9.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
$2,500
Average Mileage:
117,000 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. new transmission (2 reports)
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problem #2

Dec 212023

Santa Fe

  • Automatic transmission
  • 163,000 miles

Second transmission we had put in the car. Went through 2 Hyundai transmissions in 160,000 miles. What a shame. Lost over 15K in purchasing this car and repairs. Sold for only a couple hundred. Clearly a manufacture issue.

- Josiah R., Menomonee Falls, WI, US

problem #1

Sep 082016

Santa Fe

  • Automatic transmission
  • 71,000 miles

In 2011 After having only 1,000 miles on car had to replace transmission through dealer. Now 2016, For over a year there was an on and off slight clunk when you would let up on gas or putting in reverse, nothing concerning but definitely something not right. September 2016 I was pulling out of the driveway and it had a larger clunk than normal. drove car home and parked all day, later in afternoon backing out of driveway another even louder clunk. didn't make it 1 mile down the road when it came to a dead stop after making an extremely loud noise like metal shift teeth not lining up or the whole bottom of car dragging on ground but metal on metal.

Need to replace transmission again, now not under warranty so it is out of pocket.. 2 transmissions in 5 years something is wrong with the transmissions.

- hobsonfl, Port Saint Lucie, FL, US