2001 Hyundai Sonata Complaint Log

RIGHT-REAR (I.E., PASSENGER SIDE REAR) TIRE WEARING ABNORMALLY. ROTATING TIRES HAS SPREAD THE PROBLEM TO ALL TIRES MOUNTED AT ANY TIME ON THE RIGHT-REAR. NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO DAMAGE ANY SUSPENSION COMPONENTS AND RIGHT-REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT IS OKAY. *NLM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V105000 (AIR BAGS: SIDE/WINDOW) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V347000 (AIR BAGS) BUT THE REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT DENIED ASSISTANCE WITH ANY FURTHER REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 13,981.

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ABRUPTLY PULL. *JB THERE WAS A VIBRATION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT HIGH SPEEDS(DUE TO WARPED ROTORS), A TAP NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE TIMING BELT, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD DIE AT THE SPEED OF 60 MPH. THE TIMING BELT, THE BROKEN COUNTER BALANCE, AND THE MISSING TIMING BELT TEETH WERE REPLACED. *SCC

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.*JB

AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON WITHOUT REASON WHILE DRIVING. AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL CAR IS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER. EVEN WHEN RESET, AIRBAG SOMETIMES GOES BACK ON WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS OF BEING FIXED. CAR HAS BEEN IN TO DEALER 9 TIMES IN 3 YEARS FOR AIR BAG RELATED PROBLEMS. THE LAST TIME IT WAS BROUGHT IN THE DEALER SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $464 FOR A NEW PPD SENSOR. WE ARE NOT WILLING TO INCUR THIS COST WITH THE HISTORY OF FOLLOW-UP FAILURE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED. *NM

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY 60, TOWARDS LEXINGTON VA. THIS IS A NARROW FOUR LANE, DIVIDED BY A GRASSY MEDIAN, THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES TO PULL OVER. AS I WAS DRIVING UPHILL, AT ABOUT 55 MPH, MY HOOD FLEW UP AND SMASHED AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD, AND WRAPPED AROUND THE ROOF OF THE CAR. I WAS PASSING A LOG TRUCK WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND THERE WASN'T ANYWHERE TO PULL OVER, SO I DROVE LOOKING THROUGH THE CURVE UNDER THE HOOD, AND USED ALL OF MY MIRRORS UNTIL I COULD GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER. MY 13 YR. OLD SON WAS IN THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND WE WERE BOTH COMPLETELY IN SHOCK. THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR, APPROXIMATELY $4000.00. THE OTHER COMPLAINT I HAVE IS I HAD TO WAIT 8 WEEKS FOR HYUNDAI TO GET A HOOD FOR MY CARS, MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR. THEY SAID, THE HOODS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET MY HOOD. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE WITH MY INSURANCE, I THINK HYUNDAI SHOULD PAY FOR ALL OF THE EXPENSES, THAT EVERYONE INCURRED FROM THIS DEFECT. NOT JUST THE RISE IN INSURANCE PREMIUMS, BUT ALSO, THE RENTAL CARS. *JB

476947. *TR

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES THERE WAS A NOISE DUE TO A FAULTY CALIPER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS, CHANGE ROTORS PADS BUT UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SEAT LATCH WHICH DOESN'T LOCK INTO POSITION WHEN IT IS RE-ADJUSTED, THE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALER MENTIONED TO THE CONSUMER THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 5MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 30 MPH HIT HER, AND THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PH DEALERSHIP STATED AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY BECAUSE CONSUMER WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT 5 MPH. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED TOTALED. *TT

CONSUMER STATES' THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT KEEPS FREEZING UP. CONSUMER SAYS THERE IS A TERRIBLE ODOR THAT GETS INTO THE MOUTH AND IRRITATES THE EYES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE VIBRATED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS WHICH WERE WARPED. *JB

MY BRAKES ARE SQUEAKING LOUDLY AND GRINDING TERRIBLY HOWEVER EVERY TIME I GO TO THE DEALEAR FOR THIS THEY CAN NEVER SEEM TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I KEEP TAKING IN TO COVER MYSELF FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT IF MY FRONT END FALLS TO THE GROUND AS THE VEHICLE SOUNDS AS IF THOUGH IT WILL I CAN HAVE DOCUMENTS FROM THE DEALER THAT NEVER SEEM TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHAT OTHER STEPS CAN I TAKE IN GETTING THIS RESOLVED THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THAT'S NORMAL FOR A HYUNDAI I LOVE MY CAR OTHER THAN THAT I'M PAYING FOR A 2001 IT SHOULD NOT SOUND AS IF I'M DRIVING A HOOPTIE EVERYTIME I PULL UP TO A STOP SIGN. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED THREE TIMES AND THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD IT REPAIRED ONCE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 01V347000 OR 02V105000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,411.

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 50 MPH. UPON IMPACT NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. AIR BAG RECALL WAS DONE IN JUNE OF 2002.*AK

2001 HYUNDAI SONATA PASSENGER AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DUE TO CONNECTOR MOUNTED UNDER SEAT HAD JIGGLED LOOSE

CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HER. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 35-40 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS STOPPING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT STALLED THEN SUDDENLY IT SPED FORWARD, EVEN AS CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES. EVEN AFTER PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ON HI REV. THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*SCC

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES FOR A STOP LIGHT VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WAS FORCE VEHICLE INTO AN INTERSECTION, AND GET INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH AN ONGONG VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACUERER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFROMATION.*AK

HAD REPORTED THE AIR BAG LIGHT BEING ON TO MY DEALER. THEY "ADJUSTED WIRES" TO MAKE THE LIGHT GO OFF. THE ENTIRE DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON PHONE CALL TO DEALER, I WAS TOLD THIS WAS A "ONGOING" PROBLEM WITH SONATA'S.*JB

AUTOMOBILE HAS HAD CHRONIC PROBLEMS WITH AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES ( MORE THAN 8 TIMES). IN EACH INSTANCE LIGHT IS RESET AND COMES BACK ON SHORT TIME LATER. DEALERSHIP ISSUED ASSURANCE ILLUMINATED AIRBAG LIGHT DOES NOT INDICATE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY WHICH IN NOT TRUE. AIRBAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED NOW AND DEALER NOW WANTS TO CHARGE TO FIX. RECALL ISSUED IN 2002 FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT WAS NEVER REPAIRED. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS AIRBAG WON'T DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR

ENGINE MAKING LOUD TICKING NOISE/LOSES POWER/QUITS. REPEATED REPAIR ATTEMPTS BY AUTHORIZE DEALERSHIPS (JIM ELLIS HYUNDAI-770-458-6811) FAILED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TS ***DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS***761399

A SQUEAKING NOISE IS COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. NOW THE NOISE HAS WENT FROM A SQUEAKING TO A ROARING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. NLM

DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS PHANTOM NEUTRAL CONDITION WHICH HYUNDAI IS AWARE, NO REPAIR AT TIME. (9/24/02)DT

THE HOOD FLOW UP WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET GOING 55 MILE PER HOUR AND THE SAFTY LATCH BROKE AND DAMAGE $2100 TO THE CAR.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS REPLACED A SENSOR THREE TIMES.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEPT ILLUMINATING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER RESET BOTH SYSTEMS ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS ,BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE FOR 4 MONTHS AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. IT WAS TAKEN INTO REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC KEPT IT FOR 38 DAYS. SINCE THEN TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT 3 MORE TIMES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON ROUTE 202 IN RARITAN NJ, WITHOUT WARNING HOOD BLEW UP INTO THE WINDSHIELD SHATTERING THE WINDSHIELD AND DAMAGING THE HOOD. *AK

