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Hyundai Santa Fe DM (2012-2018) (page 5 of 5)
Highlander, Active, Elite, etc...2013 Sante Fe Highlander
$57,000 car - poor quality.
Failed to start on various occasions (intermittent problem) over 6 months. Good power and cranking - but no ignition. Took it to authorised service centre - ignition wouldn't fault whilst there (total 5 days) so they couldn't find the cause as it needed to fualt whilst there.... They replaced a 'power board' but they were not certain that it is the cause.
Have had to replace the entire plastic flimsy external door moudlings on 3 occasions. The clips to the moulding break on the slightest contact the door makes with an external object and to fix, requiring replacement of the entire moulding, as the clips are moulded. $400 on each occasion. Ive noticed 5 other Sante Fes with missing door moudlings.
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Steven
- 7 reviews
- 10 likes
Our second Fe and 190,000km and no big problems. Highly recommend.
Our first Highlander 07 model, did 120,000, only warranty was a door lock on passenger side. No other problems at all. New DM elite, now over 3 years old, 80,000km. Have not had one issue with it. It rides a little softer than the old model but handles better to boot. There is less space inside, the boot is smaller and there is less knee room in the front row. Visibility isn't as good either. We get 60,000km from the 18 inch tyres. I test drove every car in this size, including Freelanders, XC60, X3, etc. before purchasing our second Fe. Nothi...Read more
ng comes close to doing everything as well as the Fe and especially for the price. We average 6.9l on our fuel which is about 0.6-0.8 better than the first one we had. These cars DO NOT have a DPF, where nearly every other diesel does. This is a huge benefit and the new ones also have a timing chain not a belt. Hyundai AU has been great but I would never purchase a new Hyundai from Woodley's Tamworth. One issue I have found is you cannot adjust your high and low beam separately. It has keyless entry and start with a fob. You can lock the car with the spare key inside but you have to do it away from the car with the other key, I only just figured this out recently. The GPS isn't as easy to use as a garmin and the speed alerts only work on the major, major highways. I actually don't like the GPS, it's software is the worst part about the Fe. The auto wipers are a great invention and these work very well. The Auto is a 6 speed and is very good. This car has loads of torque and is very quick at overtaking if you need it to be. It has more power and torque than a v8 did 20 years ago but uses fuel like a little micro car. I have got the fuel down to 5l/100km on a 3 hour highway trip. Buy one you won't be sorry.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
James Lee
- 4 reviews
SANTA FE DM 2014 Elite
Excellent. Very nice car. I ve done 6000km and I can't find any issue. Plenty of Power from Diesel engine
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Done over 15000km.. had aircon switch faulty.. now fixed under warranty. Mechanically no issue
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The BagorsAU
- 2 reviews
Surprising Package!
Let me start by saying I never thought I would own a Hyundai. But after alot of research and comparing of different vehicles in this category, it just made sense.
After comparing the model line-up I settled on the Elite. The Active is a good basic package but for a few extra thousands, you get a really good package in the Elite but if you have money to burn there is always the Highlander!
I have only had the vehicle for 3 weeks and have covered just over 1,500km but I have been thoroughly impressed. Fuel economy is brilliant (2.2 Turbo Di...Read more
esel) returning average readings of between 6.9 - 7.2lt/100km on flat ground increasing to around 7.8 - 8.0lt/100km in the hills. Fill the tank to brim and you can get around 800km from the tank - and for someone that covers anywhere from 750 to 1,000km a week that is important! I must admit the ride is a little firmer than I would have expected but this may improve with a few more km's travelled. Handling is good both on tarmac and dirt (and I am talking some seriously average dirt roads) with it holding the road well. Interior and exterior finishes are good, has great audio system and in nice and quite on the road.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
BenMacEltham
Hyundai Sanmat Fe GPS Irritations...
Hi
The Hyundai Santa Fe "2014 is a great car, ( I recently Purchased the Highlander) however, I really am not Impressed with the GPS..., for example, on approaching a junction with Red Light & Speed Camera's, I get an average 15 warning Beeps in advance....very very annoying, especially when the news comes on the radio, unfortunately you cannot change these settings without having to turn off the "Approach" setting completely...rendering the feature useless......then there’s the Audio with the Navigation......it works fine, but you can't adj...Read more
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JaneYoungtown
- 2 reviews
- 3 likes
Love our Santa Fe
After having a new Holden Captiva for 8 months, and having many problems with it, we finally got rid of it, and bought a December 2013 demo Santa Fe. We love our diesel Santa Fe Active! It is beautiful to drive, quite spacious and reasonably economical. It is light in the steering and handles well. It is difficult to back if you are not used to mirrors or reverse cameras as the window cut up- small children in the back might have difficulty seeing out the side windows too. The only negative is that the paintwork- we chose the red colour- show finger prints etc quite noticably. Otherwise, we are very happy!
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George PMelbourne
What a piece of art.
