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2013 Hyundai SANTA FE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1210484
Internal NHTSA #	10748982
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor America
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SANTA FE
Model Year	2013
File date	13/08/15
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	When driving on the freeway, vehicle lost power and shut off, smelled and saw smoke coming from the vents. Pulled to side of road and opened hood to check engine and flames shot out, closed hood and truckers ran over with fire extinguishers and called fire department. Within 5 minutes vehicle was totally engulfed and fire department had arrived and could only prevent flames from spreading to surrounding environment. Vehicle was totally consumed by this catastrophic fire. Called hyundai corporate offices in california to report it as the vehicle is under warranty and was asked 'what do you want us to do?'. Received the impression that they were not going to do anything about this.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	27000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	OREGON CITY, OR
VIN pattern	5XYZWDLA4DGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	Y
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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	60
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Type of child seat code
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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.
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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.
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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2013 Hyundai SANTA FE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Hyundai SANTA FE Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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