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2009 Hyundai SANTA FE Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1498920
Internal NHTSA #	11130432
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor America
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SANTA FE
Model Year	2009
File date	18/09/18
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My wife was driving the car in a parking lot and initially was unable to get the shifter into drive after being in reverse. She finally got it into gear and drove home and i attempted to shift it into park after she arrived home but it remained in drive and then neutral and would not go into park. The shift lever froze in the wrong place where d is but the electronic dashboard showed it was in neutral and i was unable to get it into park, and using the release lever for the shifter didn't work either. I was forced to leave the vehicle in neutral and put on the parking brake. I couldn't remove the key because i couldn't get the vehicle in park. It was on a small incline but the brake held the car in my driveway. As a safety precaution, i put blocks in front of the tire to prevent it from rolling. Fortunately it happened in my driveway and not on a hill trying to park. This all happened in a very short time span. I felt this is a safety issue. I had the vehicle towed to my mechanic who found that the cable running to the transmission was binding due to corrosion causing the mechanical shifter to become out of sync with the electronic controls that control what gear the transmission is in. The vehicle has been driven mostly in new jersey and pennsylvania so it has been exposed to a lot of road salt in the winter time. I checked on line and some of the forums show this is a common complaint with older hyundais. My vehicle has around 140,000 miles on it.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	140000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WHITE HAVEN, PA
VIN pattern	5NMSH73EX9HXXXXXX
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	2
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Hyundai SANTA FE Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Hyundai SANTA FE Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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