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These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
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THIS IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM SHIFTING 1-2ND GEAR, AS WE SLOW DOWN TO ENTER OUR GARAGE AND WAIT FOR DOOR TO OPEN, THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD WITH HUGE AMOUNT OF FORCE, ALMOST AS IF WE ARE HIT FROM BEHIND, THEN IT GOES INTO GEAR AND PROCEEDS. HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY DAY NOW. I READ MANY CONSUMER BLOGS SAYING THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR THE SANTA FE MODELS. DEFINITELY A TRANSMISSION ISSUE. *TR
NHTSA ODI 10629978
FAILURE TO ACCELERATE FROM A FULL STOP WITH ACCELERATOR PETAL PARTIALLY OR FULLY DEPRESSED. MALFUNCTION OCCURRED THREE TIMES AND PERSISTED EACH TIME FOR BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF MILE ON TWO OCCASIONS AND FOR ONE HALF MILE ON ONE OCCASION. ON JULY 11, 2014 AUTOMOBILE WAS LEFT WITH DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR OF THE MALFUNCTION AND HAS REMAINED THERE AS OF THIS DATE, AUGUST 3, 2014, WITH NO REPAIRS HAVING BEEN DONE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MALFUNCTION AND COULD QUITE EASILY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT WITH SERIOUS SAFETY CONSEQUENCES. THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE WITH ONLY 1100 MILES ON IT. THE MALFUNCTION HAS OCCURRED RANDOMLY DURING ROUTINE DRIVING FOLLOWED BY A RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING THE DISTANCES NOTED ABOVE.. ALL THREE INSTANCES OCCURRED AFTER MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM A FULL STOP. VEHICLE SLOWLY INCREASED SPEED WITHOUT ANY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE FROM ACCELERATOR POSITION. DRIVER HAD PETAL FULLY DEPRESSED IN ONE INSTANCE AND TRIED FLOORING AND PUMPING THE PETAL IN TWO OTHERS WITH NO RESPONSE. *TR
NHTSA ODI 10620642
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