Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2015)

1,208 consumer complaints on file.

#11302653January 28, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
8-10 TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR WHILE DRIVING CAR IN FREEWAY HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING COMES UP PROMPTING TO SAFELY PULL OVER AND TURN OFF CAR. CAR THEN STARTS SLOWING DOWN. HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO HYUNDAI SERVICE 4-5 TIMES AND THEY KEEP FINDING BROKEN PARTS THAT DONT FIX THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11297201January 5, 2020
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION
LEFT FRONT CV AXEL/SHIFT ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH 61,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11296810January 3, 2020
STEERING
ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE ACTIVELY DRIVING ON STATE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH.. WARNING LIGHT DID COME ON BUT STEERING WAS VERY DIFFICULT AS THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. WORSE THEN HAVING MANUAL STEERING. ODOMETER READING AT THE TIME WAS 49504 MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11296967January 3, 2020
SUSPENSION
SOUND COMING FROM LEFT END WITH VEHICLE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY, WHEN CHECKED, LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292469January 1, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ALONG A RURAL ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH MY CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF ABRUPTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS NO PULL OFF AND I WAS LEFT ON THE ROAD IN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE CAR WILL NOT START AND HAD TO GET TOWED BACK TO MY PLACE OF RESIDENCE. CHECKED FOR ERROR CODES BUT NONE WERE FOUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11292361December 31, 2019
ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING 60MPH WITH CRUISE ON A STATE HIGHWAY. WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED THERE WAS A NOISE I COULDN'T IDENTIFY. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE AND THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE ROCKS GRINDING. I CHECKED OIL AND IT WAS FULL. WHEN CAR WAS RESTARTED THE NOISE RESUMED. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND IT DIDN'T START AGAIN. TOWED TO A GARAGE AND THEY SAID THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL AND MOTOR WAS LOCKED UP. 125K MILES AND REGULARLY MAINTAINED. ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $4000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290871December 23, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED. THE CONTACT PULLED INTO A GAS STATION AND, UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE RUMBLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAULTY ENGINE KNOCK SENSOR. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH SOUTHTOWNE HYUNDAI (7665 GA-85, RIVERDALE, GA 30274) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290023December 19, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND MY CAR JUST CUT OFF I WAS ABLE TO HIT THE BRAKES.I WAS DRIVING ON THE CITY STREET I THANK GOD I WASN'T ON THE HIGHWAY.AFTER THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT CUT ON AGAIN.HAD TO GET THE CAR TOWED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11290195December 19, 2019
ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DISPLAYS, REDUCED POWER ACCELERATION A SPED A CLICKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE WHEN SPEED IS INCREASED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11288082December 10, 2019
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK FRIDAY 12-6 AT APPROX. 7:24AM AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND FLASHING. I THEN PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE CAR WILL THEN ONLY ACCELERATE TO 10 MPH THEN SLOWLY ACCELERATE BUT WILL NOT GO PAST 63. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT BACK TO A MECHANIC WHO THEN DIAGNOSED IT AND STATED IT WAS A P3126 OBD-II DIAGNOSTIC POWERTRAIN (P) TROUBLE CODE DESCRIPTION P3126 ENGINE TROUBLE CODE IS ABOUT EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SENSOR B CIRCUIT HIGH. REASON FOR P3126 CODE THE REASON OF P3126 OBD-II ENGINE TROUBLE CODE IS ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE SENSOR MALFUNCTION. P3126 CODE ON VEHICLES WITH ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, THE 3-4 SHIFT SOLENOID IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUATING THE HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS TO ACTIVATE CLUTCHES OR BANDS THAT CHANGE GEARS INSIDE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND JUSTIN ASKED ME WAS THE CHECK ENGINE FLASHING I ADVISED HIM YES. HE SAID IT WAS MORE THAN LIKELY A RECALL. HE MADE ME AN APPT FOR TUESDAY 12-10 @ 7:15AM. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE TO HYUNDAI AND I WAS TOLD IT'S NOT A RECALL AND THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME $175 JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I DROVE IT BACK TO MY JOB IN FLOWERY BRANCH GA AND CONTACTED GEICO TO TOW IT BACK TO MY HOUSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287675December 7, 2019
ENGINE
ENGINE KNOCKING, CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS FINE. DROVE IT STRAIGHT HOME WHICH WAS ABOUT THREE MILES. THE NEXT DAY I WAS DRIVING IT TO WORK AND THE KNOCKING WAS GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER, PULLED OVER, CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS SLUDGE. TOOK IT TO GREASE MONKEY, WHICH WAS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I WAS. THEY CHANGED THE OIL AND PUT AN ENGINE CLEANER THROUGH IT. STILL THE SAME. THEY TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND SAID THAT THE ENGINE IS SEIZING. I ALWAYS MAINTAINED THE CAR AND NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER CAME ON UNTIL AFTER THE OIL CHANGE, THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MILEAGE AROUND 113,000 WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11287566December 6, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I JUST DROVE 4 AND A HALF HOURS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SAID TO PULL OVER AND CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM. IT ALSO SAID CHECK BREAK SYSTEM. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE THE CAR CORRECTLY THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE HIGHWAY. WHILE I TURNED OFF THE HIGHWAY I HAD A HARD TIME STEERING THE CAR AS IT DID NOT WANT TO TURN. THEN WHEN I WENT TO STOP IT DID NOT STOP PROPERLY IT CONTINUED TO COAST. IT WAS THE SCARIEST THING EVER! LIGHTS WERE BLINKING AND IT WAS BEEPING. I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE DEALER WHO RECEIVED THE CAR CALLED AND ASKED WHY IS IT HERE? HE PROCEEDED TO SAY HE STARTED THE CAR WITH NO PROBLEM. IT IS FRIDAY AND NOW I AM STUCK 4 1/2 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME AND THE DEALER SAID HE WON'T BE ABLETO GET TO MY CAR TO DIAGNOSE IT UNTIL MONDAY BC HIS SATURDAY HOURS ARE BOOKE FOR OIL CHANGES AND OTHER CUSTOMER APPOINTMENTS. SO NOW I WILL HAVE TO RENT A VEHICHLE UNTIL AT LEAST MONDAY. HE WILL NOT GIVE ME A LINES UNTIL DIAGNOSED. THEN SAID I COULD NOT HAVE ONE BECAUSE I'M OUT OF STATE. WE WERE ON A SMALL WEEKEND TRIP AND SUPPOSED TO GO HOME SUNDAY. NOW I'M STUCK IN PA WITH NO CLUE WHEN I WILL GET MY CAR BACK. MY KIDS HAVE SCHOOL MONDAY AND NOW I MUST FIND A WAY TO RENT A VEHICHLE AND PAY FOR A HOTEL TIL WHO KNOWS WHEN. LEADING UP TO THIS I WAS ON MULTIPLE HIGHWAYS WITH SPEED LIMITS OF 70 MPH. PRAISE GOD WE MADE IT SAFELY OFF THE ROAD. I'LL NEVER OWN ANOTHER HYUNDAI. I PURCHASED NEW IN 2016. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I HAVE HAD IT TOWED. FIRST TIME IT LEFT ME FOR A CHECK BREAK SYSTEM. MY CHILDREN AND I WERE TERRIFIED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11286875December 4, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING. CHECK BRAKES. DO NOT DRIVE. THE CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOU GET THIS WARNING WITH ALARMS DINGING LOUDLY. IT RENDERS THE CAR UNUSABLE AND IS UNSAFE IN TRAFFIC. IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT YOU CAN RESTART IT BUT IT JUST HAPPENS AGAIN. IT HAPPENS ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEED AND ON SLOW SIDE STREETS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SENSOR IN THE BRAKE BOOSTER SO WE REPLACED IT. A WEEK LATER IT HAPPENS AGAIN. ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE WE GOT A SIMILAR MESSAGE: HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING. DO NOT DRIVE. BUT IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE BRAKES. HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AT VARYING SPEEDS IN ALL WEATHER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE 12V BATTERY AND THE MESSAGE STOPPED. NOW WE GET THE BRAKE PROBLEM INSTEAD. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AS YOUR CAR SHUTS DOWN AT HIGH SPEEDS! DEALERS APPEAR TO HAVE NO SOLUTIONS THAT ARE CORRECT. IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT ON HYUNDAI OWNER FORUMS. SEE THE FOLLOWING: HTTPS://WWW.HYUNDAI-FORUMS.COM/THREADS/2018-SONATA-HYBRID-HYBRID-SYSTEM-WARNING-SAFELY-STOP-AND-DO-NOT-DRIVE-WARNING.652789/#POST-5895713 HTTP://WWW.CARPROBLEMZOO.COM/HYUNDAI/SONATAHYBRID/SERVICE-BRAKES-PROBLEMS.PHP
