Car was driven about 10 miles and then parked inside an attached garage. No issues were present during the drive. The ignition was turned off and key removed from vehicle. After approximately 1 hour had passed the car started on fire. Flames were visible behind the front right headlight and front right wheel. Luckily no one was harmed. The fire caused significant damage to the garage and home. Fire department investigation concluded that the cause of the fire was not external to the vehicle.
2011 Hyundai Santa Fe electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2011 hyundai santa fe. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle restarted after two attempts. A local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the battery needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. The VIN was not available.
While on a long trip about 100 miles into the drive while driving on the freeway with the cruise control set to 78 MPH the steering columns (from the turn signal side) starts smoking and it smelled like electrical wiring burning. I immediately slowed down but did not stop in fear of being stranded in the middle of nowhere. At the same time the turn signal started making this very fast clicking noise that sounded like the turn signal was stuck on, but it was not on. No idiot lights ever came on to indicate a problem. After about 15 minutes the smoke finally stopped the the smell went away. However the fast turn signal clicking noise continued off and on for the remainder of the trip. I continued to drive the next 250 miles home with the clicking noise. I was able to turn the engine off and on again when I stopped for gas and it started just fine. I plan to take the car into the dealership on monday morning to have the issue diagnosed. Just after this happened I called my dealership for advise on what to do and he thought there might be a recall on this issue. My biggest fear was that the inside of the car was going to catch on fire and I was going to be stranded in the middle of no where with no help. Not to mention the fear on me catching on fire as the steering column in right in front of my body. Very dangerous situation. Please recall for this issue.
Led screen on A/C and mileage back lighting flickering on and off. Very disturbing at night. This should not happen on any car 2011. Lcd blue screens are shorting out. Mid panel radio down to A/C controls and odometer screen. Dealer wants 2,000 replace. This should not happen on a 7 year old car and mechanic says he sees it all the time on many models of hyundai.
My multi stalk switch is smoking and constantly clicking as if my blinker is on. It also causes my signal lights to come on and stick. This is happening the whole time the car is running. It first started smoking yesterday while I was driving on the highway, and it also smokes when the car is parked. I believe this to be a huge hazard because I am afraid it will start a fire.
Directional was blinking fast and was not on then smoke came from steering wheel.
Center information console (radio/navigation) console screen is black in cold weather until it thaws out. Make radio and navigation unusable until it thaws. This is a safety issue because if someone is travelling and the car gets cold they'll be unable to navigate. Imagine getting up for an emergency to go somewhere and the screen is black preventing you from travelling or you're travelling and stop for a rest and the vehicle gets cold preventing you from continuing until it thaws out. If someone had an emergency and needed to find a hospital or in case of diabetic needed to find somewhere to eat and they couldn't because the navigation screen was frozen.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 hyundai santa fe. When starting the vehicle, the air bag warning light flickered and remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the wiring was reconnected, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,500. Ma 10/15/2015 the consumer stated the passenger seat belt assembly was replaced. Updated 01/05/16.
Tl*the contact owns a 2011 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that the battery in the vehicle died multiple times after replacing it. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the technician diagnosed the starter needed to be replaced. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000. The VIN was unavailable.
On june 11, 2014 my 2011 hyundai santa fe ( 55051 miles) started making a whining sound when the car is first started. I took the car into a hyundai dealer and they discovered that the pulley idler needed to be replaced. Fortunately my car is still under warranty. On june 27th, 2014 my hyundai santa fe (55376 miles), check engine light came on. The car did not want to accelerate. Above 20 MPH. I took the car back to the dealer and they discovered the 55376 po638 lost communication and had to replace the throttle sensor. Coming home today july 17th 2014, the car was a little hesitant when accelerating after coming to a complete stop and trying to step on the gas pedal. Has anyone reported these problems?
Car is stopped and in the garage but the fan will not shut off without disconnecting the battery. Car was not overheated.
2011 hyundai santa fe. Consumer writes in regards to while driving vehicle engine shut off and car died. *smd the consumer stated when he slowed down to go around a curve, the vehicle shut off. He could barely get the vehicle to the side of the roadway, because there was no power steering or power brakes. Tech support, recommended replacing the throttle body, since the dealer could not find a problem. However, on march 1, 2014, while driving in a parking lot at 10 MPH, the engine shut off again. The power steering and brakes were not operable. He let the vehicle sit for several minutes before re-starting it. The consumer returned to the dealer, and after a thorough examination, they were unable to duplicate the problem.
Note: it is at pretty much all speeds and not just 55 that the variation can be seen between devices and the vehicle. I purchased this used with 29k miles on it. I noticed on the drive back from md to pa that the speed on the speedometer was different than my tomtom GPS. A friend was driving in a separate car and so I called them and tried to identify their speed to mine and it seemed off to theirs as well. I took the car into the hyundai dealer in the next month or so to ask them to adjust the speedometer to which I was told it cannot be altered. Well here I am over a year later and every single GPS based system I have put into my car, another tomtom, my sons garmin, my wife's garmin, my new garmin and my phone all are in synch with each other. The problem is that my santa fe is always stating I am traveling about 3 MPH faster than all these other devices. If this is the case then this would show a higher number of miles being driven that what is actually occurring. I drive 20-25k miles a year and this would most definitely add up over the life of the vehicle thus showing me to be out of warranty sooner than would be expected. Why does every electronic device show the same speed but my car is telling me I'm going faster?
I was showing my new/used 2011 hyundai santa fe to some friends when we heard a pop and the rear windshield shattered. No one else was around the vehicle and where it was parked there was no where someone could have shot the window with a pellet gun or something like that. Earlier in the morning I had the rear window defogger on to clear light fog off the rear windshield. It was only on for approximately 5 minutes until I shut it off while driving.
I have had the same problem with my 2011 hyundai santa fe reported in other odi complaints. Specifically, my vehicle stalls randomly while traveling at low speeds. Odi id #10460671, #10453272, and #10412636, all seem to report the same problem I have. Occasionally, while braking or allowing the car to stop, it will stall out. When it does, accelerating, power steering, and power braking are all disabled. Once the car gear is shifted to park and the ignition is turned off, the problem resolves after re-starting the car later. The dealership service department had worked on this car for the same problem four times without being able to 1. Diagnose the problem and 2. Come up with an adequate remedy. Even though the technicians have not been able to reproduce the stalling, the first three times it was in the shop, three different repairs were made. They have all involved computer fixes, including changing out the contacts, replacing the junction box, and updating software. Hyundai is aware of my issue and the pending lemon law arbitration claim that I have made. Hyundai has currently made the unilateral determination that this vehicle does not qualify as a lemon, which I dispute because 1. This determination is not capable of being made unilaterally, and 2. This is a serious safety defect and more than a "reasonable" amount of repair attempts have been unsuccessful. A managing engineer has examined the vehicle without finding any problems, and I'm currently working with hyundai to have a "flight recorder" installed to record data when the car stalls next. The most recent occurrence was while I was driving in heavy traffic without a shoulder on the freeway--a life-threatening situation. I consider this car to be an unreliable safety threat on the roadways and have communicated this to hyundai, but its representative do not have the same sense of urgency I have.
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