2010 Hyundai Santa Fe: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Dec 30, 2016 · Lights, Visibility · 20,000 miles · FL

The headlight lens housings (2) have deteriorated to the point that the headlights fail to properly light the road. This not a case of the housings yellowing but rather the housing material has developed fractures and is crumbling on the interior and exterior. There is no method to correct this fracturing. This manufacturing defect has been reported to the hyundai dealer repeatedly over the last four years.

Filed Feb 13, 2012 · Electrical · 18,000 miles · NJ

While sitting in crawling traffic or coming to a slow stop at a stop sign, on occasion the car will lose all electrical power (lights, radio, interior lighting goes black) and the engine then stalls out. The gas tank is typically half full or below but never on empty. I have to place the car in park or neutral and restart the engine. The engine runs fine before and after the incidents. This has happened at least three times a month since june 2011 and has almost caused multiple car accidents. The car's power also seems to dim when applying the breaks during normal driving on occasion. The headlights, interior lights and radio touch screen go dim when break is applied. I have brought it to the dealership twice already and complained but nothing was done. Since the dealership could not repeat the event, they claimed there is nothing that can be done. The dealership suggested that I leave the car stalled out and have it towed in. I explained that the car will start again once in park or neutral, therefore a tow truck will not tow it back to the dealership.

Filed Aug 22, 2011 · Electrical · 28,531 miles · FL

Intermittent issue where the gas pedal does not work - depressing it does not cause the engine to rev at all. This has occurred with the vehicle at 40 MPH, then no power as vehicle slowed down to 15 MPH before it started working. Other symptoms when this occurs are as follows: with headlights turned on, the left turn signal is stuck "on". If headlights are off, selecting the left turn signal can cause various dash lights to blink, and engine loses power in synch with the blinking lights.

Filed Feb 18, 2011 · Visibility · PA

2010 hyundai santa fe, I reported a problem yesterday about a shadow on the front windshield, upon further looking at the problem we have come to the conclusion that the low beam headlights is causing all the problem, this is a safety issue, when driving at night on dark streets or highways your visibility is cut by three quarters, some one would have toi take the car out to see this problem.

Filed Feb 17, 2011 · Lights, Visibility · PA

2010 hyundai santa fe, at night using low beam headlights there is a shadow about three quarters down the windshield this only happens at night on a dark roads, on lighted roads it is not as bad, we took the car back to the dealership about three weeks ago and still waiting for an answer.

Filed Dec 15, 2010 · Transmission · 10 miles · IA

I have a 2010 hyundai santa fe. The transmission slips and I get a hard shift with a loud bang when shifting from 1st to 2nd or 2nd to 3rd. It seems to do this when the transmission is cold but it does it even when warm. I had mine in 3 times for repair with a new transmission on the last repair. The new transmission is the same as the original one. Hyundai knows about this and they knew about when I bought the car. I should have been notified when I was buying the car - not finding out after the fact. The dealer gives me the deer in the headlights look when I complain about this like they have never heard about it before.