2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES AND THE ESC WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V113000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING , SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC ) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,900. *TR

MY EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION IS SAME WHAT IS EXPLAIN IN THE EARLIER POST. I CAR DOES HAVE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILURE WHICH WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE SHELL OUT $70 FROM POCKET TO FIX IT. THE HYUNDAI DEALER (HYUNDAI MARK ZIMMERMAN) CHARGED ME $291 FOR FIXING THE TPS AND PROGRAMMING THE ECM. WHEN I WOULD BEGIN ACCELERATION THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE THEN TAKE OFF RAPIDLY THEN I WOULD LOOSE POWER TO A SPEED OF @ 25 MILES PER HOUR AND THE ESC OFF SWITCH WOULD APPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD FOLLOWED BY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I SAFELY PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS. ONCE I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON, THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT AND I WOULD REPEAT THIS CYCLE 8-9 TIMES BEFORE BEING ABLE TO DRIVE NORMALLY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AFTER DRIVING NORMALLY FOR ABOUT 10 MILES THE ESC OFF LIGHT WOULD REAPPEAR ON THE DASHBOARD IN MY OPINION THIS IS A SERIOUS MALFUNCTION AND CERTAINLY DANGEROUS COMBINATION AND SHOULD BE LABELED AS A RECALL. HYUNDAI SHOULD VALUE THE SAFETY AND EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR CAR BUYERS. THANKS! *TR

FUEL SENSORS HAVE GONE OUT AND FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN EMPTY AND 1/2 TANK. CAUSES ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. KNOWN ISSUE, YET NO RECALLS OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM HYUNDAI. *TR

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUN VISORS WILL NOT STAY UP. A FRONT IMPACT WOULD INEVITABLY RESULT IN AN OPEN HEAD/EYE [ACCELERATION] INJURY TO THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER. ADVISED THE SERVICE WRITER, [XXX], @ NAPLETON HYUNDAI OF THE DEFECT, AND NOTE ON HTTP://WWW.HOWTOMENDIT.COM/ANSWERS.PHP?ID=157121 THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON AND WORRISOME SAFETY ISSUE THAT THE DEALER WILL NOT HONOR AS A RECALL ISSUE DESPITE THE T64 AND T74 (TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS) FOR 2007 SONATA. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE FLIPPED DOWN THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR AS USUAL AND ALWAYS TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE VEHICLE BUT THIS TIME YOU COULD HEAR IT CRACK. FROM THAT MOMENT ON WE WERE FIGHTING WITH IT WHILE DRIVING MANY TIMES. IT BECAME TO OSERIOUS OF A DRIVING HAZARD MIXED WITH A DRAIN ON THE BATTERY AS THE VISOR LIGHT WOULD STAY ON DUE TO THE WIRE INSULATION BREAKING THROUGH FROM WEAR DUE TO STRESS FROM THE WEIGHT OF THE HANGING VISOR AND REPEATEDLY FALLING. THIS SAME VISOR WAS A RECALL ON THE2007 HYUNDAI SONATA BUT NOT THE 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE??? WHY NOT??? *TR

MY SANTA FE'S AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I SENT IT TO THE DEALERS THEY SAID IT WAS THE "CLOCK SPRING" THAT NEEDS REPLACING. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUED BY HYUNDAI (NHTSA ID 11V472000) FOR THIS EXACT REASON IN THE UNITED STATES. PROBLEM IS I LIVE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS NOT AS EFFICIENT AS YOURS IS SO MANUFACTURERS GET AWAY WITH NOT ISSUING RECALLS THAT ORIGINATE IN THE STATES. DO YOU HAVE A PART NUMBER FOR THE COIL SPRING THAT I CAN TRACK FROM HYUNDAI? ACCORDING TO HYUNDAI SOUTH AFRICA THEY CANNOT SAY IF THE DEFECTIVE PARTS THAT WHERE PUT IN USA VEHICLES ARE THE SAME AS THE ONES PUT INTO SOUTH AFRICAN VEHICLES! I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY OWN INVESTIGATING TO FIND OUT. PLEASE HELP. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SUDDENLY LOSES POWER. PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR HAS NO EFFECT EVEN THOUGH THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING AND IN DRIVE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. SO FAR I HAVE MANAGED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT INCIDENT. TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES RESTORES POWER AGAIN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A TWO LANE ROAD AND INTO THE SETTING SUN, THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR FELL LOOSE. IT FELL DIRECTLY INTO THE DRIVERS FIELD OF VISION AND HAD TO BE HELD UP WITH ONE HAND AS IT WAS DANGLING BY WIRES. THIS INCIDENT HIGHLY STARTLED THE DRIVER AND TOTALLY OBSTRUCTED VISION. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR ALSO FELL. THE LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO FIX THEM BOTH FOR $400. THEY WERE NOT FIXED. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT FAILURE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE A CRASH. *TR

I WAS MAKING A SHARP CIRCLE TYPE CURVE TO THE RIGHT AND THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. I DID NOT LOSE ANY POWER, THE BRAKES WORKED FINE, AND NO LIGHTS LIT UP ON THE PANEL. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS THE HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE REP AT THE CORPORATE PHONE NUMBER WERE VERY UNCONCERNED. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS, AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON AND VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

THE HYUNDAI SANTA FE WAS PARKED WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION ON A SLIGHT INCLINE. MY 7 YEAR OLD GRANDSON GOT IN THE VEHICLE FIRST. HE KNOCKED THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING, I TRIED TO GET IN BUT I COULDN'T WITH IT ROLLING. IT HIT A VAN AND MY DRIVERS DOOR CAUGHT ON THE FRONT OF THE VAN PUSHING MY DRIVERS DOOR COMPLETELY BACK. I WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES. MY 4 YEAR OLD GRANDKIDS (TWINS) COULD HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE SANTA FE OR ANOTHER CHILD SINCE WE WERE AT A BALL FIELD. NOW WE NOTICE THE SANTA FE CAN BE EASILY PULLED OUT OF PARK WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. *TR