2011 Hyundai Sonata complaints

STEERING WHEEL COUPLER HAS BROKEN. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY! THIS PART IF FAILING ON MANY SONATAS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

STEERING MAKES A CLICKING OR KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT. CALLED DEALERSHIP ABOUT STEERING RECALLS. THEY CLAIMED ONE HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED AND THIS SOUNDED LIKE A COUPLING PROBLEM. I HAVE READ OTHER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. PART IS LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS...LABOR IS OVER 200 DOLLARS. I BELIEVE A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED IF OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. *TR

THE STEERING OF MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS MAKES CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT IN PARKED. ALSO WHEN I DRIVE ON A BAD/UNEVEN ROAD, THERE IS NOISE FORM THE STEERING COLUMN AS IF SOMETHING INSIDE IS LOOSE. I FEAR THAT IT MAY A SAFETY ISSUE. I SEE THAT MANY OTHER SONATA OWNERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN THIS BE INVESTIGATED FOR A RECALL? THANKS! *TR

VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT ON HIGHWAY. THE HIGHER SPEEDS CAUSE CAR TO PULL EVEN MORE AND AFTER A WHILE START TO HURT ARM. CAR WAS BUILT IN APRIL 13TH 2011. *TR

THE FUEL PUMP MODULE HAS HIGH RESISTANCE AT THE CONNECTOR AND BURNED A HOLE THROUGH IT. *THE CONNECTOR BURNED* THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED, THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN EXPLOSION OR A FIRE TO START...THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD....THE PART WAS MANUFACTURED WRONG AND SHOULD NOT HAVE WORN OUT. WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE ARE STILL ALIVE. *TR

THE STEERING COLUMN HAS A LOUD RATTLE AND A `CATCH' THAT MAKES THE CAR DIFFICULT TO STEER. *TR

AIRBAG SENSOR HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED STATING THAT THERE IS AN ERROR WITH THE AIRBAGS. CONCERNED THAT AIRBAG WONT FUNCTION IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TELL US WHAT HAPPENED: BOUGHT VEHICLE NEW AND REGULARLY HAD SERVICED BY DEALER. VEHICLE DIED WITHOUT ANY WARNING COMING OFF HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO TURN FLASHERS ON AND PLACE IN PARK TO RESTART. ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING WITH NO WARNING AND NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. HAD TOWED TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD ENGINE HAD NO OIL AND REQUIRES AN ENGINE CHANGE. WHERE DID IT GO? THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY SIGNS OF SMOKE, BURNING SMELL OR LEAKS ANYWHERE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER GIVING INDICATION OF A LOW OIL OR LOW OIL PRESSURE INDICATION NOR ANY OTHER ENGINE LIGHT WARNING. NOW DEALER SAYS WE HAVE TO CONVINCE REGIONAL MANAGER THAT THIS WAS NOT NEGLECT ON OUR PART TO HAVE COVERED UNDER THE 100,000 MILE POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

