Hyundai Canada refuses to honour recall R0202, by Transport Canada for oil leaks that destroy parts of the electrical system, alternator and battery and can destroy the engine and have insisted that I get a second opinion before they will consider reimbursing me $1747.64 for replacing the alternator, the battery and an oil seal that they referred to as a "Transfer Case Reseal". Shortly after the repair the car started burning oil and is currently- Jan. 30, 2023, being repaired under the $1747.64 warranty. The Santa Fe was recalled because of a safety defect, since it will suddenly and unexpectedly quit while your driving it and I was lucky since I had just pulled into a carwash lineup when it died.

This recall applies to Santa Fes made from 2007 to 2009 and Hyundai will not inform you that the repair is a Recall or even that there is a recall, because they prefer to ignore it and charge you for the repair. In my case the dealership both collected payment from myself and then reported the "Recall " as "Repaired" on the Transport Canada website. I certainly don't trust this company now and will have to pay for a second opinion and maybe even a small claims case or a lawyer because in my opinion this is unacceptably abusive. Hyundai denies any responsibility despite the recall and this is truly a disgusting and arrogant attitude and I bet they do this scam to all their senior customers.

If you have this problem, report it to nhtsa.gov, National Hwy. Transp. Safety Problems. 888-327-4236. My car stalls out occasionally with no warning. Especially going up or down hills, maybe when decelerating. It has happen several times over the last year but drives good in between incidents. I replaced the two fuel pumps several months ago and hoped that fixed it but it is starting again. Report it to Nat. Hwy T. Safety - if they get enough complaints they can request a recall. I see law suit on same problem (in 2010 to 2014 models I think) awarded to customers.

My son was driving home from work and car stalled and he lost steering, brakes etc. It was basically in accessory mode with all lights on dashboard lit up. He managed to get to side of road and was able to restart car. I took it to dealer and told they can't duplicate issue and no codes were captured so nothing they can do. I have escalated the issue to Hyundai USA Service and will hear back in a few days. Based on searches its a random issue with no solution and can happen at any speed, etc. I don't feel safe having someone drive this car without solving this issue but also not sure I want to put a lot on money into repairing a 10+ year old auto. Maybe if it was just driven locally at low speeds around town it would be low risk but not with high speed highway commutes.

I have taken the car to the shop many times, the mechanic can not duplicate the issue. There are no codes for my car stalling while driving. There is no power, no brakes, no steering, no lights, nothing. I have had this issue two times, one driving 10 miles and hour and one time doing 20 miles per hour. This is a serious issue and needs to be fixed but can not replicate.

Update from Sep 14, 2021: First of all, my engine started stalling at 79,000 but there was no option for that mileage. After a few thousand dollars, and a few mechanics, it was determined that my alternator needed to be replaced. This should also be on a sensor.

My car stalls without any warning, this is very dangerous. This has happened 3 times within 3 months. It does not matter what the speed is, I could go 5 MPH or 25 MPH. I live off major highways in the DC area, this is not a good feeling. I took my car to the Hyundai dealership around the 4th of October, told the Service Writer what had happened, it was ignored. I have less than 90,000 miles and the car is 11 years old, I drive maybe 40 miles a month these days and do not want to purchase another car. My dealership is approximately 20 miles from my home, to paranoid going that far. Even though this car is a 2009, I never had serious issues until after the warranty expired.

This is very dangerous and people have nearly back-ended me as I have stalled/stopped without warning. It has happened at least six times since I have owned the car and I had thought it was something that I had done wrong until it happened today and I did a web search and found out that it is a chronic problem. I called dealer and they said they knew nothing of the problem. I called Hyundai corporate and lodged a complaint and got a case number. Please everyone else do the same. Call 1-800-633-5151 and push O for operator and lodge an official complaint.

I experienced the same stalling issue that many on this site have also suffered from, but the Hyundai dealer here in Bathurst NSW (Australia) searched the service info docs and found that a faulty crank angle sensor can cause the exact problem I was having, it was replaced and now the car has behaved perfectly for the last 18 months.

There may be other reasons the stalling problem occurs, but you should definitely try this as it worked for me!

