2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON Complaints

I RECENTLY REACHED 115000 MILES ON MY TUCSON. IT STARTED 2 WEEKS AGO, THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR HIGHER OUTPUT THAN IT SHOULD. IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO START SINCE IT WOULDN'T HOLD A CHARGE. ONCE REPLACED, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN NOT LONG AFTER SO I TOOK IT INTO A SHOP. THEY FOUND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE TWO OF THE CAM SHAFT SENSORS. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, DRIVINGMY HUSBAND AND KIDS, THE RMP GAUGE WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ONCE STOPPED AND RESTARTED, THE RPM GAUGE RE-ENGAGED AND DRIVE FINE. NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DRIVING HOME TODAY, 66 MILES AWAY FROM HOME ON INTERSTATE 78 IN NEW JERSEY, THE RMP GAUGE WENT OUT AGAIN. I PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER, PUT ON MY FLASHERS AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. I WAITED ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ENGAGED. I WAS A FEW MILES FROM MY EXIT, AND THE RMP GAUGE AGAIN WENT OUT, AT THIS POINT, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AND THERE WERE TRACTOR TRAILERS ALL AROUND ME. WHILE REVIEWING OTHER HYUNDAI ISSUES, I SEE OTHER MODELS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES, YET NO RECALL FOR THE TUCSON. I AM NOW NOT ONLY FEARFUL OF DRIVING IT, ENGINE LIGHT OR NOT, BUT DO NOT HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION TO WORK.

MY 2011 HYUNDAI THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY LATCHED ON THE WINDOW SIDE POST MOUNT. 2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON VIN NO: [XXX]## VIN FAILED ## 2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON VIN NO: [XXX] ## INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. GLASS SPRAYED ALL OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR AND WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO EMBED INTO THE CENTER CONSOLE. I DID NOT SEE ANY OBJECTS OR OTHER ROAD DEBRIS THAT COULD HAVE FLOWN UP AND HIT ME, JUST THE POP AND RAIN OF GLASS SHARDS. I HAVE MINOR ABRASIONS ON MY HEAD AND FACE FROM THE GLASS AS A RESULT OF THE SUNROOF SHATTERING. *TR

I WAS HEADING SOUTHEAST (INBOUND) ON HIGHWAY 290. IT WAS CLEAR, ROADS WERE DRY, AND NO DEBRIS IN THE ROAD. I HAD MY 16-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME. I WAS DRIVING AND SHE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I WAS IN THE FAR LEFT (PASSING) LANE. OUT OF NOWHERE, MY SUNROOF SHATTERED AND FLEW OFF MY CAR. IT SHATTERED MOSTLY INTO A THOUSAND PIECES, BUT THE PERSON DRIVING BEHIND ME INDICATED THAT A HUGE PIECE FLEW OFF AND HIT HIS WINDSHIELD CAUSING IT TO CRACK IN MULTIPLE PLACES. MY SUNROOF HAD BEEN CLOSED. MY INTERIOR SHADE WAS ALSO CLOSED. THERE WAS NO REASON THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. *TR

I NO LONGER OWN THIS UNSAFE CAR. I AM SHORT, AND THUS SIT LOWER AND ADJUST THE DRIVER SEAT FORWARD TO REACH PEDALS. (TALL FRIENDS SIT FARTHER BACK/HIGHER, AND DON'T SEEM TO HAVE PROBLEMS.). THIS CAR HAS SERIOUS SIDE BLIND SPOTS CAUSED BY THE DECREASING SIZE OF THE WINDOWS AND THE VERY THICK SIDE COLUMNS FOR THE AIR BAGS. THE DRIVER'S SIDE COLUMN ENDED UP RIGHT BESIDE MY FACE, AND COMBINED WITH THE SEAT BACK/HEAD RESTS, BLOCKED MY VIEW. NEITHER SIDE MIRRORS NOR THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR COVER THIS BLIND AREA - AND IT CAN'T BE SEEN WHEN CRANING ONE'S NECK TO AROUND... I WAS ON THE I-5 FREEWAY NEAR PORTLAND, OR AND WANTED TO CHANGE ONE LANE TO THE LEFT... I SIGNALED, CHECKED BOTH SIDE MIRRORS, THE CENTER REAR-VIEW MIRROR, AND CRANED MY HEAD AROUND TO LOOK, AND THEN STARTED MOVING OVER... I HEARD A BEEP!, AND SWERVED BACK TO MY ORIGINAL LANE, ONLY THEN SEEING A MOTORCYCLE WHICH HAD BEEN IN MY BLIND SPOT...MY BROTHER WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT 7 YEARS AGO, AND THIS INCIDENT TERRIFIED ME SO THAT I HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE I WAS CRYING AND SHAKING! IT HAD BEEN SO CLOSE, AND I DECIDED RIGHT THEN I HAD TO GET RID OF THE CAR...THERE ARE ALSO VISIBILITY PROBLEMS WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN ACROSS A LARGE INTERSECTION (MORE GRADUAL/SLIGHTER CURVE..). TURNING LEFT, THE AIRBAG COLUMN IN THE LEFT CORNER BETWEEN WINDSHIELD & LEFT WINDOW ENDED UP IN THE CENTER OF MY VISION. I COULDN'T SEE WHERE I WAS HEADING, AND JUST SORT OF "JUDGED" MY DESTINATION LANE BY MEMORY AND/OR CARS BESIDE ME IN THE NEXT LANE TURNING...SCARY! I HAVE A SHORT FRIEND WITH THE IDENTICAL CAR (1 YR NEWER), AND THE SAME TROUBLE WITH BLIND SPOTS AND BLOCKED VISIBILITY WHEN SLIGHTLY TURNING LEFT. THESE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES (AND LOOKING FOR A NEW CAR, THIS CAR WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS BODY STYLE.) I BOUGHT A 2014 SUBURU FORESTER, LARGER WINDOWS/MUCH NARROWER COLUMNS, VASTLY IMPROVED VISIBILITY AND NO BLOCKED VIEW. *TR

