2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

SUDDEN UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION ON A HIGHWAY GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. SAW BRAKE LIGHTS ON VEHICLES AND STARTED BRAKING. SUDDENLY, MY VEHICLE SPED UP, CATCHING UP TO THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF ME. THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS BOBBING UP AND DOWN, BUT NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I WAS GOING WHEN I FINALLY HIT THE OTHER VEHICLE. WE BOTH GOT OUT OF OUR VEHICLES AND TO MY SURPRISE, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE ON EITHER VEHICLE. (MIRACLE) THERE WAS NO POLICE OR TOW TRUCKS CALLED. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY CAR HOME SAFELY. MY CAR WILL PROBABLY BE SOLD BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS. ALSO, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I WAS SO NERVOUS I DID NOT KNOW WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE I HIT OR IF THERE WERE OTHER PASSENGERS.

I AM HAVING A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COUPLER WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT, PRIMARILY AT A STOP OR LOW SPEEDS. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM EARLIER YEARS, BUT THE OWNERS WERE TOLD THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN REQUIRED BY THE NHTSA. I AM EXPERIENCING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION ON A 2012 VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 2500 MILES ON IT. A RECALL SHOULD BE ACTIVATED BY THE NHTSA.

TURBO WASTEGATE FAILURE NUMEROUS TIMES. NO ACCELERATION. VEHICLE STALLS. WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER IT.

ABOVE APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH STEERING COLUMN DEVELOPS A SHUDDER WHICH BUILDS AND WANES - STEERING BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING AS A RESULT. THE GREATER THE SPEED, THE MORE PRONOUNCED IS THIS CONDITION. THIS IS A SUBOPTIMAL CONDITION THAT IS NOT TYPICAL FOR A FUNCTIONAL VEHICLE, AND IS UNRELATED TO WHEEL QUALITY, ROTATION OR BALANCE. IT IS A TEMBLOR-LIKE SHUDDER WHICH CLEARLY WILL INTERFERE WITH SAFETY IF IT CONTINUES OR PROGRESSES. PERHAPS THIS IS RELATED TO NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10110926, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOW AT 108K MILES, SO THAT DOESN'T COVER IT, DOES IT. FURTHER, I HAVE NO RECORD OF NOTIFICATION OF RECEIVING MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER: 5NP-F8M5G-03. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP CONTENDING INADEQUATE NOTICE, AND NEEDING THIS TO BE REPAIRED TO ASSURE SAFETY.

MY CODE CHECK AT A GOODYEAR DEALER SHOWED CODE P0087, A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM IN MY SONATA. THE CAR LOSES POWER WHEN DRIVING BY NOT ACCEPTING GAS TO INCREASE THE SPEED. THE GOODYEAR DEALER TOLD ME HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS HYUNDAIS.

I AM VERY UNHAPPY WITH MY SONATA, TROUBLE SINCE DAY 1! I WAS GOING ON A FAMILY TRIP I HAVE ABOUT A 300 NIKE DRIVE NOT EVEN AN HOUR INTO THE DRIVE MY CAR STOPS ON THE HIGHWAY I HAD TO GET ASSISTANCE TO MOVE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ROAD RANGER SPOTS ME AND STOPS TO HELP HE TELLS ME I HAD ENGINE FAILURE! I THEN HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO PICK ME UP AND PRETTY MUCH LEFT MY CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY UNTIL I RETURNED FROM MY TRIP. THEN GET MY CAR TOWED BACK TO HYUNDAI WHICH COST ME ABOUT 400, HYUNDAI KEEPS MY CAR FOR ABOUT A MONTH REPLACED THE ENGINE BUT NOT THE TURBO BECAUSE IT WASN'T APART OF TH RECALL, REALLY! MY CAR DRIVES LIKE CRAP WITHOUT THE TURBO , MADE A COMPLAINT WITH CORPORATE AND NOTHING HAS GOTTEN RESOLVED! I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER HYUNDAI AGAIN!!!!

I PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT AFTER HEARING A LOUD CRACK. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND SAW THAT MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE WAS FALLING OFF THE CAR. THE UPPER CONTROL ARM MOUNTING BOLT CRACKED AND WAS BROKEN CAUSING DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE COMING OFF OF VEHICLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL SITUATION. I HAVE DOCUMENTATION I CAN FAX....IT WILL NOT DOWNLOAD AS IT IS TOO MANY PAGES.

WHILE DRIVING AND I PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WILL NOT ACCELERATE, BUT THE ENGINE RPM GOES UP.

TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL FOR THE RECALL. I CONTACTED MY DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE IS NO ACTIVE RECALL ON THE INFLATORS. IS MY VEHICLE UNDER RECALL OR NOT? THANKS!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT TO TOW THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V152000 (SEAT BELTS). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.P ARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.