While driving my 2011 hyundai tucson manual stick shift on the freeway in 5th gear, the clutch came apart. According to the service tech, the clutch had no significant owner wear and tear. He informed me that the clutch was defective and that it fell apart while driving because a piece fell out, which, according to him, should never have happened. Pictures of defective clutch available. *four months prior, the clutch sensor went out and the vehicle would not start. I was informed that the vehicle had a faulty sensor, again due to product defect.
2011 Hyundai Tucson transmission complaints
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While driving at approx. 45 MPH, I noticed that the electronic stability control light was on and the downhill brake control indicator (red) was on. I returned home, shut down the engine, restarted it, and the problem seemed to go away. Upon returning home the next day from a trip, while parking the car, both indicators came on, and the vehicle would not allow me to put the transmission into park. I left the transmission in neutral, and shut the engine down. I then turned the key on, put my foot on the accelerator pedal (to the floor) for 3 seconds, turned the key on, and the problem was gone....for now.
Incline and traction control lights illuminated on dash, signaling an electrical problem. Discovered that exterior brake lights failed to illuminate upon depression of brake peddle, or would work intermittently. Also discovered that while the vehicle was in this condition, the car would not allow the gear shift to go into park. This was a very dangerous condition for this vehicle and could have resulted in the vehicle being rear ended due to the inoperable brake light indicators.
When driving to and from work (am/pm) the dbc (downhill brake control) and ESC (electronic stability control) indicator lights will turn on and remain on until I stop and turn off the ignition. When I stop, I am unable to shift the gear into park. While in a panic, I made several attempts to put the vehicle in park and each attempt was unsuccessful. So I put it in neutral to turn the ignition off, waited a few minutes, then restarted it and put it in park in order to remove the ignition key. I may have to try this several times before I am able to shift into park. It has happened several times since the first date. Also, when I shift gears a loud mechanical clunk sounds which jerks the entire vehicle. This even happens when I start off driving and it is very annoying and scary. I have to restart the vehicle several times before it finally stop. Then after about three days it start all over again. I see this as a danger because I commute 56 miles one way to work and I thought I was purchasing a dependable vehicle but apparently not.
While driving in stop and go traffic to and from work (am/pm) the dbc (downhill brake control) and ESC (electronic stability control) indicator lights will turn on and remain on until I stop and turn off the ignition. However, when I stop, I am unable to shift the gear into park. I am forced to put it in neutral to turn the ignition off, wait a few minutes, then start the car and put it in park in order to remove the ignition key. I may have to try this several times before I am able to shift into park. It has happened three days in a row. The dealership is unable to duplicate this problem. They did tell me that this is a known problem with the brake switch for some models but my VIN# is not showing a recall. I will need to bring in the car when it actual locks in gear.
Comment: I have brought in my tucson for the clunking transmission issue 5 times now. Each return to the service center results in a cannot duplicate response. 1. On the morning of 28 march 2013, approximately 20 seconds after starting the vehicle the transmission was shifted into drive, a loud mechanical clunk was heard and felt from the driver's seat, the transmission did not respond, the vehicle would not move when the gas pedal was depressed, and the p,r,n,d indicator in the dash board display went blank. The car was shifted into p, a loud mechanical clunk' was heard and felt followed by a loud crunch'. The ignition was turned off, and the vehicle was restarted with no issues once the vehicle was warmed up. 2. Recall service for the transmission cooling line coupling performed, the vehicle began exibiting the transmission disengage and reengage symptom while driving under acceleration. This occurs approximately once a day under any incline or flat condition while accelerating. 3. While accelerating up hill, specifically up hill while accelerating up to 45 MPH the vehicle will down shift to climb the hill. Under 2 conditions 1. Cruise control engaged, 2. Constant accelerator pedal application.the vehicle will not re-upshift once the hill has been completed and keeps an elevated RPM range of approximately 3000 RPM even while on level ground while passing tax and revenue. The rpms do not lower and the transmission will not up shift until either the brake pedal is depressed (to disengage the cruise control), or the accelerator is lifted. Note: the entire time this situation is occurring the econ green light is illuminated.. The safety issue is that the transmission intermittently disengages while driving, sometimes while departing intersection. The transmission roblem has continued and grown worse with exapnding problems.
2011 hyundai tuscan. Consumer writes in regards to cooling lines, transmissions and brake switches replacements more than once. *tgw the consumer stated the vehicle would nt accelerate when the accelerator pedal was applied, the transmission would buck and bang when it was shifted from park to drive. The dealer found the transmission was worn internally and the cooler hose was cracked, which caused the transmission fluid to leak. The ESC light illuminated, due to an open circuit in the brake switch. The consumer stated the vehicle was taken to the dealer for the same problems seven times.
When returning home from store I couldn't put the car in park. Only could get to neutral. Turned the car off and started it up again and it moved into park. This has happen now three(3) times in the last week. I have called to get it looked at next week.
The transmission/gears gets stuck when I want to put it in reverse. This happened 5 times in the last 3 months. I brought the car and complained to the dealer and they said it could be a brake light issue and could not fix it unless they see the problem when it happens. This problem occurs randomly. It happened again last week so I scheduled to bring it in to the dealer this week.
Today I was out in my 2011 hyundai tucson. Two of the lights came on the dash, one is for traction control and the other had to do with hills(sorry my car is at the dealer and I don't have the book to tell you the exact light description; one is orange with a vehicle and little skid marks after it the other is red with a vehicle going down a steep hill). I went to stop at a store and my car would not go into park from drive, the farthest I could get it was in neutral. After messing with it for 5 minutes I finally got the car into park. After leaving that store I went to go to another and had the same issue. I immediately called the dealer for service and took my vehicle there. I have done some searching online and see that this is not a new issue with tucsons as people with older models(2010 and back) have also had the same issue and some of them report it's due to a bad brake switch and once it was replaced they didn't have the problem again. My car was purchased in feb of 2011 and has approximately 6600 miles.
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