Two Things That drives Me Crazy About My 2025 Santa Fe Hybrid Limited
Let me begin by saying that I love this car. Period. With that out of the way, here are the two things that that make me nut - one being technical, the other being a design flaw. When driving the Santa Fe after it's been sitting for a while - overnight or just a few hours - the engine (or transmission?) surges for the first five minutes - kind of like I'm pumping and letting off the accelerator. The fluctuating RPMs are visible on the tach. The first time I brought it in for service about this, the service department said that they could not repeat the problem. The second time I brought it for service, the service writer told me that it was common because all the sensors need to be warmed up to the same temperature. Online, other people are complaining about the same issue. I find it hard to believe that Hyundai would design a vehicle and think it was OK for these surges to be not a problem. Next - the design issue. There are only two AC vents for the rear passengers and those are small and narrow vertical outlets in the b-pillar. That's just stupid. Hopefully they're doing something about that for the 2027 refresh. OK - one last thing: there needs to be an option to omit the 3rd row.
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