2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE Fuelpropulsion System Problems

Large leak detected P0455

The fuel tank level sensor failed and yes can be inspected. Check engine light goes on and fuel says empty with little yellow light .My mechanic checked my car and told me it was the fuel tank level sensor. Check engine light goes on and the fuel needle goes up and down to empty. When I fill the tank, the check engine light goes off and the needle rises to full. When the gas reaches a certain level the check engine light goes on and fuel needle drops to empty . It will go up and down. This first occurred October 2022.

THE FUEL GAGE KEEPS MARKING THE WRONG LEVEL OF GAS. FIRST IT WENT CRAZY GOING UP AND DOWN. AFTER SENSORS WERE CHANGED, IT STAYED AT HALF OF TANK EVEN WHEN FULL. NOW THE FUEL SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE WHEN IT REACHES A CERTAIN GAS LEVEL, THE CHECK ENGINE SHOWS UP. ITS RANDOM ISSUES AND ALL HAVE TO DO WITH THE PUMP, AND SENSORS. BEEN TRYING TO FIX THIS FOR 2 YEARS AND REPLACING THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO WORK FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN THE ISSUES SHOW UP AGAIN.

FUEL GAGE DOES NOT WORK. FILL UP CAR WITH GAS AND THE TANK SHOWS EMPTY FOR DAYS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. GETTING NEW SYSTEM DOES NOT FIX THIS ISSUE. EACH DAY YOU GET IN THE CAR IT WILL SHOW A DIFFERENT AND INACCURATE READYING. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER ONLINE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS.

FUEL GAUGE FAILED. THE FUEL TANK WOULD BE FULL BUT THE GAUGE READ 1/4 TANK, (RAN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE) CONTACTED HYUNDAI, THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT OFFERED NO SOLUTION AS FAR AS RECALL, THEY STATED THE FIX WOULD COST APPROX. $600.00 WITH PARTS AND LABOR. I CHECKED THIS ISSUE ON LINE AND THIS DEFECT IN THE "FUEL SENSORS" HAS BEEN GOING ON FROM APPROX. 2007 TO 2015 EFFECTING THOUSANDS OF HYUNDAI SANTA FE'S. MY QUESTION IS, WHY HASN'T "THE HYUNDAI MOTOR CO." CORRECTED THIS SAFETY PROBLEM OR ISSUED A RECALL? THEY EXPECT CUSTOMER LOYALTY BUT IT APPEARS THE LOYALTY GOES ONLY ONE WAY. I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH MY 2008 SANTA FE BUT NOW I'M WONDERING HOW MANY OTHER SAFETY ISSUES ARE BEING COVERED UP. I WAS AT MY HYUNDAI DEALER JUST PRIOR TO THE FUEL SENSOR ISSUE LOOKING AT THE NEW PALISADE...

TAKE TO MUCH FUEL

THE FUEL SENSOR STOPPED WORKING. PAY TO FIX IT BUT ONLY LASTED 1 MONTH AND THAN STOP WORKING AGAIN. ELECTRICAL. WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY HEARD A WHINING NOISE AND THEN THE CAR STARTING STALLING. WON'T TURN ON

I HAVE A 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE THAT HAS A FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT SHOW THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF GAS IN THE TANK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF THE TIME IT SHOWS EMPTY, EVEN AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK. SOMETIMES THE GAUGE WILL MOVE JUST OVER HALF WAY, THEN IT GOES BACK TO EMPTY. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THREE DIFFERENT SHOPS TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY ALL SAY THAT FUEL LEVEL SENSOR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TO FIX THIS ISSUE WILL BE BETWEEN $700 - $1000. AFTER LOOKING UP THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET, THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE FOR THE EXACT MY MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR VEHICLE THAT I AM MAKING THE COMPLAINT ABOUT. THIS ISSUE IS CONSENT IF I AM MOVING OR STATIONARY. THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE I DO...

WITH 49,377 MILES, I ADDED PARTIAL FUEL (6.9 GALLONS) AND THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED ZERO WITH THE FUEL LIGHT ON. AFTER A FEW DAYS THE FUEL GAUGE READ NORMALLY. SINCE THEN I'VE ADDED FUEL FIVE MORE TIMES. EACH TIME THE GAUGE WENT TO ZERO AND THEN RAMPED UP GRADUALLY. YESTERDAY, FEBRUARY 29, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON STEADY. TODAY I HAD THE ERROR CODE READ: P0463 FUEL LEVEL SENSOR A CIRCUIT HIGH INPUT. ALTHOUGH THE PART REQUIRED LISTS FOR $79.99, IT IS APPARENTLY CHANGED IN THE FUEL TANK AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO ACCESS.

