Hyundai Santa Fe Steering
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The comparison page shows that SUV's with 4 star ratings have a rollover chance that is equivalent to the higher end (worse) cars. Still, I think this is pretty good. At least the Santa Fe is toward the better end of the scale for SUV rollovers.
There appears to be a wealth of information on how to interpret these ratings at the sites above. They also offer some tips on ways to drive that minimize the chances of a rollover. Hmmm, most of that seems like common sense however. Maybe not.
It is nice to see that the Santa Fe has such good crash and rollover ratings. It also received good safety ratings from the IIHS at http://www.iihs.org.
PS. The NHTSA rollover site has a section on electronic stability control and how important that can be in helping to avoid rollovers. Of course, the Santa Fe has standard ESC. Note that this is different than traction control. The Santa Fe has both a stability control system and a traction control system.
I went from an MG Sport Saloon to the Santa Fe and had the same experience at first but I quickly got used to it and grew to much perfer the higher position. I was borrowing a friends car a few weeks ago whilst my Santy is being repaired and it felt much more horrible being back down on the ground again with a low roof after being used to the Santa Fe.
If your looking for serious cornering capabilities in an SUV platform I recommend the X5 or the Cayenne.
Thanks in advance.
There is a reason that they specify PSF-3.
The same reason Honda's require Genuine Honda Power Steering Fluid.
Their systems are designed for that specific fluid.
I know that sounds like garbage, but I have seen many systems where folks have used standard PS fluid and caused themselves a bunch of headaches, not to mention some warranty problems.
I bought a used 2010 Santa Fe V6 Limited AWD in August 2011. It drove like a dream until a few weeks later. The power steering started to make excessive noise (whirring, whining) when turning at low speeds. I checked the power steering fluid and it was fine (no leaks). I then took the vehicle to my local Hyundai dealer to have them inspect it. They fixed a recall (some spring related issue) and said that there was nothing wrong with the steering - that is is the normal sound for power steering. I know it's not the normal sound as people turn their heads and stare when I turn corners. ... especially in my underground garage.
Any thoughts to what might be causing this? Why would a dealer be reluctant to fix?
Thanks in advance
CanadianGal 1
They replaced the steering pump reservoir. Apparently, so I was told, debris from somewhere in the engine makes its way to the reservoir screen. The Service Manager said in the past they cleaned the debris from the screen and all was okay temporarily. The customer would always return with the samed problem.
They now replaced the steering pump, which is apparently one piece, insluding the reservoir. Problem fixed now.
Unfortunately this has just been one in a string of problems we've had with our 2010 Sante Fe SE, purchased new.
In our experience you just have to take the complaint higher. We've called the dealership owner a couple times to receive satisfaction. Good luck.
So after visiting the dealer 4 times in the past 4 months the problem is finally (knock on wood) getting resolved.
Here is the summary of the issue:
1st visit - told nothing is wrong, replaced springs as per recall
2nd visit - told power steerng pump is blown... replaced it ... sound goes away
3rd visit - told steering filter is clogged. cleaned and topped fluid which was low
4th visit (today) told steering rack is cracked and has been leaked fluid for 4 months. need to replace entire steering rack (thankfully I think under warranty for my car as 2010). The steering noise got so bad before today that even going straight was loud and people were turning their heads on the street as I drove by. :mad:
Car is gone for 2 days. Why does this happen in a car so new with low kms!??!? Is it just a lemon?
Good luck with you..hopefully it's not this problem because I think it's expensive to fix out of warranty
also a constant vibration while driving.
anyone else with these problems?
Same symptoms as yours. Was starting to think I was losing my mind, dealer claims it is operating within manufacturers specifications. Uh no, there is something wrong. This is not the first vehicle I have ever driven - there should not be a vibration like this and 4 alignments in 10k miles is unacceptable. Just aligned again last week and 30 miles later a crack appeared at the edge of passenger side windshield (definitely NOT hit by rock) about 5 inches from bottom. Called dealer and with no hassle from them at all they are putting in a new windshield. Something is fishy about that - what do they know that they don't want to tell me?!?
Any help would be so greatly appreciated. Starting to think about looking into Lemon Law :lemon:
Oh, and what hose do you disconnect to bleed the system? The big hose or the small hose?
here lately i have been having a lot of mechanical issues with this truck. i really didnt expect all this trouble out of this 6 year old truck.