Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2000)

276 consumer complaints on file.

#762532June 1, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR
FROM 10 MPH TO STOP VERY BAD SCREACHING SOUND COMMING FROM REAR OF CAR. DEALER SAY'S NORMAL BUT DOES IT EVERY TIME YOU STOP JUST CAN'T BE . JUST CAN'T. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762398May 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH, AIR BAGS
VEHICLE IS VERY DANGEROUS - MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO TAKE STEPS IN ENSURING MY SAFETY AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF OTHERS ON THE ROAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010352May 22, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESTIATES AND THEN ACCELERATES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009772May 14, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES DURING EMERGENCY STOP, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK. CONSUMER STATES UNABLE TO LOCK BRAKES, THE DEALER STATED THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009675May 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON ACCELERATION, VEHICLE REMAINS IN DRIVE, BUT DOES NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY. VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO NETURAL, AT TIMES BECOMING STUCK IN BETWEEN GEARS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK. CONSUMER STATED WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING TO SHIFT FROM LOW TO HIGH IT SITS IN BETWEEN GEARS AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, DEALER STATED THERE IS NO PROBLEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009358May 7, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS FAILING. CONSUMER HAD ONE HEADLIGHT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AKVEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING. LEAVING THE DRIVER IN VERY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008107April 19, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WOULD STALLS OR CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER ON THREE OCCASION AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004322February 21, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND VEHICLE IS NOT WARMED UP, THEY SQUEAL, PROBLEM OCCURS FOR 1/2 MILE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND PROBLEM CAN'T BE DUPLICATED. *AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003797February 8, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VIOLENT VIBRATION OCCURS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED ROTORS TWICE. REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003800February 8, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003815February 8, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003816February 8, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHILETRAVELING 40MPH, AND SAFETY BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN CONSUMER. CONSUMER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8002331January 16, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHTS WOULD DIM SEVERELY WHENEVER AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR CAME ON, DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755075November 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON MY VEHICLE HAVE WARPED, AND ARE GETTING WORSE WITH THE MORE MILES I DRIVE. I NOTED THE PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES. WHENEVER I BRAKE FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES QUITE BADLY. COINCIDENTALLY, 2 FRIENDS OWN THE 1999 SONATA. THEY, TOO, HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE HAS ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS BECAUSE THE SHIMMY WAS SO BAD HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE BRAKING TO PAY A TOLL. I TRULY BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ROTORS ON THE 1999/2000 SONATA'S ARE DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN AND PURPOSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752593September 26, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
WHILE USING THE "FLASH TO PASS" FEATURE ON THE TURN,LIGHT STALK,THE STALK BROKE OFF IN MY HAND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896831September 25, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, AIR BAGS
VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND THEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT/ AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562630August 21, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE CONSUMER STATES THE DEALER SOLD HIM A DEFECTIVE VEHICLE THAT WAS ON RECALL (00V-259)WITHOUT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT AFTER HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL, IT TOOK THE DEALER THREE DAYS TO FIX IT.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748447July 14, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE BACK WINDOW WAS LEFT DOWN WHEN WE PARKED. MY SON, 6 YEARS OLD, WENT TO PUT IT UP. SOMEHOW HE STUCK HIS HEAD IN THROUGH THE OPENING AND ACCIDENTALLY CONTINUED TO PUT UP THE ELECTRIC WINDOW. THE WINDOW CAUGHT HIM IN THE MOUTH, WITH HIS HEAD ON ONE SIDE OF THE WINDOW AND HIS CHIN ON THE OTHER. HE WAS STUCK. I TURNED OFF THE KEY. I THEN TURNED THE KEY BACK ON AND PUSHED THE BUTTON TO LOWER THE WINDOW. I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS PUSHING THE WRONG BUTTON, BUT IT WENT UP MORE. WE THEN MANAGED TO LOWER THE WINDOW. HE WAS BLEEDING ON THE SIDES OF HIS MOUTH. NOTHING STOPPED THE WINDOW FROM GOING UP EVEN WITH HIS HEAD IN THERE. WE WERE LUCKY NOTHING MORE SERIOUS HAPPENED. IF HE HAD BEEN SMALLER CHILD OR IF HIS NECK HAD BEEN IN THERE, THIS MIGHT HAVE HAD A TRAGIC ENDING. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#888774May 21, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED 25-30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH FONTAL DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888212May 15, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 00V259001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 039. DEALER LCORRECTED RECALL PROBLEMS. BUT, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CUT OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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