2016 Hyundai Tucson

WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER A STOP THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IT BASICALLY SEEMS TO BE STUCK AND THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND I HAVE ALMOST BEEN REAR ENDED TWICE BECAUSE THE PERSON BEHIND ME DOESN'T KNOW THAT MY CAR WON'T ACCELERATE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD. I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE CAR STARTED TO ACCELERATE BUT THEN JUST STOPPED AND THE LIGHT TURNED AND THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC ALMOST HIT ME. I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE POWER TRAIN OR WHAT IT IS. WE HAVE EXPRESSED THIS CONCERN TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN THE PAST AFTER SEEING A RECALL FOR THIS BUT THEY SAID IT WASN'T MY MAKE AND MODEL FOR THAT RECALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES FOR ME NOT TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.

I HAVE OWNED A 2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON FOR 2.5 YEARS. IN THAT TIME IT HAS BEEN IN FOR SEVERAL ISSUES THAT CAN NOT BE DUPLICATED WHEN AT THE SERVICE CENTER AND DEEMED "WORKING FINE, NO CODES PRESENT AT THIS TIME". MY ISSUES HAVE INCLUDED LOSS OF TRANSMISSION CONTROL AFTER A STOP (SOFTWARE UPDATE FIXED), INTERMITTENT HEADLAMP THAT WON'T TURN ON, THE MEDIA DISPLAYING "BATTERY DISCHARGE WARNING" WHILE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IN MOTION (HEADLAMP REPLACED AFTER SEVERAL TIMES TAKING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THE WARNING LIGHT GO ON WHILE THE TECHNICIAN WAS THERE). NOW THE COMPUTER/DASH BOARD IS RESTARTING ITSELF AT 45 MPH . THIS HAS OCCURRED TWO TIMES. THE DASH BOARD WENT DARK FOR 1 SECOND AND THEN STARTED BACK UP THROUGH IS STARTUP SEQUENCE. DURING THIS TIME, THE ENGINE IS STILL RUNNING BUT I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE TRANSMISSION. IF YOU PUSH ON THE GAS PEDAL IT WILL INCREASE RPMS BUT NOT ACCELERATE. DURING THIS TIME IT IS NECESSARY TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON. AGAIN, NO CODES THROWN AND NOT REPRODUCIBLE AT THE SERVICE CENTER. THE SERVICE CENTER FOUND THAT THE POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL WAS NOT COMPLETELY TIGHT AND THOUGHT MAYBE THIS CAUSED THE ISSUE. I AM FRUSTRATED THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN EASILY AS THIS DOESN'T SHOW UP AS AN ERROR SINCE IT CAUSED A UNSAFE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT. 24 HOURS AGO, WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT A BUSY STREET THE CAR STARTED FORWARD WHEN GAS PEDAL PRESSED BUT THEN STOPPED MOVING FORWARD ONLY TO LURCH FORWARD AFTER A SECOND AND PICK UP SPEED. I KNOW THAT IF I TAKE IT IN FOR THIS IT WILL BE THE SAME STORY: "WE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. NO CODES THROWN, BRING IT BACK IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN." THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE MANUFACTURE WILL NOT BUY IT BACK SINCE THERE WAS NO DEFECT FOUND...

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SPORT MODELS THAT HAVE THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLES HESITATE WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AND WILL THEN LAUNCH FORWARD ONCE THE GEAR ENGAGES. THE RPMS WILL SHOOT TO 3 AND THEN DROP TO JUST ABOVE 0 MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE REACHING 20 MPH. MY VEHICLE IS ALSO MAKING A RATTLING SOUND WHEN IDLING AND ACCELERATING AT SLOW SPEEDS. HYUNDAI HAS DONE THEIR RECALL UPDATE BUT IT IS NOT COMPLETELY FIXING THIS ISSUE AND JUST MAKING IT SLIGHTLY LESS DRAMATIC. I HAVE ASKED HYUNDAI MULTIPLE TIMES TO ADDRESS THIS AND THEY ARE REFUSING TO ADDRESS OT SAYING IT IS JUST A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONS TO AVOID HAVING TO REPAIR THE VEHICLES . I HAD A TECH AT HYUNDAI TELL ME THAT HYUNDAI WILL SAY IT'S NORMAL BUT IT'S NOT NORMAL. PLEASE PLEASE INVESTIGATE. MY VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN I WAS MERGING FROM A STOP TO ANOTHER LANE WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT 40 MPH ON A CITY STREET, IT TOOK A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED AND MOVED. IT ALSO HESITATED WHILE I WAS TURNING FROM A DRIVEWAY AND THEN JERKED AND KICKED FORWARD. THIS IS NOT SAFE !

