2008 Hyundai Santa Fe: multiple warning lights

Filed Sep 12, 2016 · Engine · 109,000 miles · PA

My 2008 santa fe with 109,000 miles suddenly shut off on me when approaching a stop sign. The stop sign was on a slight turn and I never realized it until I had no power steering and saw all the lights lit on the dash. I put car in park and it restarted with no issues. Later that day I went to start the car and engine made a loud clunk sound and car shook for a second. I decided not to drive it that day. It has been 3 days since the first shut down and so far the car has been running like normal. Called hyundai and made note of my complaint but didn't seem to know about this issue or so maybe they are not at liberty to say if they have. They never gave me an answer except to take it to a dealer to see if they can diagnosis the problem. I see recall was put out for the 2010-2012 model years but not for older models.

Filed Sep 24, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 115,000 miles · IN

Fuel gauge has been faulty and check engine light would turn on and off after replacing what I thought was a bad battery one month ago. One week ago while driving, all lights on dashboard came on (battery, check engine, ABS, ESC...), engine started to rev, electrical and power steering failed, and car had to be turned off in the middle of the road and towed home. This has happened twice while driving now. Issue is from a failing/failed alternator caused by oil leak from front valve cover. This problem is identical to issues with '06-'12 veracruz, recall #121.

Filed Feb 20, 2015 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that all the warning lights illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was not able to be restarted. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that gasket leaked oil into the alternator and the alternator needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Jun 26, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 85,209 miles · MI

The dash lights started flashing, the wipers stopped working in the middle of a down pour, the lights went dim. The traction system started detuning the engine. All dash lights on. We find that it is a leaky value cover gasket. Drips on the alternator and causes it to go bad. The service manager said "they are all starting to have this problem and it's $700.00. If I was the orginal owner hyundai would replace the gasket, but I would need to pay for the altenator. $600.00 uhgg!!! Now for the fuel guage. Two sensors under the back seat and good as new. $200.00.

Filed Mar 30, 2011 · Electrical · 35,729 miles · NC

While driving home recently on a 70 MPH 4 lane highway at approx 11 pm our 2008 hyundai santa fe suddenly loss power while climbing a small grade. The check engine light, ESC and traction lights all turned on, the engine was still running but we could not maintain speed, I immediately turned on the hazard lights and looked for somewhere to pull off the road unfortunately I was on the inside lane just passing a semi-truck and trailer, there was a guardrail next to the inside lane so I had to wait for the semi to pass before I could merge to the outside lane to pull off to the right, by the time I was able several vehicles came from behind and two vehicle slammed on their brake to avoid hitting our vehicle. I was lucky to not be rear ended and had just enough momentum to get to the shoulder. I noticed that the vehile was not running correctly and shut off the engine. I checked all fluids and made sure that all belts and hoses were in good order, there were no visable issues. I restarted the vehicle and all lights reset except the check engine light. I slowly drove the vehicle to the closest exit and the vehicle did the same as the first time cutting out and losing power but I was off the highway by now and safely in a parking lot. This vehicle we have owned since new and have had all services done at hyundai dealers according to the manufacture's prescribed maintenance schedules and the vehicle has only 35,700 miles on it. The vehilce was towed to the closest dealer and to my surprise the service department knew about this issue because of 2 tsbs (tsb09-fl-003-2, tsb-10-fl-010)(the federal safety agency item numbers: 10032793,10034649) that were existing on this vehicle that can cause this failure. I seriously think that this kind of failure should be a recall rather than just a tsb if it is a known issue with the vehicle to prevent possible crashes in the future.