My Santa Fe has 20,000 miles on it, and I just had the rear brakes go bad. The left rear froze up and gouged up the router in no time flat. I took it to the dealer, and he said because of the hitch, it was a corrosion issue, maybe from putting a boat in the water. I DON'T OWN A BOAT. He said he can't warranty the brake job, so I had him take it out of the shop. I will go to 2 more dealers and the regional Rep for Hyundai. If they don't warranty it, they will own it back. This is by far their problem due to Mfg. problems. No cars brakes go bad at 20,000 miles. Keep you posted.
Yeah I have to agree with you, REAR brakes usually don't go bad that quickly, if you said front I would doubt you, but even if you drove around with the e-brake on, the way that the e-brake is set up on this vehicle is a drum design with the disc around that, so leaving the e brake would eat up the e-brake only, not the regular brake pads, sounds like you have two problems, 1 a sticking caliper and 2 a dealer who does not believe in skilled technicians or customer service or both. go to another dealer. You see I AM a Hyundai technician...
I contacted Hyundai USA on the brake problem and they are looking into it. Another dealer said they inspect the slides at the 7500 mile check. After looking into that I found that to be wrong. Brake inspection isn't done till 15,000 miles. Still they shouldn't go bad at 20,000 miles. I feel there is a brake distribution issue and the slides are not working properly. Poor design from Hyundai causing corrosion. Funny thing one dealer said he saw problems with the Sonota rear brakes. I told him that was funny because I own a 2006 sonata and got 80,000 miles on the rear brakes and they didn't touch the rotors. Now if I hadn't spent 28 yrs. in the car business, they may have taken me for a ride, but not this time. Thanks again.
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