2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

BRAKES DID NOT ENGAGE ON INITIAL START ON MORNINGS WHERE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 50 DEGREES F. BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD, DID NOT MOVE TOWARD THE FLOOR MORE THAN 1/2", AND DID NOT ENGAGE BRAKES WITH FIRM STEADY PRESSURE. AFTER PUMPING BRAKE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES, PRESSURE WAS FELT IN THE PEDAL, WHICH SLOWLY MOVED TOWARD THE FLOOR, AND BRAKES ENGAGED. EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED HARD AND STEADY, THE CAR DID NOT SLOW, AND ABS DID NOT ENGAGE. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM AFTER KEEPING THE CAR FOR 4 DAYS. TIRE STORE IDENTIFIED SOURCE AS FAULTY BRAKE BOOSTER, REPLACED PART, AND THE CAR HAS BEEN STOPPING AS EXPECTED SINCE REPAIR. I HAVE RETAINED THE FAULTY BOOSTER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY DID NO LONGER RESPOND AND "CHECK ENGINE" AND ESC WARNING LIT UP AND SPEED DECREASED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST AT 5-10 MPH TO THE NEAREST DEALER 8 MILES AWAY. THEY IMMEDIATELY DIAGNOSED IT TO THE TPS UNIT (THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR), WHICH WAS REPLACED UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. HOWEVER THIS IS THE SECOND INCIDENT WITH THIS CAR. THE FIRST TIME HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2007 JUST A WEEK AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR. WE HAD TO COAST DOWN A MOUNTAIN FROM 8000 FEET. AT THAT TIME THE TPS UNIT WAS ALSO REPLACED BUT UNDER THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY. IT IS SCARY IF/WHEN IT HAPPENS WHILE PASSING A VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY OR EVEN IN DENSE CITY TRAFFIC. I WILL ALERT HYUNDAI TO THIS PROBLEM MYSELF. *TR

I TOOK MY 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE TO THE DEALER ON 4/6/12 BECAUSE THE GAS GAUGE WAS FLUCTUATING CONSTANTLY. I COULD NOT TELL HOW MUCH GAS WAS IN THE TANK AT ANY GIVEN TIME. THEY REPLACED THE GAS FLOAT DURING THAT VISIT. WHEN I PICKED UP THE CAR FROM THE DEALER, THE CAR WAS FILLED WITH STRONG GAS FUMES. ALL OF THE TECHNICIANS AND SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES WERE GONE WHEN I ARRIVED SO I DID NOT HAVE ANYONE TO TALK TO ABOUT IT. I FIGURED THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY BUT THE PROBLEM SURFACED EVERY TIME I FILLED MY GAS TANK MORE THAN HALF FULL. THE SMELL LESSENS DURING THE DAY AS THE CAR AIRS OUT WITH THE WINDOWS OPEN BUT AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT OR ALL DAY WITH THE DOORS AND WINDOWS CLOSED, THE FUMES BUILD UP AGAIN. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER ON 6/27/12 AND COMPLAINED OF THE OVERPOWERING GAS FUMES EVERY TIME I PUT GAS IN MY CAR. I EXPLAINED THAT I NOTICED A PATTERN OF THE FUMES BECOMING WORSE IF THE TANK WAS MORE THAN HALF FULL AND I COULD NO LONGER FILL UP MY GAS TANK IN ORDER TO AVOID THE FUMES. THEY RETURNED THE CAR TO ME AND SAID THEY COULD NOT SMELL ANY FUMES NOR COULD THEY FIND A POSSIBLE CAUSE. EVERYTHING WAS SAID TO BE FINE WITH THE CAR. AFTER PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR ON 11/16/2012, THE CAR BECAME SO OVERWHELMINGLY FULL OF INTENSE GAS FUMES THAT I INSTANTLY DEVELOPED A HEADACHE AS SOON AS I GOT IN IT. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER THE NEXT MORNING BECAUSE I AM NO LONGER CONFIDENT THE CAR IS SAFE. I DO NOT WANT TO CONTINUE BREATHING GAS FUMES AND GETTING HEADACHES WHEN I GET IN THE CAR. ONCE AGAIN THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO ME WITH NO REPORT OF A PROBLEM. THEY HAD THE WINDOWS AND VENTS OPEN SO I AM NOT SURPRISED THEY DID NOT SMELL GAS. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE I WAS TOPPING OFF THE GAS TANK TOO MUCH OR SPILLING GAS AROUND THE GAS CAP. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE COULD NOT BE A LEAK IN THE SEALS BECAUSE IF THERE WAS, THE SENSOR WOULD GO OFF. *TR

