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2004 Hyundai SANTA FE Fuel Propulsion System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1314905
Internal NHTSA #	10903545
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor America
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SANTA FE
Model Year	2004
File date	20/08/16
Component	FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	When car parked smell of gasoline, looked under car on drive side of tank has tiny drop off fuel come from plastic cover of tank and a drop on ground looks it was spread by continuous slow weeping when parked, draw for a while came back parked went back and check under same spot tiny drop on ground coming from plastic cover drain hole, did not seem loose much gas, park over weekend found drip smell and the dry spot seemed about one foot in diameter and strong odor when go near back of car, noticed this at parked vehicle, over night parked the spot is about 6 inches dried wet about 1 inch every day last few weeks. Fuel smell noticed all the time may be 6 six months now did not know where or whose car it was coming, when looked under on driver side before rear wheel about 1 foot inward saw a wet spot about 1 inch, draw back checked it was gas spot around dried impression was about foot this was in morning after over night parking, i open access under the rear driver side of seat can not find any leak from fuel pump or tubes i am going to check on other access hole but that is on passenger side, leak is under driver side of the tank plastic cover drain hole.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	140000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PITTSBURGH, PA
VIN pattern	KM8SC73D04UXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	0
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Hyundai SANTA FE Fuel Propulsion System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Hyundai SANTA FE Fuel Propulsion System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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