| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006058350 | Incident Date: Mar, 01 2006 |
| Consumer's City: FALL RIVER | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America |
| Model Name: SANTA FE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: KM8SC73E53U | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 05 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 29 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I drive a 2003 hyundai santa fe 3.5l v6. on thursday, march 2, 2006, i was driving slowly down a steep, snowy hill in my neighborhood. when i applied the brakes to slow the car in order to maintain control in the snow, the brake pedal kicked back and the brakes would not engage completely. they felt as though there was a mass of something solid blocking the pedal from depressing all the way. i pressed harder on the brake pedal, released the pedal, pressed it again, but nothing i did kept my car from continuing to propel itself downhill. i nearly sides wiped a parked car because, as my speed increased, the santa fe slid out of control on the snow. only by some miracle was the rest of this busy neighborhood street empty. i finally regained control at the bottom of the hill. after that incident, the brakes worked fine. but this was not the first time this dangerous failure had occurred. and that seems to be the pattern of this problem: one or more incidents on a wet or snowy day followed by normal operation. in april of 2004, the original problem developed. any time i tried to stop on a wet or snowy street, the brakes would slow the car, but not stop it completely. at that time, hyundai did find a problem. my service receipt says the abs actuator was bad, the ecu was reprogrammed, and the hydraulic unit failed and was replaced. however, this time, on march 3, 2006, even though the santa fe brakes had failed in the exact same way as 2 years ago, hyundai found no problem in the diagnostic it ran and did not attempt to make any repair. they actually told me that this is the way that the abs is supposed to work. i am certain that my brakes will fail again, but until my hyundai dealer says there is a problem, they'd like me to believe there isn't one. i'll try to remember that the next time i roll down a snow-covered hill. *nm |
