CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2016 Tucson comes with a dual-clutch, 7-speed transmission. But Hyundai forgot to tell you about one key phrase – zero-move. That's right, an alarming number of owners have said their SUV wouldn't accelerate after a stop.
Turns out that's because the transmission's application logic has been stumbling all over itself. Hyundai recalled the issue in September 2016, but it's difficult to say if owners are out-of-the-woods, or if this is just a sign of things to come.
The transmission overheated and gave a warning. We were told to let the car cool down but after an hour when the tow truck came the engine still smelled badly. The dealership said that their technician checked it out and that everything was fine. We were told not to use the accelerator to hold the car on a hill but to use the brake instead. The problem is that both in forward and reverse the car drifts a lot on a hill and if you take into account the other problems with lurching and not engaging the you have a very serious and dangerous situation not ot mention the car potentially breaking down in a very unsafe area.
The sales manager at the dealership said that he was unaware of the problems with the transmission. A technician at the dealership said that he would not keep the car if it were him.
We are considered elderly over 70 years young and I bought this car for my wife because I thought that it was the safest car of it's size on the market. I never thought that a 2016 model of any kind would have the kind of transmission problems that this car has and I never considered that a transmission should be considered as an unsafe feature but it is dangerous and we will do whatever we can to move to another vehicle.
Today, I was driving it and backing out of my driveway. Since the car was drifting forward and I was focused on looking at the RPM's and the fact that the car was barely moving backward as I depressed the accelerator , I didn't see the car coming down the street. Fortunately, my wife cautioned me and then the warnings went off as they were designed, but it is these kind of additional problems of lurching or not engaging that creates a real dangerous situation when driving this vehicle. You cannot depend on the car to respond to your pressing on the gas pedal.
Sometimes the RPM's go way up and the car doesn't move and then it lurches forward.
Im in San Francisco with the family, going up a hill in the near the Goldegate bridge and Its bumper to bumper when all of a sudden the car starts to ring and I see the panel indicating that the transmission is OVERHEATING!! It tells me I have to turn the car OFF and WAIT 6 minutes for it to COOL DOWN! Im in San Francisco????? the weather was 65 degrees and Im overheating going up a hill?????? You gotta be freaking kidding me!! What? this is a new car. what car does that??? This car also been jerking and hesitating at low speeds. I'm thinking this is only gonna get worse. I've got only 19,071 miles on it. This is the 3rd time this car has done this WTF!!!!!!
Thinking about trading car in. The dealer never told me about this double clutch transmission craziness when I brought the car. You'd think they would've mentioned that before I brought this that you can't go up hills because your car will overheat But, I guess not "RIGHT" I should've been paying attention to detail as well. Damn!!! this "F"Ing sucks. I have a new car that I can't get stuck in traffic because your Tucson will overheat.
Im in San Francisco with the wife, going up a slight hill in the Presidio. Its bumper to bumper when all of a sudden the car starts to ring and I see the panel indicating that the transmission is OVERHEATING!! It tells me I have to turn the car OFF and WAIT 6 minutes for it to COOL DOWN! Im in San Francisco>>>the weather was 63 degrees and Im overheating on a small hill!! You gotta be freakin kidding me!! What car....WHAT NEW CAR does that??!! Its also been jerking and hesitating at low speeds. I'm thinking this is only gonna get worse. I've got all of 17,850 miles on it. Thinking about trading her in. Any thoughts, advise?
And...I was never told about that Double Clutch transmission craziness when I brought the car!! You'd think they would've mentioned that before I brought it. But, I guess I should've been paying attention to detail as well.
Damn...this sucks. Really don't know what to do.
- Fred R.,
Stockton, CA, US
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The transmission overheated and gave a warning. We were told to let the car cool down but after an hour when the tow truck came the engine still smelled badly. The dealership said that their technician checked it out and that everything was fine. We were told not to use the accelerator to hold the car on a hill but to use the brake instead. The problem is that both in forward and reverse the car drifts a lot on a hill and if you take into account the other problems with lurching and not engaging the you have a very serious and dangerous situation not ot mention the car potentially breaking down in a very unsafe area.
The sales manager at the dealership said that he was unaware of the problems with the transmission. A technician at the dealership said that he would not keep the car if it were him.
We are considered elderly over 70 years young and I bought this car for my wife because I thought that it was the safest car of it's size on the market. I never thought that a 2016 model of any kind would have the kind of transmission problems that this car has and I never considered that a transmission should be considered as an unsafe feature but it is dangerous and we will do whatever we can to move to another vehicle.
Today, I was driving it and backing out of my driveway. Since the car was drifting forward and I was focused on looking at the RPM's and the fact that the car was barely moving backward as I depressed the accelerator , I didn't see the car coming down the street. Fortunately, my wife cautioned me and then the warnings went off as they were designed, but it is these kind of additional problems of lurching or not engaging that creates a real dangerous situation when driving this vehicle. You cannot depend on the car to respond to your pressing on the gas pedal.
Sometimes the RPM's go way up and the car doesn't move and then it lurches forward.
- jdipiero, Pittsburgh, PA, US