CAR OFTEN (BUT NOT ALWAYS) HESITATES UP TO 3 OR MORE SECONDS WHEN PRESSING THE GAS FROM STANDING STOP. STILL LESS THAN 15,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS OVER THE LAST 1,000 MILES OR SO.
NHTSA ODI 11245335
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CAR OFTEN (BUT NOT ALWAYS) HESITATES UP TO 3 OR MORE SECONDS WHEN PRESSING THE GAS FROM STANDING STOP. STILL LESS THAN 15,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS OVER THE LAST 1,000 MILES OR SO.
NHTSA ODI 11245335
I LEASED A 2017 TUCSON INTENDING TO BUY AT THE END. OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WITH ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON IT, I HAVE HAD SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHERE I PULL OUT ONTO MY BUSY 50 MPH ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE. IT'S ALMOST AS IF IT HAD STALLED OR SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL, NO MATTER HOW SOFT OR HARD YOU STEP ON THE GAS. EACH OCCASION MY SON AND I HAVE COME WITHIN SECONDS OF BEING HIT BY DUMP TRUCKS, TRACTOR TRAILERS, OR OTHER ROADWAY VEHICLES. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE SAYS IT'S THE DUAL CLUTCH SYSTEM, BUT CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, THEY'VE RESET THE PARAMETERS TO FACTORY SETTINGS, BUT IT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOT TO MENTION THE AC JUST WENT ON IT OUT OF NOWHERE. I AM 16 MONTHS OUT FROM THE LEASE TERMINATION, AND FEEL SO UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT I HAVE COME WITHIN SECONDS OF GETTING REAR ENDED BY DUMP TRUCKS, THEN HAVING THE CAR BUCK FORWARD AND RED LINE. HANDFULS OF CUSTOMERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS VEHICLE, BUT NOTHING WILL BE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS UNTIL A FAMILY OR PERSON WINDS UP SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DEAD. UNFORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE AT A CROSSROADS DECIDING IF BREAKING THE LEASE WOULD BE BETTER THAN WINDING UP IN A COFFIN, EITHER WAY IT'LL COST A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY ON OUR END.
NHTSA ODI 11244737
THE CAR HESITATES UNDER ACCELERATION . IT WILL SOMETIMES SITS JUST INCHING ALONG FOR 2 OR 3 SECONDS THEN START ACCELERATING. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN ITS GOING TO HAPPEN. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. IT CAN GO A WEEK WITH NOTHING THAN WHEN YOU LAST EXPECT IT HAPPENS AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS I WONT LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR.
NHTSA ODI 11244151
THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET BURNED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO REMOVE.
NHTSA ODI 11243847
THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT CONSISTENTLY ENGAGE PARTICULARLY FROM A STOPPED POSITION. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO A 4 LANE ROAD, I WAS TURNING LEFT. THERE WAS PLENTY OF TIME TO MAKE IT BUT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE. THE CAR ROLLED OUT ONTO THE ROAD BECAUSE I WAS ON A SMALL INCLINE AND NEARLY GOT HIT BY TRAFFIC AS THE ENGINE STRUGGLED TO ENGAGE. HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT ACCORDING TO THEM THAT'S HOW THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. IT IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLAW THAT THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF AN NO LONGER USE THIS SYSTEM IN 2019 TUCSON. THEY KNOW IT'S A FLAW AND REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING TO ASSIST.
NHTSA ODI 11243764
WE PURCHASED THIS 2017 HYUNDAI TUSCON NEW FROM DEALER. AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR, THE VEHICLE BEGAN DRAMATICALLY HESITATING WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN THEN REAPPLYING THE ACCELERATOR. IT WILL ALSO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE AND JERKS FORWARD IN AN UNCONTROLLED MANNER. WE HAVE HAD IT TO DEALER TWICE, WHO STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OBD CODES AND THEY COULDN'T TELL US WHAT WAS WRONG. THE MECHANIC, INITIALS J.F. AT HYUNDAI COOL SPRINGS IN NASHVILLE TN (PHONE: 615-814-6051) DROVE THE CAR HIMSELF AND WAS ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM TODAY, BUT STILL SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO TO FIX IT. HE PROVIDE THE HYUNDAI CUSTOMER CARE LINE WHICH I CALLED TO DETERMINE THERE WERE NO SAFETY RECALLS ON THIS MODEL AT THIS TIME. NO OPTION TO SPEAK TO A HUMAN ON THE PHONE. AT THIS POINT I DO NOT FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE FOR MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER TO DRIVE UNTIL WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.
