2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

MOTOR STARTED KNOCKING WHILE DRIVING, TOOK TO SHOP AND WAS TOLD MOTOR IS NO GOOD. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. COST 6100.00

WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. EXITED AND SLOWED TO ABOUT 35 MPH, AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. ENGINE STARTED RIGHT BACK UP AND RAN OK REST OF WAY HOME. THE NEXT DAY WHEN DRIVING UP A HILL, ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I CONTINUED ON TO AN AUTOZONE WHERE I HAD IT CHECKED WITH A CODE READER. CODE RETRIEVED WAS P0014 WHICH IS B CAMSHAFT TIMING OVER-ADVANCED OR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE BANK 1. REMOVED VALVE COVER AND FRONT COVER AND INSPECTED THE CAMSHAFT AND TIMING COMPONENTS. THESE CHECKED OK, REMOVED OIL PAN AND DISCOVERED THAT THE #4 ROD BEARING HAD SPUN ON CRANKSHAFT. I THEN FOUND THAT HYUNDAI HAD HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THEIR 2.4L ENGINES AND THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A RECALL ON SOME. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI BY EMAIL AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED. SO NOW I AM STUCK WITH A VEHICLE THAT I OWE ON AND THAT WILL COST ME AT LEAST $5,000 TO HAVE A NEW ENGINE INSTALLED, WHICH I CAN NOT AFFORD.

ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2018 I WAS DRIVING AT 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE 64 IN NEWPORT NEWS, VA. I STARTED HEARING A CLANGING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. I THOUGHT A FENDER HAD COME LOOSE. THE NOISE PERSISTED AND I REALIZED IT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. MY VEHICLE, WITH 140,527 MILES ALSO HAD A BURNING SMELL ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO FIRE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO WILLIAMSBURG HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN WILLIAMSBURG, VA. THEY CALLED ME LATER THAT DAY AND TOLD ME THAT "SOMETHING HAD COME LOOSE IN THE ENGINE AND MADE A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK". I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A REPLACEMENT ENGINE AT A COST OF $7,200 WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ONLY WORTH ABOUT THAT ON THE PRIVATE MARKET. THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM ME ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE THETA II ENGINES IN THE 2011-2014 HYUNDAI SONATAS WHICH HAS THE SAME ENGINE AND HAS BEEN RECALLED. I CALLED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER CARE AND OPENED A CASE WITH THEM ON NOVEMBER 15, 2018. THEY ADVISED ME TO HAVE THE DEALER SUBMIT A CLAIM REQUEST FORM CONCERNING THE INCIDENT AND THEY WOULD DETERMINE WHAT TO DO. NHTSA NEEDS TO RECALL ALL 2012 SANTA FE'S WITH THE THETA II ENGINE NOW BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED FROM A CRASH CAUSED BY AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION AT HIGH SPEED. MY HYUNDAI CASE NUMBER IS 12401191.

MY ABS LIGHTS ARE ON AND WON'T GO OFF. I HAD IT CHECKED FOR 80$ TO GET TOLD IT IS A SENSOR IN THE REAR HUB OF TIRE THAT IS NOT READING THE TIRE SPEED. THEY WANT 500$ TO REPAIR IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE ENGINE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SOUTHTOWNE HYUNDAI (7665 US HWY 85, RIVERDALE, GA 30274, (770) 471-1000) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED CAR IS UNDRIVABLE, ENGINE FAILURE OR SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE. IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *JB

"TAKATA RECALL" MY ABS LIGHTS ARE ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF AS WELL AS THE DOWNHILL LIGHT MOVING AND STATIONARY. THE MECHANIC SAID IT IS A SENSOR IN THE LEFT REAR HUB THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO SAFETY RECALL DUE TO FIRES AND MELTNG WIRES AND QUESTIONS IF VEHICLE FALLS UDER RECALL. *AS *JS *JS

WHILE DRIVING THE 2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE TO TENNESSEE FROM ATLANTA, WITH MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER AS PASSENGERS, I FELT A HEAVY BUMP ON THE INTERSTATE, AND WONDERED IF A TIRE HAD GONE FLAT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS, I SAW HEAVY SMOKE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR, LETTING ME KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. A PERSON DRIVING IN A LANE TO MY LEFT TOLD ME THE CAR WAS ON FIRE, SO I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. I GOT MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CAR, AND WALKED THEM TO A SAFE DISTANCE ABOUT 150 FEET FROM THE CAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT A PISTON (OR PISTONS) HAD BLOWN THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE, AND I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE. IT WAS TOWED BACK TO MY HOUSE, AND WILL NO LONGER START. THIS WAS THE FINAL FRIDAY IN APRIL 2018. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, AT A SPEED NEAR 60 MPH, ON I-75 NORTH FROM ATLANTA, DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD.

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THE ENGINE HAD A FAILURE AND A ROD WENT THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK AND THE OIL DUMP STARTED A FIRE.

WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A RATTLING/CLUNKING, MY RPM'S SHOT UP AND I COULDN'T ACCELERATE PAST 60. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN SHUT OFF BRIEFLY. THEN ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON MY DASHBOARD CAME ON AND I PULLED OVER BUT HAD NO POWER STEERING. ONCE I PULLED OVER THE CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE SO I TURNED IT OFF. I THEN HEARD A LOUD POP AND SAW A THICK BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD AND WITHIN 30 SECONDS THE FRONT OF MY CAR WAS IN FLAMES. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE AND THERE IS THE START OF A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT ON THIS ENGINE.