FYI, my vehicle only stalled at low speeds and intermittently (couple of times a week)

I have borrowed this 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe from my mum. It first stopped at the shopping centre and we had to wait 30 minutes before it would start again. We made it home. Next day I was driving back to the shops and it just stopped in the middle lane of a busy road at a set of lights. There was much angst among drivers behind me. I again had to wait 30 mins before it would start. I drove home via the back streets and it stopped about half way but at a safe place. I left it there and walked home. I went back a few hours later and started it and took it straight to my mechanic. He could not find anything with his diagnostic tool but changed a camshaft sensor and it seemed to be going ok. Then my wife took it for a drive to a different shopping centre and was then traveling to the one above and it stalled on the way home in a reasonably safe place. I picked up the kids and our lunch while she waited half an hour and restarted the engine. It went 5 metres then this time stalled in a lane with busy trafffic so more driver angst. She had to call a tow truck. The tow truck arrived but she managed to start the car but it only went another 200 metres so she had it towed the rest of the way to my mechanic, only about 1/2 km but still very annoying. The mechanic did something else and it started going but then stopped again on my way home. Its now at home waiting for me to find out what to do. I am too scarred to drive it to the Hyundai shop as next time there could be a serious accident. Ahhhh.

Happened again! Hyundai Santa Fe stalled out on me on my way home from work. Was making a left hand turn onto a busy street and BAM! Again, lost all steering, power, etc. had to coast to a stop, put it in park, and restart the engine. Generally starts right back up, but I am so afraid I'm going to be rear-ended! Have had it in to the dealer and they can only suggest to replace the throttle body, but only say that it COULD fix the problem. For $650 they should be able to tell me that it will fix the problem. Do not feel safe driving my car.

Driving along the hwy at a speed of 90 km and the car died. No power, was a near multi car accident as everyone behind me had to slam on their brakes, cars were swerving everywhere. I turned the key off as the lights on the dashboard were lit up, ESC AWD Engine light. When I was able to collect myself, I turned the vehicle back on and the vehicle started but all the lights were still on.

I was able to take it into my mechanic the next morning and they were able to diagnose the problem as the Electronic Throttle Control Actuator needs to be replaced. Which can only be replaced at a Hyundai dealer. Go figure.

Can't believe that Hyundai has not taken responsibility for this problem in Hyundai Santa Fe vehicles. I guess they are waiting for a lawsuit.

I did not know of any problem previously as my Santa Fe has been pretty good to me.

I have always loved my 2009 Santa Fe until April of 2016 when driving at about 35 mph it just shut off. All the lights on the dash came on and I had no power steering or braking or anything. It just shut down and it was very scary to say the least. Thankfully I was able to pull over without incident, put the car in park and it did restart right away. I called the Hyundai dealership where I purchased the car and they basically told me that they probably wouldn't be able to recreate the incident in the shop and maybe it was just a fluke so continue to drive it and see if it happens again. I was nervous to drive it but I did and then it happened a second time in August of 2016 when my husband was driving it at about 40 mph. We took it to the dealership and they did a diagnostic on it but nothing showed up. They said they could run more tests but we would have to pay for it and no guarantee that they would be able to find the problem. We told them that we had gone on the internet and this was a known problem with this car but they wouldn't do anything further. I think this is horrible customer service and shame on Hyundai for not having a recall on this problem. I have loved my Santa Fe but I will never buy another Hyundai product. This is very dangerous and it is a tragedy waiting to happen. What car just suddenly, without warning, shuts off! I am furious at Hyundai for not addressing this recurring problem and just leaving the customer with a dangerous car.

ground fault in passenger side

The car had hesitated and stalled a few times. The sound system had also shut off or restarted randomly while driving. It seemed like something was affecting the power distribution. Then several days later the car died (no dash lights, ignition switch acting strangely, engine would not turn over. Fortunately it was in my driveway. I got some help and pushed the car into my garage. I've done a lot of work on cars and am also an electrical engineer and the car was not under warranty, so I downloaded schematics from the Hyundai service site (great that you can get this info, really helps, small charge) and proceeded to debug the problem. After a couple hours of investigation I narrowed the problem down to a grounding issue in the passenger cabin. I confirmed the problem by running a wire (jumper cable) from the negative terminal of the battery to frame on the inside of the passenger cabin. As soon as I made this connection, all problems disappeared. The engine started fine, audio system was working, all lights on. I'm not sure where the "break" in the ground connection is (a weld spot, wire/connector, other?), but running a separate wire from the battery to the passenger cabin and using an existing ground point solved the problem.