2008 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY, THE SUN VISOR FELL IN FRONT OF MY FACE, IMPEDING VISIBILITY. FORTUNATELY, THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A CRASH, BUT IT COULD HAVE. NOW, THE VISOR WILL NOT STAY UP. THIS DEFECT IS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH THAT THERE IS A CAMPAIGN FOR IT, BUT IT APPLIES ONLY TO CERTAIN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. VISITING ONLINE FORUMS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, EVEN IN LOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE CAMPAIGN. THIS CAMPAIGN NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IS BEING TREATED AS A COSMETIC ISSUE. *TR

WHEN MY DAUGHTER BUCKLED THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT SHE STATED IT FELT FUNNY. DURING THAT EXACT TIME THE SEATBELT LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA SE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM THE ENGINE AS THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY FAILED, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND CODE OF B1518 CAME UP. BASICALLY THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THEN WHEN REPLACED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD WILL GO AWAY. WITH THE ERROR IN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE, THIS THUS ILLUMINATES THE AIR BAG LIGHT ON THE CONSOLE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR AND YET HYUNDAI IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AND WANTS US TO PAY EVERYTHING OUT OF POCKET. *TR

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED FROM A COLD START, THERE IS A NOTICEABLE RATTLE COMING FROM ENGINE THAT LASTS ABOUT 3-7 SECONDS. ALSO WHILE ACCELERATING, THE RATTLE IS PERSISTENT WITH THROTTLE INPUT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER AND THAT THE HYUNDAI SONATAS HAVE DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS. I WENT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY QUOTED ME $1,100 TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND MADE ME AWARE THAT THERE WAS A TSB BUT NOT A RECALL ON THE PART EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A REVISED TENSIONER. THIS IS A ONGOING ISSUE AND A HAZARD BECAUSE THE CHAIN COULD HAVE TO MUCH SLACK AND CAUSE THE THE TIMING TO BE OFF AND FUTURE DAMAGE FOR THE ENGINE. *TR

2008 HYUNDAI SONATA : RECEIVED RECALL FOR PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP AND TOLD CAR WAS NOT PART OF RECALL EVEN THOUGH PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT WHICH SHOWS THAT AIR BAG SYSTEM IS DEACTIVATED CAME ON WHEN PASSENGER WAS IN FRONT SEAT INTERMITTENTLY. NOW DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ON STEADY, MECHANIC STATES SENSOR ISSUE AND AIR BAG WILLNOT DEPLOY IN CRASH, CALLED HYUNDAI AND INFORMED 'AFTER SOME DIGGING' MY CAR MAY BE COVERED UNDER OCS RECALL??? HYUNDAI CALL CENTER ASSISTED ME IN GETTING APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP IN A FEW DAYS, UNSURE WHAT REPAIRS WILL BE DONE. ALSO BOTH VISORS ARE BROKEN, WILL NOT STAY UP, ISSUE WITH VISIBILITY,. *JS

FIRST INCIDENT, TRAVELING MD 4 WHEN TIRE INDICATOR CAME ON DASH BOARD (MAY 2014) BACK PASSENGER TIRE HAD HUGE BULGE AT RIM OF HUBCAP WITH HISSING SOUND DUE TO ESCAPING AIR (4 31816 215/60R16 YOKO AVID TOURING -S DOT CCF1 F2712 PURCHASED AUGUST 2013). TIRE REPLACED AT NO COST TO ME DUE TO NO EVIDENT OF DAMAGE INSIDE THE TIRE, THUS A "DEFECT" ACCORDING TO SERVICE TECH. DECEMBER 24, 2014 TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 97 S; FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING; ABS SYSTEM SLOWED CAR DOWN WAS ABLE TO MOVE FROM SECOND LANES TO RIGHT SHOULDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. TIRE HAS ABOUT A 3-INCH RIP FROM RIM UP. WITH BOTH TIRES, I WAS ASKED WHAT DID I HIT AND BOTH TIMES THE ANSWER WAS NOTHING. THIS IS THE SECOND OF FOUR TIRES TO GO BAD IN A LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR. I NOW FEEL THE OTHER TWO TIRES ARE TICKING TIME BOMBS AND MY FAMILY AND I MAY NOT BE SO FORTUNATE THE NEXT TIME THIS HAPPENS. *TR

THE SUN VISORS ON MY 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA (68,865 CURRENT MILES) ARE EACH (PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDES) DEFECTIVE. WE HAVE LIVED WITH THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FOR THE PAST YEAR, AND NOW, WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, THE VISOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE ALSO GAVE WAY, HANGING LIMPLY, OBSTRUCTING THE VISION OF THE DRIVER AND CREATING A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS RESOLUTION. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THESE VISORS (OBSTRUCTION OF VISION WHILE DRIVING). *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR THREW A CRANK ROD. IN DOING SOME RESEARCH I SEE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED ON NUMEROUS VEHICLES HAVING FAULTY BOLTS ON THE CRANK ROD CAP. THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL BUT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH MANY OWNERS. *TR

ESC LIGHT ON ALONG WITH CHECK ENGINE....NEED PUSH BUTTON AND TURN OFF ENGINE A COUPLE OF TIME. *TR