2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. GAUGES ALL NORMAL. NO WARNINGS SUDDENLY STARTING KNOCKING OVER HEATING. NO SMOKE. STOP AND PULL OVER. CAM SENSOR WAS TOTALLY MELTED. HEAD WAS CRACKED MOTOR NO GOOD. $4200 TO REPLACE MOTOR. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO FIRE YET THE SENSOR WAS MELTED OUTSIDE OF THE HEAD. ANTIFREEZE CAME THROUGH PISTONS. HYUNDAI DOESN'T STAND BEHIND ANYTHING. ONE YEAR AGO IDLER BEARING FROZE CAUSING $1500 DAMAGE WITH 102000. THESE CARS SHOULD LAST LONGER FOR THE PRICE YOU PAY. THEY ALWAYS LAY THE BLAME BACK IN YOUR LAP.

MY BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT AND GET HOT. MY HARNESS EVEN MELTS DUE TO THE HEAT AND MY BULBS. I HAVE REPLACED MY BRAKE LIGHTS AT LEAST 6 TIMES OR MORE IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO HYUNDAIUSA AND THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE ISSUE SINCE 2016 FOR THEM TO WANT TO CHARGE ME OVER 500.00 FOR THE REPAIR. I'M ALSO HAVING ISSUES WITH MY HEADLIGHTS BLOWING, MY INTERIOR LIGHTS COMING ON WHEN THEY WANT TOO(HAVE TO LEAVE THEM ON OFF ALL THE TIME) AND MY LIGHTS FLICKERING. I AM TERRIFIED OF MY CAR CATCHING FIRE DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES IT'S HAVING. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THIS CAR SINCE I HAD IT AND IT'S RIDICULOUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE VEERED LEFT AND RIGHT AND WAS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE STRAIGHT. ALSO, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN BEING TURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON A RESIDENTIAL ROAD WHEN THE ENGINE WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR ANY INDICATION THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM TOTALLY STALLED ON ME. I LOST ALL POWER, AND RIGHT AWAY LOST POWER STEERING AND BRAKING WAS HARD. LUCKILY I WAS ON A QUIET ROAD AND NOT ON A HIGHWAY, I COULDN'T COMPREHEND A SUDDEN ENGINE STALL LIKE THIS ON A BUSY INTERSTATE LOSING BOTH POWER BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 45,000 MILES. HYUNDAI SAID THE ENGINE IS TOTALLY FRIED AND THEY WILL REQUIRE A COMPLETE REBUILD WHICH COULD TAKE MONTHS. THE SERVICE ADVISOR SAID THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2013 SONATA.

TAIL LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY BURN OUT. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 4 YEARS FOR ME AND ACCORDING TO COMPLAINTS ONLINE, IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE AS FAR BACK AS 2010 FOR SONATAS. THE BULBS ARE BURNING OUT TOO QUICKLY AND I AM AFRAID THAT IT MAY LEAD TO A FIRE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE BUYING REPLACEMENT BULBS OR PAYING FEES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHICH HYUNDAI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

MY 2013 HYUNDAI SONATAS BRAKELIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY OVERHEATING CAUSING MY BRAKE LIGHTS TO GO OUT OR ACTUALLY MELT THE WIRE HARNESS I'VE DONE MY RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT

DRIVERS SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE FROM CORROSION. SEE PHOTO NOTICED AT 43,600 MILES, NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WAS BROKEN.

BOTH REAR BRAKE LIGHTS KEEP BLOWING BULBS THE HOUSING FOR THE BULB MELTED UNABLE TO CHANGE LIGHT BULBS FORCED TO REPLACE HOUSING AND WIRING I'VE SEEN THIS ON ALMOST EVERY SAME YEAR SONATA GLS AND OR TURBO NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE REPLACE BULBS THEY BURN OUT AND I'M LEFT WITHOUT BRAKE LIGHTS

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS DEVELOPED EXTENSIVE PLAY AND HAS A "THUMP" NOISE THAT IS FELT WHEN THE CAR IS SITTING IDLE. DURING DRIVING THE COLUMN HAS PLAY THE IS MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO CONTROL, ALTHOUGH NOT TO A VERY LARGE EXTEND, IT WAS NOT THERE BEFORE. STEERING PLAY FORM CENTER IS ABOUT 3 INCHES WHEN BEFORE IT HAD NONE. DURING DRIVING ON A CITY ROAD THE STEERING IS A CHALLENGE TO MAINTAIN, BUMPS MAKE IT FEEL A IF THE COLUMN IS LOOSE THE CAR SWAYS IN LANE IF DRIVER IS NOT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION. ITS BEEN CHECKED AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE TIGHT, WHEELS AND AXLES SEEM OK.

CRUISE CONTROL WORKS ERRATICALLY. WILL TURN ON, BUT THE "SET" AND "CANCEL" BUTTONS OFTEN DO NOT RESPOND WHEN PRESSED. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ENGAGE THE "SET" BUTTON, IT EITHER DOES NOT WORK, OR WILL ENGAGE BUT THE CAR WILL START ACCELERATING AND REQUIRES A TAP ON THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE. WHEN THE SET BUTTON DOES ENGAGE PROPERLY, THE CANCEL BUTTON DOES NOT RESPOND WHEN PRESSED, AND BRAKES MUST BE APPLIED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. IN THE PAST, THIS ISSUE HAD OCCURRED SPORADICALLY. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD WORK FINE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THEN THESE SET AND CANCEL FUNCTION ISSUES WOULD REAPPEAR. LATELY, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN PERSISTENT.