2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP ON TOP OF ENGINE LEAKED FUEL AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. COULD HAVE CAUSED FIRE. CAR HAS 48,000 MILES. ENGINE LIGHT ON DASH CAME UP AND DID NOT GO OFF. CAR IN DRIVEWAY WHEN DISCOVERED CAR LACKED POWER AND FELT LIKE ENGINE WAS STUTTERING. GAVE A CODE OF PO008 ON DIAGNOSTIC TOOL.

BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED, DESPITE CAR BEING OFF. REQUIRED TO DISCONNECT BATTERY TERMINAL TO PRESERVE BATTERY. TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LAMP ALSO REMAINS ON/ILLUMINATED AS WELL. CAR CAN SHIFT BETWEEN ALL (PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE, DRIVE) WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL. THIS IS SIMILAR IF NOT IDENTICAL TO RECALL 136 FOR HYUNDAI, HOWEVER, MY VIN IS NOT SHOWING THE RECALL DESPITE EXACT PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED. THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT MATTER IF CAR IS IN MOTION OR STATIONARY.. IT IS CONSTANT. *TR

DRIVING AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. COULD PUSH ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND THE CAR REMAINED RUNNING BUT NO ACCELERATOR RESPONSE. PULLED TO THE SHOULDER AND THE CAR SPUTTERED AND ACCELERATION CONTROL RETURNED BUT CAR WAS RUNNING VERY POORLY AND ACCELERATION CONTROL CAME AND WENT. OBD2 CODE P0087 WAS READ WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THE NEXT DAY WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE. ALL STARTS SINCE THE INCIDENT HAVE BEEN HARD STARTS. THE WASTEGATE ACTUATOR SENSOR ROD RETAINER CLIP WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING, IT WAS REPLACED AND THE SENSOR WAS TESTED TO ENSURE CORRECT VOLTAGE (BETWEEN 3.9 AND 4.1). OBD2 CODE WAS CLEARED AND CAR RAN OK FOR A TEST DRIVE BUT THE FOLLOWING DAY, ALL SYMPTOMS HAD RETURNED AND WE AGAIN EXPERIENCED NO ACCELERATOR RESPONSE. RETEST OF THE WASTEGATE ACTUATOR INDICATED THE THE VOLTAGE WAS STILL IN RANGE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION BECAUSE IT RESULTS IN COMPLETE LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL.

I HAVE THE HYUNDIA 2012 2.0T. ON 2 DESPERATE OCCASIONS THE CAR HAS FILLED UP WITH GAS FUMES. I FILLED UP THE GAS TANK AND STARTED DRIVING FROM LAS VEGAS TO LAUGHLIN. IT WAS OVER 105 DEGREES , WHICH IT IS OFTEN IN THE DESERT AREAS. ABOUT 20 MINS INTO THE DRIVE MY WIFE ASKED ME DO YOU SMELL THAT IT SMELLS LIKE GAS AGAIN. WE ALREADY HAD THE CAR SERVICED FOR TO OTHER RECALLS. I SAID YES SO WE TURNED THE AIR CONDITIONER UP . IT GOT WORSE AS WE DROVE . OUR EYESVSTARTED TEARING UP IT WAS STARTING TO GET HARD TO BREATH SO I PULLED OVER AND TOLD MY WIFE TO GET OUT AND STAND AWAY FROM THE CAR. I OPENED THE HIS SLOWLY TO SEE IF THERE WAS A LEAK OR FIRE. THERE WAS NONE SO WE STAED DRIVING AGAIN AND IT PROCEEDED TO GET WORSE WE OPENED THE SUN ROOF AND ALL THE WINDOWS. THEN WE STOPPED IN THE CITY OF SEARCHLIGHT TO WALK IT OFF. HONEST TO GOD THERE WAS ANOTHER NEWER SONATA 2014T PARKED NEXT TO US WHEN WE CAME OUT. HE ASKED US HOW WE LIKE OUR CAR . I TOLD HIM I LOVE IT BUT WE WERE HAVING GAS FUMES IN THE CAR. HE SAID THAT HE JUST LEFT LAUGHLIN ABOUT 30 MINS AGO AND THAT IS THE REASON HE PULLED OVER. IT HAPPEN TO HIM A FEW TIMES BUT IT WAS TO HARD TO BREATHE AND HIS EYES STARTED HURTING. I SAID EXACTLY. IN WAS ABOUT 105 OUTSIDE NOW. I CALLED DEALER ,ABC HYUNDAI. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM ,IT A GAS EXHAUST VENTILATION PROBLEM. THERE IS NOT A RECALL YET SO I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. I SAID WHAT IT'S $135 TO START. SO I CALLED BOTH CENTENNIAL HYUNDAI AND LAS VEGAS HYUNDAI. THEY BOTH KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM . FIRST IS IT TOXIC ???? NEXT WHEN SOMEONE PASSES OUT OR DIES IS THAT WHEN A RECALL STARTS? ONE MORE THING THAT MAY BE A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY IF I LOCK MY CAR DOORS WITH THE REMOTE THEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOESN'T LOCK ALL THE WAY . SO I HAVE TO OPEN THE PASSENGER BEHIND THE DRIVER AND MANUALLY LOCK IT. THIS NOW TRIGGERS THE PASSENGER FRONT TO UNLOCK.

STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN MAKES VERY LOUD CLUNKING SOUND WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN ROADS OR WHEN TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH. IT LITERALLY FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS ABOUT TO COME OFF IN THE DRIVER'S HANDS AND THE SOUND IS UNBEARABLE. THERE IS ALSO A FAIR AMOUNT OF "PLAY" IN THE STEERING, WITH A LOUD "CLUNK!" SOUND AT EITHER END OF THE "PLAY" ZONE. CLUNKING SOUND WHILE DRIVING IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH LESSENS WHEN WHEEL IS ENGAGED IN A TURN.

THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO DO THE SAME THINGS IT DID BEFORE IT WAS REPLACED... JERKING TRANSMISSION SHIFTS. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING UP BECAUSE THE GAS ENGINE'S BATTERY (NOT THE HYBRID BATTERY) WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE GUY SAID THE BATTERY ONLY SHOWED 10.8 VOLTS WHICH MEANS IT'S DEAD. HE SAID A NEW BATTERY WILL LIKELY FIX THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S AN "ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION". I SAID, "IF THE BATTERY IS BAD/DEAD, WHY DOES IT START THE GAS ENGINE WITH NO PROBLEM??" SO I RELUCTANTLY SAID TO REPLACE THE BATTERY. THEN HE TELLS ME THE BATTERY IS $400... I TOLD HIM THAT WAS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE AND I CAN BUY ONE MYSELF FOR LESS THAN 1/2 THEIR COST. SO I TOOK IT FIRST TO AN ADVANCED AUTO WHERE I ASKED THEM TO LOAD TEST THE BATTERY BEFORE I BOUGHT A NEW ONE. THEIR LOAD TESTER SHOWED THE BATTERY AS GOOD @ 12.8 VOLTS (NOT 10.8). BEFORE I LEFT, I HAD THEM TEST IT A 2ND TIME AND THAT TEST SHOWED 12.57 VOLTS... STILL GOOD. 2 DAYS LATER WHEN MY WIFE LEAVES WORK, THE TRANSMISSION STARTS JERKING AGAIN AND A YELLOW "WRENCH" ICON POPS UP ON THE DASH. SHE CALLED ME AND I HAD HER STOP BY A DIFFERENT PARTS STORE TO HAVE ANOTHER TEST ON THE CAR BATTERY. SHE STOPPED AT AN O'REILLY'S THIS TIME AND THEIR TESTER ALSO SHOWED THE BATTERY TO BE GOOD. SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THE JIM HUDSON HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP GIVING US THE RUNAROUND BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX/REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN? NOW WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE OTHER HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN TOWN TO CHECK THE CAR OUT. GONNA BE THE LAST HYUNDAI WE OWN...

OUR CAR ACCELERATED WITH OUT CONTACT OF THE GASPEDAL CAUSING COLLISION WITH 3 PARKED VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO OUR SONATA.

WHEN I'M DRIVING WHELL KIND OF COME OFF WHEN I TURN IT'S CLICK AT THE WHELL.. SOME REASON AIRBAG LIGHT ON.. EVERY MONTH I CHANGE MY HEAD LIGHTS OR BRAKE LIGHT IT'S TURN OFF ALWAYS I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT I THINK IT'S ELECTRICAL PROBLEM

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN MY 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA BEGAN MAKING A RATTLING SOUND AND LOSE POWER AND THE ENGINE DIED. THERE WERE NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, OIL LIGHTS OR OVERHEATING GAUGE INDICATIONS PRIOR TO THIS. AS I WAS PULLING TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. WHEN I STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND OPENED THE HOOD, THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE AND I COULD SEE THE FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE MAKING AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER (FOLSOM LAKE HYUNDAI 12530 AUTO MALL CIR, FOLSOM, CA 95630), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER LOCAL DEALER (ROSEVILLE HYUNDAI 200 N. SUNRISE AVENUE. ROSEVILLE, CA 95661) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE HAD METAL DEBRIS AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.