2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

WHEN ACCELERATING AT LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND POSES DANGER. TOOK IT TO A DEALER AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. SINCE IT DOES NOT THROW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, DEALER SPECIFIED THAT THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO FIX IT WITHOUT ANY CODE. THIS LOOKS REALLY DANGER.

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND ENTERING TRAFFIC, WHEN YOU PRESS ON ACCELERATOR THE TRANSMISSION DIS ENGAGES AND LEAVES YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION WITH NO POWER AND PUTTING YOU IN DANGER OF BEING HIT. ONCE TRANSMISSION KICKS BACK IN, THE ENGINE REVS AND VEHICLE JOLTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND WILL GET SOMEONE KILLED. HYUNDAI HAS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

WHILE DRIVING OUR 2017 HYNDAI SANTA FE ON INTERSTATE 64 WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWN SHIFT TO 5TH AND THEN 4TH AND THEN 3RD GEAR WITH THE RPM ALMOST RED LINING. THIS IS WHILE GOING DOWN A SLIGHT DOWNGRADE. I'VE BEEN HAVING TO USE THE MANUAL MODE TO SHIFT BACK UP TO 6TH GEAR. WE CONTACTED THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER WHO STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE WITH THIS PROBLEM.

I HAVE A 2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE LIMITED ULTIMATE AND LIKE MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE USA THE CAR HAS HESITATION WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS BELOW 20 MPH. I HAD THE RECALL / REFLASH OF THE COMPUTER DONE ON 08/10/16 AND THE HESITATION IN TURNS IS A LITTLE LESS ABRUPT BUT STILL PRESENT AND INTERMITTENT. I NEVER HAD HESITATION WHEN 4TH GEAR DOWN SHIFTED TO 3RD GEAR GOING STRAIGHT BUT I NOW HAVE IT ALONG WITH HESITATION WHEN THE CAR DOWN SHIFTS FROM 3RD TO 2ND. I'VE CALLED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ASKED FOR A BUY BACK AND THEY TOLD ME CHRIS FROM REGIONAL WILL CALL ME BACK IN 3 TO 5 BUSINESS DAYS I'VE CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE TWICE AND ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON MY CASE ( CASE NUMBER 9309476) AND THEY JUST KEEP TELLING ME REGIONAL WILL CALL ME THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO. I HAVE NEVER ASKED FOR A BUY BACK ON ANY CAR AND I HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT AT THIS POINT I FEEL I AM GOING TO HAVE TO CONTACT A LAWYER THAT HANDLES LEMON LAWS TO GET ANY RESULTS. IN ADDITION HYUNDAI HAS NEVER ADDRESSED THE LACK OF AUDIBLE WARNING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHEN THE OCCUPANT DOES NOT FASTEN THEIR SAFETY BELT . GOOD LUCK TO ALL WITH SAME ISSUE.

ENGINE STALLS AT ANY SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING. TECH AT DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS BEFORE. THE ENGINE IS A 2.0T WHICH WAS SUBJECT TO RECALLS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI CURRENTLY SETTLING CLASS ACTION SUIT FOR HYUNDAI SONATAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN MODEL YEARS 2011-2014 2.0T ENGINES. SPEEDS WHEN OCCURRING 40-65 MPH. ELEVEN INCIDENTS SO FAR SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE 4/8/2016.

HESITATION WHEN TURNING AND ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, AS YOU DO WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. CAR NEARLY COMES TO A STOP. NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT AND I HAVE LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON ODOMETER. DOES THIS INTERMITTENTLY AND IS BAR TO RECREATE AT WILL. HAPPENS MOSTLY IN NORMAL MODE. NEED A RECALL AND FIX!!

