2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 70 MPH THE ENGINE QUIT. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS NOISE OR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TRIED TO JUMP START WITH NO SUCCESS. TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALER. THEY TESTED THE BATTERY AND DETERMINED THERE WAS A DEAD CELL. NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED STILL WOULD NOT START. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THE ENGINE SEIZED UP. ORDERED AND INSTALLED A NEW REMANUFACTURED ENGINE. TOOK ELEVEN DAYS TO COMPLETE. UPDATE 9/15/15*CW UPDATED 12/13/2017*CN

I HAD A MINOR FENDER BENDER ( A PERSON HIT ME AND TOOK OFF) 1 BLOCK LATER THE ENGINE DIED. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE SHOP WHERE I WAS FIRST TOLD IT NEEDED A NEW BATTERY AND A STARTER. BATTERY WAS ONLY 12 MONTHS OLD AND STARTER WAS NOT A PROBLEM. I HAD IT TOWED TO HYUNDAI AND THEY TOLD ME THE ENGINE SEIZED FROM SLUDGE AND WATER. I I DONT EVEN HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM FOR WATER DAMAGE AND WE ARE IN A DROUGHT AND THE OIL WAS CHANGED A FEW MONTHS AGO. I HAD READ ABOUT THE SEIZED ENGINE ISSUES ON THIS MODEL BUT HYUNDAI SAYS THAT IS NOT TRUE. I POINTED OUT TO THEM THAT NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR UNTIL THIS HAPPENED. THEY REFUSE TO DO ANY THING ABOUT IT BUT ARE WILLING TO CHARGE ME $6700.00 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE

MY STEERING WHEEL HAS A SIGNIFICANT CLICK WHEN I TURN ON IT. I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HYUNDAI OF TAMPA TOLD ME IT WAS A COUPLING IN THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN AND IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I HAVE 71745 MILES ON A 2012 SONATA. HYUNDAI HAD A RECALL WITH THIS PROBLEM ON THEIR 2011 MODEL, BUT NOT ONE UNDER 2012. I SPOKE TO JESSICA WITH HYUNDAI CUSTOMER CONNECT CENTER. SHE WAS POLITE BUT COULD NOT DO ANYTHING EXCEPT OFFER ME A $35 COUPON FOR MAINTENANCE.

ON OUR FIRST TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE, NOTICED DIFFICULTY KEEPING THE CAR FROM "WANDERING" THE ROAD STARTING JUST OVER 50MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL IS STRAIGHT AS CAN BE, BUT IT'S ALMOST UNSAFE SWITCHING LANES ON THE HIGHWAY. READ REVIEWS OF SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN'T RELAX DRIVING, AS YOU ARE CONSTANTLY KEEPING TIGHT CONTROL OF THE WHEEL.

THE FRONT-END WILL WOBBLE AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, AROUND 25 & 45 MPH. IT HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES NOW. FIRST, THEY FIXED THE ALIGNMENT. NEXT, THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DETECT ANYTHING WRONG. THIRDLY, I DROVE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, AND HE IMMEDIATELY DETECTED A PROBLEM. HE HAD THE FRONT 2 TIRES REPLACED, WITH ALLEVIATED THE PROBLEM FOR A TIME, BUT WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS, THE WOBBLE COULD BE FELT EASILY AGAIN, AT THE SAME SPEEDS AS BEFORE.

ENGINE RATTLING SOUND UPON ACCELERATION AND OIL BURNING FAST.BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP 3X FOR THE SAME CONCERN. TWICE WHILE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. SENT HOME SAYING THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. EVEN ASSURED US IT WAS NOTHING SERIOUS. ON THIRD TIME (60,800 MI), CAR BURNED THROUGH OIL AND OIL LIGHT CAME ON, RATTLING SOUNDS CAME BACK, STEREO STOPPED WORKING, CAR DIED (NEW STARTER NEEDED). DEALERSHIP INSPECTED IT AND SAID THEY FIGURED IT OUT THIS TIME (HOW CONVENIENT THAT THEY FINALLY DID RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED), SUGGESTED A BRAND NEW ENGINE. SAYS THERE WAS TONS OF SLUDGE AND METAL SHAVING IN THE OIL. THEY CITED 'OWNER NEGLECT'. WE PROVIDED THEM EVERY DOCUMENTATION OF MAINTENANCE AND CONSISTENT OIL CHANGES. DENIED HONORING OUR WARRANTY. DID RESEARCH AND FOUND 2011-2012 SONATAS HAVE A MANUFACTURING ENGINE DEFECT. PEOPLE ALL HAVE SAME ISSUES AND OUTCOMES WITH THEIR CARS. HYUNDAI WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT OUR PROOF OF MAINTENANCE AND CONTINUE TO DENY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THEIR ENGINE.

LOW PROFILE HANCOCK TIRE 225 / 45 R18 HAS A SIDEWALLS WITH A LIP ON IT THAT EXTENDS ABOVE THE WHEEL'S .. EACH OF THE TIRES SHOWS SPOTS WHERE A PART OF THE TIRE'S LIP WAS SLICED RIGHT OFF OR IN BIG GASHES...OR IS IT TIRE ROT? . EACH GASH ARE NOTH EVEN CLOSE TO THE RIM AND SHOWS NO SIGN OF HITTING A CURB. EACH OF MY TIRES HAVE A VO U PLEASE OF THESE GASHES. DEALER SAID NOPE THATS NOT NORMAL BUT ITS HOLDING AIR SO NOTHIS THEY CAN DO. . THE NEW 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA EQUIPPED WITH THESE TIRES WAS PURCHASED IN JULY 2014.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND CHANGING LANES, THE STEERING COLUMN MADE A CLICKING SOUND WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING RACK WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT SENSOR LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FLASH OFF AND ON ALTHOUGH THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS UNOCCUPIED. EVENTUALLY, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT WOULD ALSO FLASH OFF AND ON WHEN A PASSENGER WAS NOT PRESENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STABILITY CONTROL ESC SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. AFTER SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE OPERATED AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

MY ENGINE SEIZED WITH NO WARNING. I WAS TRAVELING DOWNHILL AND THE MOTOR JUST SHUTOFF. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO NOTIFIED ME THAT THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN AS IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. *TR