Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2016)

888 consumer complaints on file.

#11229630July 5, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING SOUND IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WERNER HYUNDAI (LOCATED AT 252 CAPITAL CIR SW, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32304, (850) 575-1000) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE A FAULT CODE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222660June 26, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WAS CONSUMING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FUEL AND OIL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO LIBERTY HYUNDAI (305 ROUTE 17 NORTH, MAHWAH, NJ 07430, 877-449-7781) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11221032June 18, 2019
STEERING
MY STEERING IS MELTING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11220241June 15, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
HEV ENGINIE ERORR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11217715June 4, 2019
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE AND THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL ON THEIR OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209659May 24, 2019
SEAT BELTS
THE REAR SEAT BELTS LOCK UP AND HOLD THE OCCUPANTS TIGHT AGAINST THE SEATS. SO TIGHT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RELEASE THEM. COMPARED TO FRONT SEATS THE BELTS ARE FREE UNTIL A ABRUPT STOP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209733May 24, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
PANORAMIC SUNROOF WIND DEFLECTOR BECAME UNBONDED FROM CAR BODY STOPPING THE SUNROOF FROM CLOSING PROPERLY AND POSSIBLY CAUSING THE GLASS SUNROOF TO DISLODGE AND CREATE A HAZARD TO SURROUNDING TRAFFIC AT HIGH SPEEDS. HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. HYUNDAI DEALER CLAIMS THERE IS NO RECALL AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11209538May 23, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
ON 5/11 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WHEN SHE HEARD A CLICKING SOUND. SHE WAS NOT FAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND DECIDED TO DRIVE THE CAR IN TO GET LOOKED AT. AS SHE GOT CLOSE TO THE DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE. SHE PULLED OVER TO A SAFE LOCATION WHERE SHE COULD GET OUT AND AS SHE WAS PULLING OVER THE VEHICLE STARTED TO FLAME. SHE IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE DOG AND JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR AND CALLED 911. WITHINJUST A COUPLE MINUTES OF EXITING THE VEHICLE IT WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND EXPLODED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11208561May 20, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE BEING DRIVEN DOWN HIGHWAY AND CAUGHT FIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11206144May 7, 2019
ENGINE
ENGINE KNOCKING WHICH LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE REQUIRING A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING FROM THE ENGINE WARNING SYSTEM. HYUNDAI CORPORATE SAID SINCE I AM THE SECOND OWNER THEY WILL NOT COVER THE COST OF THE REPAIR WHICH WAS OVER $3200. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE ENGINE BEARING PROBLEMS HYUNDAI HAD IN THE PAST. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD 85,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE PROBLEMS BEGAN. THE COMPANY ALSO REFUSED TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE MECHANICS NOTES REGARDING THE REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205896May 6, 2019
ENGINE
CLATTERING OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OBSERVED BY CUSTOMER UNDER NORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS. CAME ON SUDDENLY. ROD NOISE. INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FAILURE 58,884 MILES CAUSE DUE TO METAL SHAVINGS LEFT OVER FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESS AS DISCOVERED THROUGH MANUFACTURER PRESCRIBED WARRANTY REPAIR PRIOR AUTHORIZATION PROCEDURES. DEALER PERFORMED NO COST LONG BLOCK REPLACEMENT. OUT OF SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 25 DAYS. MANUFACTURER DID NOT WARRANTY REPLACEMENT ENGINE BEYOND ORIGINAL WARRANTY MILEAGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11205011May 1, 2019
SEAT BELTS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE DRIVER. GOSHEN HYUNDAI (5744, 3220 ELKHART RD, GOSHEN, IN 46526, (574) 875-5106) WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND HAD NOT ISSUED ANY SEAT BELT RECALLS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11203433April 24, 2019
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE SIDE COLLISION AVOIDANCE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. DURING THE FAILURE, THE AUTOMATIC BRAKING SYSTEM ACTIVATED AND ABRUPTLY STOPPED THE VEHICLE. ON A SECOND OCCASION, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 68 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO VEHICLE CLOSE BY, THE BRAKES APPLIED ABRUPTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOSEPH AIRPORT HYUNDAI (1220 W NATIONAL RD, VANDALIA, OH 45377, (937) 665-1777) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COLLISION AVOIDANCE WARNING CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11197307April 19, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
PAINT HAS STARTED FLAKING OFF OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM BUT CANNOT HELP BECAUSE THE MILEAGE EXCEEDS WARRANTY COVERAGE, THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11196795April 16, 2019
SEAT BELTS
MY SON GOT TRAPPED IN THE REAR RIGHT PASSENGER SEATBELT WHILE IN PARKING AND IT GOT SO TIGHT AS IT WAS RETRACTING BACK. WE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE AND SAW HIM PULLING IT HARD. THE MOMENT WE SAW HIM CRYING I HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT IMMEDIATELY AS IT BECAME SO TIGHT AROUND HIS TUMMY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11196109April 14, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SUN ROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THERE WAS NO KNOWN ROAD HAZARD THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11195663April 11, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER BRAKE SEIZED 3 TIMES BEFORE THE INCIDENT ON 4-8-19 WERE THOSE TIMES IT CORRECTED ITSELF BUT THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED THE RIGHT REAR TIRE LOCKED UP AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE DRAGGED ONTO THE STREET AS THE OTHER THREE TIRES SPUN OUT. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO TRANSITTOWNE HYUNDAI (7420 TRANSIT RD, WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221, (716) 634-3000) TO BE DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THE TEST COULD NOT READ THE CODES. THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW REAR BRAKE CALIPER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,020. *BF.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11195563April 11, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WEBB HYUNDAI HIGHLAND (9236 SOUTH INDIANAPOLIS BLVD, HIGHLAND, IN 46322, (219) 923-2277) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT AN UNKNOWN PIECE OF THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11193326April 2, 2019
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG SENOR CAME ON. NONE OF THE CONTROLS WORK ON MY STEERING WHEEL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11190963March 22, 2019
ENGINE
CAR LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING. THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED 3 SEPARATE TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE. IT IS UNSAFE, AND NO ENGINE INDICATOR LIGHTS HAVE EVER COME ON. THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE MOTOR ISSUES NOW THAT IT IS OUT OF HYUNDAI'S WARRANTY. HYUNDAI HAS NEVER FOUND A CLEAR SOLUTION AND CONTINUES TO "GUESS" AT FIXES AS ISSUE DOESN'T ALWAYS REPLICATE ITSELF DURING SERVICE. EVENT HAS HAPPENED 3 DIFFERENT DATES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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