MY FUEL LEVEL GAUGE HAS BECOME ERRATIC TO NOT WORKING AT ALL CAUSING MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. I HAVE TO SPEND $1700.00 TO GET THIS REPAIR MADE SO THAT I CAN REGISTER MY VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM IS THE FUEL LEVEL SENSORS, ONE OR BOTH HAVE FAILED. I HAVE NEVER HAD THE PROBLEM WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE EVER. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS AND SEE THAT IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ALSO FOR MANY OTHERS WHO OWN A 08 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. I WANTED TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHICH HYUNDAI SHOULD RECALL TO FIX.

THE FUEL PUMP AND SENSORS WENT BAD. THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED GLITCHING AND GOING UP AND DOWN RANDOMLY. AFTER 1-2 MONTHS IT WAS SHOWING EMPTY AT ALL TIMES. I CHANGED THE SENSORS AND THE FUEL GAUGE WENT TO THE MIDDLE EVEN WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH SENSORS AND THE FUEL PUMP TO GET IT FIXED.

THE GAS GUAGE IN THIS VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING OVER A YEAR AGO AND WE HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN WE KEEP OUR GAS GUAGE FILLED IN THIS VEHICLE ALL THE TIME CAUSING A DANGER TO OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN SOMEDAY SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HIT US DUE TO THIS ISSUE KEEPS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND THE ROAD AND INTERSTATE. IT CONSTANTLY KEEPS SHOWING US EMPTY WHEN WE ARE NOT. I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS THAT THIS HAPPENS WITH MANY OF THESE VEHICLES AND IT HAS YET TO BE RECALLED.

FOR PAST 2 YEARS MY FUEL TANK WILL SENDER IT'S FULL WHEN IT'S BEEN LOW AND ONLY TOO 5 GALS IN A 19 GAL. TANK. I HAVE READ OVER MANY TIMES COMPLAINTS THAT THE GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK?? I'VE BEEN QUOTED $425 TO REPAIR IT? IT'S A 2008 HYUNDAI SANTE FE LIMITED. THE CHK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON MY MECHANIC USED THE CAR DETECTOR SYSTEM. IT STATES FUEL CAP ISSUES. I REPLACED THAT $70 LATER IT NOT WORKING. I'VE DEALT WITH THIS FOR TOO MANY YEARS

I WAS GETTING CHECK SYSTEM WARNINGS. THEN MY FUEL GAUGES WENT CRAZY AND DID NOT REGISTER ACCURATELY AND I COULD NOT TELL IF MY GAS TANK WAS HOLDING THE GAS AND AS MUCH GAS AS I PUT IN WAS NOT REGISTERING AND ONCE THE CAR STOPPED WHILE DRIVING AND IT HAD GAS IN IT. APPARENTLY PER WHAT I'VE READ FROM OTHERS, THIS IS A RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE YEAR AND MODEL AND I THINK OTHER YEARS TOO. I'VE WRITTEN TO HYUNDAI THREE TIMES AND THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING DIDN'T EVEN ANSWER ME. IN LAST EMAIL TO THEM I SAID I'D CONTACT YOU IF THEY CONTINUED TO IGNORE AND THEY DID?! THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS IT IS DANGEROUS TO SAY THE LEAST. MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WANTED $221 TO JUST LOOK AT IT AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT HYUNDAI CORPORATE TO GET THEM TO RECALL THIS ISSUE....

FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT FAULTY AND DOESN'T GIVE A CORRECT READING TO THE LEVEL OF FUEL IN THE CAR.

THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AT 84500 MILES. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND EVEN THOUGH THE TANK IS FULL, THE GAUGE READS EMPTY AND THE FUEL LOW LIGHT COMES ON.

GAS GAUGE SAYING IT'S ON EMPTY WHEN THERE IS GAS IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON

GAS GAUGE ERRATIC AND NOT READING PROPERLY. AFTER FUELING GAUGE DROPS TO E AND FUEL LIGHT COMES ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. WHILE DRIVING THE GAUGE CONTINUES TO GO ALL OVER THE PLACE, FROM E TO F. MECHANICS SAY FUEL SENSOR/SENDER UNIT(S) IN THE GAS TANK HAVE FAILED AND NEED REPLACEMENT, $400-$500. ONLY WAY TO KNOW THE FUEL AMOUNT IN THE TANK IS TO KEEP TRACK OF MILES DRIVEN AND ESTIMATE MILES PER GALLON AND REFUEL EVERY 200-250 MILES TO BE SAFE AND NOT RUN OUT OF GAS AND CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PLEASE HELP TO MAKE HYUNDAI DO A RECALL ON THESE SENSORS.

FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. GOES TO EMPTY WHEN I PUT GAS IN TO FILL TANK AND FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES, NEEDLE ON GAUGE FLUCTUATES. THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. I RAN OUT OF GAS WHILE TRYING TO ENTER INTO TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY AND ALMOST GOT RAN OVER , ALMOST CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION! MY MECHANIC JUST REPLACED BOTH FUEL SENSORS ON 4/29/2019 AS CHECK ENGINE READOUT INDICATED. THIS COSTLY REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE FUEL GAUGE STILL FLUCTUATES, READS EMPTY WHEN FILLING, FUEL LIGHT COMES ON AND NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON AGAIN. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFTY PROPLEM AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY HYUNDAI. I AM AFRAID NOW WHEN DRIVING MY CAR BECAUSE OF THIS. IS HYUNDAI NOT RECALLING BECAUSE THEY KNOW EVEN WHEN REPLACED, THE NEW PARTS ARE FAULTY TOO? NHTSA, YOU NEED TO PLEASE...

THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES AND IS NOT ACCURATE. AFTER FILLING UP THE GAS TANK, THE FUEL GAUGE MAY SHOW "EMPTY", AND IT RISES AND FALLS VERY QUICKLY. THIS CAN OCCUR WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT, TURNING, OR WHEN PARKED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON. THERE IS NO WAY TO ACCURATELY TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT IN THE TANK. THIS FAULTY FUEL GAUGE COULD LEAVE ANY SANTA FE MOTORIST AND THEIR PASSENGERS STRANDED IN A DANGEROUS AREA(E.G. BUSY HIGHWAY) OR CONDITION(E.G. BLIZZARD OR HEAT WAVE IN ARIZONA). PLEASE INITIATE A RECALL TO HAVE THIS FIXED. PER ONLINE SOURCES, MANY SANTA FE OWNERS IN THIS YEAR RANGE HAVE THIS SAME BROKEN FUEL GAUGE.

FUEL SENDING SENSOR IS ERRATIC CAUSING CHK ENGINE CODE P0464. UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITION AND SHOULD BE RECALLED TO BE FIX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. WHILE FUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL GAUGE BECAME INOPERABLE AND FAILED TO PROVIDE AN ACCURATE READING. IN ADDITION, WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHEN THE FUEL WAS LOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BOCH HYUNDAI (LOCATED AT 391 PROVIDENCE HWY, NORWOOD, MA 02062, (781) 332-4542), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,547.

FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR STOPPED WORKING. GAS TANK CAN BE FULL, AND IT STAYS ON EMPTY OR FLUCTUATES WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED.

FUEL SENSOR FAILING. FILL TANK AND SENSOR STAYS AT EMPTY WITH WARNING LIGHT.

FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY, LOW FUEL LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER DRIVING A LITTLE SOMETIMES EVERYTHING GETS TO NORMAL NEXT DAY FUEL GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY OR HALF FULL WHEN IT IS FULL BECAUSE I KNOW I JUST HAD IT FILLED. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINS ABOUT THIS ONLINE FORUMS.HYUNDAI HAVE TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM THE REPAIR IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE IN YOUR TANK ALSO SINCE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON YOU CAN NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION. VEHICLE HAS 58000 MILES .

MY 2008 HYUNDAI SANTA FE WHILE DRIVING STALLS, TRUCK IS NO LONGER ON WHILE DRIVING. POWER STEERING AND CONTROL OVER STEERING WHEEL IS LOSS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING QUITE FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING. HAPPEN TWICE WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHICH, SCARED ME TO DEATH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHTS COMES ON WHEN THIS HAPPENS. NOW THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON STAY FOR A FEW DAYS THEN TURNS OFF. MY FUEL GAGE K DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. I CAN FILL MY TANK UP ON FULL, THEN IT WILL DROP TO THE E LINE LIKE THERE IS NO GAS. THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES ON. NOT SAFE BECAUSE NOW I DON'T KNOW IF MY TRUCK IS FULL OR REALLY EMPTY. WHY HAVEN'T THERE BEEN ANY RECALLS ON THESE ISSUES ESPECIALLY SINCE, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS BY OWNERS WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL.

FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILED....INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE CAUSING OWNERS TO NOT KNOW WHEN THE CARS FUEL TANK IS LOW, AND SOMETIMES CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN OUT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING.

THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CAN OCCUR ANYTIME, BUT MOSTLY AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK. VEHICLE CAN BE STATIONARY OR MOVING. HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

AFTER FILLING MY TANK TO FULL, A FEW MINUTES LATER WHILE AT A LIGHT, MY GAS LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING LOW ON FUEL ALMOST EMPTY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WENT OUT, CAME ON FOR FEW DAYS. TOOK CAR TO SERVICE AT HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD THAT FUEL SENSORS ARE BAD AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. WILL COST ALMOST $800. SERVICE SAID THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THE 2008 SANTA FE'S. AND, APPARENTLY, NONE IF IT IS WARRANTED. DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND LEARNED THAT MANY ARE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED? THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND PUTS OWNER OF CAR IN A POSITION TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY DEALER. FRUSTRATED!!! ALSO, LIGHT IS OFF FOR A WHILE, THEN COMES BACK ON WHEN DRIVING AND STATIONARY.

FUEL SENSORS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY CAUSING GAS GAUGE TO MOVE ERRATICALLY AND TRIGGERING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. SENSOR IS NOT RELIABLE CREATING A RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS.

MY FUEL GAUGE IN THE CAR SHOW NO FUEL AT TIME AND THEN 1/2, 1/4 OR ZERO TANK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, I HAVE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CHECKED AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT IS THE GAUGE IN THE FUEL TANK.

THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATES AND DOES NOT SHOW AN ACCURATE FUEL LEVEL. IT'S ONLY ACCURATE AFTER FILLING AND THEN AFTER USAGE IS INACCURATE. THIS AT TIMES RESULTS IN CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS THAT WOULD FAIL EMISSIONS. HIGHWAY DRIVING IS A CONCERN IF THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER. STARTED AT 110K MILES.

MY FUEL GUAGE IN THE CAR SHOW NO FUEL AT TIME AND THEN 1/2 OR 1/4 TANK, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, I HAVE HAD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CHECKED AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT IS THE GAUGE IN THE FUEL TANK. THERE ARE OTHER FAMILY WITH 2008 HYUNDAI WITH THE SAME ISSUE?? HELP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON..

AS THE SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE, AT 70K MILES GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STUCK ON. WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT NOT KNOWING THE AMOUNT OF GAS AND RUNNING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN. SHOCKED HYUNDAI HAS NOT RECALLED THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL HYUNDAI'S BUT THIS IS THE LAST.

TAKATA RECALL GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING.

FUEL GAUGE ALWAYS READS AS EMPTY, REGARDLESS OF MOVEMENT OR AMOUNT OF GAS IN TANK, LEAVING DRIVER TO RUN OUT OF GAS IN UNDESIRABLE PLACES. REPAIR IS APPROX 600-800 DOLLARS. MANY COMPLAINTS SHOULD BE RECALLED. HAS TO DO WITH THE FUEL SENDING SENSOR OR SOMETHING I WAS TOLD.

FUEL LEVEL GAUGE BECOMES ERRATIC AND DOES NOT INDICATE CORRECT FUEL LEVEL IN GAS TANK. RECENTLY "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" CAME ON AND DIAGNOSIS BY MECHANIC WAS "FUEL LEVEL SENSOR A, CIRCUIT INTERMITTENT". THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND SHOULD NOT OCCUR ON A VEHICLE AT THIS STAGE. I HAVE NOW BECOME AWARE THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON DEFECT IN THE HYUNDAI SANTA FE LINE OF VEHICLES.

FUEL GAUGE FREQUENTLY BOBS FROM EMPTY TO FULL WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS AND CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO GO ON WHEN THERE IS PLENTY OF FUEL

THE FUEL SENSOR/GAUGE READS AS EMPTY ALL THE TIME NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK, THIS INCLUDES AFTER FILLING UP. THIS CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON AS WELL. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A DIRECT SAFETY ISSUE, AFTER RESEARCHING ON LINE IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MODEL YEARS OF THIS CAR. IF YOU WENT BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE, IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH BUT AN INTERNET SEARCH WOULD INDICATE OTHERWISE. FOR SOME PEOPLE THIS CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO PROBLEMS WHEN LEGITIMATELY RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT KNOWING THE ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THIS CONSISTENT AND ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NO RECOURSE.

