I bought 2013 santa fe sport 2.0t in september 2012 and after driving about 5k miles noticed that I constantly have to tilt steering wheel right to keep vehicle driving straight. I reported that to dealership, but they could not discover the root cause. They performed wheels alignment, but procedure did not help to fix this issue. If I do not correct steering wheel angle constantly, vehicle drifts left creating very unsafe condition. Driver's attention shall constantly be on correcting steering wheel angle.
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My wife purchases a new 2013 hyundai santa fe 2t in june. She doesn't t drive much on the highway. I just came home from being away for a while. Drove the car on the highway. I thought something was wrong with it. So, I came to this website. Found out this is a problem. Control is horrible. Car drifts from side to side. You have to constantly move steering wheel to keep the car going straight. It's like in the old days when there is play in the steering wheel. Not safe. Car should not drift either way. Sometimes you over compensate to bring the car straight. I have never experienced this with any car in the last 20 yrs I have had.
Below is the report sent to hyundai on july 15, 2013 re: hyundai santa fe SUV being probed for sudden power loss -- reported by associated press july 10, 2013. We purchased a santa fe sport at the end of november 2012. On january 2, 2013 with only 1018 miles on vehicle, our santa fe experienced essentially the same problem as described in the referenced article. A loud noise occurred (as if running over an obstacle), the engine lost all power and died. Upon restart, the vehicle would not move either forward or backward in reverse. After setting awhile, we were able to very slowly drive the car about 500 to 1000 feet to the dealership. Ruddell dealership was unable to repeat the experience. I now do not trust the vehicle and want it thoroughly inspected to determine if it too has a cracked axle as noted in the newspaper article. We have a road trip planned in early august and do not want to drive this car until it is thoroughly inspected. I took the car to ruddell auto on july 10 and showed them the associated press article but they did not offer to do anything about it. Ruddell said they would have to wait until hyundai issued a campaign or recall but that is not satisfactory or acceptable. The car now has about 7400 miles on it. The dealership from which we bought the car is ruddell auto in port angeles, washington 98362, USA. Please contact me and inform me what hyundai intends to do regarding this serious issue. If I do not receive an acceptable reply from hyundai, then I, too, will report it to the federal safety agency.
I was making a right turn on red and my speed was approximately 5 miles an hour. There was a front curb, then a ramp for wheel chair access, and then a second curb which was further out. My right front wheel cleared the first curb, but caught the second curb. My car fell on its left side and slide a few yards. I was not injured, but the car was totaled.
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