THE TRANSSMISION FAILS TO SHIFT DOWN UPON COMING TO A ROLLING STOP, SUCH AS WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT, THEN THE LIGHT GOES GREEN AND YOU ACCELERATE, OR TURNING IN AN INTERSECTION AFTER COMING TO A NEAR STOP, OR AFTER TRAFFIC SLOWS AND YOU COME TO A NEAR STOP BEHIND A CAR, THEN TRAFFIC BEGINS TO MOVE AND YOU ACCELERATE OUT OF THE SLOW DOWN. UPON ACCELERATION, THE CAR INITIALLY DOES NOT RESPOND, THEN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE HESITATION, LURCHES FORWARD AS THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY SHIFTS TO A LOWER GEAR. THIS USUALLY OCCURS AT SPEEDS UNDER 10MPH. THE SITUATION IS DANGEROUS AS THE HESITATION IS NOT ONLY ABRUPT, BUT LEAVES YOU HANGING PRECARIOUSLY, MOMENTARILY DEAD IN THE WATER WHEN ACCELERATION IS NEEDED IN TRAFFIC. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER FEELS IT IS A SOFTWARE GLITCH. THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEM IS INCREASING, AND MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE PERFORMS WELL OTHERWISE.

ON LOW SPEED TURNS (BELOW 20 MPH) THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION EXHIBIT A LOSS OF POWER. THIS JEOPARDIZES MY FAMILY'S SAFETY WHEN TURNING IN TRAFFIC. I HAVE OPENED A CASE WITH HYUNDAI AMERICA (#9484960) WHO LEFT ME A VOICEMAIL (STILL HAVE IT) STATING THERE IS A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE I DESCRIBED. I HAD UPDATE #16-01-032 APPLIED ON 08/15/2016. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE IS TILL PRESENT. I ALSO JUST DISCOVERED THAT WHEN TOWING A TRAILER THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL DOES NOT WORK. THIS IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY THE LIGHTS OF THE TRAILER CONSTANTLY RUN EVEN WHEN THE POWER IS COMPLETELY OFF. LASTLY THE HARNESS WHERE THE TRAILERS ELECTRICAL PLUGS INTO ON THE VEHICLE, POPS OUT OF PLACE WHEN PLUGGING IT IN. IN TURN CAUSING ME TO RESEAT THE VEHICLES HARNESS EACH TIME. I WANT OUT OF THIS VEHICLE BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER ME A BUY BACK. I PLAN TO CONTACT A LEMON LAW ATTORNEY AS I AM UNABLE TO RECEIVE HELP OTHERWISE.

PURCHASED A HYUNDAI SANTA FE AWD TURBO IN MAY 2016, WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS THE TRACTION ASSIST HAS TRIGGERED CAUSING THE POWER TRAIN TO LOOS POWER FOR 10-15 SECONDS A TOTAL OF 5 TIMES. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IT HAS BEEN FROM A STOP AND TURNING ONTO ANOTHER STREET AND OR U TURN ALL UNDER 30MPH, HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI DIRECTLY AND THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I CAN REPRODUCE THE ISSUE IF I RUN OVER PART OF THE CURB OR A HARD BUMP. I FEEL THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE IF THE SUV LOOSES POWER FOR 10-15 SECONDS WHEN PULLING OUT.

WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN TO EITHER MAKE A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN CAR LOSES POWER TO THE ENGINE. IT APPEARS THAT THE CAR IS HESITATING TO ACCELERATE AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. THIS CAN BE VERY FATAL ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS UNAWARE OF THIS ISSUE. IF IT PRESENTS ITSELF AT THE WRONG TIME CAN LEAD TO A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENTS WITH POTENTIAL FATALITIES. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED IN MAY 2016 CURRENTLY CAR HAS OVER 1600 MILES (3 MONTHS OWNED). POTENTIAL RE-FLASHING OF AUTOMOTIVE COMPUTER IS REQUIRED. COULD BE PART OF THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND THE CARS ROLL OVER SENSORS WHICH CAN BE CONTRIBUTING. HYUNDAI HAS TO RESEARCH THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED.