# Hyundai Santa Fe rolls backwards on inclines **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** hyundai\ **Created:** [September 3, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-santa-fe-rolls-backwards-on-inclines/19052 "2008-09-03T15:44:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ruthgeneslaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Ruthgeneslaw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ruthgeneslaw)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-santa-fe-rolls-backwards-on-inclines/19052/1 "2008-09-03T15:44:59Z")
I just purchased a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe limited and, when I stop on an incline, the car starts rolling backward if I take my foot off the brake. My former cars never did this. I wonder if this is a design flaw or it is just this car. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-santa-fe-rolls-backwards-on-inclines/19052/2 "2008-09-03T15:49:25Z")
MANY new cars with automatic transmissions (I’m assuming your car has an automatic) do this. There is nothing wrong with the car, nor is it a design flaw. New transmissions produce very little drag at engine idle. This saves gasoline, but allows the vehicle to roll back slightly on a incline, just like a manual-transmission vehicle. I suspect this is the reason hill-holders are becoming so popular these days. My ten-year-old automatic won’t drift, but my two-year-old automatic will. ---
**Author:** ![imports\_rule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90db22/32.png) [@imports\_rule](https://community.cartalk.com/u/imports_rule)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-santa-fe-rolls-backwards-on-inclines/19052/3 "2008-09-04T00:15:47Z")
its called creep mode and most are going away from this system,its when 2 brakes are on at once,in the trans. 2 brakes on in an auto trans is not a good thing when driving,but its a nice system,the only ones i know of that still employ that system is mitsubishi,and high line vehicles ---
**Author:** ![firedsteel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f9b8f/32.png) [@firedsteel](https://community.cartalk.com/u/firedsteel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hyundai-santa-fe-rolls-backwards-on-inclines/19052/4 "2008-09-04T06:16:22Z")
I am having the same problem with my Scion 2008 xb. If I accept that all the newer cars are dropping back as you say - should it not at least be consistant? My cars automatic is one that is a combined transmission in that I can go into a semi manual mode if needed. My car will drop back sometimes only an inch or two on what I think is a small incline (20 degrees or so} and sometimes as much as a full car length if I don’t put on the brake. The dealer says the ones on the lot that the service manager drove drop back about 2 feet (which I think is very dangerous because you will hit the guy behind you…} \_ Is there any safety agency that cares about this kind of thing??? I never thought about driving it on inclines when I test drove it because no one bothered to tell me the newer cars are actually less user friendly on inclines than the older ones or more expensive ones.