2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS

Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model Year 2001-2006 Santa Fe vehicles manufactured from March 31, 2000, through February 15, 2006, that are registered and operated, or which were originally sold and registered, in the following 20 “salt belt" states and the District of Columbia

I was driving my 2006 Subaru forester vin #[XXX] around 5 PM. I was waiting in an offramp lane to make a left turn, behind numerous cars. Suddenly, a car pulled up next to me and told me to pull over because my car was on fire. I pulled over to the shoulder and as I did so the car lost power. I looked back once I got out of the car and sure enough if it was on fire. I have no idea how this happened. I want it investigated. The car is currently at a tow yard and available for inspection. I d

I was driving my 2006 Subaru forester vin #[XXX] around 5 PM. I was waiting in an offramp lane to make a left turn, behind numerous cars. Suddenly, a car pulled up next to me and told me to pull over because my car was on fire. I pulled over to the shoulder and as I did so the car lost power. I looked back once I got out of the car and sure enough if it was on fire. I have no idea how this happened. I want it investigated. The car is currently at a tow yard and available for inspection. I d

got in a roll over accident where the air bags did not deploy and caused serious injuries.

got in a roll over accident where the air bags did not deploy and caused serious injuries.

The contact owns a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving approximately 70 mph when the vehicle began to accelerate without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The contact was able to pull over and noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment. The contact stated no warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a local mechanic where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 143,000

Mileage: 143,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. THE DRIVER THEN SHIFTED INTO THE DRIVE POSITION AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE DROVE FORWARD THROUGH THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE BEFORE CRASHING INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE DURING THE FAILURES. THE

Mileage: 155,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR IN REVERSE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A BRICK WALL. THE DRIVER THEN SHIFTED INTO THE DRIVE POSITION AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE DROVE FORWARD THROUGH THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE BEFORE CRASHING INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE DURING THE FAILURES. THE

Mileage: 155,000

STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, FOOT ON BRAKE, ENGINE BEGAN REVVING, THEN DECELERATED, BUT REVVED AGAIN, THIS TIME FORCING MY CAR FORWARD. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING FROM THE LEFT, SO I STEERED RIGHT. IMPACT ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL, CAR CAREENED INTO A LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC TYPE FENCE AND STOPPED. MY FOOT REMAINED ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE INSPECTED BY THE SAME INSURAN

Mileage: 97,000

STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION, FOOT ON BRAKE, ENGINE BEGAN REVVING, THEN DECELERATED, BUT REVVED AGAIN, THIS TIME FORCING MY CAR FORWARD. ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING FROM THE LEFT, SO I STEERED RIGHT. IMPACT ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL, CAR CAREENED INTO A LIGHTWEIGHT PLASTIC TYPE FENCE AND STOPPED. MY FOOT REMAINED ON THE BRAKE THE ENTIRE TIME. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE INSPECTED BY THE SAME INSURAN

Mileage: 97,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS ACTIVATED AND ONCE IT BECAME HOT, IT EJECTED FROM THE HOLDER INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RETRIEVE THE LIGHTER FROM THE FLOOR TO PREVENT STARTING A FIRE AND WAS BURNED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER INSPECTED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

Mileage: 40,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN OR THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN THROUGH A CAR WASH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GETTING TOO WET FROM EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE WATER AND REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SENSOR. TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING REPAIRS, THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO M

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN OR THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN THROUGH A CAR WASH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE DEALER ADVISED THE PROBLEM COULD BE CAUSED BY THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GETTING TOO WET FROM EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE WATER AND REPLACED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SENSOR. TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING REPAIRS, THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO M

Mileage: 62,000

I HAVE A 2006 SANTA FE 6 CYL. FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. I PURCHASED THE CAR IN 2007 FROM GO HYUNDAI. THE CAR HAS RUN VERY GOOD, EXCEPT THE SURGING OR ACCELERATION PROBLEM. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TWO TIMES SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO A SECOND DEALER, PLANET HYUNDAI, AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. THE PROBLEM GOT SO BAD EVEN I WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. MY WIFE WAS REALLY SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I FINALLY TOOK IT BACK GO AND THEY CALLED, SAID IT WAS REA

Mileage: 55,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON START-UP, THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUOUSLY STALL. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS TO THE MASTER CYLINDER BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY ATTEMPT TO START THE ENGINE BEFORE IT WOULD POWER ON AND ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE WARNING PANEL. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE PROCE

Mileage: 26,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, DROVE INTO TRAFFIC, STRUCK ANOTHER POLE AND A TRAFFIC SIGN. THE SIGN WAS KNOCKED DOWN, AND THE POLE WAS THE SNAPPED AT THE BASE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE FRONT END DAMAGE. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 11000. *AK

Mileage: 11,000

I WAS RECENTLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN MY 2006 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. I HIT THE BACK OF A STOPPED FARM TRUCK CARRYING A HAY BALE AT ABOUT 65 MPH, WHILE I AM ALIVE AND IN DECENT SHAPE CONSIDERING, I SURELY WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED AT LEAST ONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING, BUT NO, BRAND NEW CAR, TOTALED, I HAVE PICS, AND ALL THE AIR BAGS STILL TUCKED AWAY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCATIONS. I WOULD APPRECIATE A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR THIS AS I CURRENTLY OWN 2 HYUNDAI VEHICLES AND PLAN TO NOT PURCHASE OR RECOMM

Mileage: 12,500

BRAKES FAILED TO APPLY WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT CAUSING ME TO HIT THE BACK OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME; SPEED LESS THAN 10 MPH; BRAKES "BUCKED" AND WOULD NOT RE-ENGAGE AND DID NOT STOP THE CAR IN TIME TO PREVENT ACCIDENT; APPLIED EMERGENCY BRAKE AND TURNED OFF IGNITION TO STOP PROCESS; REPORTED TO LOCAL POLICE; CAR HAS BEEN IMPOUNDED FOR INVESTIGATION AND CONFIRMATION OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. *NM

Mileage: 10,000

#1 CAR WOULD NOT STOP, ROLLED THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND PULLED OVER INTO EMPTY LOT AND TESTED BRAKES A FEW TIMES AND THEN IT WAS OKAY. #2 WAS STOPPED BEHIND A VEHICLE ABOUT 2 FEET AWAY, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN CAR ACCELERATED AND FELT LIKE IT JUMPED AND I BUMPED THE CAR IN FRONT. THIS WAS ON 11-28-06 ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS AFTER BRINGING MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO TELL THEM THAT MY BRAKES SOUNDED LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NORMAL ON FOGGY MORNINGS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED

Mileage: 8,900

#1 CAR WOULD NOT STOP, ROLLED THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND PULLED OVER INTO EMPTY LOT AND TESTED BRAKES A FEW TIMES AND THEN IT WAS OKAY. #2 WAS STOPPED BEHIND A VEHICLE ABOUT 2 FEET AWAY, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE WHEN CAR ACCELERATED AND FELT LIKE IT JUMPED AND I BUMPED THE CAR IN FRONT. THIS WAS ON 11-28-06 ABOUT 1 1/2 HOURS AFTER BRINGING MY CAR TO THE DEALER TO TELL THEM THAT MY BRAKES SOUNDED LIKE METAL AGAINST METAL AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NORMAL ON FOGGY MORNINGS. THE SAME THING HAPPENED

Mileage: 8,900

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT WHILE GOING 25-30 MPH. THERE WAS PRIOR BRAKING. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE OCCUPANTS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS, BUT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO INSPECTION TO WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

Mileage: 3,000