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07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold
by jcwsbltd
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Aug 09, 2007 (7:28 pm)
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3.3L Limited FWD built 1/24/07 Alabama 2600 miles
When I start the engine for the first time after it sits overnight, I definitely hear a ZZIINNNGGG noise from the starter at the end of the cycle. When the engine throws the starter back out after it has turned over. It sounds like it is spinning.
If I re-start or start again later in the day, it sounds like a normal starter again, without the end noise. It seems to be getting louder as time goes by.
When I asked the Tech. about it, he said they all do it and it's nothing unusual.
Anyone else have this?
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [jcwsbltd]
by pelican19
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Aug 09, 2007 (8:24 pm)
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Replying to: jcwsbltd (Aug 09, 2007 7:28 pm)
My Santa Fe does not do it. First generation 07 Limited. I just bought my wife a second generation 07 Limited and it does in fact make that noise. Not worried about it tho. Seems to function properly.
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [pelican19]
by mpuzach
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Aug 09, 2007 (9:17 pm)
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Replying to: pelican19 (Aug 09, 2007 8:24 pm)
Mine doesn't do it; it's a late-build (May, 2007) Limited. Pelican 19, what do you mean by "first generation" and "second generation"?
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [mpuzach]
by pelican19
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Aug 10, 2007 (6:20 pm)
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Replying to: mpuzach (Aug 09, 2007 9:17 pm)
Early 07 Santa's ( Made in late 06 )had some issues like the map light problem, front hub slipping, door fabric coming loose due to the lack of adheasive, no xm radio. This early 07 model ( mine ) had all these issues. The 07 I bought my wife was made in early 07. It does not have ANY of these problems so I refer to it as a second generation. Hyundai was very quick to listen and make changes to the second batch off the line. As I understand it a third generation has hit the streets correcting many other issues like the electrical issue with the Temp indicator and fuse block. If you looked at the website for Hyundai during the intial offering of the new Santa Fe the SE and Limited were listed twice under the Webtech site. The first generation was actually listed as discontinued. Another change made was the rim size. Early on ONLY the Limited got the 18 rims and the blue dash. The second generation SE did away with the 17 inch rim and got the 18. The Blue backlit dash was also now available in the SE as part of a package. Now only The Entourage SE gets the 17 inch rims. They seemed to have blurred the line between the SE and Limited by adding those features. I would have bought the SE instead if they offered these options early on and saved 4 G's. Buggers...
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [pelican19]
by mpuzach
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Aug 10, 2007 (7:29 pm)
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Replying to: pelican19 (Aug 10, 2007 6:20 pm)
Wow, that's great info, pelican. Thanks for sharing.
BTW, I found it very interesting that not all 2007 Santa Fes came with the blue dash lighting. Those that did not have it, what type of illumination did they have? Also, are you saying that some current generation SEs and GLSs don't have the blue lighting? This is the first I've heard that.
Thx.
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [mpuzach]
by pelican19
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Aug 11, 2007 (7:51 pm)
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Replying to: mpuzach (Aug 10, 2007 7:29 pm)
Some have the lime green backlight. Not pretty at all. Our Entourage had it on the SE.
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [pelican19]
by mpuzach
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Aug 12, 2007 (8:44 am)
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Replying to: pelican19 (Aug 11, 2007 7:51 pm)
Lime green backlighting on 2007 Santa Fes? I never knew that. I always thought that all 2007 Santa Fes had the blue lighting. Anyone else here have the green?
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [mpuzach]
by pelican19
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Aug 13, 2007 (5:14 pm)
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Replying to: mpuzach (Aug 12, 2007 8:44 am)
If you go to the Hyundaiusa.com website and click on the santa fe link then go to the comparison link you will see a list of first second and third generation 07 Santa Fe's. The first two have been discontinued...
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [pelican19]
by drwoodr
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Aug 15, 2007 (11:03 am)
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Replying to: pelican19 (Aug 10, 2007 6:20 pm)
Interesting info. I don't think all these changes were done at once, though. My SE was built in Dec. 06. I have the blue dash lighting and XM, but my map lights did not go on when the doors were opened (they did fix that for me later). I belive the map light fix was done in production sometime in Feb. 07.
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Re: 07 Santa Fe starter zziiinnngg noise when engine cold [drwoodr]
by jcwsbltd
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Aug 15, 2007 (1:05 pm)
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Replying to: drwoodr (Aug 15, 2007 11:03 am)
Couldn't have been Feb. - My Santa Fe Limited 3.3 FWD was born on 1/24/07 in Alabama, and it had the front maplights fading on and off with the door OK. It had to have been right at the first production batch in January '07 that they corrected the light issue during production.
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