2004 Hyundai Santa FE cruise control problems
39 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2004 Hyundai Santa FE, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 39 10% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 33 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 33 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 48% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
In january of 2005, I was driving my 2005 hyundai santa fe 3.5l gls. I stopped at a light and remained stopped for a while. Suddenly, the vehicle accelerated and despite depressing the brakes, I could not stop it from lunging forward. I had to quickly get it out of gear to make it stop, and fortunately did not hit anyone. I took it to rowe hyundai in westbrook, maine (where I bought it) and the service department said they could not duplicate it nor could they identify the problem.
2004 hyundai santa fe has sudden acceleration and surging no trouble lights on. Dealership told me the throttle sensor had to be replaced, so we did that. About a month later, same thing happened. Dealership replaced throttle sensor again, at no charge. Said if it happens again we would need a new throttle body. Happened again, so had the throttle body replaced. Happened again and was told it was wiring that had to do with cruise control. Which I never use. Happened again today 3/16/2011.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Hyundai Santa FE
- Suspension 71 complaints
- Brakes 45 complaints
- Air bags 43 complaints
- Fuel system 40 complaints
- Engine 37 complaints
- Electrical system 18 complaints