2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

FIRST LET ME TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE, THE SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] TELLING ME THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, REPLACED THE A/C UNIT. BLUE TOOTH FUSES HAVE BLOWN OUT SEVERAL TIMES NO RADIO, THEY REPLACED THE FUSES, THEN REPLACED THE BATTERY ... THERE IS A ELECTRICAL SHORT SOME WHERE .. THE DATE ABOVE IN OCTOBER I WAS SO MAD I WAS TRAVELING ON A INTER STATE HIGHWAY IN THE FAST LANE, THEN MY CAR LOST POWER,, AT 67 MPH NO BRAKES NO NOTHING THANKS GOD.. I HAD TO WAIT TO POWER DOWN... I WAITED FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES SHAKING ... I KEPT TRYING TO START THE CAR WITH THE PUSH BUTTON START NOTHING HAPPENED I THEN CALLED HYUNDAI ROAD SERVICE ... AFTER WAITING ... FINALLY THE CAR STARTED .. I HAD POWER BUT NO RADIO ,,, I DROVE OFF THE INTER STATE AND IT WAS ONLY 2 MILES FROM THE CAR DEALERSHIP.. I WAS SO MAD ALSO MY BLUE TOOTH AND ONE LIGHT BURNED OUT.. AFTER TALKING TO THE SERVICE MGR.. HE TOLD ME TO WAIT IN WHICH I DID...2 HOURS LATER A SERVICE GUY CAME TO TALK TO ME AND SAID HE COULD NOT FIND NOTHING WRONG AGAIN.. EXCEPT THAT HE WOULD REPLACE THE LIGHT BULB... AFTER THAT I ASKED THE SALES REP TO PUT ME INTO ANOTHER CAR.. THEY SAID OK BUT FOR 50.00 MORE A MONTH AND A LOSS OF 2 YEARS PAYING FOR THE CAR ... I THEN WENT TO THE SAME OWNER DEALERSHIP AND THEY WORKED WITH ME FOR 2 DAYS I GOT A NEW CAR 20.00 MORE A MONTH AND A LOSS OF 2 YEARS IN PAYMENTS... PLEASE NOTE THAT A NEW SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID HE WORKED AT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND TOLD ME IT LOOKS LIKE THE STARTER SWITCH WAS THE PROBLEM.. AFTER SEEING THE GM RECALL I GUESS ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY WIFE WAS PARKING CAR PULLING INTO SPACE AT APROX. 5MPH ,SHE APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TOO THE FLOOR WITHOUT STOPPING, THE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL OVER CEMENT STOPPER ONTO MAIN THOROUGH FAIR, SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP BY THROWING CAR INTO PARK. SHE RESTARTED CAR AND BRAKES WERE OK..WE BROUGHT CAR TO DEALER , THEY KEPT CAR FOR ONE WEEK AND COULD NOT FIND NOTHING WRONG I SHOWED THEM 5 OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THEY SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE IF CAR NOT REPEAT PROBLEM. WE TRADED CAR FOR FEAR THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN POSSIBLY KILLING OURSELVES OR SOME INNOCENT BYSTANDER.THIS IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS MATTER AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED FURTHER. *TR

I WAS DRIVING FROM MY SISTERS AT 17 MILE AND GARFIELD HOME WHEN I NOTICED MY LOW PRESSURE TIRE WARNING LIGHT HAD COME ON. I STOP AT THE MARATHON GAS STATION AT 14 MILE BETWEEN HOOVER AND SCHOENNER TO FILL THE TIRE. THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED THE TEAR/CUT IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. AIR WOULD NOT FILL BACK INTO THE TIRE. I EVEN TRIED TO USE FIX A FLAT, AND THAT WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. I JUST HAD MY OIL CHANGED AT THE DEALERSHIP A FEW DAYS AGO, AND THEY HAD CHECKED ON THEIR SHEET THAT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS. ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAD HEARD THERE HAS BEEN ISSUES WITH HYUNDAI AND THEIR TIRES HAVING THIS EXACT PROBLEM! I AM HOPING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM RECTIFIED...DON'T EVEN NO WHERE TO START! [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

MY BROTHER WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 60MPH. NO OTHER CARS WERE ON THE ROAD. THERE WAS A LOUD BANG ALMOST LIKE A GUN SHOT. HE PULLED OVER AND SAW THE SUNROOF COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THERE WERE NO ROCKS OR ANYTHING FOUND TO INDICATE AN OBJECT HITTING THE SUNROOF HAD CAUSED THE BROKEN GLASS. THE GLASS SHATTERED OUT OF NOWHERE. *TR

TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY ON DRIVERS SIDE BROKE OFF FROM THE CAR, IT WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN WE NOTICED IT. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT , NO DAMAGE OR EVIDENCE OF SOMEONE HITTING IT. LOOKS LIKE THE PLASTIC PART OF THE LIGHT HOLDING IT TO THE BOLTS JUST BROKE OFF. DEALER SAID THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AT ALL, OF THIS HAPPENING.

VEHICLE BECOMES DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN STRAIGHT LINE AT SPEEDS ABOVE 70 MPH. STEERING WHEEL SEEMS TO STICK IN CURRENT POSITION, REQUIRING ADDITIONAL PRESSURE TO TURN. IT IS AS IF THE STEERING IS HELD IN POSITION BY A MAGNET AND THE MAGNETIC FIELD HAS TO BE BROKEN IN ORDER TO TURN THE WHEEL. STEERING THEN "JUMPS" TO NEW POSITION INSTEAD OF TURNING SMOOTHLY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO GET WORSE THE LONGER IT IS DRIVEN AT HIGH SPEED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA EQUIPPED WITH A SET OF KUMHO SOLUSK H25 TIRES, SIZE: P205/65/R16 AND DOT NUMBER YOL4YPL81411. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH IN THE SNOW, THE TIRES BEGAN TO SLIP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO BAD TREAD. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT A REMEDY WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. UPDATED 03/31/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE TIRES WERE COLD, THERE WAS NO GRIP, WHILE DRIVING IN THE SNOW, WHEN THE TIRES WARMED UP, THE SNOW STUCK TO THE TIRES

VEHICLE DRIFTS LEFT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM BUT NOW THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED WITH A SLOP IN STEERING OR A DEAD ZONE TWO INCHES OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WHEEL, WHERE THE CAR DRIFTS AND YOU HAVE TO CORRECT CONSTANTLY, CAUSING AN UNSAFE OVER CORRECTION TO STAY IN YOUR LANE OF TRAVEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 70 MPH AND GETS WORSE THE LONGER YOU DRIVE IT ONE HOUR OR MORE. IT FEELS LIKE THE STEERING LINKAGE DIS-CONNECTS AND THEN ENGAGES. *TR

UNINTENDED ACCELERATION, HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND PUT CAR INTO NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO PREVENT SHOOTING INTO A INTERSECTION OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE CAR IMMEDIATELY THREW A NUMBER OF CODES, AND A ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM CONDITION CODE, CHECK ENGINE CODE.... DEALER TELLS ME WHEN UNLOADED OFF THE TOW-TRUCK THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AFTER 6 DAYS OF HAVING THE CAR THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER IS TELLING ME NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON. THE TREMENDOUS FORCE AND FLYING DEBRIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO REACT AND BRUSH THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL AGAINST THE CURB. PLASTIC PIECES WERE THROWN THROUGHOUT THE FRONT OF THE CAR. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. EARLIER THAT SAME DAY THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED BY THE HYUNDAI DEALER FOR A RADIO ISSUE. *TR