2004 Hyundai Santa Fe

MY SANTA FE STAY OVER NITE, INSIDE MY GARAGE AND I NOTICE VERY STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE EVERY TIME I OPEN MY GARAGE AND AFTER I LOOK UNDER, I SPOT A DROP OF GASOLINE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BETWEEN A PLASTIC COVER AND THE FUEL TANK, WHILE IS PARK OVER NITE, WHILE I AM DRIVING I AM AFRAID THAT SOMETHING HAPPEN, LIKE PEOPLE THROWING CIGARETTE BUT AND CUT MY CAR ON FLAME. AFTER I READ OTHER PEOPLE RECENT COMPLAINTS I DECIDE TO STOP USING MY SANTA FE, I THINK THIS IS A DEFECT FROM HYUNDAI TO CREATE A FUEL TANK THAT HOLDS WATER AND SALT BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE COVER. *TR

WAS ON HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT POSTED SPEED OF 70MPH WHEN WE WERE HIT FROM BEHIND BY A DUI DRIVER. THIS MADE MY CAR GO INTO A SPIN AND ROLLOVER 4 TIMES. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CAR IS TOTAL LOSS. I RECEIVED DISLOCATION OF MY COLLARBONE THAT NEEDED EMERGENCY SURGERY, CONCUSSION, FRACTURED NOSE, LACERATIONS TO HEAD AND FACE, KNEE AND HIP INJURY.

WHEN CAR PARKED SMELL OF GASOLINE, LOOKED UNDER CAR ON DRIVE SIDE OF TANK HAS TINY DROP OFF FUEL COME FROM PLASTIC COVER OF TANK AND A DROP ON GROUND LOOKS IT WAS SPREAD BY CONTINUOUS SLOW WEEPING WHEN PARKED, DRAW FOR A WHILE CAME BACK PARKED WENT BACK AND CHECK UNDER SAME SPOT TINY DROP ON GROUND COMING FROM PLASTIC COVER DRAIN HOLE, DID NOT SEEM LOOSE MUCH GAS, PARK OVER WEEKEND FOUND DRIP SMELL AND THE DRY SPOT SEEMED ABOUT ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER AND STRONG ODOR WHEN GO NEAR BACK OF CAR, NOTICED THIS AT PARKED VEHICLE, OVER NIGHT PARKED THE SPOT IS ABOUT 6 INCHES DRIED WET ABOUT 1 INCH EVERY DAY LAST FEW WEEKS. FUEL SMELL NOTICED ALL THE TIME MAY BE 6 SIX MONTHS NOW DID NOT KNOW WHERE OR WHOSE CAR IT WAS COMING, WHEN LOOKED UNDER ON DRIVER SIDE BEFORE REAR WHEEL ABOUT 1 FOOT INWARD SAW A WET SPOT ABOUT 1 INCH, DRAW BACK CHECKED IT WAS GAS SPOT AROUND DRIED IMPRESSION WAS ABOUT FOOT THIS WAS IN MORNING AFTER OVER NIGHT PARKING, I OPEN ACCESS UNDER THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF SEAT CAN NOT FIND ANY LEAK FROM FUEL PUMP OR TUBES I AM GOING TO CHECK ON OTHER ACCESS HOLE BUT THAT IS ON PASSENGER SIDE, LEAK IS UNDER DRIVER SIDE OF THE TANK PLASTIC COVER DRAIN HOLE.

COMPLAINT HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA HAS ADMITTED DESIGN/PRODUCT DEFECTS WITH SIX YEARS (2001-06) OF THEIR SANTA FE FUEL TANKS VIA AN EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTIFICATION ISSUED 2016/Q1. THIS COMPLAINT CONCERNS HYUNDAI'S PRODUCT LIABILITY AND WARRANTY, WITH UNDERSTANDING PRECEDENT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH OTHER HYUNDAI PRODUCT DEFECTS AND RECALL/WARRANTY RESOLUTIONS VIA THE FRONT SPRING COIL CORROSION RECALL IN 'SALT BELT STATES'. DESIRED RESOLUTION HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA TO PROVIDE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE PER SCOPE DESCRIBED WITHIN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTIFICATION. I WOULD SIMPLY LIKE TO HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY SERVICE COMPLETED AT MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER AND ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES, THE ABS AND POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V131000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE FRONT AIR BAG DEPLOYED FROM THE SEAT WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE CHEST, ARM, HIP, RIB, AND HEAD THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,294.

