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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How worried should I be that our 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe has had the following issues (all now repaired; car under warranty) since we bought it in Dec 2017?

-Bolt loose in the suspension, so every time we put the breaks on it made a loud creaking  noise
- hinge on back of tailgate wasn’t coated in the right material, so it rusted. 
-recently a fuse blew, so the car locking from the keys and switches wasn’t working. But the lights still blinked so looked like it was working.
-the latch on the back of the car to shut the trunk stopped working. so if we shut / locked the back, we couldn’t unlock it (unless we crawled inside), and if it was unlocked, door wouldn’t stay shut.

Car has 10,500 miles on it, mostly city driving, no accidents.[/quote]

I’d be seriously annoyed. And I fix a lot of Hyundais, too. Not because they’re unreliable, just because there’s a lot of them, and I work on popular vehicles. I remember working on a 2009 Santa Fe that had a similar electrical gremlin, and it was maddening. The interior light would NOT work, no matter what we did.  Ended up replacing the entire ground block and fuse assemblies.

I’d be irritated at having that many issues in a new car, especially the corrosion issue. I’d probably trade that car to be honest. I wanna like Hyundai, because of all the automakers out there, they and Kia have made the biggest strides in the last decade. And in so doing, they threatened Toyota and Honda so much that they’ve each had to raise their own game in return. And that benefited everyone. [/quote]

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