2013 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT Complaints

ABS SENSORS GOING BAD ON THESE MODELS. HAPPEND TODAY WHEN I WAS JUST SITTING WITH SUV RUNNING. GOT A C1209 BAD RIGHT REAR SENSOR, READ UP ON IT AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES WITH THIS. SOME STATED THEY GOT RECALLS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE AND OTHERS DIDN'T.

WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH THE CAR IS UNSTABLE. IT CONSISTENTLY SWERVES TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT FORCING THE DRIVER TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST THE STEERING. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT MODE THE STEERING IS IN. IT DOES IT IN ALL THREE MODES. IT FEELS UNSAFE AND UNSETTLING.

ENGINE WEARS AND SEIZES (17V226000); ENGINE SEIZED GOING ALMOST OVER 85 MPH ON THE I 75 IN ATLANTA.

I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON A FREEWAY TO PICK UP MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. MY CAR ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED/STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65MPH. AS SOON AS I TRIED TO GET INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE, I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I GRABBED MY PURSE WHICH WAS ON THE PASSENGER SEAT NEXT TO ME, AND I EXITED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY . AS SOON AS I EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND FRONT OF MY CAR WAS IN FLAMES. THE FIREMAN ARRIVED ON THE SCENE WITHIN 5-10 MINUTES, BUT BY THE TIME THEY HAD GOTTEN THE FIRE OUT, MY ENTIRE CAR WAS TOTALED. I HAD A RECALL ON MY CAR FOR POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING A YEAR AGO, I TOOK MY CAR INTO SACRAMENTO HYUNDAI WHERE THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD FIXED IT, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE OTHER RECALLS ON MY VEHICLE THAT I WAS UNAWARE OF. NOW, A YEAR LATER AFTER HYUNDAI SAID THEY FIXED MY RECALLS, MY CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING, BUT THIS TIME THE ENTIRE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE WITH IT, AND THE ENTIRE CAR IS TOTALED. IT WAS THE SCARIEST, MOST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER BEEN THROUGH. IF I DID NOT EXIT THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY, I MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT OUT SAFELY.

ON OCTOBER 7TH 2018 WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY MY HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT TURBO BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES IN THE ENGINE (NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON) THEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND FOUND SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I OPENED THE HOOD I FOUND THE WHOLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CAR COMPLETELY BURNED OUT WHILE AWAITING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS RANDOMLY WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING OR TURNING OFF WHILE AT A LIGHT OR GOING SLOW. I HAVE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND WHEN I DO IT'S LIKE IT CAN NOT ACCELERATE AND IT VIBRATES OR IS BUMPY. I FEEL AT DANGER NEVER KNOWING WHEN THIS CAN HAPPEN LUCKILY I HAVE NOT BEEN SMASHED INTO YET THANK GOD CONSIDERING I HAVE SMALL CHILDREN. I HAVE BROUGHT THIS CONCERN AND HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE LOOKED AT BY THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. I AM VERY UPSET WITH THE PROBLEM AND HYUNDAI NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT EXCEPT OFFERING ME A FREE APPRAISAL FOR A TURN IN:-( THIS IS HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE I WILL NEVER BUY A HYUNDAI AGAIN AND WILL ADVISE FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COWORKERS OF THIS PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING MYSELF AND MY 3 YEAR OLD SON ON THE FREEWAY HEADED TO DROP HIM OFF AT THE SITTER PRIOR TO GOING TO WORK I LET OFF MY GAS WHILE DRIVING A GOOD 65MPH AND MY CAR CONTINUED TO DRIVE WHILE MY FOOT WAS NOT ON THE PEDAL TO ACCELERATE NOT ONLY WAS MY CAR DRIVING ON ITS OWN AS IF IT WERE IN CRUSE CONTROL BUT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT AT THE SAME TIME THIS WAS OCCURRING. RIGHT AWAY I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION (I HAD A 2000 HYUNDAI ELANTRA WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES PREVIOUSLY) HOWEVER I THEN REMEMBERED THERE WAS A RECALL FROM LAST YEAR REGARDING THE ENGINE WHAT THEY CALLED ?ENGINE SEIZURES? IN WHICH HYUNDAI DID NOT HAVE A ?REMEDY? FOR AT THAT TIME (REFERENCE#: 10312381 DATED 6/9/17) WAS MY INITIAL CASE TO HYUNDAI SO I?VE NOW CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AGAIN THIS MORNING (REF# 11650656 10/3/2108) AND I?VE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH HYUNDAI SERVICE DEPARTMENT @ 8:45AM TRACY CA FOR 10/4/2018 FOR THEM TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A ?REMEDY? THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE LIVES. MY CAR HAS 56K MILES AND MY WARRANTY IS UP AT 60K MILES. I AM FEARFUL FOR OTHERS AS WELL AS PARENT AND CONCERNED FINANCIALLY FOR WHAT?S TO POSSIBLY COME IF I DON?T RECIEVE THE ADEQUATE ASSISTANCE. PLEASE HELP -[XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

