NHTSA Complaint #11032125 — 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE

VEHICLE STALLS WHILE SITTING IDLING WAITING AT STOP LIGHTS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND UNPREDICTABLE. ENGINE SHUTTERS WHILE IDLING AS WELL. VEHICLE LOSES ABILITY TO ACCELERATE WHEN THIS OCCURS REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TURN THE ENGINE OFF, THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE. SAFETY HAZARD IN BUSY TRAFFIC. ADDITIONAL ISSUES WITH SLIPPAGE SOUNDS FROM THE AXELS WHEN TURNING CORNERS. PROBLEM MAY BE LINKED TO OTHER OPEN RECALLS INVOLVING MANUFACTURER REPORTED MACHINE ERRORS DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT CAUSES PREMATURE BEARING WEAR WITHIN THE ENGINE. THE NOTED SAFETY RISK ON OTHER VIN NUMBERED MODELS WITHIN THE SAME CLASS IS THAT IT MAY CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THIS VEHICHLE WAS JUST PURCHASED FROM CARMAX VIRGINIA THREE DAYS AGO. ISSUE WAS NOT OBVIOUS AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THERE WERE NO OPEN RECALLS FOR THIS VIN NUMBER AT THE TIME SALE WAS MADE, BUT ISSUE IS QUITE PRESENT AT 50,000 MILES AND I HAVE CONTACTED CARMAX TO INFORM THEM OF THE ISSUE. THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM SEEMS CONSISTENT WITH ALL MODELS OF HYUNDAI MANUFACTURED AROUND 2014. A NATIONAL RECALL OF THE ENTIRE LINE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO ALERT CONSUMERS AND AVOID UNWANTED PURCHASES AND OR DAMAGING ACCIDENTS.