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#228 of 600 Re: 2010 banging & transmission problem in Houston [rplatner] by dhimdhim

Sep 24, 2010 (7:16 am)

Replying to: rplatner (Sep 22, 2010 8:07 am)
I had the PCM replaced on my 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe here in Canada, Its been over a month now and all the problems seem to have gone at the present time. I have now driven 4000K after he PCM was replaced and apart from a banging sound I get for approximately 10 seconds when I start the car in the morning there are no more issues and the car drives and shifts really well. I am going to speak to the dealer when I take the car in for service. My transmission was never replaced but reset the first time at 4000K and it did not work.
Only concern I have is what kind of damage has the transmission sustained as a result of 10-12 K driving. May be some experts will provide an opinion.

#229 of 600 Re: 2010 banging & transmission problem in Houston [dhimdhim] by tedrik2

Sep 24, 2010 (8:34 am)

Replying to: dhimdhim (Sep 24, 2010 7:16 am)
Is the 10 second noise more of a "thumping noise"? If so, it is probably the ABS doing a self-adjustment after start-up (usually after a few hours of non start-up). At least that's what I was told-makes sense. If it's a metallic sound-then probably the tranny, however, I never heard of the the tranny making a noise for a 10 second duration.

#230 of 600 Re: 2010 banging & transmission problem in Houston [tedrik2] by tedrik2

Sep 24, 2010 (8:38 am)

Replying to: tedrik2 (Sep 23, 2010 4:55 pm)
Correction: My 2010 Santa Fe, SE. 3.5, was manufactured on 19 Dec 09.

#231 of 600 2010 santa fe tranny issues by coberg

Sep 24, 2010 (9:53 am)

a few weeks ago I noticed what seemed like slight slippage ? when driving and the tranny was shifting from 2nd to 3rd or whatever.didn't think much about it but yesterday I started out driving about 30-35 kms when it seemed like it went from drive into neutral for a couple of seconds . Before I realized what was happening there was a very loud bang or thump that was felt and heard by every one in the santa fe. Any ideas what happened.Will dealers even look at the tranny if I take it in or I'am I wasting my time and just wait till the tranny blows up ?

#232 of 600 Re: 2010 santa fe tranny issues by rutan74

Sep 25, 2010 (6:57 am)

Replying to: coberg (Sep 24, 2010 9:53 am)
Well count me in as another with tranny problems on a 2010 Santa FE. We bought in March of 2010.
 
I have the 2.4L engine.
 
No problems up until last week. Wife came home and said the car was making a thump sound under her feet. I had just driven the car home from work and noticed nothing. Next morning on way to work I was listening for this thump. Sure enough, not more than a 1/4 mile while braking or giving it some gas, I could hear this thump. Almost sounded like the ABS was sticking.
 
Anyway, proceeded on and within the next 1/2 mile, the tranny totally blew. This was after stopping and making a right turn into traffic. Bang. Then a mashing of gears. Metal on metal and no engagement from the driveshaft. Coasted to the side of the road and called Hyundai roadside. My car is 6 months old with 20K on it. Yep, we've had to make few trips so the miles have added up quickly over the summer.
 
So, they come and get my car. The grinding is in all movement gears, with Park and Neutral silent. Although the car will not hold in Park.
 
Get to the dealer and he basically brushes it off. I am more than P.O'd. This is our second Santa Fe and the first had a premature alternator failure but the tranny in it at 100K was starting to slip.
 
Without to much investigation, they order a new, so they say tranny. Say it's the first they have seen! Ya right!
 
So they give me a loaner Santa Fe SE. I drive it for one day as it has 5K on it and the TPS tire senor lets go and the tire goes flat. I mean the entire valve stem disappeared into the tire or was shot out of the rim. They are clueless as to what happened.
 
Anyway, while getting that problem fixed, I told them Hyundai apparently has a tranny problem as many are reporting problems. They say they have heard nothing. I say to TSB's are out on tranny issues so there must be something going on. Meanwhile folks in the waiting area are looking at me as I grill the service rep. He just shrugs it off and says Warranty! Nice.
 
He said not to worry because if the tranny fails again in 20K miles we will replace it again. I said, not with me. I will bring the car back and you can have it. I've had about 10 new cars and about 10-15 used cars over my life and this is the first car that I've had were a tranny has blown in so few miles.
 
What is even more disturbing is that when I questioned them on what the damage was, they said they did not know yet. But they knew enough to order a new tranny! I said why have you not pulled it and looked at the driveshafts to see if there is any damage to them? They said, "Oh, we've never seen any damage on those."
 
So, on Monday my new tranny will be in and they will begin the process of fixing my car. If I get a call and they tell me there is more damage that they did not know about, I will blow a proverbial gasket. They should have removed the damaged tranny and inspected all the drive components so that they could have ordered all the parts at one time. Silly me for thinking proactive.
 
