2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

UPON START UP THE VEHICLE IS PRETTY LOUD TO BE FAIRLY NEW, THE NOISE INCREASED BY DAY. BRAKES WOULD GRIND. NO CONTROL OVER STEERING CAR WOULD PULL AND DRIFT AS DRIVING. REMOTE BARELY WORKED RADIO WOULD RANDOMLY INCREASE AND DECREASE. *TR

I TOOK IN FOR BRAKES AFTER HAVING IT ONLY 3 MONTHS. I ALMOST GOT IN ACCIDENT BECAUSE BRAKES FAILED. AMCO TOLD ME IT WAS THE CALIBERS AND SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT BECAUSE AFTER CHANGING PADS, THE CALIBER WAS STUCK AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. HE SAID VEHICLE WAS TOO KNEW FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. IT HAD TO BE FIXED BECAUSE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE SO IT WAS FIXED FOR $900. WANT TO REPORT AS SAFETY ISSUE. COULD HAVE CAUSED MULTI VEHICLE CRASH.

AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE CAR WILL NOT TRACK TO CENTER, YOU MUST ADJUST TO ROAD. THE STEERING WHEEL IS STIFF AND YOU MUST ADJUST AGAINST THE RESISTANCE ON THE WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WHICH IS SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. IT HAS ELECTRIC STEERING. IT IS LISTED AT VARIOUS WEBSITES AS A PROBLEM. WE FEAR FOR OUR SAFETY. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED LAST YEAR ON THE TRACKING ISSUE AND STARTING IN JANUARY 2017 THE STEERING WHEEL IS HARD TO TURN, IT STICKS. THIS IS THE TERM USED IN OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THERE HAS BEEN SOME ACCIDENTS AND ONE FATALITY. SOME PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS INFO WAS ON THE ON THE INTERNET.

STEERING COUPLER WORN OUT AFTER JUST 103,000 MILES . WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE ISSUE WAS . THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE SONATA . THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A NATION WIDE RECALL

STEERING COUPLING WHILE DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL MAKES A HOLLOW METAL ON METAL SOUND.

I BOUGHT A USED 2013 SONATA WITH ONLY 15 K MILES ON IT. THE CAR LOOKED PERFECT. SINCE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A 96 TACOMA FOR 12 YRS. I ASSUMED I WAS NOT USED TO ELECTRONIC STEERING. IF THIS IS THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE, COUNT ME OUT. I CAN'T KEEP THIS CAR IN MY LANE TO SAVE MY LIFE. I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY RETIREMENT SO I COULD DO SOME CROSS COUNTRY TRIPS, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING ANY TIME SOON. I GUESS I'LL RENT. *TR

TAPPING NOISE INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ESPECIALLY WHEN COLD ON THE INITIAL START ALSO ENGINE SHAKING ONLY HAS 43000 MILES ON THE CAR ODOMETER READING

ELECTRIC STEERING AT ALL TIMES CAUSES MY SONATA TO STEER A LITTLE FARTHER RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN I MOVE STEERING WHEEL WHICH CAUSES ME THE DRIVER TO CONSTANTLY MAKE CORRECTIONS SO I CAN TRY TO DRIVE THE CAR IN A STRAIGHT LINE WHICH IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS VERY TIRING AND FRUSTRATING AND I THINK DANGEROUS. FROM WHAT I READ ON THE INTERNET MANY OTHER SONATA AND ELANTRA OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND I WANT HYUNDAI TO OWN UP TO THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY AS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. I AM SURE HYUNDAI KNOWS ALL ABOUT THIS AND VERY LIKELY HAVE A FIX FOR THIS, BUT WOULD RATHER LET TIME TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM. I REALLY LIKE THE HYUNDAI AND KIA CARS AND IM NOT SURE IF I WILL PURCHASE A NEW ONE UNTIL THEY FIX THIS PROBLEM ON MY CAR AND FOR MANY OTHER OWNERS. THE YEARS MOST LIKELY AFFECTED ARE FROM 2010 THROUGH 2015

WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE BROKEN COIL PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THIS OCCURRED ON A WINDING COUNTRY ROAD AROUND A HAIRPIN TURN AT 6PM IN THE EVENING. HOWARD COUNTY POLICE WERE CALLED UNTIL A TOW TRUCK ARRIVED DUE TO THE DANGER PRESENTED BY THE ROAD. AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS CONFIRMED THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGED TIRE. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL ON 2011 HYUNDAI SONATAS AND ELANTRAS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM (RECALL 15V629000). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME INOPERABLE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 10,600.