HyundaiSanta Fe2012
  1. Hyundai Santa Fe
  2. Problems
  3. 2012
  4. Fuel System, Gasoline

2012 Hyundai Santa Fe Fuel System, Gasoline Problems

4
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.

What owners report

  • engine light · 4 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi4

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • July 11, 2014 · 22,650 miles

    Engine And Engine Cooling · Fuel System, Gasoline · Power Train

    Highway driving at 55mph, complete and total loss of drive train and engine power, check engine light illuminates. No throttle capability. Engine reduces to idling speed, but transmission stays engaged. Vehicle slows down and driver pulls off road. All electronics appear to work. Gas pedal has no interaction with engine throttle. Required tow off highway to hyundai dealer. Hyundai dealer repaired problem with…

    ODI 10614449

  • April 24, 2014 · 26,400 miles

    Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control

    Engine light comes on. Has happened three consecutive days. Within initial 10-minutes of driving, car bucked/surged and engine light appears. Car would not accelerate in one instance. Pressing gas pedal had no effect. Could only coast to dealership maintaining whatever speed i had by having the car in drive and idling. Very unsafe to be unable to accelerate. Hyundai dealer 'fixed' problem by doing a software update.…

    ODI 10585069

  • July 7, 2013 · 13,400 miles

    Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control

    1) historical details / event: when i bought the car (august, 2012) i noticed the occasional sticking of the throttle and when pressing the break the car would seem to want to accelerate - this would happen once every three months: the dealer said they couldn't find anything. 2) recent event: on 07/07 while driving at 45mph the car immediately started slowing down to less then 10mph and the check-engine-light came…

    ODI 10523831

  • May 22, 2013 · 28,105 miles

    Fuel System, Gasoline · Vehicle Speed Control

    Just bought this car two months ago. At random, and when making a left onto a busy street, accelerating from a stop light, there is a hesitation and a very quick shut down when accelerating. It re-engages just in time to prevent a potential crash. I talked to the hyundai mechanic about this. They test drove it, but since the problem is random, it would make sense that they weren't able to detect it during the test…

    ODI 10515914