This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled with several warning lights simultaneously illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle would restart soon after failure. The contact took the vehicle to bill Dodge auto group (4 saunders way, westbrook, me 04092) where they were unable to diagnose the vehicle. The manufacturer had been notified of the failure and a case was filed. The contact had yet to hear from the manufacturer who offered no further assistance. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 199,250.
I was doing a 75mph in the state of Colorado and suddenly I lost all the power in steering. The brakes were jammed. The steering wheel won't budge. I got rattled in this situation but adrenaline took over and I could slightly swerve the car off the highway and then on the shoulder. I had to use the emergency brakes often, just to slow down the speed and hence to a full stop. The parking brake was my only resort in this incident. I was fortunate to not have met with an accident. It would have been fatal. Upon diagnosis, I found that the timing belt had broken down and this resulted in the loss of power to motors and hence the entire breaking and steering assembly. There was no warning sign for the same, no check engine or any sign that this might happen. Had there been an indication, I would have got the issue sorted out. There are plenty of cars on road which are not aware of this possible issue. This can cause sudden loss of control over car and hence catastrophic/ fatal accidents. I had to tow the car for 200 miles to repair shop. It broke down at a lonely spot. The official position of the company is "we have not seen this issue for a lot of similar cars and hence we won't be taking any action". this is unacceptable. There must be someone who is accountable for such kind of issues. At least a warning should be sent to current car owners so that we can save some lives.
When trying to brake as the truck in front of me was braking, my brakes would not work at all. I slammed into the truck at approximately 47 mph. My airbags did not deploy and my seat belt did not tighten. Nothing worked the way it was supposed to.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but the failure became progressively worse. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair. The technician was not able to replicate or diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 68,000.
The contact owns a 2007 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while driving through a puddle of water, the power steering failed as the battery warning light illuminated. The vehicle was shut off and restarted two hours later, the vehicle resumed normal operation. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis where the contact was informed that the failure was most likely caused by the serpentine belt needing to be replaced or tightened. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 72,000. Updated 09/05/13 the timing belt and serpentine were replaced.
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- Brunswick, ME, USA