1. Hyundai Santa Fe
  2. Problems
  3. 2008
  4. Visibility/Wiper

2008 Hyundai Santa Fe Visibility/Wiper Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi2

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • November 18, 2016 · 85,000 miles

    Visibility/Wiper

    Driver's side sun visor broke from its socket while driving on the highway. The visor hung by the wire for the light. This is a well known defect. It is dangerous and should be addressed by the manufacturer. I was able to jury rig it back - very simple and easy; however their neglect of this is dangerous.

    ODI 10927002

  • June 25, 2014 · 85,209 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper

    The dash lights started flashing, the wipers stopped working in the middle of a down pour, the lights went dim. The traction system started detuning the engine. All dash lights on. We find that it is a leaky value cover gasket. Drips on the alternator and causes it to go bad. The service manager said "they are all starting to have this problem and it's $700.00. If i was the orginal owner hyundai would replace the…

    ODI 10606207

  • January 3, 2012

    Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Visibility/Wiper

    The gas gauge has not been working for over 2 years and the check engine light is on most of the time but will go off intermittently. We track gas usage with the trip odometer (20 miles per gallon x 17 gal tank=340 miles driven) but fill up around 275 miles driven. But this is not a reliable way to track fuel and it was bound to happen-we ran out of gas-unfortunately on the tollway. Now we want to fix it. We have…

    ODI 10670572

Catalog parts for this system

Catalog year/make/model rows for 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe.

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