Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2007)

696 consumer complaints on file.

#10278722July 29, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
REAR BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT AT 25K MILES AND ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278082July 23, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR BRAKES ON 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA ACQUIRED HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL, ODOR, AND WHEELS WERE HOT TO THE TOUCH AT 19,800 MILES. DEALER REPLACED BRAKES PADS AND RESURFACED ROTOR. SEEMS TO BE PREMATURE WEAR OF REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS DUE TO DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKE MECHANISMS CAUSING THE PADS TO FREEZE AGAINST THE ROTORS. DEALER MAINTAINS THE BRAKES NEED "ADJUSTING" EVERY 10,000 MILES TO AVOID THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10278101July 23, 2009
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES EACH TIME THE PASSENGER SEAT IS OCCUPIED. THE OCCUPANT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT IS 4'9 AND WEIGHS 135 LBS., BUT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS SEATED IN THE SEAT, IT WORKS FINE. THE DEALER FOUND NO FAILURES WITH THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THREE DEALERS. THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE SHIPPED TO ANOTHER STATE TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIRED, BUT THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,170 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 09/01/09 *BF
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10277434July 20, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
PREMATURE WEAR OF REAR BRAKE CALIPER PADS DUE TO CORROSION ON CALIPER GUIDES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276949July 16, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REPLACING REAR BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS BECAUSE OF WORN PARTS ON VEHICLE WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILEAGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276817July 14, 2009
VISIBILITY
WHILE TRAVELING AT NIGHT ON THE OHIO TURNPIKE AT POSTED SPEED LIMIT, THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR SUDDENLY DROPPED DOWN FROM ITS NORMAL STOWED POSITION AGAINST THE HEADLINER DIRECTLY INTO MY LINE OF VISION. THIS CAUSED A BRIEF LOSS OF VISION OF THE ROAD AHEAD AND A MOMENTARY LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. SUN VISOR WOULD NO LONGER STAY IN STOWED POSITION AND HAD TO BE FORCIBLY REMOVED IN ORDER TO SAFELY CONTINUE MY TRIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276571July 13, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
PURCHASED HYUNDAI SONATA RECENTLY AND HEARD HIGH PITCHED CHIRP/SQUEAL SOUND IN REAR AREA OF CAR. SEARCHED INTERNET TO SEE IF SIMILAR PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED. LEARNED THAT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH PREMATURE BRAKE WEAR DUE TO DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKE MECHANISMS. BRAKES APPEAR TO BE MALFUNCTIONING UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND FREEZING BRAKE PADS AGAINST ROTORS. ROTORS WEAR OUT FROM PREMATURE WEAR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. HYUNDAI UNRESPONSIVE TO CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS INDICATING ROAD SALT IS TO BLAME. THIS IS COSTING HUNDREDS OF AMERICANS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF POTENTIALLY FAILING BRAKES CAUSING ACCIDENTS. INVESTIGATION AND ACTION IS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE DEFECT AND INITIATE A FORMAL RECALL FROM HYUNDAI. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10276213July 9, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2007 HYUNDAI SONATA - 4 CYLINDER REAR BRAKES NOTICED SMELL & HEAT COMING FROM REAR WHEELS AFTER CAR WAS STOPPED. HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT FUEL MILEAGE HAS BEEN POOR FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SUSPECTED PARK BRAKE STICKING, BUT TOOK TO DEALER TO INVESTIGATE. THEIR INVESTIGATION CAME BACK THAT REAR BRAKES WERE STICKING AND REAR BRAKE PADS WORN OUT AFTER 27,000 MILES. RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE REAR PADS & ROTORS REPLACED, AND SHOULD HAVE A "BRAKE SERVICE" DONE WHERE THEY DISASSEMBLE THE BRAKES, CLEAN AND REASSEMBLE. BRAKE SERVICE WAS DONE AND REAR BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. REFUSED NEW ROTORS BASED ON A 2ND OPINION THAT THEY WERE FINE. I ASKED SERVICE MANAGER WHY THIS WOULD BE NECESSARY WITH SO FEW MILES ON THE CAR. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED A 2004 MAZDA6 WITH REAR DISC BRAKES. I BOUGHT IT NEW AND TRADED IT WITH 70,000 MILES ON IT, HAVING SPEND $0 ON THE BRAKES. