| Issue ID | 1023976 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10553006 |
| Manufacurer | Hyundai Motor Company |
| Brand | HYUNDAI |
| Model | SANTA FE |
| Model Year | 2011 |
| File date | 11/11/13 |
| Component | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I was driving my hyundai 2011 sante fe at about 30 mph on a city road. Suddenly, i felt that i was cut off, there was no control on brake or the steering wheel (both were too hard to operate). So, all i could do was to drive straight, and i was literally crossing some busy streets (luckily, there were no cars when i was crossing these streets) on red signals, with my blinkers on. Luckily, my co-passenger kept cool and suggested if i could operate my parking brake, and i tried this, and my car slowly came to a complete stop. At this moment, i put my car on park, turned off the engine. When i turned it back on, i drove back to a safe place (in a mile), called road side assistance and got it towed to the nearest hyundai dealer. The dealer found no major breakdown (!!!) or any inactive log on the car computer (!!!), only replaced a brake light (which was under recall for a couple of months) and declared the car to be 'safe to drive'. It is still very scary to drive the car (it has been about a week now after this incident), but not sure if hyundai will have an answer to this. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 15600 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | BEACHWOOD, OH |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 30 |
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