Hyundai Sonata Complaints (2013)

2,025 consumer complaints on file.

#11144868November 2, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO GET ON HIGHWAY MY CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THEN IT JERKED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED ALL AT ONCE. CAUSING THE CAR'S RPM TO INCREASE EXPONENTAILLY AND THEN RETURN BACK TO NORMAL. THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE OWNING THE CAR. LUCKILY I HAVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTA WHILE THIS OCCURRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144428October 31, 2018
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
BRAND NEW TIRE WITH 500 MILES ON IT SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. SIDEWALL BLEW OUT AND COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED FROM THE TREAD AND THE BEAD. I HAVE PICS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144221October 30, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE WHILE ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER LONG HYUNDAI (6035 INTERNATIONAL DR, CHATTANOOGA, TN 37421 (423) 855-5664)WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETEREMINED THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN THE ENGINE, NO OIL WAS GETTING TO THE GASKETS AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBERS: 10319133 AND 423103. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11144250October 30, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CAR WAS PARKED. NO PRIOR WARNING LIGHTS OR INDICATORS HAD PREVIOUSLY COME ON. WENT TO START CAR, ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD FLASHED ON AND OFF BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. POPPED HOOD AND FOUND GRAY FOAM CORROSION ON POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL AND MAIN FUSE ON TERMINAL BLOWN. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START VEHICLE FAILED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALER IN ALBANY, NY. DEALER DIAGNOSED VEHICLE AS NEEDING NEW BATTERY, FUSE (DUH!) AND STARTER! I HAVE NOT IN 30 YEARS HAD A STARTER AND BATTERY NEED TO BE REPLACED AT SAME TIME. THIS IS A HYUNDAI BATTERY TOO, NOT AFTERMARKET. OVER $800 TO GET VEHICLE FIXED! THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY CRACKS OR ANYTHING AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CORROSION CAME FROM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11143789October 29, 2018
ENGINE, SEAT BELTS
ENGINE FAILED: LOUD NOISE, RATTLING SOUND, INABILITY TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 45MPH. TWO SHOPS WE TOOK IT TO DIAGNOSED AS ENGINE FAILED, REPLACE ENGINE ... BASED ON COMPRESSION TEST, STETHOSCOPE TO ENGINE, ETC. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A HIGHWAY, WHEN THE NOISE STARTED, LACK OF ACCELERATION WAS FELT, DRIVER PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY, AND DROVE SLOWLY UP TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. WE ACTUALLY DROVE 12 MILES ON CITY STREETS TO A MECHANIC SHOP WE KNEW WHO GAVE THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142842October 26, 2018
ENGINE
I HAVE A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA WITH TURBO. IN 2017 I STARTED HAVING ISSUES WITH ENGINE KNOCKING. TOOK THE CAR TO HYUNDAI, THEY SAID THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AFTER ALMOST 3 MONTHS, I GOT THE CAR BACK. IT RAN WELL FOR MONTHS, NO PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, IN MARCH OF 2018 WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 6 TIMES WITH OIL LEAKS, ISSUES WITH THE TURBO, ALL OF WHICH GO BACK TO THE ENGINE ISSUES. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES OF BRINGING THE CAR BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND AFTER SEVERAL TIMES OF THEM "FIXING" THE PROBLEM, WE STILL HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THEY REPLACED THE TURBO FEED PIPE, THEY FIXED THE TURBO OIL LINE AND THE TURBO RETURN PIPE, AND WE ARE STILL HAVING BAD OIL LEAKS. THE LAST TIME WE BROUGHT IT IN, I DON'T THINK THEY EVEN FIXED ANYTHING, THE SERVICE MANAGER JUST CALLED AND TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD AND HE COULD SET ME UP WITH A SALESPERSON. HERE IT IS THREE WEEKS LATER, THE ENGINE HAS DIED (BLOWN PISTON ROD). MY SON WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT NIGHT AND IT JUST DIED ON HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THANK GOD IT WASN'T BUSY AT THE TIME AND HE WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142519October 25, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE CAR WAS PARKED, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED MY LIGHT, BUMPER, AND COOLANT TANK. THE FRONT LIGHTS BURNED OUT AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY BURNING OUT AND STAYING ON WHILE CAR IS OFF. ALREADY REPLACED THE BRAKE STOPPER SWITCH BUT STILL SAME ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142419October 24, 2018
STEERING
MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED TO FEEL A LITTLE LOOSE AND STARTED MAKING A THUMPING NOISE WHEN STEERING LEFT OR RIGHT. IT DOES THIS ONLY WHEN THE CAR IS IN IDLE OR WHILE BEEN DRIVEN, DOES NOT DO THIS WHEN TURNED OFF. I WAS JUST TOLD BY A LOCAL MECHANIC THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT IS NOT THE ONLY NEWER HYUNDAI SONATA WITH THIS ISSUE THAT HE HAS HAD TO REPAIR. COST OF REPAIR $900+
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11142205October 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HELLO: BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA WILL OCCASSIONALLY SMELL LIKE BURNING WIRES, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL COULD NEVER BE DETERMINED. IT SEEMS TO BE STRONGEST ON REALLY HOT DAYS WHEN THE AC IS RUNNING. I RECENTLY SAW AN ARTICLE THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND SOME CARS HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUES AND I REALIZED THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING CAUSING THIS AND I NEEDED TO REPORT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141797October 22, 2018
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDERGOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,209.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141822October 22, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A CONSTANT IN MY CAR, WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. MY BRAKE LIGHTS STOP WORKING. I HAVE REPLACED THEM AT LEAST 10 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. I CONSULTED MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE CAR HAD A DEFECT. THE BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET OVERHEATED AND MELTED AND CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL. I CHECKED THE SOCKET, AND IT IS MELTED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A BRAKE SENSOR PROBLEM. MY DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRAKE/TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SAFETY CONCERN. I ONLY LEARN THAT MY LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING WHEN SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, USUALLY SOMEONE DRIVING BEHIND ME, LETS ME KNOW. ALSO, THE MELTED SOCKET WOULD SEEM TO BE A REAL FIRE HAZARD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141694October 21, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN
I'VE HAD THE CAR SINCE JULY OF 2017 AND ABOUT 3 MONTHS INTO OWNING IT I NOTICED A LOSS IN POWER DURING ACCELERATION. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHILE IT'S PARKED, AFTER IT'S BEEN DRIVEN, THE CAR MAKES A POPPING SOUND IN THE ENGINE AREA. RECENTLY I WAS WAITING IN TRAFFIC AT A STOPLIGHT AND THE CAR SHUDDERED AND ACTED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO SHUT OFF BUT THEN SMOOTHED OUT. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE MORE DURING IDLING SINCE THEN. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOPPED POSITION THE CAR DOESN'T SHIFT SMOOTHLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141372October 19, 2018
ENGINE
IN JULY OF 2017 MY CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND BEGAN TO MAKE A CLUNKING SOUND WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 45MPH. I LIMPED THE CAR INTO THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD I WOULD HEAR FROM THEM THE NEXT DAY. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WENT TO GET SOME ITEMS OUT OF MY CAR. ROD JOHNSON OF FOLSOM LAKE HYUNDAI SERVICE DEPT. TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD CONDUCTED A CHECK ON THE CAR AND THAT IT NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. HE STATED THE CAR WAS SLIGHTLY OVER 100,000 MILES, AND WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY, AND THE REPAIR COST IS 10,000.00. I TOLD HIM I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO HIM ABOUT THE REPAIR. WHEN I GOT HOME I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE HAD BEEN A REPORT OF THIS PROBLEM. SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS PLENTY. AND, ON TOP OF THAT ALL THE ARTICLES I CAME ACROSS STATED THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A MANUFACTURE DEFECT WITHIN THE ENGINE. THE ARTICLE STATES THAT IN 2016 HYUNDAI LOST A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN WHICH THEY HAD TO RECALL 470,000. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE HAD TO RECALL MANY MORE. WELL OVER 1 MILLION. HYUNDAI'S REFUSAL TO REPLACE THE ENGINE HAS BEEN VERY STRESSFUL. THE DEALERS REFUSAL TO REPLACE THE ENGINE W/NO COST TO ME IS: 1) MY CAR HAS A SHORT-BLOCK, AND THOSE ENGINES HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED. ALL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN WITH THE LONG-BLOCKS ONLY. 2) IF I CAN PRODUCE THE ONLY OIL CHANGE INVOICE THAT IS MISSING, THEN THEY WILL REPLACE. (TOLD TO THE REPRESENTATIVE W/BUREAU OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. 3) MILAGE IS 120,000 MILES. I CAN'T SELL IT, I'M STILL PAYING ON IT. I CAN'T SCRAP IT, I'M STILL PAYING ON IT. I CAN'T DONATE IT, I'M STILL PAYING ON IT. PER THE DEALERS SVC. DEPT. THE ENGINE FAILURE IS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE, AS OUTLINED IN THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. HYUNDAI HAD TO RAISE THE WARRANTY 120,000 BECAUSE, THE PROBLEM FAILS TO SHOW IT'S SELF SOMETIMES UNTIL 80,000 TO 100,000 MILES. WHAT'S A GIRL TO DO?????
