7.6
pretty bad- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 0 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 6,400 miles
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I loose power steering. The steering wheel is so loose you have to hang onto to keep the car on the road. It happens frequently when driving over a stretch of road that is been patched ( and there are many stretches like that in NJ) but that is not always the case. There is no clear pattern to this situation. Generally it happens once and then not again for a couple of days - then the lights on the dash come indicating issues with the steering, tire pressure and engine malfunction. First go around was Sept. 2014 @ 6,800 miles. It was taken into Hyundai - the test drove it for a couple of days until the problem occurred for them. The steering column (upper assembly) was replaced. A year goes by (Sept. 2015) and it starts again @14,800 miles. Same procedure as last year - pick vehicle up after 9 days - 2 hours later, same thing, no steering all the lights come. This time the cleaned grounds. One week later same situation.driving this vehicle is extremely tense, many times I have to pull off the road and wait for others to pass. And hope that is corrects itself, which it does sometimes but for how long I never know.
- Mount Freedom, NJ, USA
While driving the steering wheel suddenly became so loose I had to told the wheel very still because if you touched slightly the car would swerve either to the left or right this continued for several minutes and then correct itself. This happened any times - then lights on the dashboard came on - the air pressure, battery and engine light and the steering light. The next day everything was fine no lights - then the steering went loose again and the lights came on. Called the dealership where I bought the car and was told they could see the car for a week. Another had me come in the next day but was told the car did show the lights so they cleared the computer and reset it but they could do nothing more unless the lights came back on. I could bring the car back when it happened again. I was no sooner out of the dealership and the steering went and the lights came back on - I turned around and headed back - just I got there the lights went off and the steering was normal so I did not go back in. It is uncomfortable driving the car knowing this could happen at anytime and nothing has been fixed. In the meantime, no one has a loaner car and this is the only car we have. I will go back next week for further observation.
- Mount Freedom, NJ, USA
Driving in dry conditions and steering completely failed. 2014 Hyundai Tucson with 3200 miles. Bought brand new 3 months ago in March 2014.
- Somers Point, NJ, USA
- Oswego, NY, USA