Car is too “smart” for its own good
I’m really disappointed that the first time we ever bought a brand new vehicle, it ended up being so disappointing. This is my third Hyundai and I’ve been loyal to this brand despite our last car, a Santa Fe Sport, literally needing its engine replaced due to it being defective and potentially catching on fire. This new vehicle has lots of bells and whistles, but the driver attention system is very flawed. I can’t wear sunglasses and use cruise control at the same time—the car will literally shut down and brake, which is very dangerous. The things meant to make the car safer actually make it really unsafe. It also tells me I may need a “coffee break” when I’m literally staring straight ahead and doing nothing to be distracted - goes off every few minutes on my longer drives. The settings seem as if they allow you to turn off certain features, but even if you disable them, they’re not actually disabled. The sound this car makes when backing up is ridiculous and should really be changed to be less distracting. The profiles for each driver don’t actually know who is who and assumes it’s not me. The car doors don’t unlock when you press the button on the door handle, so I don’t know what the point of that is. The locks do weird stuff and send me phone notifications when I am near the car or trying to exit it…repeatedly. There aren’t automatic seat adjustments for the passenger which is weird, given the trim level. Leather (fake leather) is very easily scratched. Too much computer screen. Sometimes we come back to the car and it’s still on even though we turned it off! It’s happened at least 4 times. I’m just so very disappointed in this car, and I wish I could return it, but our dealership won’t seem to help. We spent our entire vacation fund so we could upgrade to this vehicle, and we’re locked into very high monthly payments for a really long time. I could not be more disappointed and frustrated, and I will never buy another Hyundai after this.