NHTSA ODI 11243384
AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10 PM ON WEDNESDAY 8/7/19, I WAS ON AN OUTLYING ROAD TURNING ON A ROUNDABOUT, I HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH TO ENTER THE ROUNDABOUT AND WAS ACCELERATING TO EXIT IT, WHEN MY 2017 HYUNDAI TUSCON SPONTANEOUSLY AND WITHOUT WARNING SHUT OFF. THE CAR SLOWED AND THE SCREENS WENT BLACK. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE IT STOPPED COMPLETELY AND TURN MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I WAITED A FEW SECONDS AND TRIED THE CAR, IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME (8 MINUTE TRIP, ALONG OUTLYING ROADS) I AM UNSURE WHICH COMPONENT CAUSED THE MALFUNCTION THAT CAUSED MY CAR TO SPONTANEOUSLY SHUT OFF.
NHTSA ODI 11242380
FROM STOP TO 30 MPH INTERMITTENT HESITATION. DANGEROUS WHEN TRYING TO MERGE FOR DON'T KNOW IF CAR WILL MOVE OR NOT. IT 'BUCKS' FROM START TO ACCELERATION INTERMITTENTLY. FROM LOW SPEED TO TRY TO ACCELERATE DOESN'T ALWAYS WANT TO ACCELERATE. DUAL CLUTCH SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM AND MAYBE SOMETHING ELSE. HYUNDAI SERVICE DID NOTHING TO HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM, JUST 'LIVE WITH IT'. WOULD THEY LIKE THEIR TEENAGER DRIVING SUCH A CAR?? SOME TIMES CAR LURCHES FORWARD TOO INSTEAD OF HESITATION. GAS MILEAGE TERRIBLE TOO. NOT GETTING WHAT THEY SAID, 18-20 MPH, ONCE IN AWHILE 25 OR 30.
NHTSA ODI 11241671
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM BEING STOPPED AT A LIGHT, STOP SIGN, ETC. THE VEHICLE STALLS FOR ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE MOVING. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES OR MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY THERE IS A DELAY. I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 1.5 YEARS (ORIGINAL OWNER). THESE ISSUES STARTED APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO.
NHTSA ODI 11235338
I HAVE A HYUNDAI TUCSON SE PLUS 2.0 LITER HAS ALMOST 21K MILES. I STARTED NOTICING AN ISSUE A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR SLOW CRAWL. I'VE HAD SOME FRIGHTENING SITUATIONS WHERE TAKING A LEFT TURN IN AN INTERSECTION THERE IS DELAYED ACCELERATION AS MUCH AS 2-5 SECONDS WITH ON-COMING TRAFFIC. THE PROBLEM IS EXACERBATED WITH THE AC ON AND UNDRIVABLE UNLESS I TURN THE AC OFF AT THE STOPLIGHT/STOP SIGN. I'VE TRIED ADDING SEA FOAM TO A FULL TANK OF GAS THINKING IT WAS DIRTY FUEL-INJECTORS, BUT NO IMPROVEMENT. MY BROTHER HAS AN IDENTICAL CAR WITH 31K MILES AND CALLED ME TODAY OF HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THE ONLY COMMON DENOMINATOR IS IT HAS BEEN HOT (85-90 DEGREES) DURING THE DAY. WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE LOWER IN THE MORNING, I DO NOT NOTICE THE PROBLEM AS MUCH, BUT IT REMAINS SPORADIC. ALSO, I EXPERIENCED THE CAR SHIFTING AT UNUSUAL TIMES. I RECENTLY HAD AN OIL CHANGE AT THE HYUNDAI DEALER, AND I MENTIONED THE ISSUE. THEY COULD INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM FOR A PRICE WHICH I WAS NOT INCLINED TO DO, MAINLY IF NO CODE WAS TRIGGERED AND IT IS UNDER WARRANTY. MY BROTHER IS TAKING HIS TUCSON NEXT WEEK, AND I WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES OF IT. IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT TWO IDENTICAL CARS WOULD EXPERIENCE THE SAME ISSUE AT THE SAME TIME. HAVING READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA AND OTHER FORUMS, I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISSUE HYUNDAI IS NOT ADDRESSING. IF HYUNDAI CAN'T FIX THIS SOON, I WILL TURN THE CAR IN WHEN I LEASE IS UP IN A YEAR.
NHTSA ODI 11233620
I'VE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR HESITATING AND STALLING SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN 2017. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND THEY TOLD ME THEY DID 2 SERVICE RECALL REPAIRS ON IT BUT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ISSUE CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SO I TRIED FIRST HYUNDAI IN NORTH ATTLEBORO. THEY TOLD ME THEY ALSO COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT RESET ENGINE ADAPTIVE VALUES AND TRANSMISSION ADAPTIVE VALUES AND TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.. TODAY I TRIED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE, THEN IT STARTED BUCK AND TO SMELL LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. A SHORT DISTANCE UP THE HIGHWAY THE CAR COMPLETELY STALLED OUT AND WOULDN'T DRIVE. I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY FOR OVER AN HOUR WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK.
NHTSA ODI 11231730
MY HYUNDAI TUCSON HAS ALMOST 30,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE BEGAN HAVING AN ISSUE WITH DELAYED ACCELERATION. WE WERE DRIVING NORMALLY THROUGH TOWN AND STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I PRESSED THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND STILL NOTHING HAPPENED. THE ENGINE DID NOT REV OR ANYTHING, SUDDENLY AFTER 3-5 SECONDS THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND BEGAN ACCELERATING. THIS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES.I TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS I COULD. AFTER A DAY WITH THE VEHICLE THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. AFTER GETTING THE CAR BACK AND DRIVING IT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE ISSUE RETURNED. I AGAIN TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE MANAGER KEPT THE CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND DROVE IT ABOUT 80 MILES OVER THOSE THREE DAYS AND SAID THE PROBLEM NEVER HAPPENED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IT. THE FAILURE TO ACCELERATE HAPPENS SPORADICALLY. SOME DAYS IT WILL DRIVE FINE AND OTHER DAYS IT WILL HAVE THE ISSUE THE WHOLE TIME I'M DRIVING IT. WE HAVE ALSO HAD A FEW INSTANCES OF THE VEHICLE SHIFTING INCORRECTLY AND OVER REVVING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE ACCELERATION ISSUE IS VERY DANGEROUS AND ALREADY ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET T-BONED MULTIPLE TIMES. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR MY FAMILY.
NHTSA ODI 11231454
N JUNE 24, 2019 I DISCOVERED MY VEHICLE WAS CYBER CONTROL HACKED.. MYSTERIOUS RADIO CODE, INTERFERENCE WITH SIRIUS RADIO SIGNAL, CHANNELS KEPT CHANGING, CANNOT CONTROL VOLUME, DISCOVERED AN ALIEN IPHONE CONNECTED TO BLUE TOOTH, MALICIOUS LINK APPEARED ON 6/11/19 WHEN RADIO WAS TAKEN DOWN TO MANUFACTURING SETTINGS. SPORADIC CONSTANT ISSUES, AC FAN JUST STOPS, CAR DOES NOT TURN OFF, AND CAR HESITATES WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP. I DECIDED TO CHECK OUT THE CONSOLE AREA OF THE SIRIUS RADIO. . THAT IS WHEN I DISCOVERED AN ILLEGAL ANDROID PHONE CONNECTION, AN IMEI NUMBER, ROGUE FIRMWARE AND WIFI, A GOOGLE POWERED REPORTS TO..., A MAP THAT DOES NOT TURN OFF, 2 MAPS PROGRAMMED ON STEERING WHEEL CONSOLE. 10-15 CONSOLE ICONS WERE DISABLED, I THEN DISCOVERED WHEN GOING TO HYUNDAI ON LINE I HAD AN ACCOUNT EITHER SET UP BY HYUNDAI OR THE HACKERS IN MY NAME I COULD NOT ACCESS. IT TOOK THE DEALERSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR ME TO GET IN. I DISCOVERED AN OUT DATED PHONE NUMBER AND 2 ID THEFT WARNINGS FROM 4/19 I NEVER RECEIVED, THE BLUE LINK I HAVE ELECTED BUT NEVER DOWNLOADED THE APP FOR REMOTE CONTROL WAS ENABLED AND HAD A HISTORY OF MANY VOICE COMMANDS. I TRIED TO FILE A POLICE REPORT AT OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, MICHIGAN. THEY DID NOT HAVE THE FORENSICS CAPABILITY TO DIAGNOSE AND REFUSED THE REPORT. ON 6/ 25/19 I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I LEASED MY VEHICLE FROM, ELDER HYUNDAI OF MACOMB, MICHIGAN. THE SERVICE MANAGER WAS DISMISSIVE AND STARTED TURNING OFF ICONS, COMPROMISING EVIDENCE, HE TOLD ME THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE AFTER MANY OBJECTIONS BY ME. THE CAR HAS SAT IN MY DRIVEWAY SINCE 6/26/19 AS I AM DEATHLY AFRAID OF USING IT CAUSE INJURY AND DEATH TO MYSELF AND OTHERS. I DID FILE AN ONLINE REPORT WITH HYUNDAI USA ON 6/26/19. THEY HAVE ONLY REQUESTED THE IMEI NUMBER TO TRACE THE CELL PHONE NUMBER. HYUNDAI AND HACKER ARE LIABLE FOR MY SAFETY. *JS