I AM A LOYAL HYUNDAI CUSTOMER WHO HAS OWNED 4 OF THEIR VEHICLES. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO SUPERIOR HYUNDAI NORTH TO HAVE A COUPLE SAFETY RECALL ITEMS TAKEN CARE OF. I ALSO WOULD HEAR A WIND TYPE SOUND SOMETIMES (WITHIN A WEEK PRIOR TO TAKING IT IN) WHEN I WOULD START DRIVING FROM A STOPPED POSITION. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD BAD NEWS. MY ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO OIL IN IT. I ASKED THEM HOW IT COULD BE EMPTY AS MY CAR HAS NEVER LEAKED, NEVER SMOKED, NEVER SMELLED LIKE OIL BURNING, HAD ONLY APPROX. 48,000 MILES ON IT, AND HAD BEEN SERVICED. THEY HAD TO TAKE SOME OF THE ENGINE APART AND SAID SINCE THEY FOUND NO SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE, IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. PROBLEM I HAVE IS THEY ARE REPLACING MY ENGINE WITH A REBUILT ONE. THEY SAID HYUNDAI WON'T APPROVE THEM TO PUT A NEW ENGINE IN IT. I HAVE NO WAY OF FINDING OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REBUILT ENGINE THEY ARE PUTTING IN MY CAR AND THEY CAN'T TELL ME HOW MANY MILES WAS ON IT ORIGINALLY. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS ONE MORE CAR LIKE MINE THERE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THEY ALSO TRIED TO TELL ME IT WOULDN'T HURT MY TRADE-IN VALUE. THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT. ONE, THAT'S NOT A MORAL AND DECEITFUL PROBLEM THAT I WOULD NEVER DO AND TWO, I BELIEVE IT'S THE LAW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT. I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE SALESMEN ABOUT BUYING THE LOANER CAR I'M DRIVING WITH THE TRADE OF MY CAR AND THE FIRST THING HE TOLD ME WAS THE PROBLEM WITH MY E

WHILE DRIVING IN THE FAST LANE OF A 3 LANE FREEWAY ON A STEEP UPGRADE, THE CAR SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST A HUGE AMOUNT OF ENGINE POWER. THE EFFECT WAS SIMILAR TO NO LONGER PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THIS CAUSED THE CARS IN BACK OF ME TO SLAM ON THEIR BRAKES AS WELL AS SCARING ME AS I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. THIS HAS OCCURRED TWICE SO FAR. HYUNDAI AMERICA (HA) IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND FROM WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED AFTER VIEWING HA FORUMS, THIS PROBLEM IS SPECIFIC TO THE SONATA'S WITH THE 2.0 TURBOCHARGED ENGINES INCLUDING MODEL YEARS 2011 - 2014. NOT ONLY IS THE PROBLEM A RESULT OF A POORLY DESIGNED WASTE GATE CONTROL ROD, IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS AS WELL AS EXPERIENCED DRIVERS ARE GOING TO BE HARMED. HA IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS DECIDED NOT TO COVER THE REPAIR EXPENSE AFTER 60,000 MILES. APPARENTLY, A FUNCTIONING TURBOCHARGER IS NOT PART OF THE ENGINE! PLEASE INSURE THE HA NOT ONLY FIXES THIS SAFETY HAZARD BUT ALSO REIMBURSES OWNERS FOR PREVIOUSLY CHARGED REPAIR EXPENSE. MY CAR WAS REPAIRED AROUND 56,000 MILES ANDAT 67,000 MILES, THE PROBLEM IS BACK. THANK YOU *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS A MANUFACTURED DEFECT AND HAS BEEN REJECTED BY A STATE CERTIFIED STATE INSPECTOR. IT WAS FAILED DUE TO THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUED TO SHOW ON THE DASH BOARD. THE STATE INSPECTOR INDICATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION UNTIL THE AIR BAG SITUATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED. I AM NOT CONCERNED IF OTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLES ARE RECALLED OR NOT. MY PRIMARY CONCERN AT THIS PRESENT TIME IS MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA LIMITED IS TAKEN CARE OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT. I HAVE ASKED HYUNDAI TO REPAIR THIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT THE WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT ON THIS VEHICLE. I INDICATED THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURED DEFECT AND SHOULD RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON INTERSTATE 95 , THE CAR ABRUPTLY STALLED OUT DOING 60 MPG , THE FLASHERS WOULD NOT WORK. I SHIFTED IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS. WE PROCEEDED TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE ONTO ANOTHER FOUR LANE HIGHWAY. ABOUT A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD, IT STALLED AGAIN. AFTER TWO MORE ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE ENGINE, IT DID RESTART AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. THREE MORE MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE CAR STALLED OUT AGAIN AND THEN STARTED SMOKING. WE COULD NOT RESTART THE CAR AND THE FLASHERS INITIALLY WOULD NOT WORK AGAIN. AFTER TEN SECONDS, THE FLASHERS STARTED TO WORK AND THEN WE PROCEEDED TO PUSH THE CAR ACROSS THE HIGHWAY INTO A 7-11. THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER. AFTER CALLING THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, I FOUND OUT THAT FOUR CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WERE WAITING TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER IS NOW PUTTING A NEW ENGINE IN THE CAR SINCE IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE PUTTING A NEW ENGINE IN THE CAR WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NOT FIXED THE INITIAL PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID THIS SAME EXACT INCIDENT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN AND I WILL NOT BE AS LUCKY. THEY ARE PUTTING MY LIFE AND MY FAMILIES' LIFE IN JEOPARDY. I WANT THEM TO BUY BACK THE CAR, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND AN UP-TO-DATE CAR SERVICE RECORD. *TR

