When turning right on a raining day, loss of power - no steering or brakes. 2006 tuscon would run radio would be on - battery light and brake lights on - 10 seconds after managing to get out of traffics way - car would move. Hyundai foxed the car by replacing sensors and some other work resulting in over a $1000. Prior major service was serpentine belt and chain replacement on service recommendations - had no issues before the chain was replaced. Ever since - the transmission had to reset for hesitation between 20 and 40 MPH and the additional sensor work. Hyundai would not give me any warranty work as my 6 years had just expired. I am taking the car back in tomorrow for the same issue. While driving today in a sudden down pour - the first one since I had the car fixed that I have had to drive in and the incident occurred again except this time I was driving and not turning. Water seemed to get under the engine and something is getting wet. I requested a rental car and I am leaving for vacation on saturday to the shore. If its not fixed this time - I may have to consider a new car and I just paid it off.
2006 Hyundai Tucson electrical complaints
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I purchased the tuscon used approx. 2.5 months prior to the first incident. After work I went to start my vehicle and it would not crank. I had to have a tow truck come "jump" my vehicle. I went to an auto parts store and was told the battery was bad. I replaced the battery. The next day, when I went to leave work, the vehicle again would not start. I had to have a "jump" a second time. I took the vehicle back to an auto parts store and was told the battery was fine, and the alternator was bad. I replaced the alternator. Two weeks after replacing the alternator, I again had to have the vehicle "jumped." I went to an auto parts store and was told that the alternator, which was brand new, was bad. I contacted the hyundai dealership and was told they have not heard of something causing the alternators to go bad like I was describing.
First incident occurred-when I lived in fredericksburg,va -I was driving on rt 1 going downhill toward a stop light(no vehicle in front of me). As I was coming to a stop at the light the vehicle brakes were press down as far as it could go and I hear a clicking noise on the panel which was the ESC light. I had to turn the car off and put it in park to start it, in order to continue to drive. This has happened a couple other times. Tires have been replaced couple of times and brake pads because of groves and grinding noise. Now I'm having problems with my car won't start - had battery checked at advanced auto and its good. Esc light on with clicking noise when attempt to start car. Now that my vehicle have almost 123,000 miles, I found a recall the federal safety agency: 09v122000. Called hyundai customer assistance center 1‑800‑633‑5151 this morning at 08:18 am eastern standard time, I advise the representative that I had been having problem with my vehicle as described in this recall. She said my vehicle is not eligible because it was not in the list of VIN'??s they had complaints. Should the recall have a cut off because of mileage, is there a determination that the problem was corrected in my vehicle by VIN, does it pertain to vehicle manufactured in a particular region of the us, overseas or defective parts on the vehicle. Second owner of vehicle, purchased vehicle from hyundai certified dealer when returned from deployment. I'??m a veteran and the vehicle has a lot of highway mileage to and from the nearest va medical hospital, va community out-patient base clinic, and other medical services.
The power windows on the vehicle were not working. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic, who found a blown fuse. The fuse was replaced, and almost immediately, the tire pressure monitor computer located under the center console started to burn. The mechanic disconnected the fuse and cut the wires to the TPMS module. I then took the car to the dealership to explain the problem. At first they acted like they didn't have any idea what I was talking about. I left the car with them. Several hours later, they advised the TPMS module had indeed short circuited and therefore the module and entire harness would have to be replaced at a cost of $3,000. They could not advise me why this happened. In fact, the service rep could not understand why replacing a window fuse would cause the TPMS module to burn since they are on different circuits. Also, I believe the TPMS module has it's own fuses which should have blown prior to burning. I reported this to hyundai USA and they investigated. They emailed me to advise the problem was between myself and the dealership. When I tried to reply to them, they blocked my email address completely, so I emailed them under a different email address. They have not responded. I believe this could have been a serious problem result in a car fire had the mechanic not disconnected the system when he did. I am reporting this to you in case others have had similar problems. This may be a design flaw as a fuse should have blown on the TPMS module (a diagram indicates a slow fuse should be present).
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 hyundai tucson. The driver went to start the vehicle, but it would not start. He observed that the battery failed and had it replaced. The vehicle operated normally after the replacement, but the failure recurred nine months later. He connected the battery to a gauge, which indicated that it failed again. Since the battery was less than a year old, he took the vehicle to a dealer. The contact was informed that when the vehicle is parked for 2-3 days, it causes the battery to drain . The mechanic also stated that the battery fails because the radio is causing it to drain, as if it were still activated when the vehicle was idling. This is why the contact was advised to not let the vehicle idle for more than two days. There was no recall for this failure; however, it could be covered under the three years/30,000 mile warranty. The failure mileage was 16,000 and current mileage was 22,000. Updated 3/5/09 *cn the consumer was informed a tsb had been issued regarding the problem. The remedy was to pull the power connector. Updated 03/10/09.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 hyundai tucson. The contact stated that the vehicle has failed to crank start approximately ten times. The hyundai dealer has replaced the battery three times besides the original battery in the vehicle. There were no warning indicators at the time of failure. Presently, the vehicle fails to crank start again. The engine size was unknown. The current mileage is 3,600 and failure mileage was unknown. The consumer stated the vehicle failed to start 4 times before 1,489 and 10 times before 3,500 miles. The dealer stated driver side airbag cover replaced. The consumer provided various repair invoices for defect. Updated 07/12/07
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