2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT Complaints

MY VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING HOT, THE COILS WERE REPLACED, IT CONTINUED TO RUN HOT PERIODICALLY, THEN I HAD TO KEEP PUTTING WATER IN RADIATOR RESERVE CONTAINER AND MADE THIS BUBBLING NOISE WHEN I WAS DRIVING OR STOPPED WITH THE CAR RUNNING. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED. MY VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CRANK AND EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND IT WOULDN'T CRANK AT ALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING MADE A CLICKING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE SHOOK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WORLD HYUNDAI (877-340-8037, LOCATED AT 5337 MILLER CIRCLE DR, MATTESON, IL 60443) WHERE AN UNKNOWN ENGINE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED EARLIER IN THE YEAR. THE DEALER SERVICED THE VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR THIRTY DAYS TO ALLOW THE CLICKING TO STOP. THE CONTACT DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND DID NOT RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS NOT CALLED BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 69,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

BLOWN THETA II GDI ENGINE AT 108,500 MILES... WELL-MAINTAINED CAR. CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND STARTED SHAKING ON THE HIGHWAY. A PISTON BROKE APPARENTLY. HYUNDAI WON'T REPAIR. I CAN SUBMIT REPORTS FROM THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I GET THEM.

ABS LIGHT ON, CAR WON'T SHIFT INTO GEAR, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING THE DAY BEFORE, MISC LIGHTS LIT UP ON DASH. PER DEALER NEEDS BRAKE LAMP SWITCH

ON JULY 5, 2019, THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE IN MOTION IN CITY DRIVING. I IMMEDIATELY ATTEMPTED TO RE-START THE CAR: IT DID NOT RESTART, NO CRANKING OF THE STARTER. I THEN PUSHED THE HAZARD LIGHT BUTTON: NO RESPONSE. THERE WAS NO ELECTRIC POWER, I.E., NO LIGHTS, NO RADIO, NO A/C, NO STEERING, ETC. AFTER 2 MINUTES, I RE-ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE CAR, BUT IT DID NOT START, NO CRANKING. THE HAZARD LIGHT BUTTON THEN WORKED. ELECTRICITY CAME BACK ON. AAA CAME AND JUMPED THE BATTERY, BUT CAR NO START. CAR WENT TO HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. SERVICE MANAGER, THE ENGINE SEIZED BECAUSE OF MAJOR BREAKDOWN. "WE COULD NOT TURN THE ENGINE MANUALLY." HE STATED: "WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE IN OTHER HYUNDAI, BUT YOUR VEHICLE WAS NOT IN RECALL." PLEASE URGENTLY INVESTIGATE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OR HIGH SPEED CITY DRIVING, THE SEIZED CAR COULD HAVE FLIPPED, ENDANGERING MYSELF, PASSENGERS AND OTHER NEARBY VEHICLES AND PEOPLE.

TAKATS RECALL THE HOOD AND ROOF OF THE WHITE PAINT IS CHIPPING AND CAUSING THE CAR TO RUST.

I'VE HAD MY HYUNDAI SINCE 2015, IT HAD 8,000 MILES WHEN WE PURCHASED IT. THE VEHICLE WAS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED. IT'S BEEN GREAT, WE'VE KEPT UP REGULAR MAINTENANCE. IT WAS REPAIRED FOR A RECALL LAST YEAR THAT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO SEIZE (THIS WAS BEFORE WE'D HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT). FAST FORWARD TO MID MAY, I'M DRIVING TO WORK AND IT SUDDENLY SLOWS DOWN AND BECOMES DISABLED. I PULL OFF INTO A PARKING LOT, HAVE IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP (KERRY HYUNDAI, FLORENCE KY). THEY GIVE ME A LONER VEHICLE AND TELL ME THE REPAIR HAS TO DO WITH THE RECALL AGAIN, A PART IS ORDERED AND 6 DAYS LATER I HAVE MY CAR BACK. THIS PAST WEEKEND MY FAMILY AND I WERE HEADED 6 HOURS AWAY FOR A LITTLE VACATION. WE'RE CLOSE TO OUR DESTINATION AND THE CAR BECOMES DISABLED AGAIN ON A VERY BUSY INTERSTATE IN A POOR WEATHER. THANKFULLY I COULD TELL THE WARNING SIGNS QUICKLY ENOUGH TO TRY TO SAFELY GET TO THE SHOULDER. WE GET A TOW FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH AND IT GOES TO THE NEAREST DEALER IN O'FALLON, IL. IT WAS A BIG ORDEAL BUT WE GOT A RENTAL CAR AND GOT OUR SANTA FE BACK WITHIN TWO DAYS. I AM TOLD THIS IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN AGAIN!! IN WHICH CASE MY ENGINE WILL NEED REPLACED. THEY SAY IT WILL BE FREE OF COST TO ME WHEN THE DAY COMES. I GUESS TIME WILL TELL. SO DISAPPOINTED AS WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE HYUNDAI'S AND STILL DO.

WHEN TAKING OFF WITH THE VEHICLE IT WILL DIE AND ALMOST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN THE ENGINE PICKS BACK UP AND CONTINUES ON DOWN THE ROAD DOES THIS EVERY TIME YOU START AND STOP. WILL NOT GET ON 200 RPMS OR 60 MPH. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME ISSUE. FIRST TIME THEY KEPT MY CAR TWO MONTHS SAID IT WAS A WIRING ISSUE. 2000 MILES LATER DOES THE SAME EXACT THING ALMOST CAUSING ME TO GET IN A WRECK BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. CAR CURRENTLY BACK IN THE SHOP BEEN THERE NOW A WEEK HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM THEM.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE DEALER SUPPOSEDLY FIXED TWO RECALLS WITH THE ENGINE ON MY 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT BASE. SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT ANY AUDIBLE WARNING, MY ECM LIGHT CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE STARTING LUNGING AND LURCHING FORWARD LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL. I PULLED OVER AND READ THE MANUAL, AND IT NOTED THAT IT WAS THE ECM SENSOR AND THAT I SHOULD IMMEDIATELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, SO I DID. DRIVING THERE, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN A SPEED OF 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, WHICH PUT ME AND MY 8 -YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IN DANGER FROM FASTER-DRIVING CARS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT WAS A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR. ANY TIME I STOPPED OR SLOWED DOWN, THE ENGINE WOULD SHUTTER LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL AND THEN WOULD GET BETTER JUST PAST 10-20 MPH UNTIL I APPROACHED 60 AGAIN, WHERE IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AGAIN. WHEN I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY IMMEDIATELY KNEW THE PROBLEM AND ORDERED A KNOCK SENSOR HARNESS. HOWEVER, IN READING THE VARIETY OF LAWSUITS, ISSUES, AND SERVICE CAMPAIGNS, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH HYUNDAI IS KNOWINGLY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING CARS THEY KNOW ARE DEFECTIVE, THUS PUTTING US AND OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN JEOPARDY. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND HAVE ALL OF THE ENGINES AND RELATED PARTS REPLACED, OR THEY NEED TO BUY THE VEHICLES BACK AT ORIGINAL MSRP SO WE CAN PURCHASE A FUNCTIONAL, SAFER VEHICLE.

SMELL MIXTURE OF GAS AND OIL AFTER I START THE ENGINE AND RUN FOR A WHILE AND RUN LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE AND THERE IS NO POWER AT ALL , THERE IS SMOKE CAME FROM THE DIP STICK AFTER I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE