Hyundai Santa Fe Sport

"Multiple false warning lights, resorting in trips to dealer, sometimes resulting in multiple return trips"

"Headlights have burned out a lot earlier than expected."

"cracked lens"

"Keep shorting out and dealer can't figure out the problem"

"Driver's power seat would not raise. Cost to repair was going to run approx. $1800. Though out of warranty, Hyundai picked up $1300 of the repair."

"Front overhead lights don't come on when door opens and dealer can't figure out the problem"

"Multiple failures resulting in 2 trips to dealer, resulting in control located in driver door replaced twice"

"The interior lights on the dash display intermittently flash bright suddenly. It is as if a sudden surge of energy blasts and everything lights up and then returns to normal. The dealership advised they could not duplicate the problem"

"Car would repeatedly lock and unlock (complete with beeps) any time I approached the car with the key in my pocket. It was a bad sensor in the door handle. The problem was solved when that was replaced."

"Kept getting low key battery even after both keys were replaced and reprogrammed numerous times. It started happening after a computer upgrade, and eventually worked itself out."

"Locks would cycle on and off. I had to use the physical key to get it to stop. Dealer replaced the handle which took care of the problem"

"Could not enter vehicle on driver side front door using electronic latch button. Apparently this was a fairly common problem."

"Turned out that 2 fuse boards went out. Only major problem in my 2012 Santa Fe. It was cause by my remote start, which my sister pushed the button to many Xs at once. Other than that my 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe has been Awesome for me!"

"Push button on drivers side door handle was replaced. Back up camera was also replaced"

"Drivers side door would not unlock using the fob"

"Replaced module under extended warranty"

"Drivers door entry button was defective. Using remote, the doors would lock and unlock multiple times, headlights flash, could not lock car with remote or door button. Dealer replaced the electronic door lock under warranty. Solved"

"driver'sdoor button works intermittenly"

"fuse was blown and could not use key-less entry, also affected the control buttons on the steering wheel"

"car locks and won't unlock from keyless entry, or won't allow me to lock from keyless entry. Primarily driver's door; occasionally passenger side. Intermittent, but a safety issue in a dark lot"

"All are connected to the first question/ explanation. Same fuse board problem."

"low pressure light comes on when pressure ok"

"The brake warning light fuse had to be replaced"

"FAILURE OF WIPER MOTOR REAR WITH MINIMAL USE"

"The wiper failed while driving in a snowstorm while travelling south the dealership where we were repaired it quickly and we were reimbursed when we returned home through our extended warranty"

"A sensor for the ABS went bad in one of the rear wheels. It was covered under warranty and fixed"

"Replaced all sensors on brakes when new. Had no pro bless since then"

"They are to be cleaned every 6000km, if not, they jam"

"Caliper seized despite regular service"

"Rear brake rotors and pads replaced"

"Due to normal wear & tear & after 95,000 km while having regular oil & filter change my front brakes appeared very low & new pads & rotors were replaced."

"Very noisy when driving."

"It was time for a new brake/rotor change."

"Brakes were replaced due to normal brake and after approx 5000km they required replacing again due to rotor rust and pad disintegration."

"Brakes malfunctioned because of grit from maintaining our highways in winter."

"There are 77000 kms of gentle use on the vehicle and it is on it's 3rd set of complete brakes. Rotors and pads front and rear. Dealer claims this is normal."

"Brakes were tight when purchased and had to be careful on braking, not soft touch at all"

"The car has been serviced for the required brake maintenance but it seems not to hold up. The dealership in Delray in particular does not seem to do a quality job whenever we have used them"

"Brakes were down to 20% left on pads in a short period of time"

"I did not expect the front brakes to need replacing so soon"

"Had to replace both front and back brakes, not normal wear and tare, very prematurely. Not covered under warranty"

"We had to have the brakes ground and a few other things done to the braking system with a total of around $900. For a newish car, this was unexpected and disappointing"

"ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED AFTER ONE YEAR OF USE"

"Normal wear and tear, especially since I drove an average 19000 miles annually. Just expensive, but necessary to replace brakes and rotors"

"Had to replace rear rotors and pads at 45000 mi, front pads at 42000 mi. This seemed early mileage for me!"

"The plastic trim around the bottom where the seat controls are came loose and when you sit down it pushes the trim down some past the little bracket it should be attached to. More annoying than anything."

"The trim around the driver's seat base where the controls for moving the seat to different positions has come loose and I can't figure out how to reach the place to put a new screw or whatever in place."

