Hyundai Santa Fe

"fuse blew on vacuum pump"

"ABS error codes were also caused by the defective computer cable and caused the vehicle to jerk back and forth when attempting to accelerate."

"First time was on trip to San Diego from Yuma. Long grades in both directions. Dont know if having cruise control on has anything to do with it but it might. Noticed it e/r West & got a lot worse on way back."

"the vinyl bubbled and also dented in the Texas heat. When asked about repairs the dealership and Hyundai refuse to replace all 4 panels. This was not caused by any person or object. This is a defect in Hyundai."

"same problem with the vinyl bubbling and denting with the Texas heat. Hyundai refuse to replace all 4 door panels. This is a defect in the material and not caused by person or outside influence."

"front bumper paint peeling"

"At 10,000 miles the AC went out while we were on a long distance road trip. We took it to the nearest dealership and they told us they couldnt look at the car. Got to our destination and took it to the nearest dealership. Left it with dealership for a few days and they fixed the AC. Of note, Hyundai would not cover this under the warranty because they said a rock must have hit my vehicle to cause a leak which caused AC to go out. I am not happy about it."

"This is what dealership said caused AC to go out. They said a rock in the road must have hit the front grill of the vehicle to cause the leak."

"Fuel injectors failed. Now failing again ,along with low amperage code."

"At approx. 5,800 miles the car was on the highway and began shaking uncontrollably and losing power. There was heavy rain, but no ponding on the highway. It almost seemed as if something electronic or inside the engine got wet because the car was sputtering terribly and we could not get it over 30-35 mph on the highway in extremely heavy traffic. The only way to keep the car moving at that speed was to keep force downshifting it with the paddle shifters for 20-25 miles. Brought to Hyundai and technician suspected fuel injector problem (they had an identical car to ours in the shop with the same exact problem). They kept the car for over a week, then returned it to us saying that they couldn't replicate the problem. In the past 16,000 miles we've had two instances where the engine has shook on the highway (not as bad as the first time) and there was a slight loss of power. We just drive it and ignore it because Hyundai tells us it is fine. If the engine blows it is under warranty, but we intend to trade the car in over the next few months and be done with it - and Hyundai - for good."

"Hyundai's push button gear selector is an accident waiting to happen. One example: I was in Drive, pulled into a driveway to turn around, came to a stop, hit "R" and the car chimed for the transition to reverse, the "R" lit up, and the backup camera came on, I hit the gas and was still in drive and moved forward. This has happened dozens of times and I've hit curbs parallel parking and almost hit cars in front of me in parking lots when I've hit the gas and traveled in an unexpected direction. I despise this car and gave it to my spouse and took back our old car to drive. He cannot believe how inaccurate the gear selector is either and is planning to trade the car in in the coming months. Hyundai says it "tests fine" and there is nothing wrong with it. Liars. This gear selector is dangerous and likely to wind up being deadly."

"Using paddle shifters in traffic, especially in turns, leads to over-reving. Their is no way to revert to automatic shifting until the manual override times out. During long highway trip, experienced Misfiring/mistimed cylinder caused shifting problems in heavy traffic. Having to slow down then trying to speed up again would have the tachometer fluctuating then RPMs would stall low 1000-1500 then spike over 3000. Vehicle was taken to dealership shop. Temporary code was identified and cleared. Have not had had opportunity to take out on another long drive but fault appears to have been cleared."

"The transmission was replaced in February 2024."

"I purchased the car 8/1/22. On 7/11/24, the transmission stopped working. On 8/9, I received my car with the replaced transmission and transmission computer. On 8/10, I received a different error notification about the transmission. Today, 8/15, I tried to drive to the dealership for repair, and the car stopped shifting correctly. It was towed to the dealership."

"HVAC mode door actuator failure"

"The main computer cable had a broken wire and was not receiving correct data from the ABS or the ESC sensors. This caused the car to throw error codes and would not accelerate and caused extreme hesitation when driving."

"At speeds over 45MPH on flat or any road surface the car will wander left then right requiring steering adjustment. Tires checked, balanced and rotated, no vibration in steering wheel. Almost feels aero dynamic like driving on a windy day. Dealership claims they could not duplicate condition during their test drive."

"Plug coil and injector replaced under warranty"

"Thunking noise from rear of car when passing over bumps."

"Car began idling rough and then became impossible to drive. They had to replace all 4 fuel injectors under warranty"