2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Off-Road Review: Does a Locking Center Diff Help? 

No Ford still better

@@ethanmapanao7542 you are correct there is not a ford that is better than this hyundai.

I have this car also, I would have used sports mode

2020.. What...

@@marshallck1209 What?

A lot of people will get these for highway driving and some occasional back roads trails to get to the trailhead. I'd definitely recommend Pathfinder AT's if you want offroad capability and don't want to sound like your driving a tank down the road

And to open it, you just have to press it (like most new Volkswagen cars these days, i.e. Atlas, Tiguan, Touareg, etc).

Would be better if Hyundai actually fitted a locking/electronically locking rear diff, low range transfer case, etc.... then it would be a mostly inferior product to the other segment rivals with open diffs 😂

there's really no point in fitting one in to satisfy the 0.2% of people that will use that feature when buying a santa fe.

How this Santa Fe works on the snow?

Thi s is not a difficult hill. Lol. My CR V has mastered a lot worse than this with tires that came on the car when new. Wth.

Actually, they haven;t. They've had a GREAT awd system for years. My 2011 awd Santa fe has locking center diff., which this new model has as well.. which he likely didn't use in this video, cause he wanted to test if the system will figure the hill out and put power where it's needed on it's own... with center dif lock (up to 60jms/hr max), is much better, and take off traction control when you need the moment to push thru, is great. with my 2011, i joined a jeep off road group and went thru up to #2.5 rated trails with it..up and thru more chanllengin stuff than this video... santa fe and tucson have had this and still do for a long time... Great awd/off road able for the average person. Not a true heavy off roader... but that said, mine has 8" ground clearance and newer models only have a bit over 7", so they're less off road worthy now than in 2012 and before.. ground clearance is key as well, and yes Tires Tires.. I had Mickey thompson STZ's on Fe...

Oh boy, the Subaru crowd is going to eat you alive

As a former Outback owner I would have no issue driving this over another Subie especially now with a CVT trans and no turbo option.

Now the Subaru fanboys will have to really come up with an excuse to explain away the new Santa Fe, which, unlike the Outback, isn't marketed as an off road vehicle. LMAO

@@LowRoller420 you have to see TFL new video regarding the new Outback that won't go up true obstacules due to the fact the CVT wont transfer enough torque and computer management wont allow the torque to go to the wheel that needs it. The same happened 4 years ago with another subaru and they proved it. So maybe the manual trans will tackle it but the CVT at this time it is not capable.

That's what I am saying, I would buy a Sante Fe over an Outback if I was buying new today. My outback was great but that is because it had a turbo and a 5 speed. It didn't cut power, it sprayed gravel.

😂😂😂😂😂

Yeah!!

If you don’t mind reading subtitles: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QDEKrkgfs8Y.html

The subaru doesn't compare its useless off road

Luis A. S. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Benjamin Burkhardt no, the cheap korean paint would peel right off, lights yellow out, And all rubbers deteriorate

I am not sure what your data source is, but I own a Forester and the offroad capabilities with everything stock works perfectly well. I have A Hyundai Santa Fé too, and whilst the Santa Fé is more of a pure blood 7-seater SUV, the Forester still behaves better than the Santa Fé in harsher conditons. Subaru's X-Mode does an impressive job, but for cruising Hyundai does the job better.

The subarus do significantly better

Sport mode for more torque, traction control off, lock the center diff.

Good call!

Get someone that knows how to test drive first. This guy is a joke.

I agree, people need to understand that this Santa fe is not going to perform as well as the subaru

jglassman1122 I dont think so

No it's not

good pick post snow vids

i have the 2013 sante fe 2.0Turbo with 264hp and 269lbft of torque and love it

How is it now ?

Subarus awd system is so much better than this Santa fe

Subaru has a REALLY GOOD AWD SYSTEM, the problem is Subaru has a REALLY BAD CVT TRANSMISSION.

locking center diff. not rear diff. Huge difference lol

Maybe cause you got a highlander? Is a base model got higher clearance/normal height?

Well played S H A D E . . . (^ _ ^)

윤중원 😂😂😂😂

Retired AF CE No! Subaru’s Symmetrical All Wheel Drive is the best in the business. But this Santa Fe is quite impressive.

@@zefolantar then why cant it make it up a gravel hill if it's the best? Did yu watch the video of their new Outback? It failed miserably! That's why Subaru wont loan them anymore cars.

Retired AF CE Can you share the link to the video? I can’t seem to find the one with the Outback failing. Regardless, I’m more concerned about safety in severe winter conditions, and all the All Wheel Drive reviews I’ve read point to Subaru’s Symmetrical All Wheel Drive as being the best in the business. In winter, I test drove everything from Audi, VW, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Lexus, Nissan.....nothing compares to the traction of a Subaru. Not sure how many people go off-roading with their SUV’s, but I surely don’t. If I did do that, I’d be buying a Jeep Unlimited Rubicon. But that’s just my opinion.

Yup, automatically deactivated at 25 mph.

www.hyundaisantafemanual.com/santafe-194-all_wheel_drive_awd_transfer_mode_selection.html

Shkotay D who cares about that old fat fuk.

CiTY_HuNTeR a 13-15 rav4; and a new tiguan

Well they're the same thing so that would be pointless

@@cyborg2048 they're not the same, Sorento has a much much better awd called dynamax. This one doesn't.

Jonathan S your misinformed. Dynamic was introduced first in 2013 Santa Fe. Hyundai owns KIA , a major part of it. Here is the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XuBtfu4-9m0.html

My ex GF had a 2012 Santa Fe AWD and that system was the same system used in the AWD Porsche 996 model line as well as other manufactures when I had looked it up, can't quite remember the name off the top of my head.

Magna. It's the same system that is currently in the kia Sorrento. There's a video of the Kia Sorrento doing some extreme offroading in Utah. Just disconnect the anti roll bars, add off tires, and that thing will keep up with Jeep at least 75% of the way on the trail. Keep in mind the Jeep has better underbody protection that the Sorrento.

Yeah I remember when they did that hells revenge stunt. Odd, but i guess it got people talking. Thanks.

Just looked into it a little, its the Magna Dynamax coupling so yes, basically just a PTO with rear coupling. Seems like a pretty robust system though and they say it can fully lock the plates for a true "4wd" experience of 50-50 split. I don't know at what speeds or loads though, since the unit is rated for 1000 nm (737 lbs-ft) but in 1st gear the coupling would see between 2-4 times that potential torque load. (depending on the PTO reduction) I miss the days when you could actually LOCK the center differential...or when there WAS a center differential. My gen1 RAV4 had an open center diff with mechanical locking collar. Combined with the Torsen LSD it was amazingly capable.

The only way the system would see that kind of load is if you had the front tires off the ground, and somehow managed to get the engine up near peak power from a stand still. Which is very unlikely. But Kia did drive Sorento up hells gate (its here on youtube), which to me means the unit is more than enough for the vast majority of people.

It did lift a tire. What he meant was that it has street tires. The AWD system can't make up for the tires on it.

Uh, the Santa Fe has a 3.3L V6 with 290hp, it was doing just fine.

Ahh, 2018 Santa Fe had the V6, the 2019 has the 2.0T. But still, it has plenty of power.