2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 75 MPH AND THE ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THE OIL LIGHT ALONG WITH AN EPS LIGHT CAME ON WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. NO OTHER LIGHTS WERE ON BEFORE THAT. CAME TO A STOP AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP. HAD THE CAR TOWED HOUR AND HALF BACK HOME AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED UP. IT DID NOT GIVE ANY KIND OF WARNING AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO START AT ALL SINCE. I LEARNED ABOUT THE RECALL AND TOWED THE CAR TO HYUNDAI 7/21/17, EVEN THOUGH I NEVER GOT NOTIFICATION OF A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. APPARENTLY THEY HAD 5 RECALLS LISTED UNDER MY VEHICLE, AND I HAD ONLY GOTTEN A NOTIFICATION FOR ONE, WHICH WAS THE SHIFT CABLE ISSUE. STILL WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM HYUNDAI

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON OR ABOUT 6/4/2017 - NO ONE ADVISED US OF THE OPEN RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE - WITHIN A FEW WEEKS, ENGINE MAKING LOUD NOISE. SVC DEPT SAID OPEN RECALL, WE WILL PUT YOU IN A RENTAL TILL IT'S FIXED - AT LEAST 2 MONTHS FROM NOW - NOT ACCEPTABLE. I DID NOT PURCHASE A VEHICLE ONLY TO BE PUT IN A SMALL RENTAL FOR MONTHS

I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY SOUTHBOUND IN THE MIDDLE LANE RETURNING HOME FROM YANKEE STADIUM. WITHOUT ANY WARNING MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND WAS BARELY ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY AVOIDING SEVERAL CARS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SEVEN WEEKS LATER I AM STILL AWAITING CAR REPAIRS FROM CIRCLE HYUNDAI IN SHREWSBURY NJ AND A COST OF OVER $400. MY ENGINE FAILED WITH BARELY 20,000 MILES.

MY SONATA IS MAKING NOISE LIKE THE BEARINGS ARE BREAKING WHILE I AM DRIVING IT ON CITY STREETS AND THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO TRY TO GET AN APPOINTMENT, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 2 WEEKS AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE ON THE DAY I DROPPED MY VEHICLE OFF. I TOLD THEM THAT MY CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, AND THEY DON'T CARE. I CALLED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE NOISE, AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT. THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY OWN RENTAL CAR UNTIL THEY THE APPOINTMENT DATE, WHICH IS [ ], EVEN THOUGH MY CAR IS UNDER RECALL AND MAKING A NOISE LIKE THE BEARING IS ALREADY BRAKING. THE COMPANY EXPECTS ME TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE AROUND FOR 2 WEEKS AND HOPE THE ENGINE DOESN'T FAIL WHILE I'M GOING 55 ON THE HIGHWAY, OR PAY FOR MY OWN RENTAL CAR EVEN THOUGH THE ISSUES IS THEIR DEFECTIVE ENGINE. CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE INFORMED ME THAT IF I DROP OFF THE CAR, I MAY HAVE TO PAY FOR MY OWN RENTAL CAR FOR 3 MONTHS BEFORE I AM ABLE TO SUBMIT IT FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO HYUNDAI. MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AND THE COMPANY IS NOT HANDLING THE RECALL PROPERLY. PLEASE HELP ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT I DO NOT DIE IN MY DEFECTIVE SONATA WHILE WAITING FOR THE COMPANY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROPERLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V226000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND STATED THAT THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED DIRECTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE UNDERWENT AN OIL CHANGE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 89,000.

SINCE 11-2016 I HAVE BEEN HAVING A ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE I HAVE MENTIONED TO VAN HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN CARROLTON TX I HAVE BEEN ADVISING THEM WHEN IM DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR IS NOT GOING LIKE THE ENGINE IS SHIFTING OR IT JUST WONT GO THEY ADVISED EACH TIME I TOOK IT THERE WAS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT I HAVE HAD THEM CHECK MY VEHICLE 4 TIMES AND THEY HAVE SAID NOTHING IS WRONG AND TO COME FIND OUT IT IS A RECALL FOR THE EXACT THING I HAVE BEEN MENTIONING IS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE THEY KEEP SAYING I WOULD NEED TO LEAVE MY VEHICLE FOR A WHOLE DAY BUT THEY NEVER HAVE A LOANER VEHICLE I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD HAVE ONE IN 2 WEEKS WELL I CALL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE VEHICLE IT STILL A RUN AROUND SO WHEN I GET THEM ON THE LINE AGAIN THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY VEHICLES FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS I CALL ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND IT IS THE SAME THING SO I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IN A CAR THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT ANY WHERE ELSE BECAUSE I HAD A WARRANTY NOW IT IS EXPIRED AND IM STILL IN THIS CAR MAKING PAYMENTS IT JUST SAD THAT I CANNOT GET HELP AND THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED OR I WILL HAVE TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION BECAUSE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY GOING 70 MILES A HOUR AND THEN THE CAR JUST START TO SLOW DOWN LIKE IT DOES NOT WANT TO GO AND TRY TO SHIFT GEARS FEELS LIKE THE TRANS IS SLIPPING ITS BEEN THE SAME ISSUE SINCE NOV AND NO RESOLUTION

CAR KEY WILL GET STUCK AT IGNITION DUE THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SHIFTER MALFUNCTION. THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SHIFTER HAS A SAFETY FEATURE THAT LOCKS THE KEY IN WHILE THE CAR IS OUT OF "PARK", BUT WHEN IT IS MALFUNCTIONING, IT WILL NOT RELEASE THE KEY AT ALL. DRIVERS WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT LEAVE CAR KEY IN THE CAR'S IGNITION AND IT CAUSES HAZARDS TO MINORS OR CHILD IN THE HOUSE OR ON THE STREETS BECAUSE KEY CAN STILL START THE CAR WITHOUT PROBLEM, ALSO DOORS CAN NOT BE LOCKED WHEN THE KEY IS STUCK IN IGNITION. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING A FEW TIMES, BUT HYUNDAI REFUSED TO ADMIT MANUFACTURER'S PART DEFECT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND SEEKING FOR HELP ONLINE OR FROM YOUTUBE. IT IS NOT SAFE FOR DRIVERS WITH KIDS. PLEASE HELP.

MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY BLOWING OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE REPLACED THE LIGHT SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR TO HAVE THEM INSPECT THE PROBLEM. THEY FOUND THAT THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND WILL COST A COUPLE HUNDRED TO REPAIR, WHICH AT THIS TIME I CAN'T AFFORD. SINCE THE DIAGNOSIS I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS SAME MODEL CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE EVEN SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR FRUSTRATION. THIS NEEDS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND TO BE RECALLED

STEERING COUPLING IS WORN OUT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. CAR ONLY HAS 50,000 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, IT WOULD NOT START WHEN PROMPTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO RICK CASE CAR INC (LOCATED AT 3190 SATELLITE BLVD IN DULUTH, GEORGIA, 30096), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT TO CHANGE THE BATTERY IN THE KEY FOB, BUT THE PUSH-TO-START REMOTE FOBIK MALFUNCTIONED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 72,000.