"Paint warranty 3 yrs. At 3 1/2 years paint started peeling off hood and top. Body shop said inferior paint by manufacturer, needed to paint entire car. Hyundai disagreed, agreed to pay $1000 of $1500 paint bill for top and hood . Would agree to nothing else."

"The white paint on the hood and above the windshield started to chip about a year back. It has gotten progressively worse since then. Didn't do anything to cause it, i.e. no accidents, no rough driving. Tried to use touch up paint initially, but it didn't really work. Now it is spreading. There is a very small rust point now beginning to form. I contacted Hyundai Corporate who asked me to take the car to my local dealer. I took it last week. They shot pictures and sent them to Hyundai Corporate. Waiting for their response. Very bizarre problem. Had two Hyundai cars before and NEVER had this issue."

"It is quite a common problm thay Hyundai is aware of. Paint hss cracked and peeled in several places"

"The paint on the interior center console is peeling off"

"the hood of the vehicle has chips in the paint which dealer claims was from rocks etc. causing damage. Doesn't make sense to me since it never happened on other SUV's we've owned"

"The paint seems to chip too easily like maybe the coat is too thin"

"The paint is cracking for no reason"

"Peeling paint on front bumper...still waiting warranty repairs after almost 12 months"

"paint peeling front bumper and roof racks, after much bill shit( 8 months) manufacturer repaired"

"Paint on the leading edge of the hood was chipped and peeled. This was likely caused by debris thrown by a truck ahead in traffic."

"Paint chips and peels very easily. Had some areas repainted during another repair process."

"Small chips of paint missing from top area on drivers side of vehicle."

"I'm amazed at how much chipping the paint has done on the front lip of the hood and the front part of the roof right above the windshield. you'd think I was driving across a gravel pit every day."

"Where paint peeled, there are rust spots"

"Just a few tiny spots on the hood"

"Had rust on front column beside front window within 6 monthd. Had it repainted at delearship under warranty"

"compressor periodically ices and A/C stops cooling. After a 15 minute rest it works perfectly. this happens 1-3 times/year. dealer cannot/will not fix"

"For some reason I have had to replace the module that controls the AC because every now and then it switches the temp display to F from C. This can only be set at the dealer apparently. While this doesn't impact the cooling function it does appear to impact the Phone pairing system in that phone calls coming through the radio have a lot of static and the voice command feature becomes unable to understand voice commands presumably because of the static. The dealer says the 2 systems are unrela"

"In my vehicle the A/C goes on when the Temperature is turned down when not in auto..The reason to just turn it down when the heat is not required. The compressor goes on ??? When I bring it in for my next service recall"

"Air conditioning would just turn off, requiring a restart of the car to get it working. Required replacing the control module. Dealer would not repair (for a year) until I brought the car in with the failure in progress, even though this was a know"

"The air conditioner suddenly blasts on high when set on low. It then returns to where I had it set. This is an often, but intermittent problem which the dealership could not duplicate"

"small leak in evaporator core. hd to be replaced. under warranty"

"Leaking high pressure side AC refrigerant line. Required replacement of line and refrigerant recharge."

"A rat likely chewed the line."

"Bad hose"

"This may be related to the other AC problem but apparently there is a very small Freon leak which is undetectable under pressure testing. So far I have had to recharge the Freon twice, the last time it was bone dry"

"Complained to dealer when at 70K miles, no cooling was evident when using the controls just warm air when temp was all the way down. They said I had a leak in the pressurized hoses and wanted about $500 to replace system. I have since replaced Freon at local tire place for about $100"

"High pressure refrigerant line leaked and needed to be replaced."

"Had to replace metal refrigerant line."

"some issues with awd required more than one appointment to resolve issue"

"Viscous coupler that engages the 4 wheel drive was deffective and required replacement"

"Deifferential cracked and left a large hole in it,"

"Seal leaks covered under warranty"

"When turning sharp corner, fairly slow, as in turning into driveway or parking spot, rear drive has a shuddering effect. I believe this causes irregular wear on the rear tires which also result in road-tire noise becoming excessive. Problem since I bought the vehicle. Dealership very "unhelpful""

"driveshaft actuatior caused the differential to crack and get a large hole in it"

"Wheel speed sensors; both rear replaced"

"On several occasions, electrical system was completely dead when I tried to start the vehicle. Each time, I had the vehicle towed to the dealership, which has been unable to replicate or diagnose the problem"

"Battery boost needed several occasions. Since battery was boosted too many times it was no longer functioning properly so I replaced it. Did not solve the problem. Dealer stated it was alarm system (drawing .9 ma) and it should me (.3ma)"

"malfunction light came on with the ABS traction and down hill lights illuminated. The problem was a faulty speed sensor in the brake/bearing assembly. It happened twice (one on each rear wheel). On one wheel it was covered under warranty and not on the other wheel. There was a different malfunction code for each but the cure for both was the same, replace the brake bearing speed sensor assembly. $0 cost on one $338 for the other."

