Ownership Cost for 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe GLS
Estimated: $42025 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2373 | $1139 | $997 | $902 | $807 | $6218 |
| Insurance | $1704 | $1764 | $1826 | $1890 | $1956 | $9140 |
| Fuel | $1902 | $1960 | $2028 | $2109 | $2204 | $10203 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1802 | $1057 | $1005 | $2291 | $8918 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $735 | $735 | $735 | $735 | $735 | $1089 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10455 | $7887 | $7312 | $7391 | $8980 | $42025 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2002 | SUSPENSION:REAR | 2002 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO BROKEN STEERING CONTROL ARM AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WHEN THE LEFT FRONT STEERING CONTROL ARM BROKE FREE FROM THE SUB FRAME DUE TO RUST. IT FORCED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE DANGEROUSLY TO THE LEFT ONTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CONSUMER HAD A MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE ENTIRE UNDER CARRIAGE HAD RUSTED. THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHEN HE CONTACTED THE DEALER, HE WAS INFORMED THE ONLY VEHICLES THAT WERE BEING REPAIRED, WERE THE ONES PURCHASED IN NORTHERN SALT BELT STATES. |
| 2009 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL OF MY SUV TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE IN A LARGE GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT, THE SUV INVOLUNTARILY ACCELERATED FORWARD AT A GREAT AMOUNT OF SPEED. I APPLIED THE BRAKE FIRMLY, BUT THE SUV CONTINUED TO SPEED FORWARD INTO THE PARKING SPACE. MY FEAR WAS THAT THERE WAS A CAR IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF ME THAT WAS PARKED FACING IN. I ASSUMED THAT THE ONLY WAY I WAS GOING TO STOP WAS IF I CRASHED HEAD ON WITH THE CAR OPPOSITE ME. FORTUNATELY, I HAD THE BRAKE ALMOST TO THE FLOOR OF THE SUV WHEN IT FINALLY LURCHED TO A STOP. I THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHO SENT A TOW TRUCK TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP SINCE APPROXIMATELY 4:30 P.M. ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2010. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT TODAY, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20. I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM THEM THIS MORNING. |
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