2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT Complaints

DEALER OIL CHANGE WAS DONE, THE NEXT DAY ALL OF THE OIL LEAKED OUT OF MY CAR. HAD A SECOND OIL CHANGE. FOLLOWING WEEK ENGINE SEIZED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND HAS NOW SAT THERE FOR 2 MONTHS. BEING TOLD IT IS PART OF A RECALL.

NOTICED A VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, STOPPED AT A LES SCHWAB AND THE TIRE BELTS ON TWO OF THE FOUR TIRES HAD SEPARATED. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE COULDN'T LEAVE WITHOUT REPLACING ALL FOUR TIRES.

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN ACCELERATING TO GO ON INTERSTATE, IT JUST HAD NEW SOFTWARE PUT IN.I WENT TO THE DEALER RIGHT AWAY. THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT WORK ON IT TILL THE NEXT DAY. I CALLED HYUNDIA AND THEY KNOW ABOUT IT. IDO NOT THINK THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE ON THE STREET. THEY SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE CONNECTING ROD, NOT SOFTWARE.

CAR WAS IN PARK AT TAKE OUT WINDOW, WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD WITHOUT MY PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR WAS HARD TO CONTROL. I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OVER AND STOP, WHEN I DID THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I SHUT IT OFF, WAITED A FEW MINUTES, STARTED IT UP, DROVE AROUND THE PARKING LOT SLOWLY AND IT SEEMED TO BE BACK TO NORMAL. THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON FOR 2 DAYS WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY YARD, NOT USING IT. I DROVE IT TO MY AUTOMOTIVE SHOP TO BE LOOKED AT AND WHILE DRIVING THERE, THE LIGHT WENT OUT. THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC ON IT AND FOUND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL POSITION SENSOR WAS OUT AND SUGGESTED THE WHOLE PEDAL ASSEMBLY BE REPLACED. THEY SAID IT WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. I HAD IT TOWED TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AS IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG AND TRIED TO RETURN THE CAR TO ME WITHOUT FIXING IT. I HAVE REFUSED TO PICK IT UP UNTIL IT IS FIXED TO PREVENT A FUTURE ACCIDENT OR INJURING SOMEONE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. THE CAR WAS DROPPED OFF ON 2/25/19 AND THEY STILL HAVE IT TODAY ON 3/6/19, WITH NO COMMUNICATION FROM THEM SINCE 3/1/19 WHEN THEY TOLD ME TO COME AND GET IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION WAS FAULTY AND WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE CONTACT ALMOST CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN BECAUSE THE BLIND SPOT DETECTION SENSOR DID NOT SOUND WHEN CHANGING LANES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FITZGERALD GAITHERSBURG HYUNDAI (905 N FREDERICK AVE, GAITHERSBURG, MD 20879, (301) 670-4800) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIO NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE SENSOR WAS LOCATED IN THE RADIO. THE DEALER MADE MINOR REPAIRS, BUT DID NOT REPAIR THE SENSOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WAS WORKING WITH THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,670.

'TAKATA REACALL' AUTOMATIC ENGINE GEAR DOEN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. I TOOK IT TO A HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICULE NEED A NEW ENGINE.

ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER PARKING MY VEHICLE AT AN OFFICE LOCATION, IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I COULD SEE THE FIRE BY THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL, BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE BODY; SMOKE WAS COMING FROM ALL AROUND THE HOOD. WE PUT OUT THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. WE COULD SEE DAMAGED WIRES. I HAD NOTICED WARNING LIGHTS ON MY DISPLAY PANEL WHEN I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE TO START DRIVING. I CALLED CLAY COOLEY HYUNDAI OF ROCKWALL AND INFORMED THEM OF THE MESSAGES: BEEPING FOLLOWED BY FLASHING MESSAGES ABOUT ABS, ESC, & DOWNHILL BRAKE CONTROL; PLUS DOWN BELOW WERE TWO RED CIRCLES (EXCLAMATION MARK IN ONE AND THE LETTER P IN THE OTHER) AND THE WORD BRAKE BELOW. I ASKED HYUNDAI IF THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AND THEY SAID YES. I PROCEEDED TO MY 12 NOON APPOINTMENT IN RICHARDSON, TX. ABOUT 20 MINS AFTER PARKING THE CAR, THE FIRE WAS NOTICED BY AN EMPLOYEE. THE DAY BEFORE THIS, ON TUE, 01-29-2019, I HAD NOTICED 3 AMBER WARNING LIGHTS (ABS, ESC & DBC). I CALLED HYUNDAI, INFORMED THEM OF THIS AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THUR JAN 31, 2019 AT 9:30 A.M.

THE CAR STRAINS TO MOVE AT SPEEDS AS LOW AS 25MPH. I ALREADY HAD MY ENGINE REPLACED, BUT THE SAME THING IS BEGINNING AGAIN. AT TIME IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL SHUT OFF WHEN MOVING FROM BEING STATIONARY. THE CAR IS ALSO GUZZLING OIL. IF I DON'T PUT OIL IN EVERY COUPLE WEEKS, IT SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE IT WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. CARS BEHIND ME SOMETIMES GET MAD, BUT WHAT CAN I DO?

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, I NOTICED A RATTLING/KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, UNDER THE HOOD. THE NOISE KEPT GETTING LOUDER, SPECIFICALLY AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. I NOTICED THAT THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE, WITH NO INCREASE IN SPEED & EVEN A DECREASE IN SPEED. DURING THIS TIME THE CAR WAS USING CRUISE CONTROL AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. AS I NOTICED THE KNOCKING NOISE GETTING LOUDER, I TAPPED THE BRAKES & THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DRAMATICALLY DECREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. I TRIED TO SPEED THE VEHICLE UP & THE RPMS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, WHILE THE VEHICLE SPEED DID NOT. I THEN PUT MY FLASHERS ON TO SIGNAL THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE & THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ALONG WITH OTHER SERVICE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE'S STEERING CAPACITY WAS TIGHT & THE RIDE BECAME EXTREMELY BUMPY AS THE SPEED DECREASED. AFTER ABRUPTLY STOPPING ON THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. I COULD SMELL THIS IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE & THE NOTICED THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD OF THE CAR. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF, BUT THEN BEGAN TO TRY & TURN ON, WITH THE LIGHTS STARTING & THE START UP MUSICAL SOUND PLAYING. IT WOULD TURN ON & OFF 3 - 4 TIMES, SO I THEN REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE VEHICLE, STEPPED OUT & BACKED AWAY. THE SMOKE, THANKFULLY, SEEMED TO DISSIPATE AFTER 20 MINUTES. FIRE & POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE & DID NOT FIND ANY FIRE, BUT DID SMELL THE BURNING SMELL I NOTICED IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE NEVER COULD GET THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE TO CRANK AGAIN & ENDED UP HAVING IT TOWED BACK TO OUR LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP.

TAMARA RECALL I HAVE A 2014 HYUNDAI SANTE FE SPORT, THE PAINT HAS STARTED TO CHIP ON THE FRONT PART OF THE HOOD.