2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

CAR HAS BEEN WANDERING ALL OVER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND ALL ROADS. 2ND SONATA IN THREE YEARS BOTH WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CONSTANTLY CORRECTING THE STEERING TO KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT. *TR

ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 1, 2103, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT ON THE DASH CAME ON AS I STARTED THE CAR AND BACKED OUT OF THE GARAGE. I CHECKED AND RECHECKED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OFF AND THE PEDAL WAS NOT DEPRESSED. EVERY OTHER TIME OR SO, WHEN WE USED THE CAR, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND WE ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECKED TO ENSURE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS OFF. ON OCTOBER 7, 2103, WE WENT TO THE JENKINS HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND AFTER THEY CHECKED THE VEHICLE, THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR THE COMPUTER. AS WE LEFT THE PLACE, THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE 20 MILE TRIP HOME. THE HYUNDAI WARRANTY STATES THAT WE SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE BRAKES COULD LOCK UP AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. IT IS EITHER A BRAKE PROBLEM OR A COMPUTER AND I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE IT FIXED BEFORE IT CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. *TR

AFTER LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT GOING ON/OFF FOR 2 DAYS(TIRE PRESSURE WAS FINE) ALL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT GET OUT OF PARK. HAD TO HAVE VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. AFTER ABOUT A WEEK WENT TO PICKUP "FIXED" AUTO AND WHEN STARTED CAR ALL THE LIGHTS ON DASH LIT AGAIN. ANOTHER WEEK GOES BY AND THEY "FOUND" A FAULTY SRS CONTROL MODULE (AIRBAG CONTROL MODULE) WHICH THEY REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO ISSUES UNTIL OCT 7TH WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25MPH ALL LIGHTS LIT AGAIN ON DASH AND SPEEDOMETER AND RPM'S IMMEDIATELY WENT TO ZERO EVEN THOUGH I WAS STILL MOVING. HAD TO BE TOWED AGAIN TO DEALERSHIP. THEY "FOUND" A GROUND WIRE CORRODED AT LEFT FRONT STRUT TOWER. CLEANED THE CONNECTION AND REINSTALLED...DID NOT REPLACE. WENT TO PICKUP CAR AFTER NUMEROUS TEST DRIVES BY DEALERSHIP ON OCT 18TH AND AGAIN UPON STARTING ALL DASH LIGHTS LIT AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF PARK. VEHICLE STILL AT DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT. *TR

STARTING ON 10/16/2013 WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. RPMS WERE AT 3K AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE EVEN WHEN PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. IN ANOTHER INCIDENT ON 10/17, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, RPMS SPIKED AT 6.5K AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT. ON 10/18 I ATTEMPTED AND SUCCEEDED IN REPLICATING BOTH BEHAVIORS. WHEN EXPERIENCING THE SPIKING RPMS WITHOUT SHIFTING CONDITION, I MANUALLY SHIFTED THE VEHICLE WITH THE PADDLE SHIFTER TO GET IT TO UP SHIFT. WHEN THE CAR BEGAN SHIFTING AGAIN IN ON IT'S OWN, IT THEN DOWNSHIFTED AND AN ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE WAS MET WITH NO RESPONSE EVEN WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THESE BEHAVIORS CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THAT PREVENT THE DRIVER FROM MOVING THE CAR THROUGH AN INTERSECTION OR ACCELERATING TO GET TO SPEED TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC. I AM TAKING THE CAR IN TO HAVE THE DEALER LOOK AT IT TODAY. *TR

ON 09/22/13, I LEFT FOR A 75 MILE TRIP. WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY CAR THAT MORNING, I NOTICED IT WAS MOVING SLUGGISHLY, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO OUR OVERNIGHT CHILLY TEMPERATURES. I DROVE THE SHORT DISTANCE TO THE INTERSTATE. AS I ATTEMPTED TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE, I HAD THE MOST FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PREPARE TO MERGE AND DISCOVERED THAT I HAD PRACTICALLY NO ACCELERATION! MY CAR GOT TO BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 RPMS BEFORE IT SHIFTED OUT OF FIRST GEAR! AT THAT POINT, I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO AN INTERSTATE, IN FRONT OF A SEMI THAT WOULD NOT GET OVER FOR ME TO MERGE. I LITERALLY HAD MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL PUSHED TO THE FLOOR, AS THE CAR AGAIN HIT BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 RPMS TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR! I WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY GET MY CAR TO 65 AND TURN ON THE CRUISE CONTROL . I DOUBLE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE I WAS IN DRIVE (RATHER THAN NEUTRAL OR MANUAL--NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS ON). ON OCCASION DURING THAT DRIVE, I TURNED OFF THE CRUISE AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR TO SEE IF WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCED WAS A FLUKE'IT WAS NOT. MY ACCELERATOR WAS LITERALLY MASHED TO THE FLOOR AS MY CAR'S SPEED SLOWLY LURCHED HIGHER, WHILE MY RPMS RAISED ABOVE 5000 BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NEXT GEAR. ONCE I RETURNED HOME, I TURNED OFF MY CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES, BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE TO TEST IT. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS GONE (ALTHOUGH I QUESTION WHETHER MY TURBO IS STILL WORKING EFFECTIVELY, AS IT SEEMS LESS RESPONSIVE). TODAY, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE RECENT SONATA RECALL, AND I ALSO REQUESTED THEY EXAMINE MY TRANSMISSION, DESCRIBING THE ABOVE INCIDENT TO THEM. I NOTED THAT OTHER DRIVERS MENTIONED THAT A WASTE GATE' ISSUE APPEARED TO BE CAUSING THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTED I SHIFTED INTO MANUAL ACCIDENTALLY. *TR

