Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 07/30/2012 | |||
| My mother died in a vehicle accident with no other vehicles involved. her santa fe went through a t intersection without stopping crossing highway, went airborne over hillside and struck a tree. severed spine, chest trauma and shattered ankle. there are no skids marks at the scene airbags were deploy but when? steering column is crushed in and steering wheel was bent inward. the road she was on is a residential side street. there is a 100 feet downgrade but straight as you approach the stop sign. the t intersection is a two lane not well traveled road. she drove this road many times before. what makes a vehicle travel at a high rate of speed in a 100 feet straight away, go through a stop sign get airborne after crossing highway? acceleration sticking? why is there so much damage to steering column if airbag went off? could the accelerator get stuck and my mother panic and tried to stop car by stepping on brakes making a panic decision, not knowing to take vehicle out of gear or turning vehicle off? was there enough time. i lost my mother and after reading all the problems, i think these and all hyundai vehicles should be looked at! | |||
| 08/28/2010 | 58000 | ||
| The car would suddenly surge when i stepped on the gas peddle. this time it surged and i backed into my friends vehicle in my driveway. estimated damge was $4000.00 with both cars. after the body repair the check engine light came on for an hour then went off. this problem had been going on for over 6 months and the dealers i went said there was nothing they could do unless there was a engine light on. the code told them they had to repair the entire throttle body and censor. this was a very dangerous situation that i could do nothing about until the check engine light came on. now the dealer had to also replace the steering chassis because it was defective. the car is still running rough and i am stuck with that until it send a check engine light. | |||