BOTH THE DOWNHILL BRAKE LIGHT AND STABILITY TRACK CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. MY CAR WOULDN'T GET OUT OF PARK, OR WHEN I GOT IT IN DRIVE, IT WOULDN'T GO BACK INTO PARK. TAKING IT TO THE SHOP TODAY, NOTICED IT MIGHT BE FROM A BRAKE SWITCH. *TR

THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHEN I WENT TO START IT UP. IT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT IN 20 DEGREE WEATHER AND JUST CLICKED WHEN I WENT TO START IT. I HAD TO CALL HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO COME AND JUMP THE CAR. THEY DID AND IT TOOK THEM A COUPLE OF TRIES AND THEY HAD TO USE THEIR VEHICLE, NOT THE PORTABLE STARTER. THEY SAID THAT THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THAT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO LIGHTS LEFT ON. I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY AND SAID IT WAS IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON FEBRUARY 3, 2013 AND I HAD TO DO THE SAME THING. I HAD THE DEALERSHIP CHECK THE BATTERY AND IT WAS FINE. ON MARCH 15, 2013, THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE BATTERY AND IT REGISTERED A STRONG CHARGE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE OVERNIGHT TO DUPLICATE THE CONDITIONS OF THE CAR NOT STARTING UP, BUT WERE NOT WILLING TO LET ME USE A FREE LOANER. AS THE TEMPERATURE WARMED UP, IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE. HOWEVER, TODAY I WENT TO START MY CAR AND LEAVE FOR WORK, THE VEHICLE DID NOT START UP. IT JUST CLICKED, THE RADIO WORKED, LIGHTS WORKED, BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP LATER TODAY AND THEY WILL LET ME USE A LOANER FOR FREE. I HOPE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE AND FIX THE PROBLEM AS I NEED MY VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 HYUNDAI TUCSON MANUAL STICK SHIFT ON THE FREEWAY IN 5TH GEAR, THE CLUTCH CAME APART. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE TECH, THE CLUTCH HAD NO SIGNIFICANT OWNER WEAR AND TEAR. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE CLUTCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT IT FELL APART WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE A PIECE FELL OUT, WHICH, ACCORDING TO HIM, SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. PICTURES OF DEFECTIVE CLUTCH AVAILABLE. *FOUR MONTHS PRIOR, THE CLUTCH SENSOR WENT OUT AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A FAULTY SENSOR, AGAIN DUE TO PRODUCT DEFECT. *TR

THE DOWNHILL BRAKE CONTROL (DBC) INDICATOR AND THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) LIGHTS COME ON WHILE CAR IS IN OPERATION FOR NO APPARENT REASON - DRIVING NORMAL SPEED - ABOUT 45 MPH, IN NORMAL DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. WHEN I GO TO STOP THE CAR, THE SHIFT LEVER GETS STUCK AND CANNOT PUT IN PARK. IT TAKES A FEW TRIES AT JIGGLING THE SHIFT LEVER AND JIGGLING KEY IN IGNITION TO GET IT TO GO INTO PARK. AFTER SHUTTING OFF ENGINE, RESTART IS NORMAL WITH THE DBC AND ESC LIGHTS NO LONGER ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 10 TIMES SINCE ORIGINAL TIME I NOTICED IT A FEW MONTHS AGO. DUE TO DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND OTHER ISSUES, HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TAKE IT INTO TO DEALER SINCE THE FIRST OCCURRENCE I NOTICED IN MARCH. I'M TAKING IT IN TOMORROW AND WILL ADVISE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 45 MPH, I NOTICED THAT THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT WAS ON AND THE DOWNHILL BRAKE CONTROL INDICATOR (RED) WAS ON. I RETURNED HOME, SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE, RESTARTED IT, AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY. UPON RETURNING HOME THE NEXT DAY FROM A TRIP, WHILE PARKING THE CAR, BOTH INDICATORS CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. I LEFT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL, AND SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN. I THEN TURNED THE KEY ON, PUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL (TO THE FLOOR) FOR 3 SECONDS, TURNED THE KEY ON, AND THE PROBLEM WAS GONE....FOR NOW. *TR