Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2003)

199 consumer complaints on file.

#10053172January 14, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, TIRES:VALVE
HUBCAPS ARE SLICING MY VALVE STEMS (HAD TO BUY THREE TIRES) AND PAINT ON BUMPER (WHICH TOOK THEM THREE TIMES TO MATCH) IS PEELING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053108January 13, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE MISFIRING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10048254January 9, 2004
SUSPENSION
WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE CONSUMER HEARD A RUMBLING NOISE. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED SOON AFTER THAT. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SHAKE ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN SITTING AT IDLE AND MORE WHEN THE A/C WAS ON. THE VEHICLE ALSO PULLED TO THE RIGHT. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050723December 18, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION CONTINUALLY SLIPS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. HAD VEHICLE INTO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 11,000 MILES AND WITHIN 8,000 MILES SECOND (REBUILT -BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HYUNDAI REPLACES NEW TRANSMISSIONS WITH) TRANSMISSION ALSO BEGAN SLIPPING. SLIPPAGE IS MORE PRONOUNCED IN THE COLDER TEMPS. ON ONE OCCASION, REGIONAL SERVICE MANAGER DROVE VEHICLE AND ACKNOWLEDGED SLIP. HE THEN SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO FURTHER DIAGNOSE VEHICLE INCLUDING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, BUT THIS WAS CANCELLED THE DAY BEFORE APPOINTMENT WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT I HAD FILED A LEMON LAW COMPLAINT. FROM THAT DAY ON, HYUNDAI HAS REFUSED TO SERVICE THE TRANSMISSION AND I AM NOW AWAITING LEMON LAW HEARING. MOST RECENTLY, IN THE COLD WEATHER, TRANSMISSION NOT ONLY SLIPS BUT MAKES LOUD METALLIC POPPING NOISE WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO 3RD GEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050279December 9, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS VIBRATED VIOLENTLY WHILE DRIVING . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10049093December 3, 2003
STEERING
WE PURCHASED A 2003 HYUNDAI SONATA (BASE MODEL) AND THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND A ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED. WE GOT THE VEHICLE BACK AND AGAIN NOTED THAT IT STILL PULLED TO THE RIGHT. RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND THIS TIME THEY STATED THEY COULD NOT CONFIRM OUR COMPLAINT. WE WERE TOLD THAT VEHICLE NORMALLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT UPON ACCELERATION AND THAT THE DESIGN OF THE ROADS CAUSED IT TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AS WELL. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050010December 3, 2003
STEERING:COLUMN
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT A CONCRETE BARRIER. DRIVER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047294November 21, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
2003 HYUNDAI SONATA, PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKS UP AND CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN AT EACH BRAKING, NEVER RELEASING CAUSING PAIN TO PASSENGER AND AN UNSAFE CONDITION OF HAVING TO UNBUCKLE SAFETY BELT WHILE IN MOTION TO RELIEVE INCREASING PRESSURE ON PASSENGER. DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK AT HARD BRAKING AT ALL. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WAS SOLD 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE ADDING TO PROBLEMS GETTING DEFECTS CORRECTED. NEW DEALER, POWAY MITSUBISHI-HYUNDAI SERVICED VEHICLE ON 11/19/2003. TO CORRECT PROBLEM AND OTHER ISSUES (INVOICE #22524) BUT DID NOT CORRECT THEM. BOTH DEALERS HAVE BEEN UNCOOPERATIVE WHEN ADDRESSING PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046294November 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE BOUNCES AND SHAKES. DEALER STATES ROTORS ARE WARPED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042506October 7, 2003
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IS TOO BIG AND OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF THE CONSUMER. TWO ACCIDENTS ALMOST OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN INFORMED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041877September 29, 2003
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
CONSUMER STATED REAR VIEW MIRROR GIVES POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO MIRROR NOT BEING ADJUSTABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034090August 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED FOR OVER SIX HOURS , THEN UPON STARTING VEHICLE AND DRIVING, VEHICLE WOULD STALL .VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM IS RECURRING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029661August 7, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UP HILLS, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, IT HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO REPAIR AND TO MAKE SURE THE VEHICLE ALWAYS HAD A TANK OF GAS BEFORE GOING UP A HILL. *AK *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031875August 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022414June 5, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A HEAVY VIBRATION, THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020494May 23, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED WHILE DRIVING. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018937May 19, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION MADE LOUD CLUNKING NOISES, BROUGHT INTO DEALER, "COULDN'T DUPLICATE" (TYPICAL RESPONSE), THEN I FOUND THE TRANSMISSION TO BE LEAKING, TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 1500 MILES, STILL HAD BAD SHIFT PATTERNS AND HANG UPS IN GEARS, MORE SO AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. ALSO HAD ALL SORTS OF FRONT END NOISE THAT NATURALLY GOT WORSE AFTER THEY TORE HALF OF THE FRONT END OUT TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001409December 23, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IDLE SPEED AND VEHICLE WILL STALL. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE WILL START LOOSING POWER ON HIGHWAY SPEED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THIS IS A INTERMEDIATE PROBLEM AND UNLESS HYUNDAI SENDS OUT A LETTER OR SOMETHING THAT STATES THE PROBLEM THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000022December 13, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
RECENTLY TOOK DELIVERY ON A 2003 HYUNDIA SONOTA. WONDER WHEN HYUNDIA IS GOING TO GET WITH THE SAFETY FEATURE OF DRIVING LIGHTS? AM NOW DRIVING AROUND WITH PARKING LIGHTS ON ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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