My car is sitting in the exact same spot in the same position as when I left it. They have not looked at anything besides putting a tracking number on my rearview mirror. So they must have seen more than one of these before.
 
Now Hyundai needs to come clean and do a recall.
 
jg

#233 of 600 Re: bad transmission 2010 santa fe [penciltail] by renoscottie

Oct 01, 2010 (12:40 pm)

Replying to: penciltail (Sep 21, 2010 6:05 pm)
I have the exact same issue. Not as bad thru summer when hot, but cool mornings it is back. And no the computer cannot replicate it. Anyone want to buy it? <7,000 miles.

#234 of 600 2010 Santa Fe transmission/computer problems by tontz

Oct 03, 2010 (7:12 am)

Purchased new 2010 Hyundai Santa /fe on June 18,2010. At less than 1000 miles, vehicle when cold made loud banging noise in shifting from 1st to 2nd and sometimes from 2nd to 1st and only one time during the day. Problem repeated 2-3 days later, always in AM after setting all night. This is identical to the problem many on this site are complaining about. First trip to dealer (kept it 24 hours). Said they reset computer, raised RPM to about 750. Vehicle ran okay for about two weeks when banging returned. Dealer kept it for 24 hours again, duplicated the problem and reset the adaptive values of transmission per TSB 10-AT-011. Vehicle ran fine until yesterday, Oct 2, 2010 when banging from 2nd to 1st returned even louder and with more force. Do we have a manufacturing defect here? Is Hyundai in denial just like Toyota? Live in California so have recourse to Lemon Law, but perhaps not just yet. What do you think?

#235 of 600 response to #234 Sante Fe Trans ;Any solution?? by rplatner

Oct 03, 2010 (7:31 am)

I think you definitely have the same problem lots of us have. As I have stated in earlier posts, my only "fix" so far is to allow the car to warm up - so that the rpm idle is down to close to 500. (my car cold - starts up idling at 1500 rpm). Once "warm", i do not get the bang.
I would say there is definitely a defect here -whether its the transmission itself, or the computer, or something else I cant say - but yeah...this is definitely not right.
 
The most frustrating part of this story is no one on this board has yet to post that their problem has been completely resolved. There are dozens of posts in which people got brand new transmissions (with the problem quickly returning) - so that tells me its either not the transmission (or they are replacing defective trannys with another defective tranny). There are also dozens of posts mentioning computer resets (and I don't think anybody has said this really worked either). And of course, there are those most disturbing posts in which people say Hyundai has never heard of this problem and the computer doesnt show it and its not repeatable at the dealer and so....there must be no problem...its just in our heads i guess.
 
Bottom line: I continue to hope that someone here will post that their dealer FIXED their problem by.............(fill in the blank Please!)
Thanks.

#236 of 600 2010 Stanta Fe AWD transmission problem by slydry

Oct 04, 2010 (12:19 pm)

Hyundai finally changed my transmission at 8000 KM. This has fixed the slipping from 2nd to 3 rd gear and banging when in Reverse. But, this has introduced a new intermittent problem. When starting the engine, 1 out of 10 times it feels like the transmission is engaged. The vehicule does not move but I can feel it shaking.
Mentionned it to the dealer and they told me to wait for another 2000 KM to see if problem will go away by itself !!! Wow I am very impressed Hyundai!

#237 of 600 Had my 2010 santa fe service for transmission problem by tedrik2

Oct 06, 2010 (7:44 am)

Well, I finally turned my 2010 santa fe in to the dealership to hopefully remedy the transmission problem. They used TSB 10AT006 which referred to TSB 09AT002-1.
They checked the fluid level=GOOD, then RESET TCM ADAPTIVE VALUES and drove vehicle to perform RELEARN PROCEDURE. They stated in the paperwork-"vehicle is shifting correctly at this time" "no further action needed at this time".
 
The vehicle is shifting smoothly in all gears(for now!). I still have, however, the delayed " metal clang" from somewhere under the vehicle about 1 second after shifting into 3rd gear (even though it is now a smooth shift). It only does this ONCE-the remainder of the trip(local driving) I do not have the problem-no clang. If I restart the car after about 20 minutes at 500 rpm's(still warm) it is also okay. After a cold start (I wait for the rpm's to get to below 1000 rpm's from the cold start 1500 rpm's) it will "clang" again-and only ONCE. I'm" guessing" that it could be that there is not enough tran. fluid circulating until after the 1st shift into 3rd gear due to the purportedly defect of "tight clearance" between the clutch packs. Anyone else have this problem (with/without otherwise smooth shifts?)
 
 Rplatner seems to be correct in waiting to get the RPM's down to 500 to temporarily minimize these problems (takes about 30 seconds on a cold start to get it below 1000-haven't yet waited to get the rpm's down to 500). Bottom line: We SHOULD NOT have to endure the inconveniences of looking for ways to help minimize our problems! Who's job do you think that might be!?!?

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