2012 Hyundai Santa Fe Engine Problems
- 130
- 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.
Among these 130 stored complaint records:
- 5 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 7 indicate fire
What owners report
- engine light · 18 records
- lost power · 15 records
- check engine · 14 records
- power steering · 13 records
- without warning · 12 records
- shut down · 12 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 50 |
| 100–150k mi | 33 |
| 60–100k mi | 27 |
| 30–60k mi | 11 |
| 150–400k mi | 5 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Service Brakes
On two separate occasions, my 2012 hyundai santa fe stalled, for no apparent reason, causing loss of steering, wheel control, and brakes. On the first occasion, i was driving through a mall parking lot. While making a left turn and attempting to drive down a row of parking spots, my car stalled and i was unable to turn the steering wheel, brake or guide the vehicle. On the second occasion, i was turning left down…
ODI 10637929
Electrical System · Engine · Steering
When making a right hand turn at slow speed the cars stalls out. Today 7/16 is the 3rd time this has happened. The same event happened twice in the same week about 6 months ago then not again. This sounds too similar to the problems w/ gm cars. *tr
ODI 10611004
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
While driving at freeway speed, car shut down unexpectedly, and restarted. During interim 20 seconds, attempted to pull vehicle to left shoulder as i was driving in far left lane. I felt "engine drop" or a feeling whereas the car no longer felt powered, cue that the engine had went off. Power steering went manual along with other power assist devices like power steering. On dirt shoulder of freeway attempting with…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10703815
Electrical System · Engine
After driving to work (approximately 27 minutes at speeds up to 70+) i pulled into my work parking lot like i have down thousands of times before. I proceeded to make a right turn and all power failed on vehicle. The radio display went dead and the car stopped mid turn. It was almost like when your power goes out at home during a storm. I tried shift the car to see if it would want to start back up but it didn't let…
ODI 10606094
Engine · Service Brakes · Steering
My family has a 2012 hyundai santa fe. We started experiencing problems with the vehicle stalling while driving in 2013. The car stalled multiple times on city streets and once on the highway. When the car stalls, the driver loses power steering and brakes. It is a very dangerous situation. After the third time the car stalled we took it in for service in april of 2013 to the local hyundai dealership. The technician…
ODI 10598590
Engine · Steering
Vehicle driven shopping center (approximately 15 mi.) upon leaving vehicle stalled going approximately 15 mph. Steering cut out and difficult, but was able to get to the side of the road. Was able to restart vehicle after approximately 3 minutes. Gas was purchased approximately 1 week prior and vehicle ran fine. Will take to the dealer, but based on other reports i do not expect them to find any problems. *tr
ODI 10596915
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while traveling 60 mph, the vehicle stalled as all indicators lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the ecm carburetor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was repaired but the failure has recurred several times. The failure…
ODI 10597317
Engine · Service Brakes · Steering
This is the second incident. The first was in september 2013. Both times i was traveling at 15 mph when the car engine stalled and i lost steering power and braking power. I was able to pull over to side of road and put car in park it then restarted. Engine warning light came on both times. I call hyundai customer service and was told to have car towed to closest dealer which is over 60 miles from me. They are not…
ODI 10594085
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle after the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5,000 and the current mileage was 6,520. Updated 09/02/14*lj
ODI 10609836
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
Engine
During the past 6 months, our vehicle has stalled three times. The most recent incident occurred while we were exiting the freeway. The vehicle just stalled and we almost lost total control of the car ( very scary). The following day, we took the car to the local hyundai dealer and their service department replaced the throttle body and cleaned all the grounds in the engine compartment. We hope this was an isolated…
ODI 10574284
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
This is my latest issue with my 2012 santa fe (the previous being a bad transfer case which made it sputter, a bad 4wd coupling assembly which made it clunk while turning & a bad transmission range shaft which caused it to not start occasionally)...it now just turns off while driving. Happened twice in the past few weeks. The first time, 2/5/14, i was turning across 2 lanes of cross traffic around 20 mph and it just…
