Hyundai Santa Fe Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 417
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 19
- Years with records
- 2001–2019
- Stored years
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 417 stored complaint records:
- 68 indicate a crash
- 22 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- cruise control · 14 records
- failure mileage · 13 records
- accelerator pedal · 12 records
- check engine · 10 records
- unintended acceleration · 10 records
- brake pedal · 9 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 184 |
| 60–100k mi | 80 |
| 30–60k mi | 65 |
| 100–150k mi | 41 |
| 150–400k mi | 13 |
Complaint evidence
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Vehicle Speed Control
When the cruise control is active, pushing the button to decelerate occasionally causes the vehicle to downshift and begin accelerating. Manually disengaging the cruise control or pushing the brake pedal halts the acceleration. This appears to be a dangerous failure mode. The dealership that examined the vehicle said this is due to a defective clock spring in the steering column that can cause buttons to perform the…
ODI 11309433
Vehicle Speed Control
I was pulling into a parking space with my foot on the break pedal when the car inexplicably accelerated and would not stop. Luckily there was a fence to hold me until i was able to turn the car off to stop the acceleration. The engine revved and took off even when foot was applied to break with force. I see many other cases of this and yet still no recall. Hyundai takes zero accountability for this problem. This…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11307829
Power Train · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
On the interstate, pressed the gas pedal and the vehicle did not and would not accelerate. I tried multiple times. Rpm went up to 5000 but shifting the transmission into sports mode and downshifting and upshifting made no difference in the speed of the vehicle. Speed remained the same, engine roared as if in neutral. I pulled off the interstate, cut off the vehicle for several minutes, restarted the vehicle,…
ODI 11306589
Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
While backing out of garage throttle stuck nearly causing a major accident. Faulty tps seen many with same complaints..
ODI 11292467
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While on the interstate my car lost power!! It caused the speed to decline sharply from 70 mph to 15 mph!! It was taken to the garage the next day. A "recall" i never received on my 2014 hyundia santa fe. Said it was fixed. Next time, i am in a remote are, again...no power. Called the hyundai garage, they told me a tow truck would pick it up - i needed to call the hyundai 800 number to set it up. I called, nope,…
ODI 11298199
Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
On september 20th 2018 after having the car a week, the car made a noise would not start all the dashboard lights were blinking on and off then never came on again. The car was taken to the dealer for them to say it was a battery, which they never gave a service receipt for no matter how many times i asked. Then again on august 7 2019 my engine light came on and car stop while driving on the expressway with my kids…
ODI 11278151
Vehicle Speed Control
Slow to accelerated i have to re press the pedal just to try an speed up on the highway im getting honked at trying to go up hills i have to press it to the floor to go up hills an it idles out an its very dangerous to drive on the freeway i cant go past 50mph an i use sport mode its dosnt help it this should be a recall in all the hyundai cars .
ODI 11287809
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving from kellogg, mn to winona, mn and i stopped at lark toys. While joining mn highway 61, turning right i had to accelerate. I was in sport mode and vehicle accelerated and almost stopped. Luckily no accident occurred, i had my 17 month kid and my wife in the car. Car after that gave check engine light warning and it would not accelerate. I changed to eco mode and then it slowly started to accelerate,…
ODI 11256056