2003 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD APPEARED ONE DAY. NOTHING HAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. IT IS A SMALL ARC ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT 3" FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THAT SOMETHING HIT IT AND THE HEAT INSIDE THE CAR CAUSED IT TO CRACK. THE PLACE WHERE THEY SAID SOMETHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD ONLY THE POINT OF A PIN COULD FIT IN. I KNOW NOTHING HIT IT. ONE A FEW OCCASIONS I HAVE NOTICED A GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO HAVE HAD THE ABS ENGAGE WHEN THE BREAKS WERE NOT BEING APPLIED AND THE ROAD SURFACE DRY. THERE WASN'T A REASON FOR THEM TO ENGAGE.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 04V131000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH 3.5 LITER V-6 ENGINES, 4-WHEEL DRIVE AND ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEMS (ABS), IF THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 3 AND 12 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PAD FRICTION SURFACES ARE WET, A VIBRATION MAY OCCUR BETWEEN THE BRAKE DISCS AND PADS, CAUSING ABS SENSOR ELECTRONIC SIGNAL NOISE TO DEVELOP. AT SPEEDS BELOW 5 MPH, THE ABS SENSOR SIGNAL NOISE MAY CAUSE THE ABS ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT (ECU) TO ACTIVATE THE ABS, EXTENDING THE STOPPING DISTANCE. THIS RECALL FAILED, DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD COME FOR AN INSPECTION. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THERE IS NO DAMAGE FROM A ROCK OR ANYTHING ELSE. THE CRACK STARTS APPROXIMATELY 3 INCHES ABOVE THE BOTTOM CORNER OF THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD EDGE AND MAKES AN ARC TOWARD THE CENTER A FEW INCHES THEN UPWARDS ABOUT 12 INCHES. THE VIEW THROUGH ONE SIDE OF THE CRACK IS DISTORTED AS COMPARED TO THE VIEW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CRACK.

SLOWING DOWN ON A DECLINE THE CAR RAN OVER A ROUGH POPRTION OF ROAD, THE ABS ENGAGED (CLICKING SOUND) AND THE BAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR - CAR DID NOT STOP. DEALER STATED THAT THERE IS A BULLETIN ON THIS BUT NO FIX AS OF YET. *JB

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES, AND HAS THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *LA THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THE WIPER BLADES BUT BE LOOSENED FROM THE WINDSHIELD MANUALLY BEFORE THEY ARE TURNED ON OR THEY WILL NOT WORK. THE DEALER ALSO TOLD THE CONSUMER TO TRY AND FIND ANY LOOSE NUTS AND RE-TIGHTENED THEM, WHICH THE CONSUMER DID, WHICH DID NOT KEEP THE WIPERS FROM STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE RUNNING BOARDS AND HAD THEM REPLACED AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. THE HEATER MADE A NOISE AS IF SOMETHING WAS CAUGHT IN THE FAN BOX. *JB

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WITH BRAKE ENGAGED VEHICLE ROLLED FORWARD. DRIVER ENGAGED THE BRAKES FURTHER, AND FELT VIBRATION IN BRAKE PEDAL. THEN, VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THR CRUISE CONTROL ACCELERATES THE CAR FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING DISLODGING ALL PASSANGERS. THE ACCELERATER TAKES A FEW MOMENTS TO GET THE CAR GOING. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CRUISE CONTROL HAPPEN AT ALL SPEEDS, WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ROAD CONDITIONS.*AK

VEHICLE READS DIFFERENT MILEAGE THAN WHAT ITS SUPPOSE TO BE. *PH THE VEHICLE LOCKS ITSELF. (KEYS ON PEG IN THE HOUSE AND IT LOCKS. PER CONSUMER) *SC

VEHICLE HAS HAD A HIGH PITCHED WHINE AT 35 MPH, COASTING, ACCELERATING, OR BRAKING. NOTICEABLE TO ALL DRIVERS/PASSENGERS, BUT NOT TO DEALER TECHNICIAN/SERVICE MANAGER. HAVE HAD IT IN THREE TIMES WITH NO CONDITION FOUND. AS TIME GOES BY I AM NOTICING THAT ALONG WITH THE NOISE, THE BRAKES FEEL WEAK AND I NEED ONLY MOVE MY ANKLE WITHOUT TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCAISIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD IN THE RAIN, IT WOULD NOT STOP AS I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I REPRORTED IT TO HYUNDAI, AND WENT BACK TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED AND WAS TOLD (WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE CAR) BY DEALER SERVICE MANAGER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND I AM WASTING THEIR TIME AND WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT EXAMINED. FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WHO HAS NEVER EVEN SEEN THE VEHICLE CALLED TO SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AND I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO USE ANTILOCK BRAKES CORRECTLY ( I DO KNOW HOW TO USE THEM, I'VE ALWAYS STOPPED WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL SO I HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT). HYUNDAI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE REPRESENTATIVE BARBARA 800 633 5151 X45017 FILE#785260 NEVER GOT ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED ON MY BEHALF AND NEVER CALLED BACK, NEVER DID ANYTHING TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. I AM CONCERNED THE CAR WILL NOT STOP WHEN I WANT IT TO SO I ONLY USE IT WHEN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, NOT EXACTLY WHAT A NEW CAR IS MEANT FOR. ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT I CANNOT GO TO THE NEAREST DEALER AS THEY WILL NOT LOOK AT IT UNDER HYUNDAI'S OFTEN MENTIONED 5 YEAR BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY.*AK