On Aug. 23rd, I was driving on the highway at 70mph when the emergency braking system deployed. The dashboard warning light flashed and the brakes were applied for approximately 3 seconds, and then the car returned to normal. This occurred 3 times in the span of 18 miles. At no time was there ever a vehicle directly in front of …
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On Aug. 23rd, I was driving on the highway at 70mph when the emergency braking system deployed. The dashboard warning light flashed and the brakes were applied for approximately 3 seconds, and then the car returned to normal. This occurred 3 times in the span of 18 miles. At no time was there ever a vehicle directly in front of my car. Fortunately I wasn't being followed closely by another vehicle, or there would have been an accident. I took the car into the dealer and was told that they would run a diagnostic, which they did. They also drove the car for 3 miles. They were not able to replicate the problem, and found all codes to be normal. I feel like this car is an accident waiting to happen.
NHTSA ODI #11611074
Mileage unknown · Jul 19, 2024
Forward Collision Avoidance
While my husband was driving on the freeway and I was a passenger in the front seat, the automatic emergency braking employed while we were driving about 70MPH. We have no idea why. There was no cars breaking around us, and no reason for it. There was plenty of space between us and the car in front of us. The car behind us had t…
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While my husband was driving on the freeway and I was a passenger in the front seat, the automatic emergency braking employed while we were driving about 70MPH. We have no idea why. There was no cars breaking around us, and no reason for it. There was plenty of space between us and the car in front of us. The car behind us had to swerve to the other lane to avoid rear ending us. My husband had to grab hold of the steering wheel hard with both hands as the sudden breaking made our car swerve to the side. It was terrifying. Then about 5 seconds after his happened, it happened again.
NHTSA ODI #11603402
Mileage unknown · Jul 5, 2024
Forward Collision Avoidance
On a recent road trip to Utah on 2 occasions the cars automatic breaking system assumed a vehicle in the left lane and ahead of me by a few car lengths, had crossed its lane causing my car to brake abruptly at highway speed. The first time this occurred I was so surprised I don't remember what the other car was doing. However…
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On a recent road trip to Utah on 2 occasions the cars automatic breaking system assumed a vehicle in the left lane and ahead of me by a few car lengths, had crossed its lane causing my car to brake abruptly at highway speed. The first time this occurred I was so surprised I don't remember what the other car was doing. However, the 2nd time I do remember the circumstances. I was driving east out of Amarillo and noticed a double semi trailer weaving a bit in the right lane. I was one lane to the left. There was a strong South wind and it appeared the truck was having trouble staying in his lane. My lane was clear of traffic for at least 1/2 mile. The highway was was straight. The truck was 100 yards or so in front of me when my car suddenly braked very hard I'm guessing reducing my speed by 20 or more mph. I'm glad there was no one on my tail! There was no danger at anytime and there was no need for such hard braking. A week later, a third incident of the same typed occurred. I was driving on [XXX] heading north in moderate traffic at highway speed and the car again broke heavily when there was no danger. Again, a black BMW was to the right of me- this time only 3-4 car lengths ahead. I was watching the that car as I would be overtaking it soon, when it moved close to the dashed lane marking but I don't believe it crossed it, causing my car to brake hard again! Again, I was lucky there was no one behind me, but this could have caused an accident! Again, there was no danger-- at least until the car hit the brakes too hard. The car collected a lot of bugs on the road trip and I had not washed the car prior to the 3rd incident. The car has been washed and something similar has not occurred again- but I have not needed to drive it on a highway since. Part 2 of this problem is the car's spyware called bluelink collects data on driving habits and reports / sells that info to others. In none of these 3 situations did I do anything to cause the car to beh INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMAT
NHTSA ODI #11599260
Mileage unknown · Jun 5, 2024
Forward Collision AvoidanceService BrakesVehicle Speed Control
My Tucson is applying Automatic Emergency Break without a reason. It happened to me 3 times in a week with my Tucson Hybrid 2024 NLine, it was scary and I was on freeway at 70+MPH and couldn't capture the warning as it popped out for only 3 sec. I see no cars around when this happened and when I checked few forums I see this as …
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My Tucson is applying Automatic Emergency Break without a reason. It happened to me 3 times in a week with my Tucson Hybrid 2024 NLine, it was scary and I was on freeway at 70+MPH and couldn't capture the warning as it popped out for only 3 sec. I see no cars around when this happened and when I checked few forums I see this as a common problem in Hyundai vehicles in recent times and feeling scared. I was lucky enough last week as there is not vehicle behind me when breaks applied automatically.
NHTSA ODI #11592743
Mileage unknown · Mar 8, 2024
Forward Collision Avoidance
Emergency breaking went on without any traffic around while driving on freeway. The car put the breaks on and took control of the steering. Lasted about 10 to 15 seconds.
NHTSA ODI #11576316
Mileage unknown · Jan 2, 2024
Forward Collision AvoidanceService Brakes
I was driving home on Christmas day 2023 in my 4 month old 2024 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid. An hour into my 4 hour drive my car began making a low whump whump sound. No alerts or alarms came on my display to indicate anything was wrong. The noise was off and on for a couple miles. Suddenly my emergency brakes slammed on, my dash went…
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I was driving home on Christmas day 2023 in my 4 month old 2024 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid. An hour into my 4 hour drive my car began making a low whump whump sound. No alerts or alarms came on my display to indicate anything was wrong. The noise was off and on for a couple miles. Suddenly my emergency brakes slammed on, my dash went red and the alarms went off. No one was in front of or around me. Had someone been behind me I would have been rear-ended. This was while I was going approximately 75-80. It could have caused a massive wreck had the freeway been congested. The noise went away after that and I made the rest of my trip without incident. The dealer said they couldn't replicate it and the analysis showed nothing was wrong so there is nothing they can do. I have found web forums and a Reddit thread with numerous people complaining about the exact same issue with their newer Hyundais. So far a lemon lawyer seems to be the only recourse.
NHTSA ODI #11563142
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