10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 1
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 37,088 miles
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1st. Time; driving on I-75 engine shut down leaving completely no power, (brakes, A/C, steering or signals) 2nd. Time: 4/07/2012 engine shut down with same results 28000 miles. 3rd. Time; 03/03/2013 engine shut down again on I-75 causing car to have to pull over into median / started up after 15 minutes & was taking to Hyundai dealer who still couldn't find the problem 37500 miles. 4th. & last incident; 08/25/2014; engine shut down leaving no powerin steering, A/C, brakes, windows or signals. Was able to get into target parking lot before turning off engine. Restarted vehicle 35 minutes later and drove to dealership who tightened battery cable connection & was told to monitor! am in the process of getting a new vehicle...
- Bradenton, FL, USA
Fuel gauge is erratic, check engine light on, fails NJ emissions, dealer will not fix a known issue!!!!
- Belleville, NJ, USA
The contact owned a 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire and was destroyed. The fire department extinguished the fire and stated that the fire originated in the engine, but there was no determination of what caused the fire. The contact's insurance company and the manufacturer inspected the vehicle and determined that the fire was due to an electrical failure that may have originating in the computer system, battery, or fuse box. The failure and current mileages were 20,000. The VIN was not available.
- Springfield, NJ, USA
Check engine light came on and it would not go over 20 miles per hour. And had to towed to dealer and it come to be the same problem Toyota is having with the gas pedals.
- Marion, OH, USA
- Phoenix, AZ, USA