2014 Hyundai Santa Fe visibility problems

Filed Jan 18, 2021 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 62,000 miles · IA

Recently brought up a hyundai sante fe 2.0t and now shortly after purchasing the rear view/back camera no longer works. Just a black screen when put into reverse. I see it's a extremely common problem post on forums all over the web. It's not a necessity but could be hazardous given the moment it decides to quit.

Filed Feb 12, 2020 · Lights, Visibility · 50,000 miles · NC

Headlights are ineffective . Lights now only light approx 15 feet in front of car does not light side of road. I have had the dealer realign head lights at least four times no effect. I have replace toe bulbs with just about every bulb available LED and halogens 55watts to 100watts no effective change. For the first several years they were great street signs were clearly shown now lane markers speed signs are only visible as you pass them. Light does appear to pass thru the lenses now. I have talk to other drivers with similar cars they are also having the same problems. The headlight are from earlier models 2013 and earlier with used h11b lights no auto parts stores show h11b for 2014 santa fe catalogs show h11 bulb for this car. I believe the lens have deteriorated to the point light barely passes thru. Driving in rain or fog is impossible to see clearly have to follow the car in front of me. Need your help please

Filed Jan 23, 2020 · Visibility · 36,520 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the contact heard an abnormal noise. The vehicle was stopped and inspected and with no visible failure. The contact started driving again and became aware that the passenger's side mirror was detached from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to southtowne hyundai located at 800 bullsboro dr, newnan, ga 30265, (888) 615-9626, to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 36,520.

Filed Feb 18, 2019 · Electrical, Lights · 86,000 miles · GA

While driving at 7:30pm on a back road on a saturday, both of my headlights went out at the same time. I pulled onto a dirt driveway and turned my car off and noticed they came back on. I had to have it towed back home and took it to the dealership on monday. They replaced a fuse box, and I picked my car up. About a week and a half later, it happened again while I was driving at night. In addition this time, my seat warmers would come on for about 30 seconds, and then shut off. I took it back up to the same dealership where I bought it. They had it for 2 weeks. They just replaced the fuse and drove it over 20 miles trying to get it to go out again and couldn't. I picked my car back up. A day and a half later, both my headlights went out again during the middle of the day. I noticed this because it was raining and I couldn't get my wipers to work. I kept trying my wipers, and the only setting they would work on was the 3rd speed setting. I tried my lights and my seat warmers again, and no luck. I immediately took it back to the dealership, and they said their service department was closed already (3:00pm) and they couldn't do anything until monday, so I drove it home. Took it back up there on monday, explained that this was the 3rd time this has happened, and it needs to be fixed because it's a major safety hazard. They had it for a week or so and called me and said they replaced the fuse once again, and drove it over 215 miles and couldn't get the car to duplicate the issue. They said my car had them stumped. They told me they were confident it was going to be okay. I left, and less than 24 hours after I got the car, I was driving at 7:00pm and they went out again, this time an hour away from my house. I don't know what to do because this is a scary issue, and they can't seem to find the problem and fix it.

Filed Feb 26, 2018 · Visibility · 44,000 miles · PA · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 hyundai santa fe. While being operated 65 MPH, the driver's side sun roof shattered spontaneously without warning. The dealer was not contacted. The contact sustained minor cuts, which did not require medical attention. The manufacturer was contacted in regards to the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 44,000.

Filed Dec 4, 2016 · Seats, Visibility · 60,000 miles · CA

On three occasions now, I have nearly hit a pedestrian in a crosswalk, because I did not see that pedestrian. All three were hidden from my view by a combination of the driver side mirror and the frame of the car on the left side of the windshield. Together, the placement of these two features creates a surprisingly large blind spot. I think it is partly related to the fact that the seats in the car also cannot be raised enough; I have good front visibility, but if I could get higher I do think the mirror might be less of an obstacle. Each time this has happened, I learn a new type of situation in which I must not trust what I see, but I worry about unanticipated situations in the future.

Filed Nov 25, 2016 · Visibility · 52,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 hyundai santa fe. While driving 65 MPH, the panoramic sun roof fractured out on the roadway without warning. The fabric closure was shut, which prevented the fragments from entering the top portion of the sun roof when the failure occurred. The vehicle was driven to the contact's residence and parked. The dealer was notified of the failure and asked the contact to tow the vehicle to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000. Updated 08/22/2017

Filed Jan 14, 2016 · Body, Visibility · 33,000 miles · TX · 2 injuries

I was driving down a two lane road about noon on dec. 22. The temperature was about 70. I was going approximately 60 MPH. I was not turning, just going straight down the road. It sounded like there was an explosion. I pulled off the road as the glass sunroof shattered and fell in on my daughter and me. There was no other car near me. Nothing hit my car. I called hyundai was told that it wasn't covered by them and would be my responsibility to have fixed. I was stuck on the side of the road with the glass literally falling in on us. I closed the cover and we drove very slowly (about 15 miles) to a place where we could vacuum up the glass. It was in both the front and back seats. We cut our hands trying to clean it up but we had no choice. The glass continued to fall as we drove and rain was predicted. We had to do our best to be able to drive it another 30 miles to place to get it worked on. It's been 24 days (yes, rental car fees!) and I still and waiting on my car. I don't want the sunroof any longer because I'm scared it will happen again but I think I'm stuck with it. The man at the repair place believes it was a faulty pressure regulator. I don't have any receipts for the repairs yet because I still don't have my car back. It was very scary and not sure what would happen to someone driving on a busy highway if this occurs.

Filed Mar 11, 2015 · Visibility · 8,000 miles · GA

I was driving about 45 MPH on an open road, little to no traffic. The sunroof in my santa fe spontaneously exploded. We heard a very loud bang. A large piece of glass flew up and out of my car. Several small pieces of glass fell into the car, on me and my 9 year old daughter (who was in the backseat/driver side). The falling glass ranged from slivers to pea sized to larger than 2 inches. The glass continued to fall into the car. I closed the sunshade on the sunroof to try to keep the rest of the falling glass off of us. I was only about 1/2 mile from home. I drove home and parked in my garage. The panoramic sunroof has 2 pieces of glass. The entire front panel was shattered, and had a large hole just to the right of center. This was after 6pm. I called the hyundai dealership first thing the next morning. The service person I spoke to stated this was the 2nd exploding sunroof they have seen this month. I had the car towed to the dealership. When we got to the dealership the rest of the sunroof had shattered and fallen into the car. The car was filled with glass. I had 2 small glass slivers in my hand that I easily removed. I have a small glass sliver in my chin still. My daughter has a few small scratches on her stomach (she was wearing a cropped sports top).

Filed Mar 2, 2015 · Visibility · 9,880 miles · LA

Driving on hwy 71 approximately 25 miles south of alexandria, la with the sunroof closed and the interior sunroof liner closed when I heard a loud "explosion" similar to the sound of a shotgun being fired. There was only one vehicle near me, approximately 500 feet ahead of me. I looked to see if the side window had been shot out and to make sure my son, who was sitting in the back, was ok. I then could hear the sound of wind coming from above me. I opened the sunroof cover and discovered a large hole in the forward part of the sunroof, with the remainder of the forward retractable sunroof shattered. I pulled over to the side of the road and noticed that it appeared that the sunroof released upward. I have taken the vehicle to a hyundai dealer and they are trying to say this is the result of something striking the sunroof, and that they have "not seen this before". I have done research and see that there have been several complaints of this happening including a recent recall of hyundai velosters for the same problem.