2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPENING THE HATCH DOOR, THE REAR GLASS WINDOW SEPARATED FROM THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

ENGINE ON OUR 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON TURNED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. MANAGED TO TURN/ROLL OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT POWER OR POWER STEERING. HAD TO RESTART CAR SEVERAL TIMES AS IT WOULD STALL OUT ON ACCELERATION OR WHEN SLOWING TO TURN. PAID DEALERSHIP $209 TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS A MONTH LATER AND IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE EACH DAY. DEALERSHIP DID OIL CHANGE, VEHICLE INSPECTION AND REPLACED "P0444 EVAP PURGE CONTROL VALVE CONNECTOR." CLEARLY THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM AS THIS SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD PERSISTS. HYUNDAI HAS NO ANSWERS AND SEVERAL OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WE'VE READ HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE NHTSA. SOMETHING HAS GOT TO BE DONE. *TR

TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHEN YOU PUT INTO GEAR AND CAR WON'T MOVE. YOU STOP AT A LIGHT AND EVEN THOUGH CAR IS IN GEAR IT WON'T MOVE. FLIP IT BACK AND FORTH ON AUTO GEAR SHIFT SOMETIMES IT MOVES. OTHER TIMES IT CHANGES GEARS OR SLIPS OUT. *TR

ALL FOUR YOKOHAMA AVID TOURING S P215/65/16 TIRES HAVE EXTREME TREAD/MOLD SEPARATION AT 40,000 MILES MAKING THEM UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON. *TR

WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO A HIGH RATE. I TRIED TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL BUT PUT IT INTO REVERSE INSTEAD, THE HIGH RATE OF REVS CONTINUED, FINALLY GOT IT INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGINE WENT BACK TO NORMAL IDLE SPEED. WHEN LIGHT CHANGED PUT TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE AND PROCEEDED HOME (A FEW BLOCKS) WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 13 MONTHS AGO WHEREBY THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE IDLE SPEED CONTROL AND THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. ALSO THEY DID A THROTTLE BODY AND FUEL INJECTION SERVICE AT THAT TIME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL OF THE WARNINGS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED ONCE PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY ENGINE STALLS WITH NO WARNING CAR LOSES ALL POWER. MAY OR MAY NOT START AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES. WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC CARS STARTED RIGHT UP. NO ERROR CODES CAME UP THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES WITH THE SAME RESULTS AT DIFFERENT AUTO SHOPS. I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS. DOING SOME INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE IT COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

MY DAUGHTER REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEATBELTS DID NOT LOCK. SHE HIT HER HEAD AND CHEST ON THE STEERING WHEEL. SHE NOW HAS SEVERE WHIPLASH AND BRUISING. *TR

THE HEADLIGHT LENSES HAVE NOT JUST OXIDIZED AS IS COMMON WITH VEHICLES THAT HAVE PLASTIC LENSES. THE MATERIAL ACTUALLY HAS HAIRLINE CRACKS RUNNING THROUGHOUT. THAT DEFECT, COUPLED WITH THE OXIDATION THAT NO AMOUNT OF POLISHING HAS BEEN ABLE TO REMEDY MAKES THE BRIGHTNESS OF EVEN THE BEST REPLACEMENT BULBS LESS SAFE FOR NIGHTTIME OPERATION. THE DEALER AND HYUNDAI USA BOTH REFUSED TO OFFER A REMEDY. *JS

STEERING WHEEL MATERIAL IS DISINTEGRATING. THE MATERIAL IS A RUBBERY COATING AND FIRST BEGAN CRACKING AND PROCEEDED TO COME OFF IN LARGER CHUNKS EXPOSING THE INNER STEEL FRAME. DEALER AND HYUNDAI REFUSED TO OFFER RESOLUTION. *JS