Hyundai Sonata Complaints

17,026 consumer complaints on file.

#10627030August 21, 2014
POWER TRAIN
DEPRESSED CLUTCH STAYED ON THE FLOOR. PRIED IT UP WITH MY FOOT, IT THEN WORKED. OTHER TIMES THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT RETURN FULLY MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT GEARS. PUMPING THE CLUTCH SEEMED TO HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627152August 21, 2014
VISIBILITY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUN VISOR FAILED TO CLOSE AND OPENED INDEPENDENTLY, OBSTRUCTING THE CONTACT'S VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627205August 21, 2014
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
THE AIR BAG WENT ON TO INDICATE THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT WORK. CONSIDERED THIS A SAFETY ISSUE. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND INDICATED IT WAS NOT COVERED AND HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBEAT PRETENSIONER ASSEMBLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627215August 21, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
ESC OFF LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF. MY CAR WONT SPEED UP ON THE FREEWAY WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING AND HAS ALMOST PUT US IN 2 ACCIDENTS. MY ESC OFF LIGHT TURNS ON BY ITSELF AND CAUSES THE CAR TO SLOW WHILE IM DRIVING OR EVEN PEEL OUT IN PARKING LOTS. I FOLLOW POSTED SPEED SIGNS, BUT THIS SWITCH TURNING ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN WITH MY TWO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR IS VERY DANGEROUS AND EVEN MORE SCARY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10627325August 21, 2014
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS, SERVICE BRAKES
HYUNDAI HAS CHANGED MY SEAT BELT BUCKLE NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE OF AN AIR BAG RELATED ISSUE. NOW THAT ITS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WILL NOT COVER IT. AIR BAG LIGHT BACK ON AND THEY WANT,$400 TO REPLACE THE BAD SEATBELT WITH ANY WARRANTY. THIS IS PROBABLY THE 4TH TIME SINCE I HAD THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW THAT IM HAVING THIS PROBLEM, I NEVER IN MY LIFE EXPERIENCED SO MANY AIRBAG PROBLEMS WITH A VEHICLE OTHER THEN A HYUNDAI. ALSO NOW THEY ARE SAYING MY BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH IS BAD YET AGAIN AFTER THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHANGED IT OUT A FEW YEARS AGO FOR A RECALL, TO MANY OF THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HYUNDAI. SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR FEELS LIKE I BOUGHT A LEMON. WISH THERE WAS MORE THAT HYUNDAI COULD DO FOR THERE CUSTOMERS BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T CARE. WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO HYUNDAI SLOGAN ABOUT SAFETY 1ST.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626638August 20, 2014
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626679August 20, 2014
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT ON. THIS IS A CONTINUING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I FEEL IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED NOT AT MY EXPENSE. CONTACTED DEALER AND ALSO CONTACTED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL BUT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED AGAIN AT MY EXPENSE. I FEEL THAT THIS BEING A SAFETY ISSUE, HYUNDAI SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS...UPDATED 09/30/14 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626829August 20, 2014
AIR BAGS
MY CAR (HYUNDAI SONATA 2006) WAS TRAVELING THE INTERSECTION WITH A GREEN LIGHT. THE OTHER CAR WAS TRAVELING THE INTERSECTION WITH A RED LIGHT, AND DID STRIKE THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR. THE OTHER CAR CAUSED THE SEVERE DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND I GOT INJURED. MY CAR'S SIDE AIR BAG WAS INFLATED, BUT MY DRIVER FRONT AIR BAG WAS NOT INFLATED SO THAT I GOT PERMANENTLY INJURED IN MY EYEBROW AND CHRONIC BACK-PAIN. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IF MY DRIVER FRONT AIR BAG WAS INFLATED, I DO NOT SUFFER FROM CHRONIC BACK-PAIN AND DO NOT HAVE A PERMANENT SCAR IN MY EYEBROW. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10626092August 18, 2014
AIR BAGS
AIR BAGLIGHT ON DISCONNECTING SYSTEM. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN HYUNDAI CHARGES TO DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM , AND SOMEONE WILL BE KILLED OR INJURED PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM A RECALL IS IN ORDER.THIS IS DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG.I TOOK THIS CAR TO DEALER FOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG NOW THAT LIGHT IS ALSO ON . NHTSA PLEASE DO SOMETHING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626110August 18, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ENGINE
