2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW VISOR RELEASED & FLOPPED UP 7 BACK IN FRONT OF DRIVERS FACE-UNABLE TO SEAT VISOR AS SOMETHING BROKE IN ATTACHMENT TO PIVOT PONT.HAD TO DRIVE HOLDING UP WITH ONE HAND AS HORRIBLE DISTRACTION FRON ROAD. TRIED HOLDING UP ON RETURN TRIP BACK TO MD-DIDNT WORK.GOING UP NICE BRIDGE & FACING 30-40 CARS COMING DOWN TOWARDS ME-ENTIRE VISOR FAILED & WENT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY FACE BEFORE COULD GRAB & GET OUT OF MY VISION.ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR.WENT TO DEALER & TOLD OF SAFETY HAZARD & WAS TOLD BY DEALER OWNER-NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY ITEM AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. HAD MECH GO ONLINE TO LOOK GETTING ME A NEW VISER. HE SAID-HIS RESEARCH REVEALED WIDESPREAD DRIVERS VISOR FAILURES IN 2006-2007-& 2008 SANTFE-ELANTRA & SONNATA.IN FACT ONE AFTER MARKER SUPPLIER HAD SOLD OVER 400 VISORS IN THOSE YEARS SONATAS.FRIEND AT CHURCH HAD SAME FILURE EXCEPT HIS WAS "INSTANTANEOUS & BLOCKED HIS VISION. ALL OTHER FOLKS I HAF TALKED TO SAY THEY HAVE NEVER HAD A VISOR FAIL IN ANY CAR IN THEIR LIFETIME INCLUDING CARS WITH OVER 200000 MILES. WHEN EXAMINING MY VISOR AFTER THE TRIP-THE DEFECT IS READILY OBVIOUS-THE PART HOLDING THE VISOR ON THE PIVOT SIDE IS MADE OF A VERY THIN PLASTIC OR COMPOSITE. IVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 60 YEARS-NAVY TEST PILOT FOR OVER 20 YEARS & SR MEMBER OF SEVERAL AVIATION CRSHES IN THE NAVY & OFTEN "LITTLE THINGS" ARE OFTEN THE CAUSE OF CRASHES. ORIGINALLT TRIED REPORTING THIS OVER PHONE TO NICE LADY ON HOT LINE BUT OBVIOSLY-SEVERITY OF INCIDENT WASNT TRANSMITTED FORWARD. IT APPEARS THE RESOLUTION WAS ONLY FILED AS A COMPLAINT FOR A DATA BASE.THE FAILURE WAS REPORTED AS A VISABILITY WIPER -& A DRIVERS SUN VISER. DOES NOT WIPE. SOOO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ONE OPEN THIS TO INVESTIGATIVE STATUS BEFORE SOME GETS KILLED.THE OTHER GENTLEMAN WHO HAD THIS HORRIBLE & SCARY FAILURE ARE BOTH WILLING TO GIVE SWORN TESTIMONY AS WE KNOW THIS IS SAFETY.[XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE ESC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFTER FAILED TO GO INTO REVERSE OR PARK AND THE ESC BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V113000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR OPENED, SWAYED FROM SIDE TO SIDE, AND FAILED TO LOCK BACK IN PLACE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. ONE DAY LATER, THE VISOR COMPLETELY FRACTURED FROM THE ATTACHMENT POINT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VISOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

I BOUGHT MY SANTA FE IN 2008, WITH 12,000 MILES ON IT. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE A GAS PEDAL SWITCH, GEAR SHIFT SWITCH, GAS GAUGE SWITCH, DRIVER'S SEAT SWITCH, TWO BATTERIES REPLACED, THE DRIVER'S VISOR HUNG DOWN, BOTH HYDRAULICS LIFTS GATE REPLACE, BACKSEAT LEFT SIDE DOOR LOCK REPLACE AND STILL DOESN'T WORK RIGHT AND OF COURSE THE ESC LIGHT PROBLEMS. ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED IN JANUARY 2015.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY TURNED OFF. AFTER PUTTING INTO PARK IT STARTED UP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD 97K+ ON THE ODOMETER.

FUEL SENSOR/GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. THIS IS INTERMITTENT SO GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN. CAN NEVER TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN TANK SO YOU WILL RUN OUT OF GAS. A LOT OF OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH SAME VEHICLE AND YEAR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE INTERSTATE. THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP. *TR

BOUGHT THE CAR USED, 2007 SANTA FE WITH 71K MILES ON IT. 2 MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE VEHICLE, THE ESC OFF LIGHT STARTED INTERMITTENTLY COMING ON. THEN ONE DAY IT STAYED ON AND THAT SAME DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I NOTICED THE NEXT DAY THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT COME ON WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE AND THAT MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THE ESC OFF LIGHT WILL NOT BE ON WHEN I FIRST GET IN THE CAR, BUT THE MINUTE I HIT THE BRAKES, IT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. EVER SINCE THE FIRST DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, IT HAS STAYED ON SINCE. I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE PART OF AN EARLIER RECALL, BUT MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER THAT RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE FROM THE PARK POSITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT. WHILE AT A COMPLETED STOP, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 13V113000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC), 09V122000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) OR 11V472000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.

I OWN A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE AIR BAG LIGHT, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, THE ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) LIGHT , ABS AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED STEADILY ON THE DASH, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON. THE GAS GAUGE SOMETIMES WORKS EVEN WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE NOT RECALL RELATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES BUT RESTATED THE POSITION OF THE DEALER, OFFERING NO HELP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000

UNABLE TO TELL HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR. THE FUEL SENSOR IS BROKEN. I'VE SEEN MANY POSTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE.