Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2016)

888 consumer complaints on file.

#10875764June 22, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
AS I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO A HIGHWAY THE ELECTRONIC EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM ( ATTACHED TO REAR WHEELS OF VEHICLE) WITHOUT WARNING ACTIVATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS OF OVER 55 MPH. BRAKE SYSTEM PULSED VIOLENTLY AND THEN WHEELS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP CAUSE THE CAR TO REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENTIRE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM. HYUNDAI FAILED TO ALERT ME TO THIS DANGER AND ONLY DISCLOSED IT AFTER THE VEHICLE FAILED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, HYUNDAI NOW CLAIMS TO HAVE THIS NOTICE OUT- MANUFACTURER CAMPAIGN ID: TFF 2016 SONATA ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE LOGIC UPDATE. LUCKILY, WE MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE THROUGHOUT THE SKID AND SYSTEM FAILURES. WE HAD TO THROW WATER ON REAR WHEELS/BRAKES TO KEEP THEM FROM CATCHING ON FIRE. ENTIRE REAR BRAKE SYSTEM DESTROYED...MULTIPLE SENSOR SYSTEMS FAILED FOR THIS FAULT CONDITION TO OCCUR. ACCORDING TO HYUNDAI MANUALS, THIS SITUATION IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH THEIR REDUNDANT SENSORS/CHECK SENSORS, YET IT DID OCCUR. HYUNDAI IS INVESTIGATING, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT SEEM TOO CONCERNED THAT THEY PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER WITH A PRODUCT THEY KNEW WAS DEFECTIVE, YET THEY NEVER ALERTED ME TO THIS ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS 5002 MILES ON IT, AND WAS PURCHASED 3-5-2016, OWNED JUST OVER 3 MONTHS.... UPDATED 08/23/16 *BF UPDATED 06/15/18*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10873672June 10, 2016
ENGINE
I SAW ENGINE POWERTRAIN PROBLEM LIGHT ON MY CAR SCREEN. SO I WENT TO CAPITAL HILL HYNDAI DEALER. I WAITED MORE THAN 6,5HOUR WITH EATING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT NEAR MALL. HYUNDAI EXPLAINED JUST GAS CAP TIGHTING PROBLEM. THEY NEVER EXPLAINED THE PROCESS ABOUT SIX AND HALF HOUR FIXING. I NEED DETAIL EXPLANATION ABOUT SIX HOUR FIXING PROCESS AND SINCERE APOLOGY ABOUT THE ENGINE PROBLEM SIGN IN ONE WEEK AFTER BUYING NEW CAR. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10870409May 23, 2016
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY
DEER RAN IN FRONT OF MY CAR. AIR BAGS INFLATED AND STAYED SO FOR QUITE A WHILE. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR I NOTICED MY FOOT WAS BURNT WITH SKIN OFF AND LEGS WERE BURNING FROM THE POWDER IN AIR BAGS. I KNOW THE BAGS SHOULD INFLAT BUT THE SMOKE FROM THIS KEPT UP FOR QUITE A WHILE. I DID NOT THINK THIS POWDER SHOULD HAVE KEPT COMING OUT SO MUCH AND SO DID PASSERBY PEOPLE WHO STOPPED TO HELP. WE HAD THE POWDER IN OUR EYES.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10870226May 22, 2016
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, SERVICE BRAKES
ON FEBRUARY 19 2019 I WAS DRIVING A CAR RENTAL FROM HERTZ DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SOUTHERN CA DRIVING ONLY 25 MPH I CRASHED TRYING TO AVOID CRASHING INTO CAR IN FRONT OF ME KEPT PUTTING ON MY BREAKS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOPPED THE BREAKS MALFUNCTION I TRIED TO CHANGING LANE I STILL CRASHED I WAS GOING 25 MPH THE CAR WAS TOTALED BUMPER WAS PLASTIC OR FIBER GLASS THE AIR BAG "EXPLODED" NOT DEPLOYED. THE PLASTIC COMPARTMENT WHERE THE AIRBAGS IS STORED, EXPLODE PLASTIC BECAME A JAGGED KNIFE.IT PUNCTURED A HOLE ON MY LEGS SLICED OTHER PART OF MY LEGS WHEN AIR BAG EXPLODE SOME OF THE PLASTIC WAS RELEASED AND SLICED MY LEGS, AIR BAG RELEASES EXTREME SMOKE INSIDE THE CAR ALL YOU ARE INHALING IS SMOKE. AIR BAG I WAS IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM SMOKE INHALATION I BECAME DEHYDRATED THROWING UP TRAPPED FROM THE AIRBAG THAT IS PASTED AGAINST THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE AIRBAG WHEN IT EXPLODE BECOMES A DEATH TRAPPED!!! INSTEAD OF SAVING PEOPLES LIFE THE PLASTIC MATERIAL MANUFACTURE THE AIR BAG IS A PLASTIC MATERIAL IT STICKS TIGHTLY AGAINST THE DOOR IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY STRENGTH TO TRY TO PEEL OFF OR PULL THE AIRBAG OFF THE DOOR YOU BECOME TRAPPED... IF THE CRASH DOES NOT KILL YOU THE SMOKE INHALATION AND BEING TRAPPED BY THE AIRBAG WILL! WHEN AIRBAG IT EXPLODES THE PLASTIC COMPARTMENT BECOMES A JAGGER KNIFE THE AIRBAG RELEASES EXTREME SMOKE AFTER AIR BAG EXPLODES I WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM I WAS GIVEN A TECHNIC SHOT BEHIND AIRBAG AND PLASTIC EXPLODE. WHEN I GOT OUT THE EMERGENCY ROOM THREE DAYS LATER I WENT TO THE TOW PLACE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAR AND TOOK VIDEO PICTURES AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE AIRBAG JAGGED PLASTIC THAT CAUSED MY INJURY.. CAR RENTAL IS JUST WORRIED ABOUT THERE CAR NOT ME I ALMOST DIED
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10854476April 8, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
REAR BRAKES FAILED TO PROPERLY FUNCTION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN FORWARD MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. BOTH REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WITHOUT OPERATOR PRESSING ON BRAKE PETAL. BOTH REAR BRAKES AND WHEEL GOT RED HOT CAUSING PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKES CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WAS ACTIVATE. THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE TWICE, ONCE ON 1/27/16 (18 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE) AND 2ND TIME 3/7/16. (30 DAYS AFTER IT WAS ALLEGEDLY REPAIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10851244March 23, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WHEELS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TPMS INDICATORS CONTINUE TO SAY THERE IS AN ISSUE AND THE TIRE AND TIRE PRESSURE BUT THE CAR SHOWS THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE AND THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO THE TIRES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10845721March 9, 2016
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REARVIEW MIRRORS FACED THE WHITE LINES ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MIRRORS COULD BE READJUSTED, BUT THEY CHANGED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,955.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10820359January 15, 2016
SERVICE BRAKES
I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE PULLING. IT FELT LIKE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS ON BUT THERE WAS NO INDICATOR THAT IT WAS ON. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT THIS POINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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