IN THE SPAN 2 MONTHS, THERE WERE 2 OCCASIONS WHERE MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY AND HAD SOMEONE JUMP ME AND IT STILL WOULDN'T START. HOWEVER, AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES, CAR WOULD FINALLY START. ONE OTHER TIME I PULLED INTO A STORE AND WHEN I CAME OUT, MY CAR WOULDN'T START. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, IT FINALLY STARTED. THEN ON NOVEMBER 28TH, 2014, MY BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING MY CAR AND IT JUST STOPPED RUNNING. I HAD IT TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED. I DID NOT HAVE ANY WARNING OR INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. TODAY I HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY WILL LET ME KNOW THE EXACT PROBLEM AND IF IT IS COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *JS

WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY IN (I.E. WHEN PARALLEL PARKING), THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THE EPS LIGHT COMES ON IN THE DASHBOARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL JUMPS ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE CENTER POSITION. STEERING IS COMPLETELY GONE. WHEN I THEN TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND TURN IT BACK ON, THE STEERING IS WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. *TR

ENGINE SEIZED. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH THE CAR MADE AN ELECTRICAL NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. I FOUGHT THE SHAKING WHEEL TO PULL THE CAR OVER AND TURNED IT OFF. THE STEERING WHEEL CONTINUED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION. IT WAS EXACTLY LIKE THIS VIDEO: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=KZABDAMQAPS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AS PART OF A RECALL AND THEY TOLD ME I NEED A NEW STEERING COLUMN WHICH IS OVER $1,500 DOLLARS AS IT WAS "NOT ASSOCIATED" WITH THE RECALL AND WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, A CLICKING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY LOOSE MAKING THE STEERING UNSTABLE WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 10V457000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

AS I BEGAN DRIVING MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA THAT MORNING I HEARD A RATTLE WHENEVER MY RPM WOULD REACH BETWEEN 2-3K. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT. TODAY 11/20/14I WAS TOLD THAT MY ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THE DEALERSHIP LATE SEPTEMBER 2014FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND ALSO DUE TO A SMALL KNOCK/BANG AS I ACCELERATED. THE TECHNICIAN FOUND THE KNOCK TO BE A SUPPORT HITTING AGAINST THE FIREWALL. UPON TIGHTENING SAID SUPPORT THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. THE CAR WAS REPORTEDLY TEAT DRIVEN BY THE TECHNICIAN NUMEROUS TIMES TO CONCLUDE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. OIL CHANGE WAS DONE AS USUAL AND MY CAR WAS GIVEN A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH (ONLY A RECOMMENDATION OF BRAKES GETTING LOW). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT SMELLED A STRONG FUEL ODOR. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

PUSH TO START DOES START WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE. I HAVE TO UNLOCK THE CAR MANUALLY SINCE THE CAR WON'T EVEN OPEN WITH THE REMOTE. I THEN HAVE TO STRUGGLE WHILE IN THE CAR TRYING TO PUSH THE START BUTTON AND STEP ON THE BRAKE. SOMETIMES IT TURNS ON, OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T. ITS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE LAST YEAR. AND ALREADY HAPPENED TWICE THIS WEEK. *TR