ODI 10565537
Engine · Power Train
I was on a freeway on ramp that goes downhill and involves a curve to the right. About halfway down the on ramp my engine stalled. I had to turn my wheel as far right as i could to avoid going off embankment and could not accelerate to try to move away from the edge of the embankment or attain a safe speed to merge onto freeway. My oil light and malfunction light both came on. I was able to get to the side of the…
ODI 10562419
Engine · Power Train
The vehicle shut itself off when driving locally and on high way. The dealership could not even make a diagnosis. Hyundai headquarters refused to investigate it. *tr
ODI 10574618
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
1st incident occurred while driving approximately 20 mph in morning rush hour traffic. The rpms dropped to idle and the engine malfunction light came on. The accelerator would not respond to increase speed or rpms. I rolled to the shoulder of the road and turned off the car. When i re-started it, the engine malfunction light was still on but i was able to drive off the road and to the dealer. Same thing happened two…
ODI 10543446
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning while driving at various speeds. The malfunction indicator light illuminated after the failure occurred. The contact was able to restart the engine. The failure was experienced several times. The dealer replaced the throttle body however the failure was not corrected and the engine continued to stall without…
ODI 10561379
Engine
Had just left the house and was a few blocks down the road when check engine light came on and engine lost acceleration power. Engine had idle speed and was able to make it back home under idle speed. Turned engine off and when i restarted the engine it seemed to have regained acceleration and drove around the block with a little more power but check engine light is still on. This is the 2nd time in the last two…
ODI 10538308
Engine
I was stopped in heavy traffic and suddenly the engine raced to maximum and the car lurched forward. Fortunately, i had left enough space back from the vehicle in front of me to avoid an accident. I had to put both feet on the brake and attempted to shut off the engine to stop the engine from racing. *tr
ODI 10537175
Engine
First time the incident happened i was driving about 20 mph, and as i made a left turn the car died completely. No control of steering and had to brake very hard to get the car to stop. Put it in park and car started right up again. Luckily no other cars were around me. It happened again about 1 month later after making a left turn again. Took the car to the hyundai service dealer and he replaced the throttle body…
ODI 10626910
Engine
While driving on the highway, the car sputtered and then lost the ability to accelerate. The car did not shut down,but the check engine light was on. I was able to pull the car to the side of the road without incident. The car, even after being shut down and re-started, would not gain the ability to accelerate, so the vehicle was towed to the dealer. The dealer stated the car needed a software update, which was…
ODI 10531856
Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 mph, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road. The vehicle restarted on the first attempt and operated normally. The failure recurred on a separate occasion. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they were unable to duplicate the problem. The manufacturer was…
ODI 10576654
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
Engine
Thankfully i was not on the highway... Was traveling about 40mph and the check engine light came on. So i did what appears everyone else has done - pulled over shut the car off for a few minutes was able to restart the car with power to the accelerator (light was still on). Made it to work - called the dealership to bring the car in that afternoon. Of course the light goes off on my way there. The dealer runs…
ODI 10515149
Engine
When going up a hill the engine lost power and had no throttle response, i got it off the road and parked and shut off the engine, waited a few min. And restarted the engine and drove home with out any more power loss but the check engine light was on and engine was surging, took it to the dealer on 5-21-13 for repair, left dealer and drove home, on 5-23-13 the check engine light came back on with power loss and no…
ODI 10513392
Engine · Power Train · Service Brakes
2012 hyundai santa fe had complete power loss on interstate while moving at 65mph in the left most lane. Engine shuttered, check engine light came on and engine power went to idle rpm. There was no throttle responce and steering became heavy. Managed to cross two lanes and get the vehicle to the shoulder. Shut vehicle off and restarted it. Check engine light stayed on and engine appeared to function normally.…
ODI 10510497