TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HYUNDAI TUCSON. WITHIN A MONTH OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. THE HAZARD AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS FAILED ALSO AND WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. TWO DAYS LATER, THE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. THEY WERE REPLACED A SECOND TIME, BUT THEN FAILED AGAIN. THE LIGHTS HAVE FAILED APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES AND HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY REPAIRED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT HE USES HIS DIRECTIONALS TOO MUCH AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS TOO LONG. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNDER 1,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,100.
2012
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 TO 40 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CRASH CAUSED NO INJURIES AND THE POLICE WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING MOTOR FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.