CAR STARTED MAKING KNOCKING NOISES WHILE DRIVING UP HILL, LOSING POWER. PROCEEDED TO DRIVE IT HOME. CHECKED OIL AND APPEARED COMPLETELY DRY. NO ENGINE WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DRIVEN. NO OIL LEAKS SEEN. ADDED OIL AND THEN DROVE TO DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY STATED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REGULARLY SERVICED CAR WITH OIL CHANGES, 120K MILES WITH ALMOST ALL FREEWAY COMMUTE. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA ON DEC 15,2013 FROM A HYUNDAI DEALER. IN APRIL I NOTICED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO THE RIGHT SIDE. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF THEM CORRECTING THE ISSUE THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. I THEN TOOK IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY REPLACED A SENSOR AND TOLD ME IT WAS DONE. AGAIN MY CAR WILL NOT STAY IN THE LANE. IT PULLS SO MUCH TO THE RIGHT AND IS VERY UNSAFE. I TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND THEY ARE TELLING ME IT IS JUST THE ALIGNMENT. THEY EVEN STATED THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN MY HOUSE HIT SOMETHING. I LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF CARS PULLING TO LEFT OR RIGHT. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL CAMPAIGN 927 BUT THEY ONLY DID AN ALIGNMENT ON DECEMBER 23,2011 AND NOTHING ELSE WAS DONE BUT THEN IT WAS CLOSED, INDICATING THAT IT HAD BEEN FIXED. THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR THE ALIGNMENT AND TOLD ME MY TIRES ARE BAD BECAUSE OF HOW IT DRIVES. HYUNDAI IS AWARE OF THE ISSUES AND GIVES ME THE RUN AROUND. *TR

DRIVING ON INTERSTATE FOR APPROX 1 HOUR, WHEN SUNROOF EXPLODED OUTWARDS, NO ROAD DEBRIS HIT THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE EXPLODING SUNROOF, IT WAS NOT AN EXTREME TEMPERATURE CHANGE. SOUND WAS LIKE A GUNSHOT INSIDE THE CAR, AND THANKFUL THAT THE MOONROOF COVER WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME SO THAT GLASS DID NOT SHOWER INTO THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. VERY FRIGHTENING AND COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED ACCIDENT. GOING ROUNDS WITH HYUNDAI RIGHT NOW TO GET REPAIRED. DEALERSHIP STATING THAT HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER THE PART. DEALERSHIP SUGGESTING I FILE WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY, HOWEVER THIS WAS A FAULT ISSUE WITH PRODUCT, NOT INSURANCE RELATED. VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY AND STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

I FILLED UP MY CAR ON THURSDAY AFTER FILLING IT UP THE FIRST TIME I STARTED THE CAR THE GAUGE READ FULL, LATER ON WHILE DRIVE THE FUEL GAUGE SAID 3/4 FULL EVEN THOUGH I HAD DRIVEN A FEW MILES. THE NEXT DAY AFTER TAKING MY KIDS TO SCHOOL I STOPPED TO RUN AN ERRAND. I GET BACK IN MY CAR TO START IT UP AND THE GAS LIGHT IS ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE SAYS EMPTY. AFTER DRIVING A FEW MILES THE GAS GAUGES WENT UP TO 1/4 THEN EVENTUALLY 1/2 TANK. THE GAUGE HAD BEEN SHOWING 3/4 FULL A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS AFTER FILLING UP BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT'S SHOWN AS EMPTY. *TR

THE VEHICLE MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION ESPECIALLY WHEN PARKING. IT CAN ALSO BE HERD AND FELT WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN SURFACES. THERE'S A LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING THAT IS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE STEERING FLEX COUPLING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT IT'S NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALLS. DURING MY RESEARCH OF THIS ISSUE I DISCOVERED AN ALARMING AMOUNT OF 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WHICH TELLS ME THIS HAS TO BE A DEFECT. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO ISSUE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL ON THESE STEERING FLEX COUPLINGS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THE PROOF NEEDED TO AVOID TRAGEDY IS JUST AN INTERNET SEARCH AWAY. *TR

