2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING HOME 2 DAYS AGO ON FREEWAY AND FEELING LOSE GAS POWER; AT THAT TIME, I KNEW THAT ENGINE GOT PROBLEM AND I PULLED IT OVER TO SHOULDER AND ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME UP (ATTACHMENT), THEN MY CAR WAS STALL AND CANNOT START UP. I THOUGHT IT WAS RUN OUT OF ENGINE OIL BUT NOT, JUST CHANGED OIL LAST 2 WEEKS! AFTER THE PROBLEM HAPPENED, ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES INSIDE MY CAR AUTOMATICALLY RESET TO DEFAULT (WHY ????). NOW I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE, I WANT HYUNDAI PAY FOR IT!

WHILE DRIVING ON THE SINGLE LANE TOLL LANE OF MOPAC EXPRESSWAY IN AUSTIN TEXAS DURING RUSH HOUR I RAN OUT OF FUEL EVEN THOUGH THE FUEL INDICATOR SHOWED APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TANK OF GAS. I CALLED 911. THE FIREMEN CAN VOUCH FOR THE FUEL GAUGE READING. I WAS LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT FROM THE INCIDENT. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION, A CLICKING NOISE WAS PRESENT AND THE STEERING WHEEL MOVED OUT OF POSITION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (HYUNDAI OF PHILADELPHIA IN PHILADELPHIA, PA) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

AS I AM DRIVING MY CAR TENDS TO SWITCH TO MANUAL DRIVE FROM AUTOMATIC ON ITS OWN. THE FIRST TIME I WAS TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY AND IT SWITCHED TO 2 ON MY DASH. A FEW OTHER TIMES I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND REGULAR RAOD WAY WHEN IT SWITCHED TO MANUAL AND POPPED INTO 3 AND 4.

UPON DRIVING ON THE FWY, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AS I WAS TRAVELING. ALTHOUGH AT THAT POINT NO WARNING LAMPS HAD COME ON THE DASH. I PUT ON HAZARD LIGHTS TO GET THE ATTENTION OF OTHER DRIVERS, BUT IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY DIDN'T SEE THEM. AS I STARTED TO GET OUT OF THE FAST LANE INTO THE RIGHT LANES, THE VEHICLE WAS JUST COASTING, THANKFULLY I WAS NEAR AN EXIT, SO I COASTED OFF THE FWY, AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS GOING UPHILL OFF THE EXIT AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED AT THAT POINT AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED ON THE EXIT OF THE FWY. I CONTACTED AAA BECAUSE MY CAR WAS IN A VERY DANGEROUS, EXIT STRANDED AND I COULDN'T GET OUT MY VEHICLE. ONCE AAA TECH ARRIVED, HE LIFTED MY VEHICLE TO TOW IT AND HE SAID TO ME THERE'S OIL POURING OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE, THAT'S REAL BAD. HE SUGGESTED I GO TO A NEARBY SHOP HE KNEW OF AND THE OWNER HAD ME WATCH HIM AS HE LOOKED AT MY CAR. HE THOUGHT PERHAPS THE OIL PAN WASN'T SECURED. BUT, ONCE HE LIFTED UP THE CAR AND THE REST OF THE OIL WAS RUNNING OUT, HE SAW PIECES OF METAL IN THE OIL, HE SAID "THAT'S PARTS OF YOUR ENGINE, RIGHT THERE, YOUR ENGINE IS GONE. I SAID WHAT IS THAT, HE SAID , UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAD ENGINE FAILURE!

I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER THREE TIMES FOR SERVICE TO AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM OR DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM VIA A CODE. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED THINKING THAT MIGHT ORIGINALLY BE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HESITATES IN LOWER GEARS WHEN IT IS IN EV MODE AND WILL REV AT HIGHER RPM BEFORE SLAMMING INTO GEAR WHEN IT GOES INTO GAS ENGINE MODE. WHEN COMING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND DECELERATING IT WILL SLAM HARD INTO GEAR AS THE CAR BRAKES AND GOES INTO EV MODE. IT IS NOT CONSISTENT AND EVERY TIME THE CAR IS BROUGHT INTO THE DEALER THEY CLAIM THERE IS NOTHING WORN WITH THE CAR AND THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE. WHEN PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN IN EV MODE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO POWER SOME TIMES AND ALL OF SUDDEN THE GAS ENGINE WILL KICK IN AND ACCELERATE. I HAVE HAD OTHER ISSUES WITH THE HYBRID BATTERY JUST SHUTTING DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY SO IT CONCERNS ME THAT THERE IS MORE OF AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

BOTH TAILLIGHTS FAILED. THE BRAKE LIGHT BULBS MELTED AND FUSED THE BULB TO THE SOCKET HOUSING FOR BOTH TAILIGHTS. THE OTHER BULBS ALSO SHOW SIGNS OF EXTREME HEAT DAMAGE AS THE LIGHT BULBS ARE BURNED BLACK AND THE PLASTIC NEAR THE LIGHT BULB IS ALL BLACK. I WAS INFORMED MY TAILLIGHTS WERE OUT WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT.

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A CITY STREET IN A CONSISTENT FORWARD MOTION WHEN SUDDENLY THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF OVER THE FRONT DRIVERS AREA EXPLODED UPWARDS. I WILL MENTION, THAT I WAS NOT BEHIND OR BESIDE ANOTHER VEHICLE NOR WAS I TRAVELING UNDERNEATH ANYTHING.

THE REAR SEAT MIDDLE SEATBELT DOES NOT LOCK. IT SLIPS IN AND OUT, THEREFORE ELIMINATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A SAFETY RESTRAINT FOR THE MIDDLE REAR PASSENGER. THIS OCCURED WHEN SITTING STILL, AND ATTEMPTING TO SECURE A CHILD INTO THE SEAT.

MY 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA HAS A SPEEDOMETER THAT READS TOO FAST. I HAVE TESTED MY SPEED VIA GPS AND THE SPEEDOMETER ALWAYS READS 4.5% HIGHER THAN THE SPEED I'M DRIVING.