VARIOUS ISSUES HAVE COME UP WITH MY TUCSON RELATED TO MISC ITEMS WHICH WERE REPAIRED. I ALSO NOTICED AN ISSUE WITH ACCELERATION FROM STOP. THE CAR WOULD HESITATE WHEN YOU STARTED TO PROCEED FROM A STOP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE ENGINE NEEDS TIME TO GET BROKE IN SO AFTER IT WILL FIX ITSELF. EACH TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE, THEY STATED THEY HAD CHECKED EVERYTHING OUT AND PERFORMED SERVICE AND FOUND NO ISSUES. I WAS NEVER TOLD ABOUT ANY RECALLS OR DEFECTS IN MANUFACTURING. RECENTLY, THE PROBLEM BECAME DANGEROUS. THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AT STOP LIGHTS AND ALMOST CAUSED TWO ACCIDENTS. ON ONE OCCASION, IT WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO AFTER PRESSING THE GAS AND THEN IT SURGED FORWARD ALMOST HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME ALSO. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, A REP FROM THE SERVICE DEPT.DROVE THE CAR AND STATED, 'YOU COULD DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY, AND THERE IS NO PROBLEM'. WITHIN DAYS OF THIS INCIDENT, ANOTHER WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED AND I HAD ENOUGH. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT A STOPLIGHT AND THEN AT THE NEXT IT HESITATED AND THEN SURGED FORWARD ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND DEMANDED THEY FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT! THE DEALERSHIP TOOK MY TUCSON TO INSPECT. AFTER A DAY, THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME I NEEDED AN ENTIRE NEW TRANSMISSION. THAT THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY AND REQUIRED A FULL REPLACEMENT, THEY ALSO SAID THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH DRIVE SHAFT WHICH THEY ALSO WOULD NEED TO FIX AND FINALLY ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE A/C WHICH WOULD REQUIRE FULL REPLACEMENT AS WELL. AFTER TWO YEARS AND A FULL WARRANTY, THE DEALERSHIP "CHECKING EVERYTHING" DURING EACH SERVICE AND NOW ONLY AFTER MY DEMAND, AND MY PLEADING DO THEY FIND PROBLEMS'AND ALL MAJOR PROBLEMS. I GOT MY CAR BACK, BUT NOW THE HEATING AND A/C IS NOT OPERATING RIGHT.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY (EXAMPLE: I COME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN OR STOP LIGHT) THEN TRY TO MOVE AGAIN, THE CAR WON'T MOVE AND THERE IS A LULL WHEN I GIVE IT GAS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE "REVS" BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE AFTER COMING TO A STOP. I HAVE HAD A FEW INSTANCES WHERE I BECOME STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR A MINUTE.

2016 TUCSON LIMITED WITH 1.6 TURBO ENGINE. I HAVE HAD RECENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR BOGS DOWN OR SEEM TO CUT OF WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A STOP OR VERY LOW SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN I AM TRYING TO MERGE IN TRAFFIC FROM AN OFF RAMP, PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AND TRYING TO GET IN ANOTHER LANE IN TRAFFIC FROM A STOP. AS SOON AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR WOULD STOP AS IF THE ENGINE HA CUT OFF. I HAVE TO TRY TO MANUALLY DOWNSHIFT TO1ST GEAR OR SWITCH TO A SPORT MODE FOR THE CAR TO RESPOND. IN HEAVY TRAFFIC TRYING TO MERGE FROM AN OFF RAMP OR CHANGE LANES OR EVEN LEAVING PARKING LOTS TO MERGE ON HIGHWAY. THIS HAS OCCURRED QUITE FREQUENTLY AND I HAVE SOME VERY NARROW MISHAPS WITH CARS SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES TO AVOID RUNNING IN TO ME. I AM A VERY EXPERIENCED DRIVER WHO HAS DRIVING PROFESSIONALLY FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS INCLUDING TRACTOR TRAILERS WITH MANY SAFETY AWARDS. IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF MY EXPERIENCE THAT A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAS BEEN AVOIDED SO FAR. EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED I REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND ASKED IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS OR SERVICE NOTICES AND HAVE HAD NO RECOURSE THIS SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE OVER THE NEARLY TWO YEARS I HAVE THE CAR. I AM AFRAID TO LET MY WIFE DRIVE THE CAR FOR FEAR THAT SHE MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS OR WORSE ACCIDENT. THE DEALER HAS ONLY TOLD ME NOT TO DRIVE IN ECO MODE ANY MORE, I HAVE DONE EVERY THING THEY ASK INCLUDING USING PREMIUM GAS, MORE SERVICE DRIVING IN DIFFERENT MODES. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLES, CARS AND TRUCKS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH A NEW VEHICLE AND THE SERVICE TECH HAS NO IDEA WHAT TO DO.

WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL THE TRUCK DOESN'T MOVE OR SOMETIMES HESITATES A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. IF SOMETIMES THE CAR MOVES AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T YOU CANT JUDGE TO SAFELY SWITCH LANES, MERGE ON TO HIGH SPEED HIGHWAYS, TURN ETC. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CAR AND IT HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN. HYUNDAI BLAMES IT ON THE "SPECIALIZED ECO TRANSMISSION" THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AUG 2016.

MY CAR TURNED OFF TWICE WHILE DRIVING WITH NO INDICATORS LIGHTING UP. I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT FOR OIL CHANGE CLOSER TO MY WORK; BUT HAD TO PULL OVER THE VEHICLE STARTED TO KNOCK AGAIN NO INDICATORS CAME ON. I FINALLY GET TO A DEALERSHIP FOR KIA AND AGENT TOLD ME THEY HAD TO CHECK FOR RECALLS ON THE ENGINE BECAUSE PAST CARS LIKE 2014,2015,2016 ALL HAD ENGINE TROUBLE. THEN TOLD ME ENGINE IS KNOCKING AND I SHOULD PARK IT TO AVOID FURTHER DAMAGE . I TOLD HIM BUT CAR IS ONLY A YEAR OLD. BOUGHT IT IN 2016 BRAND NEW; BUT BECAUSE OF MY NEGLIGENCE OF GETTING THE OIL CHANGE ON TIME; I HAVE TO COVER MY OWN REPAIRS.---AGAIN NO INDICATOR TELLING ME ITS OUT OF OIL OR RUNNING HOT CAME ON.