Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2015 record →
WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATE PEDAL THERE SEEMS TO BE A DELAY IN RESPONSE. THE DELAY CAN BE AS SHORT AS A FEW MILLISECONDS TO ALMOST 3 ENTIRE SECONDS. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS RANDOMLY, AND MAKES MY WIFE AND I VERY NERVOUS WHEN TRYING TO MANEUVER OR PROCEED INTO TRAFFIC AFTER BEING STOPPED.
THIS VEHICLE HAS ELECTRIC POWER STEERING. WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE CAR TRACKING STRAIGHT. IT IS NOT A TIRE ISSUE, NOR IS IT A CROWN IN THE ROAD ISSUE. THE VEHICLE MUST CONTINUOUSLY BE CORRECTED TO KEEP IN A STRAIGHT LINE. WINDY CONDITIONS CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO RADICALLY RESPOND TO ADJUSTMENTS, SO DOES A LARGE TRUCK IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. HYUNDAI STATES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. IF YOU GO ONLINE, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF HYUNDAI CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ELECTRIC STEERING ISSUES MIMICKING MY ISSUES TO A TEE, AND THEY SAY HYUNDAI IS "STONEWALLING" THEM, TELLING THEM THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, THERE IS LEARNING CURVE DRIVING AN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING VEHICLE. HOW CAN THOUSANDS OF HYUNDAI CUSTOMERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? WHY ISN'T YOUR ORGANIZATION LOOKING INTO TO THIS? THERE WAS A RECALL OF THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ON HYUNDAI VEHICLES IN 2007. DOESN'T THAT SHOW YOU THAT THEY HAD A PROBLEM, AND MAYBE THEY ONLY PUT A BANDAID ON AN OPEN WOUND? FINALLY, I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON ROUTE 295 SOUTH IN NJ 3 WEEKS AGO. A NJ STATE TROOPER FOLLOWED BEHIND ME FOR 2 MILES THEN PULLED ME OVER. I ASKED "WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM"? THE OFFICER SAID WHILE FOLLOWING YOU THERE WASN'T ANY TIME YOU WERE ABLE TO STAY IN YOUR LANE. I TOLD ABOUT MY ISSUE WITH ELECTRIC POWER STEERING AND SHOWED HIM THE E-MAILS TO HYUNDAI. HE MADE ME GET OUT OF MY CAR, AND GAVE ME A SOBRIETY TEST. I PASSED OF COURSE. THEN HE ASKED IF HE COULD INSPECT THE INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I COULDN
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START (PUSH BUTTON) .
STOPPED AT A INTERSECTION, BRAKE LIGHT WARNING CAME ON, CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALER, HYDRAULIC BOOSTER HAD SHORT, HYDRAULIC BOOSTER REPLACED. WONDERING WHY THE ELECTRONICS DO NOT HAVE A DUAL CHANNEL OPERATION TO ALLEVIATE THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING STRANDED IN AN UNDESIRABLE OR DANGEROUS LOCATION.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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