I've taken my 2009 santa fe to the rick case roswell, ga on friday, 7/1/2016 and again today, 7/15/2016, both for the same issue, my car is stalling while I drive it. On 7/1 they told me it was the battery, so had a new one installed while there. Both times, I'm been turning into a curve (it was a right hand turn on 7/1 and a left hand turn on 7/15). The first time I was lucky as it was just coming off a stop light. Last night, however, it was a curve to get on the highway with an 18 wheeler thundering behind me when my car stalled, and I lost the power steering and braking and almost became an 18 wheeler hood ornament. As I mentioned, the dealer is perplexed by the issue, nothing is showing up on the diagnostics and they can't replicate the problem. I had to leave the dealership with the sense that I'm driving around in a ticking time bomb. As a women who frequently drives by herself in the car, and on the highway 99.9% of the time, I can't tell you the fear that knowing that this can happen again at any moment and that the next time I may not be so lucky, instills in me. This is my second hyundai and I have always considered myself to be a proud hyundai owner, but I just did a little research and found out that a) not only am I far from the only person who has had this issue, b) there has actually been a class action law suit that hyundai lost regarding the frequent stalling of hyundai vehicles. I need hyundai to fix this issue asap or risk being sued by my family after I'm killed in a car accident that is the direct result of your stalling vehicles.
2009 Hyundai Santa Fe engine complaints
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Vehicle inspection performed by manufacture certified technician. Two issues were recommended by the technician: a) new tires. All 4 tires currently on the vehicle are around 5 years old (based on the dot date of manufacture), and have been driven for over 100,000 miles (based on odometer readings from 2010 and current). B) new rear brake pads and rotors. The inspection revealed rear pads around 3 mm, and rotors showing rust. These are safety issues, which should be addressed before selling the vehicle. Regular maintenance has been performed on this vehicle, but existing records do not specify that recommended fluid/timing belt replacements were performed.
I noticed that when I was in park, the car would just shut off. This happened three times within a few week's time. I was concerned and wondered if the car would ever just shut off while I was driving on the freeway or a busy street. To my horror, it happened! A few days ago I was turning into a parking lot and the car just shut off!...there was a car behind me that came to a screeching halt! Again my greatest fear is that the car will stall on me while the vehicle is in motion and if that happens on a road where cars are travelling at high speeds, then I would probably not live to tell the story.
The engine lights stays on when you fill the gas tank it still says empty when driving everything will shut off this is for the second time in less than a year
We were exiting west bound I-10 in pensacola, fl, and when turning right onto the surface road at slow speed the engine died and we lost power including steering and brakes. We were able to pull off of the road into a restaurant parking lot and restart the car, but had a close call with suddenly reduced speed in merging traffic. This is the second time this has happened to us in this car. The first incident was in aug, 2013 and was reported as incident report #1053149. At that time, the dealer was unable to reproduce the issue, so no repair was made. We believe that this is a safety issue and should be investigated.
This has happened on 4 separate occasions, both while driving in town at slow speeds and on a highway at high speeds. The check engine light will come on and the car will cut off, no power at all. On each occasion I put the car in neutral and restarted the car immediately and it resumed it's normal driving capacity. It is very scary to be driving along and then all of a sudden the car cuts off for no reason. The last time it happened I was in the middle of a sharp curve, so not having power steering at that point was not very safe, as I ended up in the other lane but thank goodness there wasn't a car coming in the other direction at the time.
This vehicle has been had a fluctuation idle for over a year. It has been to the dealer for service on this issue many times. No codes are every thrown. I brought the tsb about idle issues to the dealer's attentions. They said this was only for certain error codes. Hyundai USA was directly contacted about this issue. No repairs were made for this issue. The vehicle has the 3.3l v6 engine. Se trim level. The engine stalled when decelerating from a highway speeds to a stop. It stalled before the car stopped. It restarted and drove after that. No check engine light. I stopped at the dealer that same day. I had them check the electrical system jsut to be sure that was not the issue. Battery, charing, etc all tested fine. I have the printout. So the vechicle did not show a check engine light the dealer offered no other assistance. It is clear from searching the internet that many many people have an issue with hyundai vehicles around 2009 stalling. Most all of these people report the issue with no codes. So the dealer is limited in what they can do. They talked about ECM updates (firmware), and a fuel system sensor, and the crankcase senor. This is clearly a large issue putting people at risk. The federal safety agency and ntsb should launch a full investigation, and find a real solution. Issue a tsb at a minimum, or a recall if needed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 65,000.