I would not have believed a car company could create such a perfect synergy between man and machine until my wife convinced me to test drive it . Its outer shell is an artistic scuplture of fluid design, and the driver and passenger comfort is unbelieveable . If you test drive one, be sure to sit in the back seat also to fully understand this car . Merc, Audi, BMW must be wondering " well what the hell do we do now ".
Push start . Why on earth do you need a key in this age .
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No offense to you George but do you work for Hyundai?? Possibly marketing? Did you actually buy this car or are you just writing a review based on a test drive? I do not understand how a person can... Read more
fully understand a car from the back seat. I'm sorry but I am questioning how genuine your review is.Also, you mention nothing about how this car drives, nor its features. What do you think of that SUNA system and the sat nav? Which year model did you drive? Model level? Petrol or diesel? Was the... Read more
back seat cloth or leather? How do the rear seats fold down? Where is the speaker/microphone for the BlueTooth? Foot brake or electronic? As for the push start - a lot of cars in the same price range have this feature.@Miss-Nat, Anna replying here George's wife. I actually drive the Santa Fe in question. I totally fell in love with this car and just had to have it. Truth be told be I still love it, it is a dream... Read more
car. It drives smoothly with plenty of power. The steering wheel is perfect esp the turning circle, coming from a Toyota Camry which had a very poor turning circle and heavy steering. Our model is the current model purchased in January so I have been driving it for a few months now. We have the Elite model in Diesel, so leather interior. Rear seats all fold own okay. No foot brake push button break in the middle. Not sure what you mean about blue tooth speaker, there are speakers all around the car. Neither of us work for Hyundai we're just both really impressed. Happy to assist with any other questions you have.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Miss-NatBrisbane, QLD
- 2 reviews
- 4 likes
2013, 2012 and 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe's - Problems
Before you read my review, I just want to say that, so far, both Hyundai and our local Hyundai Service Center have both been fantastic in trying to help us out with the issues our car/s have been having/had and I thank them both very much! I have loved all of our Santa Fe's (I cried when we had to give up the first one), but I especially love our current 2013 car - even with all of her problems.
Our current car, and our third Santa Fe is a 2013 Highlander which was bought brand new and 10 and a half months into its life, it has developed a ...Read more
"mystery" noise and a drop in power when you stop and then accelerate - just before it goes into 2nd gear. It started October last year and was very intermittent. 5 months later, it was happening all the time so obviously the problem got worse. In the beginning we took it to one of our local Hyundai service centres and they wrote the noise off as normal. As it got worse, we took it to another Hyundai service center and they acknowledged that there was a problem. They started investigating as they had never seen this problem before and were stumped. They brought in the "big boys" from Hyundai Tech and they were stumped too. Apart from small repairs such as resetting computer settings, etc, they decided to replace the transmission valve head - but no go. They then decided to put our car on a hoist with another Santa Fe next to it and they started from the exhaust pipe and worked their way to the front - swapping and replacing parts as they went. They ended up replacing the whole turbo. Yay! It was fixed........for about 2 weeks until the noise started happening again. They keep telling us it's safe to drive but I have my doubts because how can they say this with all certainty when they don't know what the problem is. I am now waiting for the Service Manager to call me back and let me know what is happening next. The saga continues..... Our first Santa Fe Elite (2010) was fine for 9 months before the brakes seized up one day and it was not able to be driven. Miraculously, a short while later, it was fine again but was taken to Service Center to be looked at anyway. Apparently it was a loose connection. Everything was good until a week later when the brakes seized up again and the car had to be hauled up onto a tow truck and delivered to the Service Center again. I can't remember exactly what the problem was but a part had to be ordered from Korea and my car was off the road for 2 weeks. The brakes were fine after that. Then we noticed a strange noise coming from the underside of the car which turned out to be something with the drive shafts which needed to be replaced. Then.... Guess what!?!? We started getting lights intermittently flashing up on the dash - the ESP and stability control lights. Back into repairs. They tried everything from checking the connections to rewiring the system. Still happening. By this time we had enough and ended up trading her in...... .....for another, and our second Hyundai Santa Fe 2012 model (old shape) Highlander - not knowing a new model was coming out. Buying that was a debacle in itself (but that was the dealership). That one ran fantastically for the 6 months we had her before upgrading to the new model. The reason we got a second Santa Fe after the first car was because everyone was recommending them (including a friend high up in the NRMA). Dud cars happen and we couldn't be that unlucky as to get another one could we?? We did.5 comments
Hi Miss Nat, Sorry to hear about your car problems. I will advise that you look into your consumer rights and educate yourself on the options open to you. This is in no way legal advice, but by the so... Read more
