8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
7,500 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
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problem #1

Jan 042010

Santa Fe

  • Automatic transmission
  • 7,456 miles

THIS HAPPEN ON AN AUSTRALIAN BEACH WITH 35 C HEAT. LOOSE SAND AND PROBLEM TO GET ON SAFE LAND. TRANSMISSION DID OVERHEAT AND CUT OUT, AFTER 20 MINUTES OF IDLE IT COOLED DOWN AND STARTED TO FUNCTION AGAIN. HAD TO PLAIN THE SAND WITH A SHOVEL NOT ENOUGH GROUND CLEARANCE!! MADE IT OUT "JUST"!

ANOTHER TIME TOWING MY BOAT WITCH WEIGHS 1700 KG GOING UP HILL BY APPROX. 40 CELSIUS SAME THING HAPPEN TRANSMISSION STARTED TO CUT OUT AND I HAD TO IDLE THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEN IT WENT ALRIGHT AGAIN!

DO I NEED A SECOND TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER OR ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

- romangia, Melbourne, Vctoria, Australia