Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 10/12/2002 | |||
| Consumer states turned vehicle off and removed key from ignition. all power windows were still functioning and child's head become stuck in passenger rear window. consumer stated power windows continued to operate w/vehicle turned off and key in or out of ignition. mr | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 01/11/2003 | 16785 | 1 | 06/05/2002 |
| The windshield has began to crack from the lower right-hand corner (passenger's side) up about 16 in an s shaped pattern. there is -no- indication of a rock or other item hitting the windshield. i have been told by the dealership (fairfax hyundai, fairfax, va) that it is the result of a rock -but- there is -no_ impact crater to suggest this. when questioned about stress fractures i was told -those- occur from the inside-out and that this wasn't a stress fracture... i find that to be b.s. *ak | |||
| 04/25/2003 | 0 | ||
| The windshield has begun to crack from the lower left hand corner (driver's side) up about 12 in an s shaped pattern. there is no indication of a rock or other item striking the windshield. it came up out of nowhere! *nlm thanks, l. chase | |||
| 04/24/2003 | 27800 | 1 | 01/10/2002 |
| I own a 2002 hyundai santa fe. this past week a rock (approximately the size of a baseball) fell off of an oncoming truck and hit my front windshield on the passenger side. my concern is that the rock came completely through the windshield, hit the dashboard, & landed on the passenger side floor. fortunately my daughter who was seated in the front passenger seat saw it coming & in a split second was able to cover her face & lean towards the driver's side. if that rock had hit her it would have very seriously injured her or worse. i am very concerned that the rock came completely through the windshield & wonder if their is a defect in the santa fe. the glass technician that repaired the windshield said that rock should never have gotten through & he also said that the he fixes a great number of santa fe windshield. i really think that this needs to be looked into. i have emailed hyundai & they basically said they would enter it into that database. that will not solve this problem. we were very lucky in this situation, but the next person may not be. i will also be contacting the dealer where i purchased the vehicle to inform them. thank you for taking the time to read my concern. *nlm | |||
| 08/02/2000 | |||
| While traveling 70 mph front right passenger's window emploded while being occupied. there was no passing of another vehicle when this happened. owner indicated that she was driving by an open field. please describe details. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 08/09/2003 | 10000 | 3 | 10/13/2002 |
| 2002 hyundai sante fe.ave had 3 alternators and batteried replaced on this vehicle. last week the third was installed. vehicle still will not crank lights dim wipers slow. radio cuts off when brakes applied. anti brake system light comes on battery light comes on and the lights flash when car is turned off and key is out of ignition/.*ak | |||
| 09/17/2002 | 2 | 08/01/2002 | |
| Alternator does not charge. lights dim. wipers slow. battery dies. *ak | |||