"Despite being only 4 years old, one wheel speed sensor failed recently at a cost of $400+. There is one sensor per wheel, each a different part from the other and each at that cost. Hopefully this is the last failure. Three different warning lights came on, I wasn't sure if it was safe to drive"

"on occasions either the trans or right front tire seems to slip or spin"

"Very rough abrupt shifts on occasion. So strong the car shakes. Transmission quick shifts between gears or skips gears. Dealership could not duplicate and seem unaware of general problem, yet internet forums discuss the problems"

"twice on very cold mornings, the transmission failed to shift up properly and tended to remain in lower gear and not shift up. first time went to dealer but it did not repeat itself after turning the car off and then back on. when it happened again(o"

"occasionally misses 1-2 shift. Engine revs to about 4000 rpm and then the shift continues normally"

"STARTED SLIPPING, THEN JUST QUIT WORKING. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY"

"Difficulty switching into gears--sometimes stays in 2nd gear then bucks into 3rd gear when acceleration increased--in twice for problem--said they couldn't find a problem"

"On occasion: When driving on highway and attempt to accelerate quickly, the motor revs up but no acceleration occurs"

"in cold weather very definite problems with the transmission shifting smoothly-Hyundai told us to start off very slow-still does it"

"recent recall on this vehicle - can slip out of park and roll unless parking brake is engaged"

"It was a Hyundai recall. I only noticed a bit of noise"

"Temperature Sensor in Transmission"

"Heat sensor went bad"

"The alignment would go almost immediately after being aligned"

"I'm not sure if ball joints is the proper term. The front tire would wobble when we turned a corner. It was very noticeable and kept getting worse.It was under warranty however and the dealer fixed it. I just know it had something to do with the front end/drive train."

"At around 40k I noticed a clunking noise when going over an uneven surface turning left. Service advisor said likely a loose brake pad.Noise got worse and insisted further investigation resulting in RF lower ball joint replacement"

"need to replace both"

"had to replace coils and struts with less than 60000km"

"Hyundai recall. Springs replaced"

"Broken drivers side spring"

"left front linkage broke"

"Had to have the rack replaced to stop the car wandering & creating a noise."

"will address upon next visit to dealership"

"It was not the tie rod. A link stabilizer needed to be replaced."

"the vehicle would not start"

"N/A"

"Car had a knocking sound off and on. We heard it when we would slow down. Just had the brakes replaced so thought it was that. Took it back at least twice, possible three times They said the brakes needed to be cleaned. While on a trip the engine seized and did other damage to the vehicle. It seems they had problems with the sonata and there was a recall on those cars. The sport only has a campaign out at this time. The recall is forthcoming. Hyundai did pay for all the damage. I also"

"I think the company that changed my oil did not tighten the oil nut properly. After they tightened it it no longer leaked."

"Engine was replaced."

"The oil feed line to the turbo charger failed and emptied my oil pan. This is a factory recall but could be fatal if your engine lost power at highway speed. There is no warning light on these cars to indicate oil/pressure loss!! Yet a bell dings if the sunroof is left open"

"These leaks were related to the turbo line"

"oil leak showed up through the top of the engine. It took 2 days to get car back as the parts needed to set and adhere or the leak would have persisted. When the car was assembeled a part was incorrrectly set up and the service engine light came on. The issue was resolved quickly but it was inconvenient"

"Had some sort of engine oil leak that was corrected"

"Oil line to Turbo (Gasket), Part updated and replaced under recall"

"Oil Pan leaking"

"Struts that hold up hood started leaking and would not keep hood open. These were replaced by dealer under warranty"

"the lock/unlock button on the door handles won't lock/unlock the doors without multiple touches - this has been an intermittent problem from day 1; the door handles have been replaced twice under warranty"

"Gas cap door broke"

"Drivers seat frame broke causing the seat to move excessively."

"glass fractured while driving"

"The engine ran, but the car gradually lost power until it wouldn't move at all. Had it towed to dealer."

"This is a special high pressure fuel pump. Quite expensive at approximately $600 at the dealer. It was a no charge since the Hyundai warranty covered it. The dealer repaired it on a late afternoon on a Friday with no appointment. That was great. Feldman Hyundai in New Hudson, MI"