUESS I'M SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH MY LIFE. I'M AT NEARLY 9,000 MILES AND THE HESITATION IS STILL AS PRONOUNCED AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING. I'M TRYING REALLY HARD TO BE PATIENT AND NOT KEEP COMPLAINING TO OUR LOCAL SERVICE CENTER...BUT WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CLOSE CALLS, EXTREMELY CLOSE, AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT HYUNDAI WILL PLEASE FIX THIS SOON! IN FACT, I JUST READ AN ARTICLE ABOUT HYUNDAI REPLACING THE ENGINES IN THE '17 SANTA FE'S BECAUSE OF A MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH THE CRANKSHAFT PIN CAUSING THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMS I'VE EXPERIENCED. SO I HOPE THAT I CAN PLEASE GET MY VEHICLE REPAIRED BEFORE I END UP IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. THANKS!!