2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

ON 8/1/2016, I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS ON A CITY STREET AT 5:00AM. THE POSTED SPEED WAS 35 MPH, I WAS HEADED WESTBOUND ON 79TH ST IN CHICAGO ILLINOIS AND THE OTHER CAR WAS HEADED EASTBOUND. THE OTHER CAR CAME OVER INTO MY LANE OF TRAFFIC, COMING HEAD ON TO ME, I STARTED BLOWING MY HORN TRYING TO GET HIS ATTENTION TO AVOID THE ACCIDENT. AFTER I SAW THAT HE WAS NOT TRYING TO CHANGE HIS COURSE OF DIRECTION I MOVE SLIGHTLY TOWARD MY RIGHT TO AVOID THE COLLISION, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE OTHER VEHICLE HIT ME STARTING ON THE DRIVER BACK SIDE, MY CAR WAS FORCED OVER THE CURB DUE TO THE IMPACT AND PUSHED ONTO THE SIDE WALK. BEING PUSHED ONTO THE SIDE WALK MY CAR SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM HITTING A ROD IRON FENCE ON THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE AND DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER FRONT AS WELL, MY BACK BUMPER WAS TORN OFF AS WELL FROM THE IMPACT OF THE CRASH. MY BUMPER WAS SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM WHERE MY CAR WAS AT IT STAND POINT. MY CAR WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE DAMAGE IT HAD SUSTAINED, MY AXLES WERE BROKEN ON MY CAR AND THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL CAR AXLE APPEARED TO BE BROKEN AS WELL. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HIT ME HIS AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED DUE TO THE DAMAGE AND MY AIRBAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED, MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED MORE VISIBLE DAMAGE MORE SO THEN THE OTHER VEHICLE,

MY CAR HAD BEEN HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND TODAY I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO GET IT REPAIRED AND 5 MINUTES LATER THE VAST SHUTS OFF AND WON'T TURN ON ANYMORE. THE DEALER SAUSAGE IT'S BECAUSE OF RODENTS EATING MY WIRING. AND AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I COME TO FIND OUT THE WIRING IS MADE OF SOY-BASED MATERIAL. APPARENTLY RODENTS LOVE TO EAT THRU THEM. AND NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE PARTS BECAUSE OF THE WIRING MATERIAL.

JUST PURCHASED MY VEHICLE A WEEK AGO. DIDN'T GET TO TEST DRIVE IT AT HIGH SPEEDS. AFTER TAKING IT ON THE INTERSTATE I NOTICED THAT THE CAR TENDS TO DRIFT LEFT AND RIGHT AND DOESN'T CENTER. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL STICKS WHEN DRIVING HIGHER SPEEDS SO WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT YOU HAVE TO PULL HARDER AND THEN END UP OVER CORRECTING. DEALER TOLD ME IT'S JUST THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING AND IT TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS EXCUSE AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAYS AND INTERSTATE. YESTERDAY I HAD TO DRIVE IT IN HIGH WINDS AND IT WAS A NIGHTMARE JUST TO KEEP IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO STEP UP AND FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE MORE ACCIDENTS START HAPPENING. AFTER NOTICING THE ISSUE AND GOOGLING THE PROBLEM THERE ARE FORUMS ALL OF WITH SIMILAR ISSUES.

STEERING COUPLER WORE OUT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT I WOULD HAVE LOST STEERING WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HYUNDAI SHOULD HAVE ISSUED A RECALL AND OFFERED TO PAY FOR ANY OWNER WHO HAS HAD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR.

ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK THEN STALLED SHORTLY THEREAFTER WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY IN A 75 MPH ZONE. ENGINE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATION, ALTHOUGH IT HAD JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE FOR THE 60K MILE SERVICE EARLIER THAT MORNING.

MY STEERING COUPLER IS DANADGED AND MY STEERING IS SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THIS DEFECT. HYUNDAI IS ASKING ME TO PAY $300 TO FIX IT. EVEN MY CAR IS JUST 3 YEARS OLD THEY ARE NOT COVERING THE ISSUE UNDER WARRANTY.

STEERING IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE SITTING AND RATTLES LOUDLY WHEN I DRIVE OVER BUMPS. STEERING IS LOOSE AND HAS A LOT OF PLAY. THIS STARTED AT AROUND 70000 MILES. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD A COUPLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT HYUNDAI HAS HAD A RECALL ON IN A PREVIOUS YEAR AND STILL IS AN ISSUE IN THE MAKE AND MODEL. DEALER WANTS $220.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHEN DIAGNOSED TODAY.

STALLING ENGINE AND SPEED CRUSE CONTROL, IF YOU PUT THE SPEED CONTROL ON 70MPH, IT SHOWS YOUR AT 65 MPH AND TRASMISSION; WHILE ON MOTION AT 20MPH AND WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT A STEADY INCREASE IN SPEED AND IT DECELEARTES BY ITSELF.

BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON AND STEERING COLUMN IS VERY LOOSE . ALSO IT IS IN RECALL FOR POWERTRSIN AND AIR BAGS.

1. WHEN EXIT THE STATIONARY VEHICLE, BEEPS AT ME. HAVE TO GET BACK IN, START ENGINE AND TURN OFF AGAIN BEFORE CAN EXIT WITHOUT THE BEEPING.??? HAPPENS FREQUENTLY. 2. STEERING - PULLS TO LEFT. REQUIRES CONSTANT STEERING CORRECTION. DOES NOT NEED ALIGNMENT. VERY ANNOYING WHEN ON LONG DISTANT TRIPS...COULD BE DANGEROUS. 3. DRIVER'S SEAT HEATS UP AUTOMATICALLY. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN SUMMER TIME. HAS BEEN CHECKED OUT BY DEALER AT LEAST TWO TIMES AND THEY FIND NOTHING. STARTED HAVING ABOVE PROBLEMS AT APPROXIMATELY 30K MILES ON BRAND NEW VEHICLE. NOW HAVE 43K.