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT ALL HYUNDAI SONATAS EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS AND UNLESS ANNUAL BRAKE SERVICE IS PERFORMED, I WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR BRAKES STICKING. I VIEW THIS AS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. HYUNDAI CHARGES ME FOR THE BRAKE SERVICE, AND SINCE I DID NOT HAVE IT DONE DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, MY REAR BRAKES WERE STICKING ON , CAUSING MY POOR MILEAGE AND A REAR BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT. NONE OF THIS WORK WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AND I AM NOW OUT APPROX $500 FOR WORK PERFORMED ON MY CAR, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I WILL NOW NEED TO SPEND MONEY EACH YEAR TO HAVE A "BRAKE SERVICE" PERFORMED. A QUICK CHECK ON MESSAGE BOARDS ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE SEEING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE RECTIFIED BY HYUNDAI IN THE FORM OF A RECALL. I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE MONEY I HAVE SPENT, AND AN IMPROVED DESIGN SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED (SUCH AS ON MY MAZDA). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275410June 30, 2009
EQUIPMENT, VISIBILITY
I HAVE A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA WITH A PROBLEM WITH THE SUN VISOR. IN THREE YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVERS SIDE TWICE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE ONCE. WHEN IT FAILS THE VISOR DROPS DOWN AND YOU CAN'T SEE PAST IT. I HAVE CHECKED THE INTERNET ONLY TO FIND THIS IS A COMMON AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10275036June 26, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR BRAKES MADE A GRINDING NOISE WHENEVER THEY WERE APPLIED OR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR OF THE DISC PADS. THE CONTACT WAS GOING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC, UNTIL HE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME FAILURE. HE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CALL HIM BACK WITH INFORMATION ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET RETURNED HIS CALL. THE FAILURE HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR A WHILE AND THE BRAKES HAVE A STRANGE ODOR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 21,000. UPDATED 07/28/09 *BF THE CONSUMER STTED THE PADS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED AND LUBRICATED. UPDATED 07/30/09.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273606June 12, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR BRAKES CEASED (LEFT SIDE) WHICH CAUSES PAD TO WEAR OUT AND NEED REPLACEMENT AT 22,000 MILES!! NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY....CHARGED ME $173.95 +TAX TO REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273491June 10, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STOP, THE CONTACT HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND NOTICED THAT THE ROTORS WERE CAKED WITH RUST. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE PADS WERE WORN OUT PREMATURELY. THE PADS WERE SO CORRODED THAT THEY WERE GRINDING INTO THE ROTOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 16,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273199June 9, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
BRAKES FAILING ON 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273198June 9, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE BRAKES NEVER OPERATED CORRECTLY ON HER VEHICLE. SHE FELT AS IF THE BRAKES WERE STICKING AND DRAGGING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE PAD FAILED AND THE BRAKES WERE GRINDING METAL-ON-METAL. THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE PADS WERE NEAR FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WAS DUE TO SNOW MELTING SALTS THAT WERE RUSTING THE METAL UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ESTIMATED THAT IT WOULD COST OVER $500 TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED EVERY FEW THOUSAND MILES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 22,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273085June 8, 2009
VISIBILITY
THE SUN VISORS IN THE 2007 HYUNDAI SONATAS ARE GETTING TO HOT AND MELTING. I HAVE TRIED TO PULL DOWN BOTH VISORS AND THE BOTH HAVE CRACKED AND BROKE. I AM A FAIRLY TALL PERSON AND NOW WHEN I PUSH THE VISORS BACK UP THEY CONTINUE TO FALL BACK DOWN IN FRONT OF MY FACE. I THINK THIS IS A FACTORY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10273131June 8, 2009