WITH LESS THAN 1300 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO BUCK AND SURGE IN TRAFFIC AT 65MPH, AND THE TACHOMETER BEGAN SWINGING WILDLY FROM 0 TO 2500RPM. AFTER GETTING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD QUICKLY, WHERE IT STALLED AGAIN AND AGAIN, I CALLED HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A TOW TO THE DEALER. THEY EXAMINED AND DROVE THE CAR, AND TOLD ME IT WASN'T ACTING UP FOR THEM, AND SUGGESTED I TAKE IT HOME WHILE THEY ORDERED AN EXHAUST PURGE VALVE PER A 2.4L ENGINE PROBLEM SERVICE BULLETIN FROM HYUNDAI. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY TOWARD HOME, IT BEGAN BUCKING AND THE TACHOMETER WAS SWINGING WILDLY AGAIN, SO I GOT OFF TO THE SIDE, WHERE IT REPEATEDLY STALLED, AND AGAIN I CALLED HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A TOW BACK TO THE DEALER. THEY RENTED A CAR FOR ME, AND OVER THE NEXT WEEK REPLACED THE PURGE VALVE, BUT THE CAR ALSO DIED ON THEM, SO THEY DID A MORE THOROUGH ANALYSIS, WHICH SHOWED A FAILED CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, WHICH CAUSED IGNITION SPARK FAILURE. AFTER REPLACING THAT, THEY CALLED ME TO COME GET THE CAR AND TAKE IT HOME. THIS TIME IT FAILED JUST AS I REACHED MY DRIVEWAY, AGAIN BUCKING AND STALLING WITH THE TACHOMETER SWINGING WILDLY UP AND DOWN. FOR A THIRD TIME, I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR A TOW TO THE DEALER, WHICH PROMISED A SEARCH TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES, INVOLVEMENT OF THE DISTRICT MANAGER, AND AN ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A DIFFERENT SENSOR MODEL IN CASE THE BATCH OF AVAILABLE SENSORS WAS "BAD". SUBSEQUENT PHONE CALLS TO THE DEALERSHIP HAVE NOT PRODUCED ANY ANSWER AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES, DELAYS IN OBTAINING A SUITABLE REPLACEMENT PART, AND SO FAR, A TOTAL OF 18 INOPERABLE DAYS FOR MY NEW CAR. THIS FAILURE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE; A PERSON AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT "OTHER (HYUNDAI) VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ENGINE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM" ONE OF WHICH WAS THERE WHILE I WAS AT THE DEALER WAITING FOR MY SECOND RENTAL CAR. I REPEAT; THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE; SUCH SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER IN TRAFFIC CAN HAVE FATAL RESULTS! *AK

DEALERSHIP STATES BRAKES ARE NORMAL. THEY SAID ALL HYUNDAI CAR BRAKES MAKES NOISE; WORKED ON AIR BAG LIGHT - STATED IT WAS ON DUE TO SOMEONE GIVING A JUMP IN MY CAR, LIGHT CAME BACK ON 3 DAYS LATER; CHANGED A SWITCH WHICH WAS CAUSING NO ACCERALATION, CAR STILL NOT GETTING THE ACCERATION IT SHOULD. NOW I'M GETTING SOME HUMMING NOISE FROM THE DASHBOARD SOMEWHERE. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR 8 MONTH. IT IS A LEMON AND JACOBS TWIN CONTINUES TO PUT A BAND-AID ON A PATIENT BLEEDING TO DEATH.*AK

THE MAIN PULLEY CAME DISCONNECTED AND FELL OFF ONTO THE STREET WITH NO WARING WHATSOEVER. LUCKILY I WAS PREPARING TO TURN LEFT AND WAS STOPPED IN THE LEFT TURN LANE. THERE WAS A BAD THUNK AND SHAKE AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN. HAD I BEEN MOVING, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT STORY, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED. IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR, I JUST HAD THE OIL CHANGED. EVERYTHING WAS FINE, I THOUGHT. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO YOU.

EXCESSIVE DUST ENTERED THE TRUNK THROUGH A VENT AND SEEPED THROUGH THE PASSENGER CABIN.*JB....*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH WAS STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT HEAD-ON FIRST. UPON IMPACT, NONE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND WILL SLOWDOWN RAPIDLY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD HAVE A COKING SOUND LIKE IT WANTED TO CUT OFF. WITH NO PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CUTS OFF IN TRAFFIC WHEN SLOWING DOWN. ALSO, AFTER CUTTING OFF, VEHICLE WILL START BACK UP. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY ,RESULTING IN A COLLISION, AND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED THE DAY THAT THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THIS SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. *SLC

FRONT BRAKE VIBRATION. ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED 5 TIMES AND REPLACED ONCE . VIBRATION REOCCURS EVERY 7-10000 MILES

WHILE DRIVING RPMS GO UP HIGH, IDLE WILL NOT DROP. BEEN TO DEALER 5 TIMES FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK

PRIOR TO RECEIVING RECALL 02V15, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING 35 MPH STRUCK CONSUMER HEAD ON, THE SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CONSUMER STATES AT NO TIME SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE HAS THE SRS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC *TS

CONSUMER SAYS THAT HE AND HIS WIFE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES WERE SQUEALING VERY LOUD. CONSUMER SAYS THERE WAS SOMEWHAT A KNOCKING OR SOMETHING LOOSE WITHIN. ALSO THE CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED BUT TWO DAYS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED. *SCC

