NHTSA Complaint #10230795 — 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT ACCELERATED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE STEERING FELT LIGHT, AS IF IT WERE LIFTING OFF THE GROUND. THE STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO THE RIGHT AND HE MUST OVERCOMPENSATE TO THE LEFT TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RELEASED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE FAILURE STOPPED. HE CALLED THE DEALER ONCE HE ARRIVED TO HIS RESIDENCE AND ASKED SOMEONE TO RETURN HIS CALL; HOWEVER, NO ONE HAS YET RESPONDED. PRIOR TO THIS FAILURE, THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR SIMILAR FAILURES AND THEY ROTATED THE TIRES; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUES. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED TWO COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME FAILURE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CORRECT ACCORDING TO THE MONITORING SYSTEM. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,100.