07 Santa Fe AWD Question?

Have one of these 07 Santa Fe Ltd AWD:

Each time the vehicle is started one must remember to depress the AWD
button. While this is no "big" deal, in the winter it is almost
mandatory.

Is anyone (hyundaitech) aware if there is any way this can be set to
ON all the time?

Thanks

 

Why do you consider it to be almost mandatory? Generations of drivers
negotiated winter just fine without AWD and now it is almost mandatory? I
think not.

 

I would think so, if you live in almost any region of Canada.

Gill

 

Well, I've driven around Montreal, Toronto, Ontario, Edminton, all in two
wheel drive, rear wheel drive vehicles. It was no different than driving
around Central NY. Granted - that's not the same as some areas of Canada,
but to suggest that all of Canada is like the remote reaches of the
Northwest Territories, is a bit inaccurate. Like I stated - generations of
drivers drove on roads less well maintained, in two wheel drive vehicles.
Most of them, rear wheel drive.

 

Hi Mike,

I don't want to take anything away from your argument, but man.... you only
have
to drive on roads located between towns in Temiscamingue, Abitibi, Cochrane
and
on the South coast of Newfoundland were I'm now located. For me to go from
Head of Bay D'Espoir, NL., to Grandfalls\Windsor, NL., I have to travel 150
Klm
one-way where there is not a single house, shed, gas station, service center
and to
make matter worst there is not a single place to make a phone call. This
would be
nice to have since no cellular phone works in between the mountains. In
addition,
in this 150 klm stretch on the average winter day you will encounter two and
most
times three different types of weather and.... no traffic to speak off due
to very low
population. Mike, the entire province of Newfoundland only have half
million
habitants for the entire island and Labrador. I have travelled many, many
parts of
beautiful and vast country and unless one lives in or near a moderate
populated
region (be in BC, QC, On or NL and Labrador) travelling in the winter is
out-right
nasty. Break a fan belt in the middle of winter in my region and be
prepared to
freeze your brass monkey balls while waiting for a car or truck to come by.
Yes by.
let along being stuck in a wind harden snow drift. There is more to this
vast country
of ours that the few large centers that you mentioned. I'm a disbled 65
year old
man has had to wait up to a year and 1/2 waiting for a medical appointment
and
guess what the only one available is at 8 A.M. unless I'm willing to wait
many more
months I must leave my house at the latest 6 A.M. to make the trek, and
guess
what the snow plow has not come around yet.


Gill

 

No doubt it is a good idea where you are, but the problems with statements
like the OP made " Each time the vehicle is started one must remember to
depress the AWD button. While this is no "big" deal, in the winter it is
almost mandatory." Tens of millions of us live in winter/snow areas and
never need 4WD or AWD. I don't remember the last time AWD would have been
of help to me and we get about 48" of snow a year. And I live on a hill.
Never been stuck on it in 27 years here.

Generalizations are generally wrong.

 

I appreciate your comments Gil, but they really do not dispute in any way,
what I had stated. In fact - they do not support your original claim that
anywhere in Canada, AWD is a must.

 

The greater half of the canadian populations lives in the cities which
occupy
a very small land mass to compare to the vast area of the country. One must
get out and away from these large centers to appreciate the need of AWD.
Like you, I don't think it to be almost mandatory but a definite neccessity
for many of us if not the rest of us.

Gill

 

Hey Gill, I think I may have mistakenly attributed the "mandatory" comment
to you. Sorry. FWIW - I live in Central NY where we get between 200 and
300 inches of snow per year. I know sometimes you can beat your head on
the wall on usenet, talking to people who have no idea what you experience,
but at least in this case, I do understand snow. Lots of snow...

 

Hi Mike,

Very good, this is it for me. I want to wish you and your family and the
families of all this Newsgroup members a Merry Christmas and peace
on earth.

Gill

 

There are two 4WD modes on your Santa Fe.

The first engages 4WD automatically when the wheels begin to slip and
is controlled by the 4WD computer. You need to do nothing for this to
operate.

The second locks the 4WD engaged until you reach a predetermined speed
(which I don't recall). For this, you need to depress the button.
Engaging this feature unnecessarily will cause unneeded wear on the
4WD system.