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Thanks,
-Jeff
I recently bought a 2005 Santa Fe in April of this year. I got the 3.5 V6 engine. I have experienced delayed acceleration since day one. I brought it back to the dealer 3 times already and they even acknowledge the problem but say there is no fix for it and is a characteristic of the car. Hyundai is absoulutley no help. In fact last time I spoke to Hyundai USA they gave me the phone number to the Better Business Bureau Auto Line 800-955-1838 Needless to say that ticked me off. I called about a problem and their answer was call the BBB. I filed a complaint and had a arrbritration and lost. Although the problem exist they consider it a characteristic of the car and not a defect.
Has anyone had the same problem and if so are there ay fixes I am not aware of? I love the car but the delayed acceleration stinks big time.
TIA
Joe
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jcradio@yahoo.com
I live in Wisconsin and am doing some business in NY. I parked my 2004 Santa Fe in Newark airport and after I got back 5 days later, the battery is completely dead. Called roadside assistance and after waited 2 hours someone came with a battery to jumpstart but the car is completely dead. This is now 3:00 in the morning and I have to work in the morning so I took a taxi to go home (in Long Island). Before I left I called roadside assistance again and they instructed me to leave my key under the driver side seat and paid parking ticket on dash board, I was told that the tow truck driver will be able to tow it without my presence. (first lie!)
The second morning I called roadside assistance agian just to check how the towing is going and surprisingly they told me that I have to get back there or the airport security won't release my car to the tow truck. I got there around 12:00 and arranged to meet the tow truck at 12:30 but the it doesn't come until 3:00! Not only that, the driver came in NOT in a tow truck but a small pickup. He told me the big truck is not ready but should be there in about 1 hour (second lie!). Also he assured me that I don need to wait there for the truck but can wait at the car dealer which is about 10 miles away. So I gave him the keys and parking ticket and called another taxi to the dealer. I waited at the dealer for 2 hours and no one showed up. The dealer also refused to give me a loaner car citing that they're all out (Isn't this against the warranty?) although I see hundreds of cars in their lot.
So I rented a car and went home.
Now it's the third day and roadside asistance and the tow company still haven't got my car to the dealer. What's the best I can do now? Is there anyway I can get reimbursed for all the taxi bills, car rental and 2 full days without a car?
Sunny
A furious Santa Fe owner
Steve, Host
A little frustrated with my 2001 Santa Fe. I hav 94,000 miles on it and the power stering pump when when I had 40,000. No problem under warranty. Well it just went again and it is not covered under warranty. In fact, the service guy told me that the expected life of a power steering pump is only 50-60,000 miles. Anyone have any similar problems? I had a toyota camary that when 230,000 that never need a power steering pump? The bill for this repair is $650. Oouch.
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Bill
Maybe if more people complained and filed a complaint it will get their attention. If they admit to the problem they will have to do a recall to fix it and that cost money and money is the bottom line. Funny I almost ran over a elderly man and that is what prompted me to complain about the problem. Like you said great car with a bad problem.
Let me know how you make out with the reposition idea.
jcradio@yahoo.com
:mad:
Regards,
Joe
tidester, host
they stated if my car shows signs of an accident that it was not covered under
warranty.They called me and told me that my car had been in an accident and stated that I had a hole in my compressor which is located in the front of the car.
I have never had an accident, the dealer stated that while I may have been parked someone may have backed into my car the bumpers are retractable that may have cause the hole. He that said I needed a compressor, transcooler, and a bumper guard total 1245.00 :mad:
You are right it was the condenser, my car did not show any signs of damage until after the dealer stated it was in an accident as I explained to the dealer I know every bump, dent on my car I feel the dealer did some damage problem was could not prove it.
Good luck,
Mike
I found a TSB today from 9/04 for poor clutch durability on 03 manual transmissions.
Anyone else have a similar problem or have any advice?