ON APRIL 28, 2001 I AND THREE OTHER PASSENGERS WERE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A LONG GRADE AT 35 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE GRADE THE ROAD CURVES TO THE RIGHT AND AT THE BOTTOM THERE IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WHEN I CAME AROUND THE CURVE I SAW THAT THE LIGHT WAS GREEN AND PROCEEDED TO ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO GET UP THE APPROACHING UPGRADE. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE REVVED VERY HIGH BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. TANSMISSION HAD SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL ALTHOUGH THE SHIFTER STILL INDICATED THAT I WAS IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY SHIFT OUT OF NEUTRAL. I HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT INTO LOW GEAR. TWO DAYS LATER I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND, AFTER THREE DAYS, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AND THAT THEY WOULD MAKE NO REPAIRS. ON FRIDAY MAY 4, 2001 I WAS CONTACTED BY THE HYUNDAI REGIONAL SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WHO TRIED TO CONVINCE ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING THE MATTER WITH MY VEHICLE. HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE VEHICLES "ADAPTIVE LEARNING" FEATURE THAT CAUSED THE SHIFT AND THAT WHAT I EXPERIENCED WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL. I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THE NEW CAR I OWN WAS DESIGNED TO SHIFT AND STAY IN NEUTRAL WHEN IT IS IN A SITUATION WHERE ACCELERATION IS NECESSARY. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTUER CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT THERE IS NOTHING THE MATTER WITH THE VEHICLE AND REFUSE TO MAKE ANY REPAIRS. ALSO, ONE WEEK BEFORE THE INCIDENT , MY WIFE AND I WERE ON THE SAME ROAD AND THE VEHICLE DID NEARLY THE SAME THING. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS THAT AFTER ABOUT A SECOND OR TWO OF STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ITSELF BACK FROM NEUTRAL INTO DRIVE. PLEASE HELP.*AK

FLOOR SHIFT LEVER WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED. IT WOULD FAIL TO REMAIN IN CORRECT GEAR. SOMETIMES CAN SLIGHTLY PUSH, AND WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT FLOOR SHIFT LEVER WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. VEHICLE HAD ONLY 900 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DURING NORMAL OPERATION VEHICLE FAILS TO START, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES, AND FAILED TO REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THEN VEHICLE BEGAN HAVINB PROBLEMS WITH NO POWER, STALLING, AND MAKING NOISES, DEALER REPLACED THE PURGE CONTROL VALVE, HOWEVER PROBLEM TILL CONTINUES. BRAKES FEEL LOW TO THE FLOOR. CENTER AC VENTS AND RIGHT PASSENGER VENT BROKE, DEALER REPLACED. DEALER ADJUSTED DRIVE BELTS DUE TO BEING NOISY. *SLC

WINDSHIELD KEEPS CRACKING IN SAME LOCATION, ABOVE THE REARVIEW MIRROR, THEN, IT CURVES DOWN 8 INCHES TOWARD PASSENGER'S SEAT. WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES, AT THIS TIME IT NEEDS REPLACEMENT AGAIN.*AK

ENGINE FAILED AT 1633 MILES GOING 65 MPH ON MAJOR HIGHWAY. ACCORDING TO HYNDAI SERVICE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE SLEEVES IN EARLY PRODUCTION ENGINES. SLEEVES COME LOOSE CAUSING PISTONS TO SMASH SPARK PLUGS. NEW ENGINE INSTALLED, BUT DID NOT RUN PROPERLY. HYUNDAI SERVICE ORDERING SECOND NEW ENGINE. PROBLEM DIAGNOSED QUICKLY DUE TO ANOTHER 2001 SANTA FE WITH 3900 MILES IN SHOP WITH SAME PROBLEM. PEOPLES HYUNDAI IN FOLSOM, CA WERE VERY HELPFUL.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AND WITH NO PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL START TO JERK, AND THEN IT WILL ACCELERATE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING RPMS GO UP HIGH, IDLE WILL NOT DROP. VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT WARNING. CAR DRIVES OVER 40 WITHOUT FOOT ON GAS. HARD TIME BRAKING BECAUSE ENGINE IS TOO HIGH. HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE HAD CAR. DEALER ADJUSTED CABLE AND DIDN'T WORK. ALMOST WENT THRU DEALER WALL WHEN BRINGING IT IN FOR REPAIR. IS IN REPAIR SHOP AGAIN BECAUSE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. CAR IS UNSAFE AND HAD NEAR COLLISIONS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH AN DWITHOUT WARNING WA SINVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WHICH RESULTED IN SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR DAMAGE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.*AIK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON INTERMITTENTLY AND STAYING ON FOR A WHILE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK