2015 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT Complaints

I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SEPARATE PROBLEMS WITH MY HYUNDAI. 1)MY CAR LURCHES WHEN I STEP ON THE GAS IF I'VE HAD TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP. I WAS CROSSING RAILROAD TRACKS BEHIND SOMEONE WHO SLOWED WAY DOWN. THEY FINALLY GOT OVER THE TRACKS AND SPED BACK UP, I ALSO STEPPED ON THE GAS TO GO JUST AS THE RR CROSSING ARMS STARTED TO FLASH & COME DOWN, THERE WAS A TRAIN COMING. MY CAR HESITATED AND LURCHED WHICH GAVE ME A BIT OF A FRIGHT, SINCE THERE WAS A TRAIN COMING THREE BLOCKS AWAY. I MADE IT ACROSS THE TRACKS WITH TIME TO SPARE, BUT HAVE ALSO HAD THIS HAPPEN WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. WHEN YOU PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, TO HAVE YOUR CAR LURCH & PAUSE IS A BIT UNNERVING & MAKES ME LOOK LIKE A JERK DRIVER TO PULL OUT TO THEN ONLY PAUSE & GO. 2)THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. WE HAD GOTTEN 5 TO 6 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW. I TOOK MY LITTLE SWEEPER & SWEPT OFF ALL OF THE WINDSHIELD AROUND THE WIPERS, SIDE WINDOWS & BACK WINDOW. I GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND TURNED THE WIPERS ON TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD MORE CLEARLY, THIS KNOCKED SOME SNOW DOWN WHERE THE WIPER RESTS & THE WIPERS WOULDN'T MOVE. IT'S AS THOUGH THEY COULDN'T GO DOWN AND RESET THEMSELVES, SO THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK UP. I GOT OUT & CLEANED AROUND THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN. THERE WAS SOME SNOW ON TOP OF MY CAR WHEN I LEFT MY HOME THAT I WAS TOO SHORT TO REACH. STOPPING AT THE STOP LIGHT CAUSED SOME OF THE SNOW TO FALL FORWARD ON MY WINDSHIELD. I TURNED THE WIPERS ON AND THEY PUSHED MOST OF IT OFF, BUT WHEN THEY COULDN'T GO ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN THEY WERE UNABLE TO SWIPE AGAIN. THEY KEPT TRYING BUT THEY DIDN'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO RESET THEY WERE STUCK. SINCE THERE WAS STILL SNOW BLOCKING MY VISION, I GOT OUT AT STOPLIGHT & SWEPT SNOW OFF MY WINDSHIELD & BASE OF WIPERS. LIGHT WAS NOW GREEN SO I QUICKLY JUMPED IN TO GO, MY CAR LURCHED (SEE #1) & MORE SNOW FELL FORWARD. SAME SCENARIO, VISION BLOCKED.

PURCHASED A CPO CAR FROM DEALERSHIP. 32K MILES. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 150 MILES WHEN DRIVING UP A MAJOR HIGHWAY AT 60MPH, ENGINE STARTING SEVERE KNOCKING, IN LESS THEN 1/2 MILE, ENGINE FAILED. ELECTRICAL WORKED, PUT ON HAZARD LIGHTS. BRAKES WERE UNUSABLE. COASTED TO EMERGENCY LANE AND PUSHED INTO PARK. CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CAR ENGINE THREW A ROD. ENTIRE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS CAR WAS "CERTIFIED". CAR WAS RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE A FULL REFUND WAS OBTAINED. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE ENGINE SOUND.

2015 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT 2.0T 4CYL WJTH THE PREVIOUSLY RECALLED (2011-2014) ENGINE. THETA || GDI 2.0 WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY NORMAL ONE DAY NO WARNING LIGHTS OR MESSAGES WERE DISPLAYED BESIDES MY TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT . I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR ON FLAT PAVED ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING/ TICKING NOISE VERY LOUDLY , THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN CAME ON , I TURNED THE CAR AROUND TO HEAD BACK HOME WHICH I WAS ONLY 4 MILES AWAY , THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER TO THE ENGINE AS I KEPT DRIVING TO MAKE IT HOME , I MADE IT TO THE HILL I LIVE ON WHICH IS STEEP AND TRIED TO GO A LITTLE FASTER BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T GO OVER 20 MPH AT THIS POINT AND THE NOISE IS BECOMING LOUDER AND LOUDER . I MADE IT TO MY DRIVE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN . I TURNED THE KEY OFF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND THEN TRIED STARTING IT UP AGAIN , IT WOULDN'T. TURN OVER AND MADE A LOUD CLUNK . I DID TRY HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AS I WAS TOLD THE TROUBLE CODE IT WAS DISPLAYING WERE P0014 AND P0024 , MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THIS AS THE ENGINE TIMING SOLENOIDS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED AND THE CAMSHAFT TIMING BEING ADVANCED , I WENT AHEAD WITH THE NEW SOLENOIDS AND A COMPLETE OIL CHANGE DUE TO THERE BEING METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL AND ON THE SOLENOIDS . AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETE IT WAS TEST DRIVEN BY THE MECHANIC AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN ONCE AGAIN, THE BRAND NEW SOLENOIDS AND OIL ALL HAD BEEN CONTAMINATED WITH METAL SHAVINGS . I WAS THEN ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE AS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I NOW HAVE A CAR WITH AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE THAT DOESN'T RUN AND A VERY HIGH MECHANIC BILL AND NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. I WILL NOT BE PURCHASING A REPLACEMENT ENGINE OUT OF POCKET AS THIS IS A FAULTY ENGINE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DID NOT LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (POHANKA HYUNDAI, 1770 RITCHIE STATION CT, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD 20790, 301-899-0480), WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE TECHNICIAN FURTHER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,000.

WHILE DRIVING, ALL WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH CAME ON, AND THE GAS RANGE CONTINUOUSLY FLUCTUATED AS IF I WAS PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR, BUT IT WAS LEAKING SOMEWHERE. THE SPEEDOMETER ALSO STOPPED WORKING.THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE SEPTEMBER.

WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HYUNDAI STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL CAMPAIGN 17V-358. THE LETTER INCLUDED A LINK TO A WEBSITE TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT. WE SELECTED A DEALER FROM THE LINK AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT. THE DEALERS NAME IS ABC HYUNDAI IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE WEB SITE FRAUDULENTLY WOULD NOT ALLOW US TO MAKE THE SERVICE APPOINTMENT UNLESS WE ALSO PURCHASED MAINTENANCE SERVICES. *TR

THE ENGINE SEIZED WHILE IN MOTION AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF HYUNDAI. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS PART OF A CONSUMPTION TEST. I WAS ADVISED TO COME IN EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS 1 QUART OF OIL LOW AND AFTER 4 TIMES HYUNDAI WOULD PROVIDE A NEW ENGINE. AFTER THE ENGINE SEIZED HYUNDAI DENIED THE CLAIM.