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2001 HYUNDAI SANTA FE — Complaint #429169

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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING filed September 8, 2003

NHTSA complaint #429169 (ODI reference 10037455) concerns a 2001 HYUNDAI SANTA FE and was filed on September 8, 2003. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 4, 2003. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly:mounting, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI SANTA FE cohort independently describe similar fuel system, other:storage:tank assembly:mounting failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 HYUNDAI SANTA FE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2001 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
Component
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING
State
Texas

Complaint Description

TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE OIL FILTER IS AT ON THE 2001 HYUNDAI SANTE FE'S. THE OIL FILTERS ARE VERY WEAK AND CAN BUST EASILY. ALL IT TAKES IS A BIG ROCK OR ANY FOREIGN OBJECT TO HIT IT ON THE ROAD AND ALL YOUR OIL IS OUT. THE FILTERS ARE RIGHT IN THE FRONT AND ARE OPEN TO ANY OBJECTS.*AK

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 429169
ODI Number 10037455
Date Filed September 8, 2003
Failure Date September 4, 2003

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.