NHTSA ODI 11229988
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT MY HYUNDAI TUCSON, HOWEVER THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES ARE HORRIBLE. WHEN YOU TAKE OFF FROM A COMPLETE STOP, YOU HAVE TO FEATHER THE GAS PEDAL TO TAKE OFF, OTHERWISE THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP DURING TAKE OFF. DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC (STOP AND GO) MAKES THE DRIVE FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVING A STICK SHIFT, MEANING THE TRANSMISSION FEELS JERKY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERYDAY AND FOR ME IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
NHTSA ODI 11230127
AFTER A STOP, INITIATING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE DOES NOT ACCELERATE, THE TACHOMETER RACES, BUT THERE IS NO ENGAGEMENT. AFTER A LONG PAUSE, THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES AND THE CAR JERKS FORWARD. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, OCCURRING AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. HYUNDAI SERVICE DENIED THERE WAS A PROBLEM ON MULTIPLE VISITS BEFORE FINALLY ADMITTING THE DUAL CLUTCH WAS FAULTY. CLUTCH REPLACED, PROBLEM PERSISTS, AND THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THEY CAN DO.
NHTSA ODI 11228712
WHEN TRYING TO TURN OFF THE TUCSON (VEHICLE HAS PUSH BUTTON START) TO REFILL THE GAS TANK, THE ENGINE DIDN'T TURN OFF. WHILE THE ENGINE WAS ON, IT RESTARTED AGAIN THE ENGINE, ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS TURNED ON IN THE DASHBOARD AND THE ENGINE STARTED TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY WITH RPM'S AROUND 500 RPM. SOME SECONDS LATER THE ENGINE RPM STABILIZED (NORMAL IDLE). I PRESSED THE PUSH BUTTON AGAIN AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF SUCCESSFULLY. WENT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE CAR.
NHTSA ODI 11220797
CAR SHAKES WHEN GOING FROM IDLE AND RELEASING THE BRAKE PRIOR TO PUTTING FOOT ON THE GAS. SHAKES WHILE IN PARK AS WELL. MOST NOTICEABLE WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT RED LIGHT, RELEASE BRAKE, INCH UP A FEW FEET WITHOUT TOUCHING ANY PEDALS CAR WILL SHAKE AND SHUTTER.
NHTSA ODI 11220477
THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS TIMES, THAT OUR 2017 HYUNDAI TUCSON HAS HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING IN LOW GEAR, WHETHER COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR RED LIGHT AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE OR WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A SLOW SPEED (5-10MPH). MOST OFTEN TIMES, WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDDLE TO ACCELERATE IT IS VERY DELAYED, ALMOST NO ACCELERATION RESPONSE FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS, AND THEN IT IS VERY JERKY GETTING INTO GEAR AT THAT POINT. I FINALLY HAD ENOUGH OF THIS WHEN MY WIFE AND I CAME EXTREMELY CLOSE TO GETTING REAR ENDED (THE VEHICLE BEHIND US CAME SCREECHING TO A HALT) AS THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION RESPONSE WHEN I PULLED ONTO A 50MPH ROAD AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. THE 2017 HYUNDAI TUCSON IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THIS ACCELERATION ISSUE IS FIXED. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND SEEN THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE FOR THIS SAME EXACT CAR. FURTHER, HYUNDAI HAD A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE ON THE 2016 MODEL, BUT THEY DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE FOR THE 2017'S. I IMPLORE THE NHTSA AND HYUNDAI TO MAKE THIS A RECALL! DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS HYUNDAI AND SAVE PEOPLE FROM SOME BAD ACCIDENTS AND POTENTIAL LOSS OF LIFE.