I WAS IN MY PARKING SPACE AND HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO GET OUT OF THE SPACE. WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THE CAR IN REVERSE, IT TOOK OFF AT AN INCREDIBLE SPEED, DID A SEMI-CIRCLE, AND HIT ANOTHER CAR. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER WHO WAS UNWILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE EVENT OR CHECK OUT THE CAR. I PLAN ON CONTACTING HYUNDAI CORPORATE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THIS INFORMATION.

CAR IN PARK, KEY IN IGNITION-MOTORIDLING--WIFE AND I AWAITING TO BOARD FERRY CAR SUDDENLY REVVED VERY HIGH WITH TACH OVER 5--CHECKED CAR WAS IN PARK NO OBSTRUCTION (MAT ETC..) OR FOOT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL--KILLED IGNITION TO STOP UNCONTROLLED REVVING OF ENGINE. FOUR WITNESSES TI INCIDENT--TWO IN CAR, TWO STANDING NEXT TO VEHICLE. CALLED DEALER IMMED AND MADE APPOINTMENT TO HAVE CAR CHECKED---FIRST UNCONTROLLED INCIDENT ON CRUISE CONTROL APRIL OF 2013, SECOND SUDDEN INCREASE AUGUST 5TH 2013 AGAIN ON CRUISE CONTROL--DEALER FOUND BRAKE SWITCH PROBLEM AFTER 8-05-13 SUDDEN SURGE BUT CLAIMS "CAN"T REPLICATE ADDITIONAL SURGES.. CRUISE CONTROL USED ON WAY TO FERRY. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER 8-26-13 AGAIN THEY CAN'T REPLICATE. OCCURS WHEN IN CRUISE CONTROL MORE THAN 20-30 MIN. OR MORE--PERHAPS WIRING OR MODULES HEATING UP--DEALER NO HELP!!!!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE SUNROOF OF MY 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED. NO VEHICLES WERE WITHIN 300 FEET AHEAD OF ME AND I WAS IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE OF THE SIX LANE DIVIDED INTERSTATE. SKIES WERE OVERCAST BUT NO HAIL OR LIGHTNING. I WAS NOT NEAR ANY OVERPASSES, AND I DID NOT WITNESS ANY FLYING FOREIGN OBJECTS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP CLAIM TO HAVE FOUND AN "IMPACT SITE" ON THE FRONT EDGE OF THE SUNROOF, BUT THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER REPORTED THAT IT WAS INCONCLUSIVE. THE EXPLOSION LEFT A BASKETBALL SIZED HOLE IN THE SUNROOF GLASS ABOVE THE DRIVER SIDE. NO INJURIES WERE EXPERIENCED. THE SUNSHADE WAS CLOSED AT THAT TIME. *TR

WESTBOUND ON I-78 NEAR HARRISBURG, PA WHILE TRAVELING ON CRUISE CONTROL VEHICLE MOTOR INCREASED WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT FROM 65MPH TO OVER 72MPH TO THE POINT OF 80MPH BEFORE SEVERAL HARD FOOT PRESSURES ON BRAKE DISENGAGED CRUISE CONTROL. CAR DID NOT RESPOND TO NORMAL BRAKE PEDAL TAP TO DISENGAGE. CALLED DEALER WHO SUGGESTED WE NOT USE CRUISE CONTROL AND ON RETURN HAD THEM SERVICE--DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE AND RETURNED CAR. ON 8-05-13 WHICH WAS NEXT HIGHWAY TRIP ON 440W IN STATEN ISLAND, NY WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 60MPH (FLOW OF TRAFFIC) CAR SUDDENLY MADE HIGH REVVING MOTOR NOISE, LURCHED FORWARD AND INCREASED SPEED TO 0VER 70MPH--BRAKE AGAIN DID MOT DISENGAGE CAR BUT HEAVY (VERY HEAVY) PRESSING ON DISENGAGE BUTTON SLOWED CAR. CAR TO BE LOOKED AT AFTER OUR RETURN--SCHEDULED CHECK 8-13-13. *TR

HAD MY SONATA FOR LESS THAN A YEAR AND A HALF. I THOUGHT I SMELLED GAS IN THE CAR, BUT FIGURED I MUST HAVE SPILLED GAS ON MY SPORT COAT THE LAST TIME I WORE IT. STARTING THE CAR, I HAD TO HOLD THE START ENGINE BUTTON DOWN FOR AN EXTRA SECOND WHICH WAS WEIRD, BUT I FIGURED MAYBE I WAS LOOKING INTO THINGS. I HAD MY WINDOWS DOWN SINCE I THOUGHT I SMELLED GAS. AFTER DRIVING FOR A BIT MY CAR DIED SUDDENLY, AS I WAS PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I STARTED TO SMELL SMOKE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO GET MY SON FROM HIS CAR SEAT AND THEN I SAW THAT THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. *TR