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11141442October 19, 2018
AIR BAGS
TAKATA INFLATORS/AIRBAG CONTROL UNITS/ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS. REF. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 18V137000. AIR BAGS ON DRIVERS SIDE FAILED TO INFLATE UPON SEVERE DRIVERS SIDE IMPACT.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11140550October 16, 2018
STEERING
MY STEERING HAS STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURN OR WHEN HITTING A BUMP. IT ALSO MAKES THIS NOISE WHEN IN PART AND THE STEERING IS TURNED EITHER WAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140546October 16, 2018
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND SMOKE WAS PRESENT UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (JOE PECHELES HYUNDAI, 203 S.E. GREENVILLE BLVD, GREENVILLE, NC) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140350October 15, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE IN FULL SPEED 70MPH, AFTER IT STARTED BACK WOULD SLOW DOWN TO LOWER SPEEDS WHILE DRIVING, THEN IT STOPPED RESPONDING TO THE KEY FAB, AND WOULD NOT START AT ALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140423October 15, 2018
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
'TAKATA RECALL' MY CAR ALWAYS HAS SOMETHING GOING ONE. I HAVE CHANGED ONE OF BREAK LIGHT LIKE 3 TIMES BECAUSE IT KEEPS GOING ON AND OFF. IT'S SOME TIME OF ELECTRIAL ISSUE WHICH CAN LEAD TO SOMETHING DANGEROUS. I AM HONESTLY SCARED TO KEEP DRIVING MY CAR WITH MY CHILD INSIDE. DON'T EVEN KNOW IF MY AIRBAG WORKS BECAUSE THE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE MECHANIC BUT THAT LIGHT NEVER GOES OFF. I'M TRIED OF CHANGING MY BREAK LIGHT OVER AND OVER AGAIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140095October 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY CAR HAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I'VE REPLACED ONLY MY LEFT BRAKE LIGHT BULB ABOUT 6 TIMES AND ON THE LAST TIME REPLACING IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO HYUNDAI AND THEY SAID I NEED A HARNESS REPLACEMENT. SO NOW IT HAS STARTED TO AFFECT MY THIRD BRAKE LIGHT. I COMES ON AND STAYED ON ONCE I TURN ON MY HEAD LIGHTS. ALSO MY DONE LIGHT TURNS FLICKERS ON AND OFF WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN THE AUTO/NEUTRAL POSITION. THIS TO ME IS A CLEAR FIRE HAZARD BEING THAT IT'S AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. ALL STARTING FROM THE HARNESS I NEED FOR A BRAKE LIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11140042October 12, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TAKATA RECALL: MY 2013 HYUNDAI SANOTA IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH OIL OR TO THE BEARIMGS I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE CAR TO THE HYUNIDA DEALERSHIP AND LET THEM FIX THE 5 RECALLS IT ALREADY HAD ON IT WHICH ONE WAS THIS ISSUE AFTER THE FACT THEY WAS "FIXED" 3 MONTHS LATER IN CONSTANTLY HAVING TO REPLACE PURGE VALVE MANIFISTER VALVES PRETTY MUCH AND THING THAY HAS TO DO WITH FUEL OR AIR OR GAS GETTING TO THE ENGINE NOW ITS CONSTENTLY STALLING WHEN IM ON THE EXPRESSWAY AMD TODAY SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD I REALLY LIKED THIS CAR IT ONLY HAS 103,000 MILES ON IT I DO ALL THE DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED MAINTENCE AMF THIS IS WHAT I GET VERY UPSET WITH HYUDAI SENSE THEY SUPPOSABLY FIXED THE RECALL FOR THAT ALREADY THERES NOTHING THEY CAN DO SO THERES 10,000.00 DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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