2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON Complaints

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING PLACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER. AS I WAS TURNING INTO THE PARKING PLACE I VERY LIGHTLY TAPPED THE ACCELERATOR AND THE ENGINE REVED UP AND I APPLIED THE BRAKE ONLY TO HAVE THE CAR CONTINUE FORWARD AND GO UP THE CEMENT CURB. I THEN PUSHED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD AND ONLY THEN DID THE CAR STOP. IF THE CEMENT BLOCK HAD NOT BEEN THERE, I WOULD HAVE HIT THE CAR PARKED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. THE FRONT TIRES HAD GONE ABOUT TWO FEET UP ON THE CEMENT BLOCK. THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS ONCE AGAIN PARKING. THIS TIME I WAS PARKING PARALLEL TO THE CURB. I PULLED INTO AND IN FRONT OF THE SPACE I WAS GOING TO PARK IN. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO BACK UP SLOWLY WITH MY FOOT OVER THE BRAKE PEDAL. SUDDENLY, THE ENGINE REVED UP AND THE CAR LURCHED BACKWARD. THIS TIME I APPLIED THE BRAKE VERY HARD AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP MY CAR BEFORE I HIT CAR IN BACK OF ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S SUBFRAME AND SUSPENSION WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE OIL PAN, FUEL TANK, FUEL TANK CLAMPS, REAR CHASSIS CRADLE, AND FRONT END SUSPENSION (INCLUDING THE STRUTS, SWAY BARS, SWAY BAR CLAMP, SWAY BUSHINGS) WERE REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. GARBER HYUNDAI (5450 BAY RD, SAGINAW, MI) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCED FRONT END VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON. AFTER THE CONTACT RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE ALTERNATOR AND SERPENTINE BELT WERE REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PLANT THAT BUILT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,000.

2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO STOP LAMP SWITCH ASSEMBLY. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE STOP LAMP RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A FAILURE. *JS

ON MY 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON GLS (94.5K MILES, SINGLE OWNER, GARAGE KEPT AND REGULARLY CAR WASHED), LOWER LEFT CONTROL ARM WAS SO RUSTED (HOLES) TO A POINT THAT IT CAN BE BENT WITH LITTLE PRESSURE WHEN PUSHED AGAINST HARDWARE SURFACE. MY YOUNG ADULT SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND IT STARTED PULLING TO SIDE ON LOCAL STATE HIGHWAY. VERY VERY DANGEROUS!! THANK GOD MY KIDS WERE NOT IN A MAJOR CRASH DUE TO THIS. THE LOWER RIGHT CONTROL WAS RUSTED AS WELL TO A POINT IT MAY NEED A REPLACEMENT IN NEXT YEAR OR TWO. REPLACED BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS AT MY EXPENSE AS I FIGURED HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER THIS. THERE IS JUST SO MUCH AMOUNT OF RUST UNDER THIS CAR THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. IN APRIL 2018, LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER VOLUNTARILY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK BANDS (TSB#18-01-015) UNDER A RECALL #952 (NO RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED FROM HYUNDAI) WHEN I WENT FOR AN OIL CHANGE, HOWEVER THEY MADE NO MENTION ABOUT RUSTED LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND OTHER RUST. I FEEL THAT HYUNDAI AND IT'S DEALERS ARE AWARE OF SEVER RUSTING ON 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON, BUT KEEPING THEIR CUSTOMERS IN DARK AND RISKING THEIR CUSTOMERS LIVES!! BTW, I OWN 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY EX-L WITH 130K MILES HAS SOLID CONTROL ARMS WITH MINIMAL TO NO RUST. I THINK HYUNDAI MAY HAVE USE A LOWER QUALITY AND LOW COST MATERIAL!!

MY AXLE NUTS ARE SERIOUSLY CORRODED, TO THE POINT THEY NO LONGER LOOK LIKE NUTS. I'M VERY CONCERNED THE AXLES MAY SEPARATE FROM THE WHEELS.

3 OUTSIDE AND 3 INSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF. MOTOR FOR ELECTRONIC WINDOWS [DRIVER, FRONT PASSENGER AND REAR PASSENGER] ALL QUIT WORKING WITHIN A WEEK OF EACH OTHER. AND NO, IT WASN'T FUSES. HEADLIGHT HOUSING, PASSENGER SIDE IS BREAKING INSIDE THE HOUSING.

I HAVE A HYUNDAI THAT HAS A SEVERE SUBFRAME RUST. THE DEALER STATES IT WILL ONLY REPLACE THE PART AND NOTHING MORE. THE SUBFRAME IS SO RUSTED THAT THE PART CANNOT BE ATTACHED. THEY NEED TO REPLACE MORE THAN THE PART ON RECAP TO FIX IT. THEY HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 3.5 WEEKS OF NOTHING BUT THE RUNAROUND. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO GET THIS SERIOUS SAFTEY ISSUE FIXED. THERE WILL BE A CRASH IF THEY DON'T FIX IT

THERE ARE MULTIPLE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE, BUT WHEN I RESEARCHED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. IT CLAIMED 0 RECALLS... I'M CONFUSED!!!!! WHEN I RESEARCHED ON ANOTHER SITE IT GAVE ME 4 DIFFERENT RECALLS. AND THIS VEHICLE IS DISPLAYING PROBLEMS THAT DESCRIBES AT LEAST 2 OF THESE RECALLS. BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING. AND ALSO SLIGHT PULL WHEN ACCELERATING. RECALL NUMBERS 05V119000 AND 09V122000. I WAS IN MOTION WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER PULLED ON SIDE OF ME AND INFORMED ME THAT MY BRAKES LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE "FISHTAILED" AND ALMOST CRASHED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER WAS SEVERELY CORRODED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000.