THE GAS ELECTRIC FLOAT DOESN'T WORK IT A 'LL WAYS SHOWS I HAVE NO GAS I HAVE TO FILL EVER 2 DAYS JUST SO I DON'T RUN OUT. BUT HAVE GOTTEN STUCK IN THE SIDE IF THE ROAD 5 TIMES SINCE PROBLEM HAPPENED. HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT FIXED DUE TO MO GET ISSUES FOR IT.

FUEL GAUGE AND RANGE TILL EMPTY FLUCTUATE NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL VERY HUGE SAFETY ISSUE EVERYTIME IT IS DRIVEN OR WHEN FIRST STARTED FILL TANK AND WILL READ ANYTHING FROM EMPTY TO 3/4 TANK VERY SELDOM ON FULL. ALSO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON CODE SAYS SENDING UNITS SMELL OF FUEL

PEELING PAINT ON ROOF GAS TANK DOESN'T REGISTER IF TANK IS EMPTY OR FULL.

THE FUEL GAUGE HAS BECOME ERRATIC. IT GOES TO EMPTY EVEN WHEN FULL. WILL SOMETIMES POP BACK TO PARTIALLY FULL. HAS CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD ENOUGH FUEL LEFT. I HAVE FOUND NEARLY 200 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON LINE. PROBLEM STARTED AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES AND IS ONGOING.

FUEL GAUGE PROBLEMS. THE FUEL GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN SPORADICALLY REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK. YOU CAN'T DETERMINE HOW MUCH GAS IS LEFT WHICH HAS POSED A SAFETY ISSUE LEAVING ME STRANDED IN AN UNSAFE AREA.

THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT ACCURATELY READ THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. IT CONSTANTLY MOVES FROM EMPTY TO FULL. THE PROBLEM IS KNOWN TO BE A FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. HYUNDAI SHOULD OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM AND RECALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. NHTSA WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE NO ONES GOTTEN KILLED YET DUE TO THIS ISSUE.

OVER THE LAST YEAR, OUR HYUNDAI SANTA FE HAS DEVELOPED A VERY TROUBLING STALLING PROBLEM THAT HAS ONLY INCREASED IN FREQUENCY. THE VEHICLE LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED, OFTEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THE SAME TRIP REGARDLESS OF DISTANCE TRAVELED. IT STALLS ON LOCAL, LOW-SPEED ROADS AS WELL AS FREEWAY DRIVING. WHEN IT STALLS, ALL STEERING IS LOST. THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AMONG HYUNDAI CUSTOMERS AND DEALERSHIPS AND YET I AM NOT ABLE TO LOCATE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY HYUNDAI. I DID CONTACT THEM. TODAY, I RECEIVED A RESPONSE INDICATING THAT HYUNDAI HAS NO EXPLANATION FOR THE ISSUE AND WILL OFFER NO ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR IT. THEIR ONLY SUGGESTION WAS THAT I CONTACT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. AS I INDICATED, THIS...

TAKATA RECALL. OVER 200 COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH HYUNDAI DEALERSHIPS ON THIS DEFECT. FUEL LEVEL SENSORS FAIL AFTER WARRANTY, USUALLY AROURND 80,000 MILLES. FUEL GAUGE LEVELS DROP TO ZERO AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. EVEN WITH FULL TANK.VEHICLE FAILS INSPECTION AND DEALER CORRECTION IS UP TO $800. SOME VEHICLES HAVE RUN OUT OF FUEL ON THE HIWAY. DEALERS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED FLAW ENDEMIC TO THIS MODEL.

1) FUEL TANK GAUGE IS INACCURATE. STARTS TO DROP RAPIDLY AFTER DRIVING 75-100 MILES AND EMPTY FUEL TANK LIGHT COMES ON AFTER ~125-150 MILES. WHEN I REFILL THE TANK, IT IS ONLY HALF EMPTY. NORMALLY, CAR WILL DRIVE 270-320 MILES BEFORE EMPTY. 2) CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF. NOTHING SEEMS TO BE WRONG WITH THE CAR(HAVE HAD IT CHECKED.) 3) ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF; SOMETIMES AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, SOMETIMES BY ITSELF. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED, NO PROBLEM; AND RESET. GOES ON - OFF AGAIN A FEW DAYS LATER. THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY.

FUEL GAUGE IS INCONSISTENT AND KEEPS GOING UP AND DOWN AFTER PUTTING GAS IN. NO IDEA HOW MUCH GAS IS REALLY IN THE TANK.

AFTER EXPERIENCING MY FUEL GAUGE GOING UP AND DOWN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THEN TOOK IT TO AUTOZONE AND THE CODE SAID IT IS THE FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I'VE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE