2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

STEERING MALFUNCTION OCCURRED ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO A DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. WHILE TRAVELLING ABOUT 45 TO 50MPH, THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT, AND WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE LEFT. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE CHANGING LANES, IN THAT WHILE THE CAR WAS GOING FORWARD, IT ALSO KEPT MOVING TO THE RIGHT. THE CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE DIRECTION, EVEN THOUGH I KEPT TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT. THIS CONTINUED ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF THE HIGHWAY, UNTIL THE CAR HIT THE HIGHWAY BARRIER WALL. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, AND THANK GOD THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR, AND THEN CALL 911. THERE WAS DAMAGE MAINLY TO THE RIGHT-FRONT OF THE CAR. BOTH THE OFFICER AND THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER CHECKED AND CONCLUDED THAT THE TIRES WERE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE ENGINE STILL STARTED WITHOUT HESITATION, HOWEVER DUE TO THE ENTIRE REPAIR COST, THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE CAR. CONSIDERING THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHER VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A MIRACLE THAT MY CAR DID NOT HIT ANY OTHER CARS, AND THAT OTHER CARS DID NOT HIT MY CAR. THE NHTSA SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO INVESTIGATE THIS DANGEROUS SONATA VEHICLE-STEERING ISSUE, TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, AND BEFORE IT RESULTS IN EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS, OR TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING 65 MPH, AN ABNORMAL KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND OIL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DON DAVIS HYUNDAI (214 HIGHWAY 332 W, LAKE JACKSON, TX 77566, (979) 292-0077) AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SERVICE RECORDS WERE NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED AT 96,000 MILES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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+