2016 Hyundai Tucson

2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON LIMITED 1.6T (ULTIMATE PKG) VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW MAY 30 2016. MANY TIMES THE VEHICLE HAS HESITATED AND/OR LURCHED INTO GEAR FROM A DEAD STOP. THE DCT TRANSMISSION HESITATES NOTICEABLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM DEAD STOP. VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 2,700 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE MAIN INCIDENT DESCRIBED BELOW (WE NOTICED HESITATION IN STARTING FROM DEAD STOP RIGHT FROM TIME OF PURCHASE AND QUESTIONED THE SALES PERSON. HE STATED THAT WAS DUE THE DCT AND WE NEEDED TO GET USED TO DRIVING THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE). THE VEHICLE WAS ON AN INTERSTATE EXIT RAMP AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH THE DRIVERS FOOT ON THE BREAK, WHEN DRIVER TOOK HIS FOOT OF THE BREAK TO STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACK AND WOULD NOT GO FORWARD, SO THE DRIVER STEPPED HARDER ON THE ACCELERATOR, WHEN THE DCT AND TRANSMISSION FINALLY ENGAGED THE VEHICLE LURCHED SHARPLY FORWARD AND THE TIRES SCREECHED LOUDLY. (THIS BASICALLY FELT AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS PREFORMING A NEUTRAL SLAM). WHEN AT A DEAD STOP THE DCT CLUTCHES PERIODICALLY WILL NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION, IT'S LIKE THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL AND THEN IT WILL START TO MOVE. I HAVE NOW SEEN MORE THE 160 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE 'NHTSA' WEB SITE AND MANY MORE ON OTHER SITES WHEN GOOGLING 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS.

I PURCHASED MY 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON IN MARCH. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I'M SCARED FOR MY LIFE AND CHILDREN'S LIFE. MY TUSCAN WILL BE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT , STOP SIGN, OR WHERE EVER IT FEELS LIKE NOT GOING. I PUSH THE PEDAL TO GO AND IT DOESN'T. AT TIMES IT WILL JERK AS WELL. ONE TIME, I WAS AT A RED LIGHT AND I TRIED TO GO AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME. I ALMOST GOT HIT BY A VEHICLE. THANK GOODNESS BY CHILDREN WASN'T WITH ME. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO THE DEALER 4 TIMES. THEY KEPT MY TUSCAN FOR ALMOST A MONTH. IT'S AUGUST AND THEY HAVE MY TUSCAN AGAIN. I STILL DON'T HAVE IT.

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, FROM TIME TO TIME THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. I CAN TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND IT WILL INCREASE RPM BUT NOT ROLL. I PRESS THE GAS AND IT WILL INCREASE RPM BUT NOT ROLL. IT WILL NOT ROLL FORWARD UNTIL SIGNIFICANT GAS IS APPLIED AND RPMS ARE VERY HIGH. THE CAR STARTED DOING THIS AT ABOUT 4500 MILES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO 2 DEALERSHIPS TO HAVE IT FIXED. THEY DO A "SOFTWARE UPDATE" BUT THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I EVEN SHOWED A SERVICE MANAGER THE YOUTUBE VIDEO OF WHAT THE CAR IS DOING, IN CASE I WASN'T COMMUNICATING CLEARLY ENOUGH. I AM WRITING THIS AFTER THE 2ND "REPAIR" AS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED. WHEN I AM STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, IT IS AN ANNOYANCE TO ME AND EVERYONE AROUND ME. I IS ALSO A SAFETY CONCERN. WHEN I AM TRYING TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND MY CAR HESITATES, IT IS DOWNRIGHT UNSAFE.

AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN IN DRIVE. THE ENGINE REVS HOWEVER THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE. THIS HAS OCCURRED MORE THAN 6 TIMES. I HAVE HAD REPAIRED BY DEALER TWO TIMES AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. THIS LAST INCIDENT TOOK OVER 15 MINUTES BEFORE I COULD GET THE CAR TO MOVE. FORWARD AND WAS STUCK ON A MAJOR 4 LANE ROAD. I TRIED TURNING CAR OFF, MOVING TO NEUTRAL AND BACK TO DRIVE, PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE, AND THEN TRY DRIVE AGAIN. NOTHING CORRECTED THE SITUATION. FINALLY WAS ABLE TO MOVE CAR A FEW JERKY FEET AND THEN CONTINUE TO REV ENGINE UNTIL CAR CONTINUED TO MOVE. THE CAR DID MOVE IN REVERSE. CAR DID STOP IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION ONCE AND JUST STARTING GOING IN TIME TO JUST MISSED BEING T-BONED BY DUMP TRUCK. HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT COULD BE INVOLVED IN HORRIFIC ACCIDENT BECAUSE DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS ISSUE WILL ARRIVE AGAIN. THE CAR IS EIGHT MONTHS OLD.