A DAY AFTER FILLING MY TANK THE GAUGE READ EMPTY. I TRIED FILLING IT UP AGAIN AND IT NEED ONLY ABOUT TWO GALLONS BEFORE OVERFLOWING. A FEW MONTHS LATER, WHEN I TOOK THE CAR FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I DID EXPLAIN THAT THE TANK RELEASE AND THE GAS GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING (I BELIEVE THAT WHEN I VISITED THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CHECK-ENGINE LIGHT THEY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY RESET THE LIGHT BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THIS HAPPENED PRIOR TO THE 5 YEARS WARRANT EXPIRATION). IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AND WHEN I WENT IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO FUEL SENDERS @ A COST OF $ABOUT $450.00 INCLUSIVE. THE GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING PRIOR TO THE 5 YEAR EXPIRATION AND THE DEALER SAID THAT AND THE TANK RELEASE WERE FINE. THE AUTOMOBILE HAS A PROBLEM JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WHO OWNS A 2007 SANTA FEE HAS A FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM AND PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS OF AIRBAG RECALL.*SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THEY RECTIFIED THE RECALL ISSUE, BUT THEY MENTIONED THAT ALTHOUGH THEY RESET THE AIR BAG LIGHT/SENSOR, THE PROBLEM IDENTIFIED FOR THE FRONT SENSOR SHORT, TO THE BATTERY,WAS TRACKED TO THE UNDER HOOD JUNCTION BOX, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE RECALL WAS FOR.

FUEL TANK GAUGE IS NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY. AFTER A FILL UP THE EMPTY LIGHT COMES ON AFTER DRIVING LESS THAN 150 MILES. MY WIFE RAN OUT OF GAS ON A BUSY FREEWAY DUE TO THE GAUGE ALWAYS READING WRONG. WE LOVE THE CAR AND WE ARE EVEN LOOKING AT TRADING IT IN FOR ONE THAT GETS BETTER MILEAGE FROM HYUNDAI. FUEL GAUGE READINGS WENT ERRATIC WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. I HAVE TO LEAVE A GALLON OF GAS IN MY CAR BECAUSE THE GAUGE IS SO BAD. LAST WEEK WHILE MAKING A LEFT THE GAS CAN TIPPED OVER AND SPILLED ON OUR SMALL BOY. I FEEL IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND WITH A GAS CARD DUE TO A DEFECTIVE GAS GAUGE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE NOW EXPERIENCING, IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM.PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP AS I CAN TRADE THE CAR IN UNTIL THE DEALERSHIP RAPIERS IT AT 1025 ROLLINS ROAD BURLINGAME, CA 94010 PHONE: 650-288-1194 REPORTED TO NTSB BY OTHER: ODI ID NUMBER : 10457080. *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH THE DRIVER SUNVISOR JUST BROKE OFF AND FELL RIGHT INFRONT OF ME, BECAUSE OF THE WIRES TO THE MIRROR ON THE SUNVISOR, THE SUNVISOR WAS JUST HANGING IN FRONT OF ME. THIS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH TRAFFIC. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET THE SUNVISOR CHANGED AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT HYUNDAI HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS IN DIFFERENT VEHICLE MODELS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE LIMITED WHICH IS WHAT I HAVE. I BELIEVE THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF FIXING THIS PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED ASAP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED THE AIR BAG LIGHT AND THE ESC LIGHT ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND THE CONTACT SMELLED A BURNING ODOR. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V122000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:SWITCHES:BRAKE LIGHT) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ACCELERATOR WOULD LOSE POWER AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WERE ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE TPS SENSOR. THE TPS SENSOR WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,443 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,278.

DRIVER'S SUN VISOR ATTACHMENT TO ROOF OF CAR BROKE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED. SUN VISOR FELL DOWN IN DRIVER'S VISION, HANGING BY TWO WIRES. *TR