2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Complaints

AFTER THE (AIRBAG) LIGHT CAME ON IN TRANSIT TO A DEATH IN THE FAMILY TWO HOURS AWAY! I FELT THE TRUCK WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AN SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE CHECKED OUT AT A HYUNDAI DEALER OUT OF TOWN. THE DEALER CHARGED ME $48 TO TELL ME THAT A PART IN THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED (CLOCK SPRING) AT A COST TO ME FOR $1300 FOR THE PART. I SAID I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT RIGHT NOW. NOW I'M DRIVING A UNSAFE VEHICLE AND THE DEALER DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. AFTER READING MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT AIRBAGS NOT GOING OFF WHILE IN ACCIDENTS I FEEL DEALERS ARE IGNORING PROBLEMS! INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

I HAVE MOVED SINCE THE RECALL HAS COME OUT ON THE 2007 SANTA FE. I DO NOT KNOW IF HE LETTER CAME. I WAS INFORMED IF I DID NOT HAVE A LETTER THEY WILL NOT FIX THE RECALL. WHAT CAN I DO? IT HALL HYUNDAI ON JEFFERSON AVE, NORFOLK, VA. *TR

ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF $375 AT ONLY 18,500 MILES.. ROTORS SHOULD NOT NEED REPLACING AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. TOOK IT TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT WAS DUE TO RUST FROM SALT ON ROADS. HAVE OWNED NUMEROUS VEHICLES PRIOR AND DRIVEN ON SAME ROADS AND NEVER NEEDED ROTOR REPLACEMENT SO EARLY. INTERNET IS FILLED WITH HYUNDAI OWNERS WITH SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. HYUNDAI USES INFERIOR PARTS AND IS AWARE OF THESE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BUT DOES NOTHING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC FROM HYUNDAI'S DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS OR PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE PAYING FOR EXPENSIVE BRAKE WORK AT EXTREMELY LOW MILEAGES. WILL NEVER BUY A HYUNDAI AGAIN!! *TR

AT 61,179 MILES THE AIR BAGS LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD APPEARED LITE. DEALERSHIP TROUBLESHOOT TO A FAULTY AIR BAG COMPUTER. COMPUTER NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOTICED ON NHTSA WEBSITE A FEW HIGHER MILEAGE VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. REQUESTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO HYUNDAI'S QUALITY PRACTICES RELATING TO POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUES. IF THE AIR BAG COMPUTER IS MALFUNCTIONING WILL AIRBAGS STILL DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT? NHTSA- QUESTION - IF NOT IS THIS A RE-CALLABLE EVENT. PLEASE ADVISE ALL HYUNDAI SANTA FE OWNERS WHETHER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD AND WHAT PREVENTABLE MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN.? *TR

WIFE'S CAR-DRIVING ONE DAY AND NOTICED AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ON. TOOK TO DEALER. DEALER SAID IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE WHILE PART WAS ORDERED, WOULD NOT OFFER LOANER. CAME BACK AND HAD PART INSTALLED A WEEK-1/2 LATER, AFTER FINALLY GOT PART NOTICE IN MAIL. PART REPLACED-NO LIGHT ANYMORE. PROBLEM IS BACK AGAIN. CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE TOO CONCERNED. *KB

DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR CAME DOWN WHILE DRIVING VERY DANGEROUS. IF YOU CONTACT COMPANY THEY WILL BE GLAD TO SELL YOU ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BREAK. JUST A MATTER OF TIME THIS PART IS GOING TO BREAK AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. BY LOOKING AT THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE. PASSENGER SIDE HAS BROKE TO. *KB

STOP LAMP SWITCH REPLACED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM NOTED ON 28 OCT 2009 BY DEALER UNDER RECALL. 3 OCTOBER 2011 THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL OFF SWITCH ILLUMINATES AND DEALER REPLACES STOP LAMP SWITCH AND CHARGES $71.00. HYUNDAI STATES THESE ARE VALID CHARGES ON THIS RECALLED ITEM SINCE IT WAS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE. *TR

MY ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR PROBABLY THE PAST YEAR. I HAVE NEVER NOTICED ANY EFFECT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE AND SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ESC WAS I DID NOT PAY IT A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION TO IT. MY PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT ALSO DOES THIS "COMING ON AND GOING OFF THING" SO I ASSUMED IT WAS A WEIRD DASH LIGHT GLITCH. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO VEHICLE STARTED HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS (POWER DOOR LOCKS SOMETIMES STOP WORKING). FINALLY TODAY I NOTICED MY REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT COMING ON... OBVIOUSLY I WAS VERY CONCERNED AND CALLED HYUNDAI TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS. HYUNDAI GAVE ME A CASE # BUT SAID MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER CURRENT RECALL, SO I AM NOT SURE IF ANYTHING IS WRONG? *TR

RATTLING UNDERNEATH FRONT ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT. STABILIZER BAR REPLACED AT 79,000 MILES. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS NORMAL "WEAR AND TEAR". *TR

DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR FELL DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REMOVE VISOR SO I COULD SAFELY DRIVE HOME. *TR