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11282599November 27, 2019
ENGINE
THE ENGINE CONSUMES EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNTS OF ENGINE OIL. AT 72,000 MILES, OVER 70% OF ENGINE OIL IS LOST BETWEEN AN OIL CHANGE RANGE OF 7500 MILES. RADIATOR FLUID LEVELS DROP AS WELL. I BELIEVE THE ENGINE HAS INTERNAL PROBLEMS THAT LEAD TO ENGINE OIL AND RADIATOR FLUID TO ENTER THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE VERY EARLY DAYS AND WAS ALSO REPORTED TO US BY OTHER SERVICE CENTERS. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE OVER TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11281278November 20, 2019
ENGINE
ENGINE HAS TO MANY RECALLS DID ALL OF THEM. ENGINE STARING SHAKING AND BURNING OIL AND CONSUMING FUEL. THIS VEHICLE COULD BE A HAZARD OR CAN STOP IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY AND PROVOKING ACCIDENT OR DEATH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11281378November 20, 2019
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING, LOST POWER, AND JERKED. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO VEER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, IT RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LITHIA HYUNDAI OF ODESSA (5000 JOHN BEN SHEPPERD PKWY, ODESSA, TX 79762, (432) 614-0345) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE RESULTS WERE UNKNOWN. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS TO REPAIR THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11281191November 19, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
CAR ,HYBRID, DIED AT A LIGHT. WARNING LIGHT AND BUZZER ALARM !CHARGING SYSTEM ERROR DO NOT DRIVE. WAS ABLE TO RESTART CAR. STOPPED AT A STORE ,LET IT SIT. RESTARTED AGAIN ENGINE LIGHT STAYED IN GOT HOME WHERE I WAS TEMPORARILY STAYING , WAITED A FEW HOURS RESTARTED NO WARNING LIGHTS.WAS A FRIDAY, MESSAGED SERVICE MGR , HE WAS OFF CALLED MONDAY CAR BROUGHT IN TUESDAY. ERROR CODE OFF ON BOARD DIAGNOSTICS WAS P1B70 . THEY LOADED SOFTWARE UPDATE 19 HC 002H SERVICE BULLETIN. CAR 2015 THIS PROBLEM WAS A ISSUE WITH EARLIER YEARS..STILL AROUND UNFORTUNATELY. SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SAFETY RECALL ..CARS ARE DYING WHILE DRIVING. DEALER EXPRESSED OPINION THAT THIS SHOULD RESOLVE ISSUE IF NOT CALL IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11280903November 18, 2019
ENGINE
THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER DURING THE CITY DRIVE, BY THE SAME TIME, ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. THE ACCELERATION PEDAL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, (ENVN WITH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, IT IS AROUND 30K RPM WITH ~30 MPH, AND THE CAR DIDN'T RUNNING SMOOTHLY (HESITATE TO MOVE). SHUT DOWN AND START AGAIN. EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL, JUST THE ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL ON. THIS IS RECURRING PROBLEM, IT IS BEEN THE FIFTH OR SIXTH TIME START FROM THE SECOND OF THE OWNERSHIP (~8000 MILES). EVERYTIME TAKE THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND CAR COMPUTER WAS UPDATED (I GUESS THEY MEAN THE ENGINE LIGHT CODE WAS CLEARED)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11280679November 17, 2019
STEERING
ON 11/5/2019 WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP THROWING A EPS CODE. HAD TO PULL OVER IN 55 MPH TRAFFIC. LUCKY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD. TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT AND THE EPS LIGHT WAS GONE. I MADE IT HOME. ON 11/7/2019 ON THE WAY TO DEALERSHIP WHEN I LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO HYUNDAI OF VALDOSTA, WHERE IT CURRENTLY SITS. THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11279897November 13, 2019
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE DETECTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STEVENSON HYUNDAI OF JACKSONVILLE (2325 N MARINE BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, NC 28546, (910) 455-1555) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE COUPLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS INVALID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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