We had a sudden loss of power while traveling on the interstate at 70 MPH. Had to get over quickly as the traffic was heavy and the car had no power. The engine would not deliver any power, other than idle. Turned the car off and let it sit for about 15 seconds, then started the car and had power back for about 3 miles. Happened again and did the same for about ten miles until got home. Recently started to happen again, same codes come up each time. Took car to dealership and they told me that it was just glitches causing codes to come up and cause the ESC to go into safe mode. Since then I have seen the exact same codes and not a lot of codes, but codes that indicate an ignition/fuel/control module problem. This is not as bad as acceleration, but if pulling out in traffic or on an on ramp, could be deadly. Has now happened seven times. First date was april 2014, could not enter date in your form for some reason.
I was driving my white hyundai santa fe limited, 3.3l, 6cyl SUV home from work at approximately 4:30 pm eastern standard time. I was driving on the expressway at 70 MPH when the engine suddenly shuts down and I lose steering control and brakes, veering onto a narrow shoulder and into a slope that sent my SUV into a swamp ditch, submerging the SUV up past the floorboards. My insurance claim specialist notified me that the vehicle was a total loss, and paid a claim payout and settlement far less than the amount still owed on the vehicle. It is my opinion that a cyber-attack signal sent to the SUV's engine immobilizer switch, shut down the engine without warning, electronically. This can be accomplished from any hand held device, mobil phone, lap top computer, satellite feed, etc. All that is required is a VIN number, and any signal to the engine immobilizer switch can shut down the engine dangerously at highway speeds. This has happened at lower speeds of 20mph, where I would just turn the ignition key, the SUV would start the engine, and I would proceed. However, at highway speeds, I did not have this option.
Engine light came on and then fuel warning light came on even though I had a least 1/2 tank of gas. Filled up my gas tank, all lights were out. When I had approximately 1/2 tank again, the engine and fuel lights came on. I brought my car to my mechanic and was told the 2 fuel sensors need to be replaced at a cost of over $350.00. Upon online researching, I learned that there are many others who are experiencing the same problem. I feel that because this is happening to other hyundai owners, it is a problem that hyundai needs to repair at no cost to the owner of these vehicles. In my case, I need to be reimburse the cost of the repair.
1st. Time; driving on I-75 engine shut down leaving completely no power, (brakes, A/C, steering or signals) 2nd. Time: 4/07/2012 engine shut down with same results 28000 miles. 3rd. Time; 03/03/2013 engine shut down again on I-75 causing car to have to pull over into median / started up after 15 minutes & was taking to hyundai dealer who still couldn't find the problem 37500 miles. 4th. & last incident; 08/25/2014; engine shut down leaving no powerin steering, A/C, brakes, windows or signals. Was able to get into target parking lot before turning off engine. Restarted vehicle 35 minutes later and drove to dealership who tightened battery cable connection & was told to monitor! Am in the process of getting a new vehicle...
Upon take off from signal light, at about 10-15 miles an hour, vehicle engine had a total loss of power. At the time we were only able to coast to the side of the road. Turned key off. Waited a few minutes and then restarted engine and vehicle started up as if nothing happened. This is the second incident with this vehicle in the past 2 years. Online research reveals similar problems with hyundai vehicles along with no resolution from manufacturer.
Fuel gauge is erratic, check engine light on, fails nj emissions, dealer will not fix a known issue!!!!
The vehicle looses all power. It also surges and stalls.
While driving on the interstate at approximately 70 MPH, using cruise control, the car suddenly lost power. I stepped on the gas and it would not accelerate. I coasted to a stop and pulled onto the shoulder. The engine was running, transmission was in gear, but the car would not move. I turned off the ignition and let it sit for a few minutes. I restarted it, had power, everything seemed normal, except the engine light remained lit. I drove approximately 10 miles to my destination. The car sat for six hours and I was then able to drive the 65 miles home without incident. Repair results: my hyundai dealer indicated the problem was caused by a 'throttle position sensor'. They replaced the electronic component and reset the error codes in the vehicle's computer.
I was driving approximately forty (40) miles per hour, in traffic, when the engine shut-off. I quickly turned the ignition to "off" and then back on. The engine started immediately. I am extremely concerned about being in an accident. This happened again, when I was driving through a parking lot. I quickly turned the ignition to "off" and then back on. The engine started immediately, on both occasions. I took my vehicle into planet hyundai in las vegas, nevada, on august 7, 2013. They could not identify the problem with their systems check and could not produce the same engine shut-off event, while operating the vehicle.
When entering an up-ramp to a limited access highway at slow speed, less than 30 MPH, and turning to the right, the engine suddenly died and power was lost to steering and brakes. We were able to pull off the road and restart, but were just lucky that this didn't happen on a curve at high speed or in heavy traffic. Took the car to the dealer the next day, and they were unable to repeat the problem.
