2010 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WITHIN A PERIOD OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS, THREE OF THE FOUR DOOR HANDLES HAVE FALLEN OFF, INCLUDING TWO THAT CAME OFF WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. THE HANDLES HADN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED OR INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS, AND WE DON'T TREAT THEM ROUGHLY. THE HANDLES HAVE FALLEN OFF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND BOTH REAR DOORS. THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS ALMOST NEVER USED, SO I'M DISINCLINED TO ATTRIBUTE THE PROBLEM TO WEAR AND TEAR. WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF, THE PLASTIC SNAPPED APART. WE PAID TO HAVE THAT HANDLE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE REAR DRIVER DOOR HANDLE, WHICH CAME OFF TWO WEEKS AGO, REMAINED INTACT, BUT A TRIANGULAR METAL PIECE CAME OUT WHEN THE HANDLE FELL AWAY. THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF TODAY WHEN MY HUSBAND HAD THE CAR, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN ITS CONDITION. SINCE HIS KEY FOB NO LONGER WORKS, HE NOW HAS TO GET INTO THE CAR IS BY CLIMBING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. GIVEN THAT WE'VE LOST THREE HANDLES IN SO SHORT A TIME, IT APPEARS THE PARTS ARE INFERIOR AND HAVE REACHED THE END OF THEIR LIFE.

OVER THE PERIOD OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR ALL FOUR EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF WHEN THE DOOR WAS OPENED! THIS BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2014 WHEN THE CAR WAS 3.5 YEARS OLD. THE FIRST TWO HANDLES TO BREAK WERE THE LEFT SIDE HANDLES (WITHIN ONE WEEK OF EACH OTHER) ... WHICH FOR US WERE THE MOST USED DOOR AND THE LEAST USED DOOR. WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THESE HANDLES BROKE DUE TO A DEFECT, AND NOT DUE IN ANY PART TO US.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE IN PARK, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FRONT DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES FRACTURED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR HANDLES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

AFTER DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND THEN SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC WHICH BECAME STOP AND GO TRAFFIC - THE BRAKE PEDAL STARTED SLOWLY FADING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND PUMPING THE PEDAL - THE BRAKES SEEMED TO RESPOND BUT THEN THE SAME ISSUE REPEATED - HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED AND DISCOVERED THAT THE CALIPERS HAD FROZEN ON BOTH REAR WHEELS (WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN FREELY BY HAND WHEN CAR WAS ON LIFT) AND THE FRONT RIGHT CALIPER WAS BECOMING TIGHT AS WELL. REPAIR INVOLVES NEW CALIPERS, ROTORS AND PADS FOR ALL 4 WHEELS.

WHEN I PUMP GAS EVEN WHEN ON A EMPTY TANK , THE GAS WILL SPLASH BACK ALL OVER THE PLACE ALMOST LIKE ITS FULL BUT WHEN IT'S REALLY EMPTY , ALSO THE ESC WILL TURN OFF AND ON BY ITS SELF FROM TIME TO TIME , HAD TOO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP AT 90,000 MILES , NOW I'M GETTING A CODE PO449 EVEN WITH NEW GAS CAP .. LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY PAINT IS PEELING OFF MY CAR , ESPECIALLY THE HOOD AND ROOF . NOTICED HYUNDAI SHEDS THERE PAINT ,

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V568000 (ENGINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SPEED IMMEDIATELY DECREASED TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND CALLED THE DEALER'S HOTLINE FOR A TOW TRUCK. WHILE THE CONTACT AND HIS WIFE WERE SEATED IN THE VEHICLE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE DEALER, THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AT THE FRONT END. THE DUO RUSHED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS WRITTEN OFF BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. PER THE ADVISE OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER STARTED AN INVESTIGATION. THREE MONTHS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V568000 (ENGINE). THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,795.

TWICE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. ONCE IT WAS GOING THROUGH AN AUTO BELL CAR WASH. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR COMPLETELY CAME OFF ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN MY WIFE OPENED THE DOOR, AS WE WERE GETTING INTO THE CAR. THE ENTIRE HANDLE CAME OFF IN HER HAND. SHE OPENED THE DOOR THE SAME AS SHE NORMALLY DOES. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. AT THE TIME WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. SIX MONTHS AGO WHILE GOING THROUGH AUTO BELL CAR WASH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR HANDLE CAME LOOSE AND WAS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. NOW THIS EVENING I OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO TAKE GROCERY'S OUT OF THE CAR AND THE DOOR OPENED. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR I NOTICED THAT THE HANDLE WAS PROTRUDING. I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR. THERE IS TOO MUCH MOVEMENT IN THE DOOR HANDLE AND IT IS NOT OPENING THE DOOR. I NOW HAVE 3 DOORS THAT ARE NOT USABLE. I AM DISABLED AND IT IS GOING TO MAKE LIFE VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT GROCERIES AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE CAR. I DO NOT KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO AFFORD TO FIX 3 DOORS SINCE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE EVEN ONE DOOR. THESE DOORS ARE CHEAPLY MADE AND THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY HYUNDAI. SHAME ON HYUNDAI FOR MAKING SUCH A POOR PRODUCT THAT IS ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S WORLD WHEN NEEDING TO GET INTO THE CAR FAST FOR SAFETY REASONS IS IMPERATIVE. IF I WASN'T DISABLED I COULD CRAWL INSIDE TO OPEN THE OTHER DOORS, HOWEVER I AM NOT MOBILE ENOUGH TO REACH OR CLIMB TO THE BACK. LUCKILY I CAN ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF MY WINDOWS EVER FAIL. THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE NOT IN THE BEST LOCATIONS EITHER. THIS WILL BE THE LAST HYUNDAI I BUY AND IT'S A SHAME JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHEAP DOOR HANDLES.

DOOR HANDLE BREAKS. PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE IS RARELY USE, MAYBE ONCE A WEEK AT THE MOST ON AVERAGE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AND WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE ALSO BROKE.

DOOR HANDLE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR BROKE OFF WHEN A PASSENGER WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET IN THE VEHICLE WHILE PARKED ON A CITY STREET. APPEARS TO BE MADE OF CHEAP BRITTLE PLASTIC. WAS OPENED NORMALLY WITHOUT EXCESS FORCE. VEHICLE HAS NOT EVEN HAD VERY MANY FRONT SEAT PASSENGERS IN ITS SERVICE LIFE THUS FAR. A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD SOMEONE NEED TO GET INTO THE CAR QUICKLY. NO EXCUSE FOR SUCH SHODDY MATERIALS/ENGINEERING DESIGN.