TAKATA RECALL. JUST PRIOR TO A HYUNDAI RECALL IN 5/3/16 FOR A DEFECTIVE GAS TANK, MY "AIR BAG" LIGHT WENT OFF. LET ME BACK TRACK . IN 5/16, MY CAR BEGAN LEAKING GAS UNDERNEATH. SO BADLY, THAT ONE DAY WHILE PASSING THE FIRE/POLICE STATION IN NORFOLK, MA THE FIRE CHIEF AND HIS CREW BEGAN PURSUING ME. STOPPING ME IN MY DRIVEWAY, I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE LEAK AND WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO SURRENDER MY CAR, IT WAS A "SAFETY HAZARD TO (ALL)." I PRESENTED A AAA MEMBERSHIP CARD. THE CHIEF HIMSELF CALLED AND ARRANGED A TOW TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. AFTER 2 DAYS, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM HYUNDAI CORPORATION STATING THAT MY "GAS TANK WAS FAULTY" AND WAS SUBJECT TO A "RECALL". IMAGINE THE TIMING ON THAT? THE NATIONAL OFFICE OF HYUNDAI SOUNDED JUST GREAT ON THE PHONE. BUT WHEN MY MECHANIC SAID HE WOULD NOT TOUCH THE CAR FOR FEAR OF COMPLICATING THE WARRANTY, NO ONE INCLUDING HYUNDAI WOULD SEND ANYONE TO TOW THE CAR. AT MY PERSONAL PERIL, I DROVE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP. AS I APPROACHED THE RECEPTION AREA, ALL REMAINING GAS GUSHED OUT OF MY CAR. I WAS GIVEN A BEAUTIFUL CURRENT HYUNDAI TO DRIVE AS A LOANER CAR; I NEEDED THAT CAR FOR 2 MONTHS. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CALLED TO TELL ME MY CAR WAS "READY", THEIR ADVISOR ISSUED 2 PAGES OF PROBLEMS ALLEGEDLY EXISTING AND TRIED TO SELL ME A NEW CAR. I HAVE SINCE HAD SOMEONE ELSE LOOK AT MY CAR; NONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS EXIST. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR FROM THE DEALER, I ALSO ASKED THEIR ADVISOR "WHY HYUNDAI HADN'T FIXED THE AIR BAG LIGHT?" OVER THE 2 MTHS THEY HAD MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT "HYUNDAI DIDN'T USE TAKATA AIR BAGS." HOWEVER, NUMEROUS FRIENDS OF MINE DRIVING OTHER MODELS OF HYUNDAI HAVE RECEIVED RECALLS CITING THE "TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL." MY PASSENGER AIR BAG IS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER TOLD ME "THE BAG ALONE WOULD COST $800. BUY A NEW CAR!" WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSIVE NOISE. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WINDOW SHATTERED INTO PIECES WITHOUT IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GLASS REPAIR CENTER WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,248. UPDATED 09/06/16*LJ *TR

I RESPONDED TO HYUNDAI'S RECALL EMAIL AND WHEN I TRIED TO SIGN UP TO HAVE MY VEHICLE'S ISSUES RESOLVED AND SCHEDULE ELECTRONICALLY I COULD NOT DO SO UNLESS I AGREED TO ALSO SCHEDULE A RECOMMENDED SERVICE SUCH AS AN OIL CHANGE. THE SITE I WAS SENT TO IS HTTPS://AUTOSERVICE.HYUNDAIUSA.COM/CAMPAIGN124/MICROSITETEMPLATE/MICROSITETEMPLATEVINVALIDATE/1424