2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

AS IS THE CASE WITH MANY OTHERS FILING COMPLAINTS, WE TOO HAVE THE DEFECTIVE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IN OUR 2008 SANTA FE. IT HAS ALSO RESULTED IN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON AT ALL TIMES. THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWS AN EMPTY TANK AT ALL TIMES. WE ARE FORCED TO RELY ON THE TRIP ODOMETER TO KNOW WHEN WE NEED FUEL. *TR

FUEL GAUGE WARNING LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF REGARDLESS OF AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. *TR

9/19/12 VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKED OIL ON THE ALTERNATOR RESULTING IN ALTERNATOR NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. 10/2/12 NEW BATTERY NEEDED DUE TO BEING WORN DOWN FROM BAD ALTERNATOR. 10/3/14 76,589 MILES VALVE COVER GASKET LEAKED OIL ON THE ALTERNATOR RESULTING IN ALTERNATOR NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AGAIN!! NEW BATTERY NEEDED SINCE COULD NO LONGER HOLD A CHARGE. ALSO MULTIPLE TIMES THE LUMBAR SWITCH ON DRIVER'S SEAT REPLACED: 2/3/10, 3/15/11, 9/19/12, 1/19/13, 10/3/14. *TR

GAS GAUGE WOULD NOT REGISTER THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE TANK. READING ON THIS THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF FAILURES ON THE SANTA FE AROUND THE 72,000 MARK. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED BOUNCING FROM FULL TO EMPTY AND WE KEEP OUR TANK ABOVE HALF MOST OF THE TIME. WE WENT IN TO OUR LOCAL DEALER AND THEY SAID IT IS "NORMAL" FOR FUEL SENSORS TO GO OUT THIS EARLY. UPON FURTHER PRESSING THEY SAID THAT IT IS HAPPENING ON A LOT OF THE SANTA FE'S, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THIS TIME. 500-600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE SENSORS. FOR NOW WE ARE JUST RUNNING IT WHILE FILLING UP EVERY TIME AND KEEPING TRACK OF OUR MILEAGE. THESE NEED TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED. *TR

GAS GAUGE FLUCTUATES, AND READS EMPTY EVEN WHEN TANK IS NEARLY FULL. APPEARS TO BE THE COMMON FUEL SENSOR FAILURE THAT IS WELL-DOCUMENTED ON THESE VEHICLES. ONE FORUM SUGGESTED THAT EVERYONE SHOULD REPORT FAILURES TO NHTSA TO APPLY PRESSURE FOR A HYUNDAI RECALL, SO ADD ME TO THE LIST OF FRUSTRATED OWNERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO DRIVE ABNORMALLY ROUGH. THE CONTACT MERGED THE VEHICLE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK FROM THE FRONT CYLINDER BANK VALVE COVER GASKET AND THERE WAS SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF OIL IN THE ALTERNATOR. THE LEAK HAD CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR TO DAMAGE THE CHARGING SYSTEM AND TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,271.

MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED WITH THE ETC (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL) SYSTEM RELATED DTC P2135 ( FORCED LIMITED POWER) OR DTC P0638 (POWER MANAGEMENT). *TR

I SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH A FLUCTUATING FUEL GAUGE SENSOR. I HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. THE SENSOR IS ALWAYS GOING UP AND DOWN CAUSING THE FUEL LIGHT TO COME ON AS WELL AS WELL AS THE CK ENGINE LIGHT. THE CODE ALWAYS INDICATES IT IS THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR THAT IS FAILING. ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE READ, THIS CAR HAS TWO SENSORS LOCATED UNDER THE BACK SEATS. THE DEALER SAID IT WOULD COST ME AROUND $700.00 TO GET ONE REPAIRED, BUT WHAT'S THE USE IF THEY REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER HYUNDAI PART THAT IS DEFECTIVE AS DONE TO ANOTHER COMPLAINTANT ON THIS SITE. THIS DEFECT IS OBIVIOUSLY A RESULT OF MANUFACTURING SO WHY DOES HYUNDAI DELAY IN GETTING THIS ISSUE RESOLVED BY DOING A RECALL. THIS IS ALSO THE RESULT OF HYUNDAI NOT TAKING DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE THEY WERE INSTALLING A QUALITY PART. SO WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE? *TR

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING MY 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID MY FUEL SENSORS TO MY SENDING UNIT NEEDED REPLACED. UPON DOING RESEARCH I HAVE DISCOVERED LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH MY SAME VEHICLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR THIS PART TO BE RECALLED? ALSO AFTER BEING REFERRED TO THIS WEBSITE FROM MY LOCAL NEWS STATION I SEE THAT MY COMPLAINT IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINTS ON HERE ALSO. WHY HAS THIS SENSOR NOT BEEN RECALLED? *TR