NHTSA Complaint #11277429 — 2017 HYUNDAI TUCSON

MULTIPLE INSTANCES (39+ AND COUNTING SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN JAN '18) OF LAG IN ACCELERATION WHEN AT A LOW SPEED (OCCASIONALLY AFTER BEING STOPPED) & THEN NEEDING TO SPEED UP. MANY TIMES I WAS WAITING TO TURN LEFT ACROSS AN INTERSECTION IN FRONT OF ON-COMING TRAFFIC WHERE YOU TYPICALLY INCH FORWARD & THEN NEED TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY TO MAKE IT ACROSS BEFORE THE NEXT CAR COMES OR WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS YELLOW & THEN RED. SOMETIMES IT WAS INCHING UP BEHIND ANOTHER CAR WAITING TO MERGE W/TRAFFIC, OR IN STOP-GO TRAFFIC & THEN NOT HAVING ACCELERATION WHEN NEEDED. IN ALL SITUATIONS ACCELERATION WAS NEEDED & DESPITE PRESSING DOWN ON THE ACCELERATION PEDAL (SOMETIMES TO THE FLOOR), NOTHING HAPPENS FOR ANYTHING FROM A HALF SECOND TO AT LEAST A COUPLE OF SECONDS. THE LAG WHEN TURNING LEFT IS VERY DANGEROUS - POTENTIALLY EVEN FATAL - DUE TO NEEDING ACCELERATION & SPEED TO AVOID BEING HIT BY OTHER CARS. BEING HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER CAR IS A POTENTIAL DANGER WHEN TRYING TO SPEED UP & HAVING A SECOND OR MORE DELAY BEFORE THE ENGINE KICKS IN - THE DRIVER BEHIND MUST BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION IN CASE MY CAR DOESN'T MOVE WHEN EXPECTED. IN THIS CASE IT'D OBVIOUSLY BE THE OTHER DRIVER'S FAULT, BUT THAT'S NO COMFORT SHOULD I SUSTAIN INJURIES FROM A COLLISION DUE TO A KNOWN FAULTY DCT COMPONENT/SOFTWARE. SAME FOR THE TIMES I PRESSED THE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENS, SO I PRESS IT TO THE FLOOR AND SUDDENLY IT ENGAGES A SECOND OR TWO LATE - THAT LURCH IS UNEXPECTED & DANGEROUS IN ITSELF. I CAN'T SEE ANY PATTERN TO IT AS FAR AS CAR TEMP, AIR TEMP, TIME DRIVING, AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE TANK, ETC. THE TIMES I'VE SPOKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP/SERVICE PEOPLE THEY ALWAYS SAY IT'S THE NATURE OF THE DCT & THAT IT'S NORMAL. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2016 TUCSONS FOR THE VERY SAME THING & A SOFTWARE UPDATE HELPED, BUT NOTHING HAS HELPED MINE SO FAR. IT'S UP TO DATE W/SERVICE & SOFTWARE UPDATES.