NHTSA ODI 11220213
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO ENGAGE ON SOME OCCASIONS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR ACCELERATING INTO A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION. ACTS AS IF THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT KNOW WHAT GEAR TO ENGAGE. DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN AS YOU STALL PART WAY THRU THE TURN. HAVE HAD CAR BACK TO DEALER TWICE AND THEY CLAIM NO PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS INVESTIGATING AS I SEE MULTIPLE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE AND OTHER INTERNET SITES.
NHTSA ODI 11219233
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES, THE TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE DIFFICULT TO CHANGE OVER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS SLOW TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE DEALER (LAKE NORMAN HYUNDAI, 20520 CHARTWELL CENTER DR, CORNELIUS, NC 28031, (704) 274-3145) INDICATED THAT THE SAME OEM TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE SINCE MAY 9, 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
NHTSA ODI 11217813
HESITATION AND STALLING FROM THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR AND SURROUNDING AREAS ON THE STREETS AND HIGHWAY AND ALSO PARKING LOTS. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO MY DEALER TWICE AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I FEEL MOSTLY UNSAFE WHEN THIS HESITATION HAPPENS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. HYUNDAI ON MY SECOND VISIT ONLY USED THE COMPUTER TO TURN OFF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BUT THE PROBLEM WAS VERY MUCH THE SAME. I NEED HELP PLEASE
NHTSA ODI 11209893
VEHICLE'S ENGINE IS INTERMITTENTLY MAKING NOISES AGAIN AFTER EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS FIXED AND ALSO INTERMITTENTLY RELEASING CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE CARBON MONOXIDE READING, BUT THE SYSTEM WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO UPLOAD.
NHTSA ODI 11209467
JULY 2018 CAR BEGAN MAKING NOISE WHEN TURNING ON AND BACKING UP. THE NOISE WENT AWAY WHEN I BEGAN TO DRIVE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE AND THEY COULDN'T DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM BEGAN GETTING WORSE, MENTIONED IT AT NEXT OIL CHANGE. NOW MIND YOU, I DRIVE A LOT!! CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD AND HAS 83K. BETWEEN JULY AND DECEMBER 2018 THE CAR RECEIVED MINIMUM OF 4 OIL CHANGES ALL DONE AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHO SAYS IT'S NORMAL EVEN WHEN I COMPLAINED OF SMELLING GAS. AFTER RETURNING TO VA FROM MI, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH ALL TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING, SPEEDOMETER JUMPED WHERE EVER IT WANTED IF IT WANTED TO MOVE AT ALL. TOOK TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP, DIAGNOSIS WAS BAD VACUUM PUMP. IT WAS REPLACED AND SAID ALL MY DRIVING ISSUES AND GAS SMELL WOULD STOP. NOPE....TOOK BACK IN, DIAGNOSIS IS FAULTY EXHAUST MANIFOLD. REPLACED. TWO WEEKS LATER IT STARTS TO ACT UP AGAIN LIKE IT DID THE FIRST TIME.
NHTSA ODI 11209208
THE VEHICLE HESITATES BEFORE ACCELATING AFTER THE CAR IS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. BASICALLY THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL. SEEMS "DEAD." AS A DRIVER, I PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS, THE CAR KICKS IN AND WILL MOVE AFTER AWKARDLY LURCHING FORWARD WHICH IS NOT PARTICULARLY COMFORTABLE OR SAFE FOR THE DRIVER AND PASSENGERS. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE DEALER BLAMES IT ON THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION AND ADVISES THAT IT CANNOT BE FIXED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER DRIVER REAR ENDING MY VEHICLE OR ANOTHER TYPE OF ACCIDENT.
NHTSA ODI 11208342
WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS TURNED ON THERE IS STINGY SMELL COMING OUT OF THE VENTS BUT IN A FEW MINUTES IT GOES AWAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A LEAK IN THE SYSTEM. I MENTIONED IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RECALLS ON THAT PROBLEM. HAPPENS EVERY DAY I USE THE CAR.
NHTSA ODI 11206429
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