ON OCTOBER 3, 2014, I HAD MY CAR SERVICED FOR TWO SONATA RECALLS, ONE REGARDING THE SHIFT CABLE AND THE OTHER REGARDING THE BRAKES. THAT SAME AFTERNOON, MY STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 4 YEARS AND COULD NOT REMEMBER IT DOING THAT EVER BEFORE. PRESSING THE STABILITY CONTROL BUTTON DID NOTHING TO CHANGE THE LIGHT (IT WOULD NOT TURN OFF). THE NEXT DAY, WHILE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, I NOTICED A FAILURE TO ACCELERATE. THIS HAS HAPPENED DOZENS OF TIMES SINCE, AT VARYING SPEEDS, AND WHILE THE CAR WAS BOTH COLD AND WARM. IT ALWAYS LASTS SEVERAL SECONDS AND THEN I CAN ACCELERATE AGAIN. DURING ONE OF THESE EPISODES, I CAN PRESS THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD AND GET NO ACCELERATION. THIS IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS. I'VE BEEN IN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DENIED ANY CONNECTION TO THE RECALL WORK, DESPITE THIS PROBLEM PRESENTING IMMEDIATELY UPON LEAVING. THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH AND THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE CHARGED ME FOR THAT, BUT THEY DID NOT. I GOT NO PAPERWORK SHOWING THAT THEY ACTUALLY REPLACED THE BRAKE SWITCH. AFTER THAT VISIT, THE TRACTION LIGHT WAS OFF FOR A DAY BEFORE THIS PROBLEM REOCCURRED. I AM TERRIFIED DRIVING THIS CAR TO AND FROM WORK BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ACCELERATION WILL FAIL. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE CHANGING LANES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND ALSO ON THE RAMPS IN MY OFFICE PARKING GARAGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

IN MAY 2014, WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH, MAYBE 1200 RPM, MY ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 4500-5000 RPM, WITHOUT A SIMULTANEOUS RISE IN SPEED. A WEEK OR TWO LATER, THE CAR DID THE SAME, UNDER ABOUT THE SAME CONDITIONS. THE DEALER COULD FIND NO FAULTS OR CODES, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE OCCURRENCE; NOT SURPRISING SINCE IT WAS SPORADIC. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, WITH CONSIDERABLY MORE FREQUENCY; ALMOST DAILY. AGAIN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN LATE JULY (MCCAFFERTY HYUNDAI, LANGHORNE, PA), AND WHILE A TECHNICIAN WAS DRIVING WITH ME, THE ENGINE RACED AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A TECH BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM, AND THEY WOULD REPAIR THE CAR. THE PROBLEM WAS IN A MODULE AND NEEDED RECODING. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT THEY SAID. THAT REPAIR SEEMED TO CURE THE PROBLEM, UNTIL SEPTEMBER, WHEN A SINGLE OCCURRENCE HAPPENED. I THOUGH THIS WAS MAYBE A FLUKE, BUT THE PROBLEM HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES IN THE FOLLOWING WEEKS. TODAY, 11/4/14, AFTER SEVERAL DAYS IN THE DEALER'S SHOP, AN INSURANCE SERVICE TECH SAID HE COULD FIND NO PROBLEM. I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. WHILE THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE, MAYBE IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN THE RACING ENGINE WILL CAUSE SEVERE ACCELERATION AND A SUBSEQUENT ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V426000 (STEERING) BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL FIRMLY TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE FLUID WAS ALMOST EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V433000 (BRAKES). HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE. NE

MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON HERE HAS HAD CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A SNAPPED ROD. LIKE MANY OF YOU I HAVE KEPT UP WITH THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY HYUNDAI FOR REPAIR UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN AS IT HAPPENS WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND MY QUESTION IS WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE NHTSA TO TAKE ACTION AND FULLY INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND BRING IT TO RECALL? WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE WAITING FOR INJURY OR EVEN WORSE TO OCCUR BEFORE THIS ISSUE IS TAKEN SERIOUSLY. *TR

I WAS INFORMED BY SEVERAL CO-WORKERS THAT THERE WERE RECALLS FOR OUR CAR, THE 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE AFFECTING MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA ARE: EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCHES, BRAKE LIGHT AND STEERING: GEAR BOX: SHAFT SECTOR. THE ONLY RECALL THAT THE HYUNDAI DEALER HONORED WAS FROM CAMPAIGN 123. CAMPAIGN 110 AND 122 WILL NOT BE HONORED DUE TO THE MANUFACTURE DATE OF MY VEHICLE WHICH IS MARCH 28, 2011. IF MY CAR IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE OTHER 2011 HYUNDAI SONATAS WHY CAN'T MY VEHICLE BE REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL. I FEEL THAT THIS IS UNFAIR TO CONSUMERS OF THE 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DATE. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME TYPE OF REMEDY FOR THIS MATTER!!! HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THE BUSINESS PRACTICES OF HYUNDAI I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE!!! *TR

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCURRENCES WHERE IT FEELS AS IF MY CAR IS GOING TO STALL. I ATTEMPTED TO START MY CAR THIS MORNING WHERE IT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED IN 2012, THE BATTERY REPLACED 2013 AND NOW HYUNDAI CLAIMS IT IS MY STARTER LEVER THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE REPLACED (2014). I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER HYUNDAI OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. NOW, I HAVE TO PAY OVER $300 TO HAVE THE STARTER LEVER REPLACED WHICH WILL NOW BE MY 3RD ISSUE SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR. ALSO, I DID SUFFER FROM THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT ISSUE THAT WAS RECENTLY RECALLED AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BACK LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE RECALL WAS INITIATED. DUE TO MY CONTINUATION OF BRAKE LIGHT ISSUES POST RECALL CHANGE, I AM TOLD THAT THE LAMP HAS MELTED DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BULB OVERHEATING THE LAMP. I DO NOT SEE HOW ANY OF THESE ISSUES ARE MY FAULT AND BELIEVE THAT HYUNDAI SHOULD RECALL, AND REPLACE ALL OF THESE MALFUNCTIONS. *TR

10/1/2014 @ 7:30PM EST - WHILE DRIVING HOME, WAS AT A RED LIGHT WHEN THE CAR STALLED OUT. THEN A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND HAPPENED. *NO ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON* IT IS VERY UNSAFE FOR THE ENGINE TO STALL OR JUST RANDOMLY SHUTOFF WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OR WARNINGS, THE VEHICLE JUST STALLED. VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO OPERATE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO NORTHTOWNE HYUNDAI DEALER ON SHERIDAN DRIVE, BUFFALO NY.10/3/2014 @ 2:47PM EST - NORTHTOWNE HYUNDAI DEALER CALLED ME SAID THAT I NEED TO REPLACE MY ENGINE BECAUSE THE PISTON POPPED. I SAID WELL, MY CAR IS WELL WITHIN THE WARRANTY, ISN'T THIS COVERED? NORTHTOWNE HYUNDAI DEALER SAID THAT WE CAN'T SUBMIT YOUR WARRANTY CLAIM WITH OUT RECEIPTS OF YOUR MAINTENANCE FROM 5K MILES TO PRESENT. 10/3 - 10/13/2014 - CONTACTED OUR 3 LOCAL PLACES WE LIKE TO SEND OUR VEHICLES TO FOR COPIES OF OUR RECEIPTS. WITH NO PROBLEM WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN COPIES OF OUR LAST 7 OIL CHANGES AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE RECEIPTS. 10/14/2014 @ 2:00PM EST - MY HUSBAND GAVE NORTHTOWNE HYUNDAI DEALER OUR RECEIPTS AND HE STATED THAT HE WILL SUBMIT OUR CLAIM TO HYUNDAI. 10/24/2014 @ 8:59AM EST - "REGIONAL" / "CORPORATE" CALLED ME AND STATED "THE DISTRICT MANAGER WHO WOULD HAVE AUTHORIZED THE REPAIR, HAD THE DEALERSHIP PARTIALLY DISASSEMBLE THE ENGINE; TAKE OFF THE COVER FOR INSPECTION, AND THERE'S A CONDITION OF SLUDGE WHICH IS INDICATIVE OF EITHER THE MAINTENANCE INTERVALS NOT BEING FOLLOWED; OIL CHANGE NOT FREQUENTLY ENOUGH OR POSSIBLY THE QUALITY OR GRADE OF THE OI

THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE EVERY TIME THE CAR IS STEERING IN EITHER DIRECTION. IT'S EVEN WORST IF IT IS DRIVE IN AN UNEVEN TERRAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V457000 OR #10V426000. FOR BOTH CAMPAIGNS, THE LAST DATE OF MANUFACTURING IS 09/10/2010 AND MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED ON 10/18/2010. IN ADDITION, BUTTONS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL ARE NOT WORKING.THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A 4 LANEROADWAY WHEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A GAS STATION AND NOTICED A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND 2 DAYS LATER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A SEIZED ENGINE AND THAT IT WAS ONLY 1/2 QUART LOW. I FILED A CLAIM WITH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY SERVICE. THEY SENT AN INSPECTOR OUT AND HIS FINDING WERE IT WAS 2-3 QUARTS LOW AND CITED OWNER NEGLECT. WARRANTY SERVICE DENIED THE CLAIM. I USE ROYAL PURPLE SYNTHETIC OIL AND HAVE USED THIS SAME OIL FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS IN ALL MY VEHICLES. I HAD MY OIL CHANGED IN JULY..APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS PRIOR. *TR

PUSH START BUTTON FAILED TO WORK. *TR

DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET, TURNED DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. WE HAVE OWN THE CAR SINCE JUNE, 2013 AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE WILL BE A BEEP ,THEN THE EPS AND TRACTION CONTROL WILL SHOW ON THE DASH BOARD AND THEN THE STEERING WHEEL WILL START TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. MY HUSBAND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND IT VIOLENTLY SHAKE FOR 20 MINS. AT TIMES WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED IN THE PAST THE CAR WOULD BE ON BUT WE DID NOT EVEN LEAVE THE DRIVE WAY. THE FIRST TIME IT DID IT ME WAS 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND I HAD MY CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT TAKING HER TO SCHOOL WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION AND I COULDN'T GET OUT BECAUSE I WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE STEERING WHEEL, AND WE ALMOST GOT HIT. EACH TIME (MORE THAN 5 TIMES NOW) WE WERE EITHER STOPPED OR GOING LESS THAN 25 MILES PER HOUR, THE EPS AND TRACTION WILL LIGHT, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY ANYWHERE FROM 5 MINUTES TO 45 MINUTES. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IN OUR SMALL TOWN WHEN THE EPS LIGHT WAS ON BUT MY HUSBAND HAD NO POWER STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL DIDN'T SHAKE. *TR

HAVE REPLACED BRAKE LIGHTS 5 TIMES DUE TO SOMEOME TELLING ME THEY WERE OUT. WAS STOP BY A COP TODAY BECAUSE BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS HE SAID WE'RE OUT. WHY ARE THESE LIGHTS BURNING OUT SO FAST? AUTOMOTIVE GUY SAID PUT SOME GREASE ON BULB THEN PLACE THEM IN. I DID AND THEY STILL WENT OUT? *TR

WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AT ABOUT 40 MPH, ANOTHER DRIVER FLAG ME DOWN AND ASKED ME TO CHECK MY TAILLIGHT. I PARKED MY CAR ON THE SIDE, AND I NOTICED THAT THE WHOLE TAILLIGHT HAD FALLEN OFF THE CAR. IT WAS JUST HANGING FROM THE WIRES. UPON INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THE PLASTIC STUDS HOLDING THE TAILLIGHT HAD BROKEN OFF. LOTS OF SMALL PLASTIC PIECES ALL OVER. GLAD I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY, BECAUSE IT WOULD HAD CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF IT WOULD HAD FALLEN OFF THE CAR. THE TAILLIGHT SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ANY IMPACT AT ALL IT IS CLEAN. *TR

I HAVE NOTICED A CLICK OR SLIGHT KNOCK COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEN TURNING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT AT LOW SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN PARKING. OVER UNEVEN SURFACES THERE IS SHAKING OR SHUTTER IN THE STEERING COLUMN ALSO. THESE CONDITIONS SEEM TO BE WORSENING. I WILL BE SCHEDULING FOR SERVICE. *TR

STEERING WHEEL DEVELOPED NOISE WITH TURNING AND MORE FREE-PLAY IN STEERING WHEEL. I TOOK CAR TO DEALER WHO REPLACED COUPLING SEAL. ACCORDING TO DEALER, THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM THAT CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT STEERING PROBLEMS. *TR

WHILE AT A RED LIGHT ON HIGHWAY 45 IN WHISTLER ALABAMA CAR JUST CUT OFF AND WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP, POLICE HAD TO COME AND STOP TRAFFIC AND PUSH CAR OUT OF THE HIGHWAY SO IT WOULDN'T BE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS NEAR THE INTERSTATE EXITS TO HIGHWAY 45. *TR

THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE STEERING WHEEL OR COLUMN THERE IS LOUD POPPING NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL YOU CAN HEAR IT IN AND OUTSIDE OF CAR. WHEN YOU TURN LEFT OR RIGHT. I HAVE NOT HAD IT INSPECT END YET JUST BOUGHT VEHICLE HAVEN'T HAD IT A YEAR AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS SO FAR. *TR

STEERING COLUMN BUSHING BECOMES FRAYED AND CHIPS/BREAKS CAUSE LOUD POPPING/CLUNKING NOISE GOING OVER UNEVEN PAYMENT AND LOOSE STEERING CONDITIONS. I AM TOLD THIS WOULD ULTIMATELY CAUSE FAILED STEERING ABILITY. MANY REPORTS OF EXACTLY SAME ISSUE ARE BEING POSTED ON HYUNDAI FORUMS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO LOCK. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT BACKLASH WHEN MOVING IT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT (ESPECIALLY AT LOW SPEEDS). THIS IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH A CLICKING SOUND. IN ADDITION, WHEN HITTING A BUMP IN THE ROAD, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING HAS COME LOOSE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I AM TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE ON OCTOBER 16 TO INVESTIGATE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN DRIVING OR MAKING A TURN. THE NOISE WAS HEARD AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V457000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD 10/4/2014 WHEN IT STARTED TO MAKE A CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. BEFORE I EVEN HAD THE CHANCE TO PULL OVER ALL OF MY SENSORS WENT OF THE ENGINE COMPLETELY DIED INCLUDING POWER BRAKES AND STEERING. HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS I WAS DRIVING ON A WINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD. DEALERSHIP IS TELLING ME I HAVE TO REPLACE MY ENGINE AND BECAUSE I'M THE SECOND OWNER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY DOESN'T APPLY TO ME. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED FOR THIS HUGE MANUFACTURING AND OVERLY DANGEROUS FLAW. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR STALLED. I COASTED INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT AND TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART IT, I HEARD ONE CLICK AND THEN NOTHING. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG, NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO WEIRD NOISES, NOTHING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND WAS TOLD BY THE REPAIR SHOP THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED UP. I FAITHFULLY HAVE MY OIL CHANGED AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE OIL WAS LOW. *TR