Hyundai Santa Fe

"Cracked winshield washer pump that had to be replaced"

"Forced to use steering lock to prevent carjacking."

"Although Hyundai offers a 100K warranty, it does not cover a 2nd owner. This issue started with an engine code that they could not clear and resulted in a $7000 repair (mostly due to the time to take the engine apart and put it back together) to replace cams inside the engine block. It took almost 4 weeks just to get an appointment to look at the vehicle before it's diagnosis. The vehicle was out of commission for 2 weeks while they worked on it and there is no warranty on the work performed, even though it's a Hyundai dealership. Finally, as the technician took the car for a test drive, the vehicle was rear-ended and so it took another week to get the rear bumper replaced and all the sensors recalibrated. It was by far the worst customer-service experience I have ever had to deal with and it followed a $2000 transmission repair that occurred just under 2 years ago - also not covered because the vehicle was a re-sale. The moral of the story - don't expect an OEM to stand behind their product if they don't have to. Hyundai certainly didn't. It's a shame because the vehicle itself is actually quite reasonable and useful when it works."

"Vehicle had around 95K miles on it, check engine light pointed to timing belt issue. Vehicle was in the Hyundai delership for 2 weeks, repair was covered under 100K warranty. Same check engine light failure (same issue) about 1 year after initial repair."

"Tranny kept slipping going into 2nd gear. I would be starting to drive the car would rev, go thunk, then jerk into gear. Took it to local Hyundai dealer and was told tranny was shot. Dealer replaced it with factory rebuilt transmission under warranty. I had to pay $900.00 of the cost out of pocket because I was the second owner of the vehicle. Downside was that I was without this car for about a month. I had to share my wifes sedan during that time."

"We would get a Koren message on the screen that would freeze the system up on the screen, and the ack up camera would not work then."

"Excessive oil consumption started at 90K miles. Probably around 1 quart per 250 miles."