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE OCS (AIR BAG DETECTION SYSTEM) IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS IMPROPERLY REPAIRED BY THE DEALER DUE TO A RECALL. THE AIR BAG LIGHT DOES NOT DETECT WHEN THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,800 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,029.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10272496June 1, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
A CHIRPING NOISE AND BURNING SMELL IN MY 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA SENT ME TO MY HYUNDAI DEALER. $400 LATER THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THE BRAKES WERE RUSTY AND SEIZING UP. INVOICE SAID, "20442 LR PADS SEPARATING LOCKED IN SLIDES RESURFACED REAR ROTORS, REPLACED PADS, ADJUSTED PARK BRAKE, AND SERVICED FRONT BRAKES." MANAGER SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE WINTER SALT ON OUR NH ROADS AND THAT HE'D BEEN SEEING A LOT OF THESE BRAKE ISSUES AND HAD BEEN COMPLAINING TO HYUNDAI WITH NO RESULTS. MANAGER SAID I NEED TO HAVE THE RUST REMOVED FROM THE BRAKES EVERY 15,000 MILES. CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT OTHER FOLKS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND I SEE THE SAME COMPLAINT HERE IN YOUR DATABASE. SEE HTTP://HYUNDAIFORUM.COM/FORUM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=6314. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10272567June 1, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
MY HUSBAND NOTICE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND GOING OFF AS WE WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 20,000 MILES. THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES FOR BOTH MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERS AND WAS TOLD THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SINCE WE DIDN'T NOTICE IT HAPPENING UNTIL WE WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FOR AT LEAST A HALF HOUR, I WASN'T SURPRISED THAT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE TEST DRIVING IT AT SLOWER SPEEDS IN TOWN. SINCE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR THE DEALERS, AND THE ABS LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DIDN'T COME ON WHEN IT HAPPENED, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. NOW THAT THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AT 66,000 MILES, BOTH THE PASSENGER ABS LIGHT AND THE INSTRUMENT LIGHT HAVE COME ON AND WON'T GO OUT. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SEATBELT LIGHT WAS FLASHING WHEN MY HUSBAND HAD HIS SEATBELT ON AND BUCKLED. I AM BRINGING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THIS WILL BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY BUT AM SURE THEY WILL SAY IT'S NOT COVERED AND WILL COST ME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10270046May 27, 2009
VISIBILITY
2007 HYUNDAI SONATA SUN VISOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT STAY IN PLACE. A PLASTIC PIECE BROKE AND THERE IS NO TENSION IN THE VISOR RESULTING IN THE VISOR BEING COMPLETELY VERTICAL AND ALWAYS IT THE LINE OF SIGHT. I HAVE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE WITH MY HAND WHILE DRIVING RESULTING IN ONLY ONE HAND ON THE WHEEL AND IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS. I'VE READ THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI'S AND FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD FIX THESE SAFETY PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10267621May 3, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2007 SONATA W/ 34000 HIGHWAY MILES. CAR WAS MAKING A HIGH PITCHED SOUND FROM THE BACK LEFT, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK WHEEL WAS BECOMING VERY HOT WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER, NAPLETON HYUNDAI BASICALLY SAID EVERYTHING IS FINE, I JUST NEED TO PAY FOR A WHOLE NEW SET OF BACK BRAKES. KNOWING THE HEAT WAS FROM THE PADS NOT RELEASING, I REFUSED THE WORK AND INVESTIGATED MYSELF. LIKE OTHER COMPLAINTS HERE, I FOUND THAT THE PADS ARE TOO TIGHT IN THE CALIPERS, AND ALSO ARE CORRODED. THE HEAT ISSUE ONLY MAKES THEM FIT TIGHTER. THE PAD GUIDES NEEDED TO BE LIGHTLY FILED AND COATED WITH ANTI-SEIZE TO FIT AND SLIDE PROPERLY. I GOOGLED THIS AND SCANNED THE HYUNDAI FORUMS, AND THE INTERNET IS LITTERED WITH SONATAS AND OTHER HYUNDAIS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE, PREFERRING TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS FOR NEW BRAKES AND REGULAR BRAKE "LUBE" SERVICE. HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS ALSO DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A DESIGN FLAW. SOONER OR LATER THIS PROBLEM WILL CAUSE AN OVERHEATED WHEEL/TIRE TO FAIL, OR A WHEEL TO LOCK UP UNDER SLIPPERY ROADS, AND SOMEONE WILL BE OUT MORE THAN JUST REPAIR MONEY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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