2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- DURHAM, CT
VEHICLE IS INTERMITTANTLY CUTTING OUT WHILE DRIVING OR AT A STOP. 88K MILES MULTIPLE EVENTS WITHIN DAYS NOW. ESC COMES ON AND WON'T TURN OFF SINCE WARM WEATHER ARRIVING. NORMAL DRY RUNNING CONDITIONS. LOSS OF POWER TO DRIVETRAIN. ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED CAUSES LOUD ABNORMAL TIN RINGING SOUND FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HAVE TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART. CONDITION OCCURS WHETHER ESC SWITCH IS ON OR OFF. MANUAL SHIFTING IS DISABLED. TRANSMISSION FEELS JERKY JUST BEFORE. ESC EVENT SEEMS TO OCCUR MOSTLY WHEN ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED UP TO A STOP OR CRUISING. RELEASE OF ACCELERATOR, TRANS JERKS, ESC ENGAGES BUT WON'T RELEASE TILL CAR IS RESET. VEHICLE UNDERWENT A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR A BAD TRANSMISSION TEMP SENSOR CABLE RECENTLY. DEALER SAYS NO CODE, NO FIX POSSIBILITY. CAR OCCASIONALLY SMELLS LIKE BURNING RUBBER.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- KENT, WA
I STARTED MY CAR WARM IT UP AND START DRIVING A FEW MILES THE CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A HIGHWAY, GLAD I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE SIDE OF A ROAD. NOW THE VEHICLE ISN'T STARTING AT ALL, WHEN I CHECKED THE ENGINE BAY THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT AND IT SMELLED LIKE BURNED PLASTIC.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- SUNRISE, FL
WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY 60 MPH MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO STALL AND TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE MILEAGE DECREASE AND THE CAR COMPLETELY TURNED OFF I WAS UNABLE TO PLACE HAZARDS LIGHTS ON OR SIGNALS BECAUSE THE POWER ON THE VEHICLE HAD TURNED OFF. UPON PULLING OVER THE FOLLOWING DAY TRYING TO START VEHICLE IT BEGAN TO SMOKE. IT DID NOT CRANK OR MAKE ANY NOISE JUST SMOKE COMING UP FROM THE HOOD. THIS AN RESULT TO SAFETY RECALL NHTSA # 17V226000 OR SAFETY RECALL # 162. WHICH IS WEAR WITHIN THE ENGINE. ENGINE FAILURE MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE STALL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. THANKFULLY I DID NOT CRASH BUT MY VEHICLE STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITH NO POWER TO DASH/RADIO ETC WHICH IS A VERY DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- WETUMPKA, AL
STEERING COUPLER HAS GONE BAD. THIS IS A CRITICAL SAFETY COMPONENT WHICH HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BEING DEFECTIVE ON HYUNDAI VEHICLES. I ALSO HAVE A 2011 HYUNDAI THAT HAD TO HAVE THIS ITEM REPLACED. ALTHOUGH THIS HAS HAD THE WARRANTY EXTENDED THIS ITEM SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LONG LIST OF RECALLED ITEMS ON THESE VEHICLES.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- FRANKFORT, KY
GOT AN OIL CHANGE @ VALVOLINE IN LEXINGTON,KY ON APRIL 22, 2019. 3 WEEKS LATER MY ENGINE SEIZED UP DUE TO NOT HAVING A DROP OIL ON MAY 15 TH.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- MIAMI, FL
MY SONATA 2013 GLS WHEN DRIVING SUDDENLY THE LOW AND HIGHT LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING MANY TIMES. WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED EN ENGINE TURNED OFF THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON,THEN THE BULB BURNT AND MELTED . THE DEALER SAID I HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE TAIL BACK LIGHT BECAUSE THE MELT.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- ANDREWS, SC
2013 HYUNDAI SONOTA WITH 78,000+ MILES FEELS LIKE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, CANNOT DRIVE IT OVER 50 MPH, DOES NOT CHANGE OUT OF LAST GEAR DOWN HWY
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- PITTSBURGH, PA
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR OF THE SAFETY RECALLS.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- PITTSBURGH, PA
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR OF THE SAFETY RECALLS.
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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA- PITTSBURGH, PA
THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS AND THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT PROCEED WITH THE REPAIR OF THE SAFETY RECALLS.
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