"to increase the durability of the clutch replace the dual mass flywheel plus associated components (clutch, clutch cover, various pins etc) with single mass flywheel and all its associated components on vehicles made through July 16 2003" It goes on to state to replace these items on complaints of abnormal noise or abnormal wear. Maybe your dealer decided to apply this TSB based on other complaints you may have had or maybe the clutch pedal dropping to floor problem required a transaxle/clutch removal and he is just upgrading your car per the TSB. I note you purchased the car in Sept. 2003 but if you look you will find it was manufactured several months before that thus putting it squarely within the time frame of this TSB
I live in Minneapolis, MN
2004 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS
4Dr
2.7 V6
Fwd
23,000 miles
Silver
no major options
medium scratch in front bumper. Seller says dealer can buff out for $100.
tires about 50%
no accidents
haven't done a CarFax report yet
seller asking $15,500
things were fine until a year later when the noise recurred ... the guy at the desk told me it was probably the rear brakes ... when i told him this would be the third set of rear brakes, including the original, in two years, he told me that i was probably riding the brakes ... i don't ride the brakes ... he also said that this wear is normal ... the brakes on santa fe can go in 9, 12 or 15 thousand miles ... not covered by america's best warranty, however ... i left and went to another ddealership where i'd hoped they be less rude ... at that point the car was due for a very expensive 30,000 mile check-up ... there they replaced really good windshield wiper blades that i had just put on two days before with some rally crappy ones and cleaned my rear brakes ... the same rear brakes that caused my vehicle to fail ny state inspection the next week ... that dealership did indeed refund my money for the cleaning when i brought them the pads my mechanic had replaced ... as far as the windshield wipers ... the guy at the desk told me there's no way his technician could know they were new blades ... wait ... this gets better ...
this year ... only 10,000 miles later ... less than a year after the third set of rear brakes had been replaced ... you guessed it ... they needed to be replaced again ... when i called the 800 hyundai number, the woman was nice, but i got nowehere ... she said she'd call the dealerships and i asked her to ask them #1 why, if i ride my brakes do my rear brakes, not the front ones go ... bozos? ... even i know that the rear brakes will take the abuse of a bad driver and #2 why they cleaned brakes that had been worn down to the metal instead of replacing them ...
my advice ... don't buy a hyundai ... ever ...
i put a sign on my car ... it says, "ask me why you should not buy a hyundai" ... :lemon:
Here's my suggestion.....trade it in on a new 2005! There are great deals to be had at the moment--trust me, I just did this very thing--and I didn't want to lose the unique body style that the Santa Fe has to the new 2007's due out soon. I traded in my 2002 and they completely paid it off ($12k) and still gave me an owner loyalty bonus plus dealer incentives.
Cheri
1. there is a brake proportioning valve that distributes braking pressure between the front and rear sets of brakes. This thing works automatically depending on braking force exerted.Has this been examined?
2. through previous experience on a Dodge with ABS (where one rear brake remained engaged thus burning up two sucessive sets of shoes) it was found that the ABS motor was faulty. It did however give a ABS warning light.
Just a few possibilities.Further, this is so simple it must have been examined...does the parking brake engage the rear brakes as it used to??
As mentioned by others, you obviously have a crappy dealer/technician, because no car these days should go through brakes at under 25K miles. They took you for a sucker the first time, and milked it, apparently. Any honest tech or service manager would have realized you had a serious mechanical problem or you're riding around with the emergency brake on! Dealers like this love it when people bend over!!
They (dealership) did leave grease marks all over my dashboard and door, pepsi can in the console and a "ding" on my driver door.....I'll be visiting the service manager tomorrow about all that.
Thanks for your help!
Roland.
Thanks.
It sounds to me like the cabin filter which is located behind the glovebox Its either clogged or not there.To do it remove the glovebox unhook little strap press glovebox sides to drop, 4 screws in front take out pull out piece,on wall bottom clip releases small cover which accesses filters