2 WEEKS AGO MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME PASSING THRU A NEIGHBORING SUBDIVISION AT AROUND 25-30 MPH. AS SHE WAS TURNING SHE HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE FIRST THOUGHT IS WAS A TIRE BLOWN. AFTER INSPECTING SHE NOTICED FLUID COMING OUT REAR OF VEHICLE. SHE PROMPTLY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A FRIENDS HOUSE JUST UP THE ROAD WHOM IS A MECHANIC. AFTER INSPECTION HE SENT ME PICTURES OF THE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HOUSING AND IT WAS COMPLETELY CRACKED IN HALF. CAR WAS TAKEN FOR REPAIR WHERE WE FOUND OUT THAT THE 10/100K MY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY IS ONLY VALID FOR THE FIRST OWNER. THAT IS A LOAD OF CRAP AND A PATHETIC WAY FOR MANUFACTURERS TO GIVE THESE WARRANTIES OUT WITHOUT HAVING TO COVER THE FULL TERM, AS MOST PEOPLE TRADE EVERY 50-60K MILES, OR LESS. THE 10/100K WARRANTY WAS SOLD ON THE CAR BUT ENDED WITH A NEW OWNER AT 32K ON THE ODOMETER, NOW AT JUST OVER 60K MAJOR FAILURE. THIS SEEMS A LITTLE UNJUST TO ME. NOW LUCKILY WE DID HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR ( TOYOTA OF GREENVILLE, AWESOME PEOPLE) AND THEY UNLIKE HYUNDAI ARE DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KEEP US HAPPY AND ENSURE OUR VEHICLE GETS FIXED IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO IN SHORT, I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER HYUNDAI AGAIN AFTER THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO TAKE THIS GROSS AND POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC FAILURE WITH ANY CONCERN OR SERIOUNESS AND HIDE BEHIND SOME CLAUS THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT THEIR SPOKEN 10YR/100K WARRANTY IS WORTHLESS !!!!

ON JULY 26, 2018 VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND ENGINE BEGAN SMOKING AND EMITTING FLAMES. CAR WAS IN MOTION AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TUNNEL ON COLORADO INTERSTATE 70 WITH NO PULL OFF SPACE. CARS BEHIND REPORTED FLAMES FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. WE WERE ABLE TO EXIT WITHOUT BEING HARMED BUT INHALED HORRIBLE SMELLING FUMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO KEEP THE ENGINE FROM CONTINUING TO FLAME AND SMOKE. TOWED OFF INTERSTATE TO SAFE AREA WHERE THEY CONTINUED TO MONITOR VEHICLE FOR CONTINUING SMOKING AND FLAMING.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, TWO WEEKS AGO MY 2013 HYUNDAI SANTAFE SPORT TURBO (WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN 2013) EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE STALL AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEN EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FIRE THAT HAS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT BEFORE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE HAD BEEN CAUSED. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL AUTO SHOP AND THEY HAVE QUOTED THE DAMAGE IN EXCESS OF $2,000 AND INDICATED THAT THEY BELIEVED THE FIRE WAS DUE TO A SHORT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. UPON DOING SOME QUICK RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, IT SEEMS THAT MY EXPERIENCE IS NOT UNCOMMON. I SEE THAT AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION WAS OPENED IN JULY 2018, YET THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL YET. IF A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED, I WOULD NOT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS LOSS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT COURSE OF ACTION I SHOULD BE TAKING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.