2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM THE FLOORBOARD. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE SPEED WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.....UPDATED 12/05/16 *BF UPDATED 7/6/18*JB

LIKE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS I'VE READ RECENTLY, I AM ALSO HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA STEERING. WHEN DRIVING OVER 60 MPH THE STEERING DOESN'T CENTER, INSTEAD THE CAR WANDERS TO THE LEFT, THERE IS A BLANK SPACE IN THE STEERING, AND WHEN YOU GO TO TURN RIGHT IT DOESN'T CATCH RIGHT AWAY, THEN OVER-CORRECTS, WHICH THEN CAUSES YOU TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL THE OTHER DIRECTION, SO IT'S A CONSTANT, EXHAUSTING BATTLE WHILE DRIVING. MY FOREARMS GET TIRED. IT WAS BARELY NOTICEABLE WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR USED WITH LOW MILEAGE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY IMAGINATION, BUT NOW IT'S WORSE AND TIRING. CURRENT MILEAGE 25,000. I TOOK IT IN TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP (WHO IS GREAT) AND THEY SAID EXACTLY WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING PREVIOUSLY, THAT IT'S THE ELECTRONIC STEERING SYSTEM INSTEAD OF HYDRAULIC, THAT THERE ISN'T MUCH THEY CAN DO, AND TO GET USED TO IT. THEY DID TRY, AND REPROGRAMMED THE CAR TO THE SPORT STEERING MODE, WHICH DOES HELP THE OVERALL HANDLING OF THE CAR, WHICH I APPRECIATED, BUT THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. THEY SAID THERE IS NO IMMINENT DANGER, WHICH I WAS RELIEVED TO HEAR, BUT DRIVING LONG DISTANCES DOES NOT EXCITE ME ANY LONGER. I'M AFRAID THIS COULD BE DAMAGING FOR HYUNDAI AS THE COMPLAINTS ARE STARTING TO STACK UP. IT SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL FOR THE STEERING COUPLER NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT I HOPE BY REGISTERING MY COMPLAINT, SOMETHING MAY GET DONE ABOUT IT. IF ANYONE KNOWS A DIRECTION TO GO WITH THIS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THEY DID NOT OFFER TO REPLACE THE STEERING COUPLER. EACH DAY THAT I DRIVE IT IT SEEMS TO BE MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE CAR FROM SIDE TO SIDE INCREASING RISK OF SIDESWIPING OTHER CARS OR OBSTACLES.

WHILE RUNNING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IT MAKES A LOUD CLACKING SOUND WHICH HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS GOING TO COME OFF! AT FIRST IT WAS JUST A LIGHT CLACK SOUND BUT NOW IT HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE LOUDER. THIS IS REALLY SCARY AND LIFE THREATENING. I AM AFRAID OF HAVING MY DAUGHTER DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE LIFE THREATENING SITUATION IT PRESENTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR MAKING A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL STEERING FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 91,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

MY CAR CAN NOT STAY IN A STRAIGHT LINE. I AM HAVING TO CONSTANTLY CORRECT MY STEERING. LONG DRIVES ACTUALLY MAKE MY HAND HURT. CAR FEELS LOOSE LIKE I'M GOING TO DRIFT INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S LANE. I GET NERVOUS WHEN COPS COME BEHIND ME BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE I'M DRUNK. TERRIBLE. *TR

ENGINE SEIZED AT 41K MILES WHILE DRIVING. AT DEALERSHIP NOW. HYUNDAI REPLACING ENGINE AT NO COST. WAS NOT UNDER RECALL.

ENGINE FAILURE SEIZED DURING ACCELERATION ON TO HIGHWAY AND LOST POWER ON TO SHOULDER STALED TURNED THE CAR OFF TRIED TO RESTART IT, WOULD NOT .IT WAS TOWED TO BLUE SPRINGS HYUNDAI WERE THEY DIAGNOSED ENGINE SEIZED. REPLACEMENT ORDERED ON LONG BLOCK DUE TO METAL.

IT STARTED AS A CLICKING WHEN TURNING AND THEN A THUMPING. COME TO FIND OUT IT WAS A RECALL ON VEHICLES IN 2011 BUT NOT 2013, WHICH IS HORRIBLE BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING MY CAR NOW.

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH MY 2013 SONATA. FIRST THE RADIO STOPPED WORKING SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE. DEALER REPLACED, NO ISSUES. HAPPENED A SECOND TIME, REPLACED AGAIN. MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 OR 4 TIMES EACH AND TAIL LIGHTS TWICE. BIGGEST ISSUE HAS BEEN THE ELECTRIC DOOR LOCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE - IT DOES NOT LOCK USING THE FOB OR THE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BUTTON. DEALER AT FIRST TRIED TO TELL ME I WAS NUTS, IN A VERY CONDESCENDING MANNER, AND THEN HE EXPERIENCED IT. THE TRANSPONDER IN THE DOOR LOCK HAS BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. THE LAST TIME, THEY HAD TO CALL JAPAN HYUNDAI AND TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUE. THEY HAD MY CAR FOR A WEEK BEFORE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ACTUATOR WAS SHORTING OUT THE LOCK TRANSPONDER, SO THEY REPLACED THAT AND IT WORKED THE LONGEST IT EVER HAS, PROBABLY ABOUT 6 MONTHS. NOW HOWEVER THE SAME LOCK DOES NOT LOCK USING THE FOB OR HANDLE LOCK AND IT HAS BEEN JOINED INTERMITTENTLY BY THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. I LOCK THE CAR USING THE FOB/EXTERIOR LOCK BUTTON/INTERIOR LOCK BUTTON, AND THEN HAVE TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND MANUALLY LOCK IT. I ALSO CHECK THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT LOCKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T. THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO GO BACK TO THE DEALER WITH THIS MAKES MY STOMACH CHURN. NOW MY CAR HAS STARTED TO HAVE A PERSISTENT METALLIC TICKING/TAPPING NOISE THAT GETS WORSE WHEN I IDLE. THEN IT IS MORE OF A KNOCK. I HAVE RECEIVED WARRANTY EXTENSION INFORMATION AND ALSO THE CLASS ACTION NOTICE RELATED TO SUDDEN ENGINE SEIZURE AND I AM AFRAID THAT IS WHAT IS NEXT BECAUSE ALL THE NOTICES AND COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ SAY IT STARTS WITH ENGINE KNOCK AND THEN THE ENGINE SEIZES. I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND LEFT MESSAGES 3 TIMES AND NO ONE EVER CALLS ME BACK. I'M GUESSING IT'S BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING. MY CAR HAS APPROXIMATELY 57K MILES AND I BOUGHT IT NEW IN MAY 2012.