10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
38,267 miles

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problem #2

Jul 032011

Santa Fe

  • 19,538 miles
I have a 2010 Santa Fe with 19K miles.....twice this week I was driving and suddenly the gas pedal stopped working and engine light came on. Brakes worked, thank goodness. Anyone else have "sudden unintended deceleration"?? after the first event, I had it towed to the dealer (following protocol in the manual). They reported a new recall (it had been serviced a few months ago), executed a computer update and all was fixed (or so I thought). 4 days later, with less than 100 miles driven since the repair, it happened again. This time I was in 35mph traffic so when the accelerator pedal no longer worked, I almost was rear-ended. I was able to coast out of traffic (brakes and steering fine)to a side street. I was able to coast home (.5 mile or so). Car would accelerate after stop signs, although the gas pedal doesn't respond at all. Very scary that it even shifted to a higher gear and would go 30mph and keep accelerating if I didn't brake! the first repair info: 1. spring protector install (tsb#11-01-021); cause: Camp 2.TC7 cm ECM update P0111 10-01-034; cause: Camp

- Dallas, TX, USA

problem #1

Jun 082010

Santa Fe

  • 5,200 miles
On Tuesday, June 8, 2010 I was on a busy interstate highway with fast moving traffic and my car lost all power while traveling at 70 mph. Fortunately, I was able to barely glide the sante fe to the shoulder and stop without incident. Follow up: 3 pm visited Hyundai service center and was told that it was not a throttle problem. They are in contact with ca service to determine cause of problem. Friday, 6-11-10 after complete testing of all circuits, Hyundai declares no source of problem. Auto was picked up at 4:30 pm Hyundai assistant service manager: Bob wood Hyundai case # 3982284 the specifics are: "SUV was purchased 8/09 and currently has 5200 miles. ?cruise control was on but not engaged. ?gas tank indicator on one-half. "with my foot on gas pedal the initial instinct was that the engine had lost all power. Opressing harder on gas pedal had no reaction. Othere was an opening in traffic and with the SUV forward inertia I was able to just reach the road shoulder. Oobserved that red indicators were on (battery, oil) ?reset transmission selector to park, turned off key. Ofirst restart-nothing happened osecond restart SUV started and I did not turn off until reaching home. Obviously, this is a serious life threatening situation that needs to be researched thoroughly and corrected.

- Sarasota, FL, USA