WE WERE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CARS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ESC LIGHT CAME ON WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND THE MOTOR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF CAUSING NO STEERING OR ANY CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED RESTARTING THE CAR WITH NO LUCK. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY AND THEY STATED IT HAD DONE THAT TO THE PREVIOUS OWNER BUT WAS NOT WARRANTED TO BE FIXED, BUT YET WE ONLY PURCHASED THIS CAR 6 MONTHS AGO. SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO, WHEN THE TOW TRUCK CAME BY AND SCANNED IN WHICH I GOT THE FOLLOWING CODES: P2106,P1295,P2135. ITS A SENSOR ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND CAUSES THE CAR TO SHUT OFF IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE IT CANT RESPOND TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS WE COULD HAVE BEEN REARENDED AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. PLEASE CONTACT ASAP!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10625701August 16, 2014
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
WE HAD THE PASSENGER SEAT RE-CALIBRATED DUE TO LIT AIRBAG LIGHT SOMETIME LAST YEAR UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL - WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY HYUNDAI AT ALL AND INSTEAD, WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR IN THAT IT WAS A RECALL ITEM, WHICH WE FOUND UNCONSCIONABLE ON THE MANUFACTURER'S PART. WE COULD NOT AFFORD AN AIRBAG REPAIR AND DROVE THE CAR FOR OVER A YEAR, AND FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE DEFECT WOULD RENDER THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NONFUNCTIONAL. THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS LIT AGAIN - THE DEALER TOLD US NOT TO PUT ANYTHING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT BESIDES A PERSON SO AS NOT TO TRIGGER "SOMETHING". WHEN I INQUIRED AGAIN ABOUT THE LIT AIRBAG LIGHT, THE DEALER TOLD ME "IT COULD BE THE SEAT BELT" AND QUOTED A PRICE WELL OVER $100. IT IS CLEAR THE DEALER, CAPITAL CITY HYUNDAI IN TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEREFORE, SO IS HYUNDAI. NOW I SEE THAT THIS IS AN EMERGING PROBLEM THROUGH AN EDMUND'S ARTICLE DATED JULY 25, 2014 - PLEASE COMPEL HYUNDAI TO ACT ON THIS DEFECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MY COLLEGE AGED SON AND TEEN DAUGHTER USE THE CAR AND I WORRY CONSTANTLY ABOUT THEIR SAFETY. CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT INVOLVING SAFETY AT ALL - I PAID FOR THE CAR ONCE!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10625713August 16, 2014
STEERING
I BROUGHT MY 2011 SONATA INTO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR AN OIL CHANGE. THE SERVICE ASSOCIATE EXPLAINED THAT MY STEERING COLUMN WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AS IT WAS MAKING A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT. I INQUIRED AS TO WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS AND THEY DID NOT KNOW. THEY WROTE UP AN ESTIMATE TO HAVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN REPLACED. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO GET THIS REPAIRED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AS THIS WAS A SAFETY HAZARD. IF THIS IS INDEED A SAFETY PROBLEM I THINK THAT HYUNDAI NEEDS TO RECALL THESE MODELS AND FIX THEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10625745August 16, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
THE SYSTEM WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED, THEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. EVALUATION SHOWED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD FAILED AND WAS COVERED WITH ENGINE OIL WHICH HAD LEAKED FROM THE FRONT VALVE COVER GASKET ONTO THE ALTERNATOR. THIS FAILURE IS THE SAME AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 14V415000, WHICH COVERS ANOTHER HYUNDAI VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622542August 15, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
ESC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AFTER STARTING ENGINE WHEN PARKED. I SHUT CAR OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE. THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT START. I TURNED OFF IGNITION AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. I AGAIN STARTED THE CAR , THIS TIME WITH NO PROBLEM AND THE ESC OFF LIGHT DID NOT STAY ON. THE ESC OFF LIGHT HAS COME ON PREVIOUSLY(ONCE) AND SUBSEQUENTLY (ONCE) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH NO APPARENT ACCOMPANYING ISSUES. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE HYUNDAI DEALER TWICE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH THE FIRST TIME BUT THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN (65MPH). THE SECOND TIME IN, THE DEALER CHECKED OUT THE CAR BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM AS THE ESC OFF LIGHT WAS NOT ON AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE . I AM NOT DRIVING THE CAR OUT OF TOWN UNTIL I CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622579August 15, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN OFF BY JUST PULLING THE HANDLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622641August 15, 2014
ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I RECENTLY REVIEWED HYUNDAI RECALL CAMPAIGN 121 (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #14V415000), WHICH DESCRIBES THAT 2007-2012 VERACRUZ MODELS MAY HAVE AN OIL LEAK AT THE FRONT VALVE COVER GASKET. THE RECALL STATES THAT "IF A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF OIL DRIPS ONTO THE ALTERNATOR, THE ALTERNATOR CAN BE DAMAGED RESULTING IN THE CHARGING SYSTEM BECOMING INOPERATIVE." IT GOES ON TO STATE A RISK OF VEHICLE RUNNING ON BATTERY POWER, UNTIL BATTERY VOLTAGE DROPS, AND THEN POTENTIAL FOR ENGINE SHUT OFF, WHICH INCREASES THE RISK OF A CRASH. IN JULY, I TOOK MY 2008 SONATA TO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT NOTED ON MY INVOICE THAT "LEFT AND FRONT VALVE COVER GASKETS ARE LEAKING", AND THAT "THE FRONT IS LEAKING ON THE ALTERNATOR." THIS APPEARS TO BE THE SAME MECHANICAL ISSUE NOTED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 121, IT IS JUST HAPPENING ON A DIFFERENT HYUNDAI MODEL. IN MY OPINION, THE RISK OF DAMAGE TO THE ALTERNATOR ON MY SONATA (VIA THE CONFIRMED OIL LEAK ONTO IT) IS THE SAME AS WHAT IS DESCRIBED IN HYUNDAI RECALL CAMPAIGN 121. I BELIEVE THE VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK ISSUE WITH MY SONATA SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY HYUNDAI IN THE SAME MANNER AS HOW RECALL CAMPAIGN 121 IS ADDRESSING THE VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK ON THE VERACRUZ MODELS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10625674August 14, 2014
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVER SIDE - OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE JUST FELL OFF IN HAND. THIS IS THE 3RD HANDLE THAT HAS FALLEN OFF IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS - WHEN IT DOES THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOU ASK WHY IT IS A SAFETY HAZZARD - WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON AND YOU GO SOME WHERE IN THE CAR - THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET IN IS TO OPEN ANOTHER DOOR AND RELEASE THE BROKEN HANDLE DOOR BY THE INSIDE AND THEN WALK AROUND AND GET IN - THIS IS NOT SAFE IN PARKING LOTS AT THIS DAY AND TIME - BY THAT TIME SOME ONE ELSE CAN SLIDE INTO THE CAR WITH YOU - PLEASE LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS - MOST OF US HAVE HAD MORE THAT ONE BREAK - THIS IS WAY TO MANY AND THE CAR MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DO A RECALL AND GET THIS STRAIGHT - A DOOR HANDLE THAT YOU USE TO GET IN AND OUT OF EVERYDAY (THE HINGE) BEING MADE OUT OF PLASTIC - TO ME IF FEEL LIKE THEY DESIGNED IT TO BREAK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622258August 14, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
IN 12/21/09 AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. THEY STATED CHIP RELATED TO AIR BAG SYSTEM UNDER THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS BROKEN AND I WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. INVOICE # [XXX] (DENNIS HYUNDAI OF DUBLIN) REPAIRS ESTIMATED AT $500 TO $900. CALLED HYUNDAI WITH A COMPLAINT. THE SERVICE MANAGER THEN CALLED WE HAD A MEETING. I PAID $ 175.03 TO REPLACE THE CHIP. THEY ALSO REPAIRED PASSENGER SEAT PER NHTSA RECALL 13V-354 (NOTE THE RECALL REPAIR ONLY WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR). AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BOTH THE DEALER AND LOCAL REPAIR SHOPS. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ONE AND THEN SOMETIMES WHEN I STOPPED RESET ITS SELF OR THE DEALER/REPAIR SHOP COULD RESET THE LIGHT. THE ELECTRICAL WIRING SYSTEM STARTED TO ACT UP AFTER THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY PERIOD EXPIRED. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON THEN GOES OFF THE RADIO WILL COME IN LOUD THE GET QUIET. THE CONSTANT HOWEVER IS THE AIRBAG SYSTEM LIGHT. I HAD THE SEAT BELT (DRIVER SIDE) CHANGED (TWICE) IN 2011 AS THE FIRST REPLACEMENT IN DID NOT WORK. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS OFF FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN CAME BACK ON. IT WILL NOT RESET SO THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. I HAVE ALWAYS FELT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE COVERED BY HYUNDAI. 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
#10621650August 14, 2014
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE AIRBAG ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATING IN OCTOBER 2012, WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622087August 13, 2014
ENGINE
CARS VALVE COVER AND OR TIMING COVER LEAKS ON THE ALTERNATOR CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO BE "SOAKED WITH OIL "(DEALERS WORDS). AT ANY TIME THEREAFTER THE ALTERNATOR COULD FAIL CAUSING THE ENGINE TO STALL AND CAUSING INJURY. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR BUT IS REPLACING THE ALTERNATOR IN THE 07-12 HYUNDAI VERACRUZ UNDER RECALL WITH THE SAME ENGINE DESIGN AND THE SAME ALTERNATOR PLACEMENT. I HAVE 2 CARS AN 08 AND AN 07 SONATA THAT BOTH HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY DOES HYUNDAI WANT TO RECALL THE VERACRUZ AND NOT THE HYUNDAI WITH THE SAME PROBLEM? THE CAR HAS BEEN IN 3 TIMES FOR INSPECTION AND A CALL TO HYUNDAI ON 04-13-2014. HYUNDAI REFUSES TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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