I HAVE A 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON LIMITED THAT IVE BEEN HAVING DCT PROBLEMS WITH. FIRST ISSUE I WAS IN THE LEFT HAD TURN LANE AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE JUST REV LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL CAUSING ME TO BLOCK TRAFFIC AND ALMOST GET INTO A ACCIDENT. SECOND I WENT ON A HIKE UP AT ANGELES FOREST AND DIDN'T GET BACK TO MY VEHICLE TILL IT WAS DARK OUT AND MY CAR WOULDNT MOVE AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT WAS FOLLOWED BY A TRANS TEMP TO HIGH WARNING AND I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH NO SERVICE. I CAN NO LONGER TRUST THIS VEHICLE AT ALL.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 8/6/16 BUT THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO LOCATED THE VEHICLE WITH OUR SPECIFICATIONS AND GET IT FROM ANOTHER DEALER. WE TEST DROVE A SIMILAR TUCSON AND WHILE WE DROVE THE TEST VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. THEN THE RPM'S WHERE GOING CRAZY AND IT FELT LIKE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. IT HAD 5,000 MI. ON IT AND THE SALESMAN HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE SERVICE DEPT. WE ASKED IF THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE, HE ASSURED US IT WASN'T AND PLAYED IT OFF. SADLY, WE DID END UP PURCHASING ANOTHER TUCSON 2016 WITH 356 MI. ON IT ON 8/8/2016. I HAVE ALREADY HAD PROBLEMS WITH IT. 1ST) TRYING TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, WOULD NOT GO. 2ND) LEAVING A PARKING SPACE IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. 3RD) DRIVING IN A PARKING GARAGE UPHILL AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND COULDN'T GO UP THE RAMP PROPERLY. I TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE AUTOMAX DEALERSHIP IN NORMAN, OK AND THEY WOULD NOT TAKE IT BACK AFTER 3 DAYS AND THEY KNOWINGLY SOLD ME AND UNSAFE AND DEFECTIVE VEHICLE!!! I HAVEN'T EVEN USED A HALF TANK OF GAS. I DID TELL THEM TO STOP THE PAPERWORK ON IT AND NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH HYUNDAI HEADQUARTERS. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING A RENTAL CAR AND MY BRAND NEW UNSAFE AND DEFECTIVE HYUNDAI TUCSON 2016 IS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY!!!! HYUNDAI NEEDS TO TAKE THESE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD BEFORE ANYONE DIES!!! THERE NEEDS TO BE AN INVESTIGATION ASAP!!!!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PROCEED FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE ENGINE REVVED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM NEEDED AN UPDATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 11,000.

10.10.15 I PURCHASED A NEW 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON LIMITED FWD 1.6L TURBO DTC. I NOTICED THE HESITATION AND LAG ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION AS DOCUMENTED IN SIMILAR COMPLAINTS; HOWEVER, WHEN THESE ISSUES WHERE MENTIONED TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE DISMISSED AS BEING NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF TRANSMISSION. I HAVE MADE 3 TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP; ALTHOUGH, I CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION, I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF ANY TRANSMISSION ISSUES OR THAT HYUNDAI HAD ISSUED A FIX IN DECEMBER 2015 TO ADDRESS THE HESITATION ISSUES IN THE TRANSMISSION. 07.25.16 MY MOM WAS DRIVING MY VEHICHLE AND WAS LEFT STRANDED IN THE CHIC-FIL-A DRIVE THRU BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ENGAGE. MY MOM WAS IN DRIVE WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, BUT WHEN SHE REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE TO MOVE UP IN LINE THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE, EVEN WITH EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL, REVERSE, AND DRIVE AGAIN AND FAILED TO MOVE IN ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF LINE INTO A PARKING SPOT. 07.27.16 THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED MY VEHICHLE WAS READY TO PICK UP. WHEN ASKED, THEY STATED THERE WAS "NO" ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AS THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. THEY HAD NO IDEA WHY MY VEHICHLE HAD BECOME STRANDED, BUT IT WAS READY FOR ME TO PICK UP. AFTER REFUSING TO TAKE BACK AND DRIVE A VEHICHLE IN THIS UNSAFE CONDITION, THEY OFFERED TO HAVE A TECHNICIAN DRIVE IT AROUND FOR A FEW DAYS TO SEE IF HE COULD DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. 08.11.16 DEALERSHIP LEFT A VOICEMAIL STATING HYUNDAI ISSUED A RECALL TO REPAIR THE ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION FAILING TO "PULL", ADVISED MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN FIXED PER THIS RECALL, AND THE ISSUE WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. MY CONCERN NOW IS WHETHER THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN TRULY FIXED ONCE I PICK UP MY VEHICHLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND IF DRIVING IT LIKE THIS HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION OR ENGINE.

CAR IS STOPPED AT RED LIGHT ON HIGHWAY (4 TIMES) AND ONCE IN DRIVEWAY. RUNNING AND IN GEAR. YOU ATTEMPT TO MOVE FORWARD AND IT IS AS IF THE CAR WAS NOT IN GEAR. IT WILL NOT MOVE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN IT WILL RANDOMLY ENGAGE AND BEGIN TO MOVE. OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN SAY IT RELATES TO THE CLUTCH BUT MY DEALERSHIP STILL HAS THE CAR (FOR THE SECOND TIME) AND SAYS THEY CAN NOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE UNTIL A FIX IS FOUND.