3RD TIME CRANK SHAFT SENSOR WENT IN 1 YEAR/5 MONTHS. CAR ONLY HAS 60,000 MILES. ALL 3 TIMES, CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN APPEARS AND SECONDS LATER THE CAR SHUTS OFF. TWICE WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND LUCKY WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO GET OVER TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE BEFORE THE CAR SHUT DOWN. 3 TIMES IN A YEAR AND 5 MONTHS, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN... ALSO, THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON FOR THE LAST YEAR. *TR
2012
ENGINE
2012 HYUNDAI SANTA FE HAD COMPLETE POWER LOSS ON INTERSTATE WHILE MOVING AT 65MPH IN THE LEFT MOST LANE. ENGINE SHUTTERED, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE POWER WENT TO IDLE RPM. THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONCE AND STEERING BECAME HEAVY. MANAGED TO CROSS TWO LANES AND GET THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND ENGINE APPEARED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. ACCELERATED FROM SHOULDER INTO TRAFFIC. DROVE FOR 1/4 MILE AND INCIDENT AGAIN REPEATED ITSELF AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. FEARING FOR MY SAFETY, I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER WHOM I PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM. I CALLED (ON 5-2-13) THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE NEXT MORNING (5-3-12) I CALLED THEM AT 9AM TO FIND STATUS OF REPAIR. THEY STATED IT WAS ALREADY REPAIRED. THEY STATED IT IS RELATED TO THE TROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. THEY STATED THEY WERE WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY STATED THEY WERE HAVING MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHILCE. THEY STATED THERE WAS A TSB ON THE PROBLEM. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED BEFORE A MANUFACTURE HAS THE OBLIGATION TO CORRECT A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT REPEATS ITSELF? LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS! I HAVE A WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN THAT RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE. WHAT NOW? *TR