unds of it you have what could be classified as a Major Failure with your vehicle which if determined would entitled you to certain consumer rights, one of which would be a complete refund of the purchase price of your vehicle. Just type consumer rights into google and start reading, it will open your eyes to many things. www.accc.gov.au (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) is a good place to start, look under the cumsumers tab. Don't accept things as they are, you have rights, stand up for them!Hi Scotty74, thank you so very much for that advice. I am looking into our options for refund/replacement but I am giving Hyundai one more chance at fixing the problem. After the turbo was replaced,... Read more
the noise came back 2 weeks later but much softer and much more intermittent than before - almost like it went back to the beginning when the problem first started. I contacted the service center and basically they said to me to try and get the problem noise worse by driving more and then it will be easier for them to diagnose. They think it could be the intercooler and the hoses that come off that. Apparently its a big job and they have left it till last as they could be working on the car for days - searching, replacing, test driving (this part is the most time consuming as the problem only happens when the engine is hot and they need to cool it down before they are able to work on the car again). The noise seems worse after long distance driving and after three 130km trips, there is a noticeable difference and worsening of both noise and loss of power. This is definitely going to be the last repair and I will pursue this further if it's not fixed because this is getting ridiculous. I think I have been more than patient!!Just an update..... Our Santa Fe was looked over by the Regional Hyundai Service manager and while he admitted himself that he is not mechanically minded, he diagnosed all our problems as purely a vi... Read more
bration in the exhaust, completely dismissing the drop in power, etc. Also, since then, we have not heard from the service center, even though they were supposed to call us in a few days after this to let us know the next course of action but I am presuming that they are sweeping the whole issue under the carpet. We can't really argue with this and frankly we couldn't be bothered fighting this so we are trading her in (after all it is nothing more than a vibration) and in a couple of months time we will be the proud owners of a 2014 Toyota Kluger. We are done with Hyundai for good.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
seanudal
- 29 reviews
2014 Santa Fe Active - Turbo Diesel Manual is fantastic.
My Santa Fe is fantastic. 6l/100 on the open road for a 7 seater that can tow 2500 kg.
The manual is very zippy, lots of power and a great ride.
It has lots of features and well priced for this quality of car.
My family love it and have had excellent service from Hyundai.
This car is a lot better than my previous Tuscon and well worth the purchase.
Low fuel use, powerful, good looking, great ride.
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I have had my Sante Fe for over a year now and still wonderful to drive. It is powerful, cheap on fuel and an excellent family car. Well done Hyundai.
My Santa Fe is still awesome to drive and had a diesel fuel consumption of 5.8/ 100 km driving to Sydney.
Now 70 000 km and still wonderful. Great service as well.
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ela2000sydney
- 2 reviews
- 6 likes
Change for the better
Wife has just changed from a very unreliable 'luxury' car the BMW X5 to the Santa Fe Highlander. At half the cost of a replacement X5, with 80% of the luxury and with no intention of going to the speed limited 250kmh of the X5, the Santa Fe is ideal for the max 110-130kmh of real life driving in the city and highways. The previous service manager of BMW in the city looked at our low mileage X5 and suggested that we trade it in now before even more problems arise. He said that thats why people lease luxury cars for only 3 years and then change them. Hope to keep the Santa Fe for at least 7-8 years.
Value, 7 seats, 5 year warranty
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rightreviewsSouth Australia
- 9 reviews
- 12 likes
Great car 2013 Santa Fe highlander 2.2 turbo diesel
Excellent car. After we drove many different cars both suv, 4wd and sedans we settled on a new highlander it has everything you could ask for its more fuel efficient then our commodore we had.
It's comfortable for our family, drives great, feel safe and plenty of room. Good build quality inside and out, no rattle or squeaks, all panels line up and is all up a great car.
comfort, style, easy to drive and park, all the features
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AndylopeHamilton
2013 Sanata Fe Sport 2.0T AWD SE
I purchased this new vehicle 3 weeks ago (Ontario, Canada)
Combination of well balanced 4 cylinder and 6 speed transmission (Auto) make for a very smooth drive. A little engine vibration is noticable below 2000 rpm. I am blown aware with all the features.
Window shades, lit door handles, drivers display.
Voice commands work flawlessly.
Biggest problems:-
Had to look in the book to change the heater temperature from F to C
Could not figure out why when I locked the car the tailgate was always open!! (Because I had the transmitter in my pocket???) silly me!!
Lots of very smooth power, really hard to resist stepping on the gas just to get pushed back in the seat. ...Read more
Gas mileage seems to be as advertised but must retsrain yourself to achieve this by careful acceleation and keeping highway speed near 100kph. For my use I am very happy. I see all kinds of nit picking on the net:- Don't like the steering. 6 cylinder is better Ugly lines Doesn't have tailgate lift Wheels are too big Bottom line is there will always be detractors, in particular when something looks to be successfull. Just look at the number of Hyundais on the road. Look out Honda, Toyota and lots of others. The Koreans have arrived. A 100,000k 5 year comprehensive warranty and a good dealership you cannot go wrong with this vehicle. No light in the pocket where the usb, Aux and power plugs are.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
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James Lee
Done over 10000km and still no issue.