I was a passenger in the vehicle when it crashed into a fire hydrant doing approximately 40mph. The seatbelt failed to lock and the airbags failed to deploy. The car has major damage to the underbody, front-end, the inside of the vehicle dash, the motor mounts, engine and other damages are unknown at this time.
While slowing down, applying brakes to exit the highway into the cloverleaf off ramp, steering became very difficult and I was forced to continue in the current direction off the road into the grass. Upon stopping noticed dash lights were on and the vehicle had stalled. I was very lucky that I was headed into a grassy area and not into a wall as I couldn't steer in any other direction from when I lost power. Hyundai found no error codes and couldn't replicate the problem. Please see the following links for pages of similar experiences with hyundai santa fe: 15 pages of related issues - http://www.hyundai-forums.com/187-cm-2007-2012-santa-fe/133580-2011-santa-fe-stall-while-driving-13.html another - http://www.carproblemzoo.com/hyundai/santafe/engine-stall-problems.php.
I was on a return trip of 5 hours or so each way which I took at about 30,000 miles on the odometer, and noticed a very pronounced drop in power and acceleration capability quite suddenly. It was as if some wiring or hose had come loose under the hood. A few months later, when the problem had not changed at all in over 3000 miles of day-to-day driving, including a daily stint (to work) of maybe 12 miles each way on the freeway which entails accelerating up the on-ramp into the flow of traffic, I still could feel the difference in acceleration and response time while accelerating. When I took the santa fe in for a normal oil change, I reported to the dealer these symptoms, and asked to have it checked out. They changed the oil, and checked out the computer readouts for the vehicle, and said there were no problems detected by the computer at that time, but when this type of behavior on the vehicle occurred, it was most often due to the fuel filter being all clogged up, although that still might not be the problem. They quoted me a price of $270 to change the fuel filter, and after I asked if there was any coupon discount for this service ever thru their dealership, the service manager gave me a coupon book for a flat rate off depending upon how much was being paid for. (it amounted to maybe $25 off this service.) they did not have time that day to change it out, so I decided to check out both whether there had been any complaints, service reports, or recalls about this fuel filter, and that is what LED me here to make this complaint about both the cost of this replacement and the poor prognosis of it solving the acceleration problem. I am going to check with a repair place I feel confident in about their cost to do this replacement. Hopefully, it will be much less.
This incident occurred at night time. About 10 min from a cold start, I turned onto the 210 fwy. There was a 270 degree downhill turn (a steep curve) so I had the brakes on while doing 15 MPH. Half way into the turn, I suddenly lost brake and steering wheel froze. With some effort, I managed to turn the steering and stop the car. The engine died without warning. Later I sent the car to dealership but they could not reproduce the event.
Tl* the contact owns a 2009 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled numerous times without warning while driving at various speeds. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer several times for the failure where a diagnostic was performed twice but the dealer was unable to generate a failure code. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 57,004.
Tl* the contact owned a 2009 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire and was destroyed. The fire department extinguished the fire and stated that the fire originated in the engine, but there was no determination of what caused the fire. The contact's insurance company and the manufacturer inspected the vehicle and determined that the fire was due to an electrical failure that may have originating in the computer system, battery, or fuse box. The failure and current mileages were 20,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl*the contact owns a 2009 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that whenever the vehicle was turned on there was a loud humming sound and a vibration in the engine compartment. The dealer was contacted and stated that everything was fine and that they also heard the sound. The dealer also stated that was typical for that size engine. There vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 1,800 and the current mileage was 14,700.
Check engine light came on and it would not go over 20 miles per hour. And had to towed to dealer and it come to be the same problem toyota is having with the gas pedals.
My 2009 hyundai sante fe just purchased with 50 miles on in 07/29/09, blew up on me while I was driving and totally burned the front and engine. I have an evaluation from 21st century appraisers required by geico whom diagnosed a total loss. Valuescope geico claim services market report report reference number: 42157015 adjuster: huffman-parent, brad claim reference: 0180834550101087-01 geico c-code: cag605 loss incident date: 09/04/2009 date submitted: 09/10/2009 insured: lawson owner: cleo lawson policy number: 0311588404 appraiser: huffman-parent, brad introduction geico has conducted an inspection of your 2009 hyundai santa fe 4x2 gls 4 door sports utility located in oklahoma city, ok. The inspection information was then used to conduct research in your local market to determine the market value of your vehicle. The local market value of your vehicle was defined by the zip code 73114 -- oklahoma city, ok the recommended settlement amount based on the loss vehicle description provided by geico is $18,369.00.
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