hi ,
2007 santa fe,gls, v6, awd, today the speedometer is erratic, it acts like yo-yo, the needle go up and down by itself, when l drove 60mph, the meter stays 0 or swing 30mph or 60 mph, or when l drove 40mph. the speedometer read 0. l tapped the dashboard or the speedometer, no help.
any other owner have the same kind of issue, is it expansive to repair?
andy

Dealer repair should be free since you should be under warranty. Maybe the vehicle speed sensor is going bad or a connector is loose somewhere.

Could be almost anything. I saw a speedo go erratic less than a month ago in a Chrysler minivan just due to a trailer hitch harness shorting out.

Please let us know when it gets resolved and what it was.

hi
the nature of the problem is not consistent, when it s cold, it works , when it heats up ,it acts up crazy, but sometimes it works perfect,
one thing for sure, if l bring it to dealer repair,they might not able to locate the problem,its very intermitten.
andy

Keep a camera in the car and just record the times it goes haywire... It could be as simple as a faulty sensor.
My SF had a single issue in the whole time I've owned it: At random times, the engine would lose a lot of power and jerk a bit. We could never reproduce the problem. One day it happened to my wife when she was passing by the dealership and just drove right in. The service manager got in the car and they didn't even have to leave the parking lot.

Turns out the ignition coil for one of the cylinders was acting up and all it took was an afternoon for them to get the part and change it. Rock solid ever since.

This post has been edited by R4M0N: Jun 13 2008, 09:20 AM

hi
my 2007 santa fe is a US model, l bought it in a used dealership in ontario, 3 of the dealership tell me they dont repair us model,exactly the same sentence ,( if l paid cash they will do it right away) l called the head office , they say under warranty, and ask me to called one of the dealership service manager, they didn't returned my call for 2 days, they made me run around, it really frustrated me, now it s friday, l have to wait till monday before l can do anything about it.
andy