2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

HAD ABOUT A MONTH WITH HOW THE CAR ACCELARATED. THE CAR MADE A LOT OF NOISE THEN THE OIL LIGHT WOULD GO ON. FINALLY ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, BROUGHT THE CAR IN DUE TO AN ENGINE LIGHT, AND WAS TOLD THE ENGINE IS BURNING OIL, I KNEW THAT BC I WAS ADDING OIL. WAS TOLD JUST TODAY THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED YESTERDAY AFTER I DROPPED IT OFF AND NOW I NEED TO PAY FOR IT. DID I MENTION THIS IS A LEASE AND ITS ONLY 42,000 MILES ON IT? NEEDLESS TO SAY I HAVE NO CAR IN A RENTAL I HAVE TO PAY FOR. SPOKE TO A FEW MECHANICS AND WAS TOLD ITS AN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. GREAT! BUT NOW IM STUCK W THE BILL OF THE ENGINE OR THE EARLY RETURN LEASE BC THE CAR IS UNDRIVEABLE!!!

WHEN I WENT TO PARK THE CAR AND TURN THE ENGINE OFF THE HORN BEGAN TO HONK AS I TRIED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE HAZARD LIGHTS WHERE FLASHING AT THE SAME TIME THE HORN WAS HONKING. I RE EBTERED THE VEHICLE AND TRIED STICKING THE KEY BACK IN THE IGNITION. NO SOUND FROM THE ENGINE AT ALL. WOULD NOT TURN ON. I ADJUSTED THE GEARS WITH THE KEY & LET IT SIT FOR 40 MINUTES. I WAS THEN ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. SO ANNOYING AND STRESSFUL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS ELECTRICAL OR WHAT BUT IT WAS CERTAINTLY NOT THE BATTERY. ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE VEHICLE CAME ON EVEN THE RADIO. FOUR DAYS AGO I HAD FUSES REPLACED FOR THE RADIO AND THE DOOR LOCKS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE VEHICLE NOT TURNING OVER/ON/STARTING HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE FUSES BEING REPLACED OR NOT. MILEAGE 74,000.

I HAVE HAD 5 OR 6 INSTANCES WHERE THE AUTOSTART IGNITION DOES NOT WORK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CRANK IN STATIONARY POSITION WHILE IN PARK. I CAN USUALLY MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AROUND A FEW TIMES. OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR AND SOME OTHER TRICKS TO GET IT TO WORK BUT THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND MY DEALER NEVER STEPS UP TO THE PLATE TO HELP WITH SOLUTIONS.

MY 2013 SONATA HAS 12000 MILES ON IT, THE BEST PIRELLI TIRES AND FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT TWICE. I THOUGHT NEW TIRES WOULD MAKE THE CAR DRIVE BETTER BUT IT DID NOT HELP THE STEERING. MY SONATA WILL NOT DRIVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE WITHOUT CONSTANT CORRECTION ON ALL HIGHWAY TYPES. THIS IS TOTAL DRIVING FATIGUE AND I WILL ONLY DRIVE SHORT DISTANCES UNTIL HYUNDAI HAS A RECALL ON THESE CARS IN FIXING THE ELECTRIC STEERING SO THE ELECTRIC STEERING IS NOT SO OVER ACTIVE. MAYBE FULLTIME POWER STEERING WOULD REMEDY THE CONSTANT NEED IN TRYING TO MAKE THIS CAR DRIVE RIGHT. ALSO THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT SHOULD ALWAYS BE INSTALLED ON THE RACK AND PINION. IF THIS STEERING PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED SOON I WILL TRADE MY CAR FOR ANOTHER CAR THAT DRIVES LIKE A CAR SHOULD. WHEN I READ ALL THE OTHER REVIEWS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE 2013 SONATA AND THE BAD STEERING ISSUE, WE ARE ALL DESCRIBING THE SAME PROBLEM. I REALLY ENJOY THIS SONATA LIMITED, IT IS SO WELL EQUIPPED BUT HATE THE WAY IT WANDERS BACK AND FORTH.

ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING AND CAR DIED. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO SOUTHERN STATE HYUNDAI IN RALEIGH NC AND WAS TOLD COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. 10 YEAR 100,000 MILE. RAN THROUGH HYUNDAI CORPORATE AND CLAIM DENIED. WARRANTY WON'T COVER IT AS THEY STATED THEY FOUND SLUDGE FROM THE OIL. CAN'T GUARANTEE THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP, BUT WOULD COST MORE MONEY TO TAKE ENGINE COMPLETELY APART. QUOTED $6000-7500 FOR ENGINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER, JUST KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE. WE DID 2 OIL CHANGES AT THE DEALERSHIP AND 2 OR 3 AT JIFFY LUBE, SO THEY STATE POOR MAINTENANCE ON OUR PART. THE 2011 AND 2012 ENGINES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS SAME REASON. SO MY ENGINE FOR THE 2013 HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED BUT I AM 2 WEEKS OUT WAITING ON AN ENGINE, NO CAR AND THEY WON'T HELP PAY FOR A RENTAL.

VEHICLE WAS NOT USED FOR ABOUT 4 WEEKS IN FEBRUARY. THEN THE CAR WAS STARTED IN REVERSE WITH THE FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. PEDAL WENT MUSHY WITH LITTLE TO NO PRESSURE RESULTING BASIC LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTION WHILE MAKING LOUD NOISES. HAD TO STOP VEHICLE WITH PARKING BRAKE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SERVICE MANAGER DROVE VEHICLE, ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM, AND INDICATED THAT RUST HAD ACCUMULATED ON ROTORS. HE SAID HIGH/LOW SPOTS DUE TO RUST CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE, AND LOUD NOISE WAS A RESULT OF BRAKE PADS RUBBING ON UNEVEN SURFACES. AFTER DEALER TECHNICIAN DROVE SEVERAL MILES AND APPLIED BRAKES, RUST WORE OFF AND BRAKE FUNCTION RETURNED. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAID THE CAR SHOULD BE DRIVEN EVERY COUPLE DAYS OR AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. HE INDICATED HE COULD TURN THE ROTORS BUT THE RUST WOULD JUST RETURN. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE IN 30 YEARS WHERE THE ROTORS ARE SO PRONE TO RUST RESULTING IN BRAKE FAILURE IF NOT DRIVEN FOR 4 WEEKS, MUCH LESS A WEEK. THANKFULLY THIS WAS NOT NOTICED AT HIGHER SPEED ON A ROAD OR THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT IN THE MAKING. I BELIEVE THERE COULD BE A ROTOR MATERIAL DESIGN OR QUALITY ISSUE THAT IS PROMOTING CORROSION AT SUCH A RAPID RATE. DEALER'S INVOICE IS ATTACHED FOR REFERENCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT FAILED TO ENGAGE INTO THE PARK POSITION WITHOUT WARNING INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE PARK POSITION WAS ENGAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V434000 (POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,600.

THE GAS PEDAL AND THE BRAKE ARE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ON THIS CAR. IT IS VERY EASY WHEN VIEWING BLIND SPOTS DURING BACKING TO ACCIDENTALLY HAVE THE FOOT DEPRESS THE BRAKE AND THE GAS PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. I HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME SO FAR 2 TIMES.

I PURCHASED MY HYUNDAI SONATA USED FROM NAPLETON HYUNDAI, WEST PALM BEACH, FL. MY CAR IS UNDER FULL WARRANTY SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED AT THE DEALER. THE CAR HAD 16,000 MILE ON IT WHEN I PURCHASED IT IN MAY 2014. SHORTLY AFTER MY PURCHASE I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH A COMPLAINT THAT THE STEERING HAD A WONDERING TO THE LEFT THAT SEEMED TO STICK WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. I TOLD THEM THAT MY HUSBAND AND MY SON BOTH MADE COMMENT ON IT WHEN THEY DROVE THE CAR. I NEVER GAVE THEM ANY NOTICE OF THE STEERING, YET THEY NOTICED IT AS WELL. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND MANY 2013 SONATA'S COMPLAINED OF THE SAME STEERING PROBLEM. THE SERVICE PERSON TOOK IT FOR A RIDE AND SAID IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM THAT I NEEDED TO JUST GET USED TO ELECTRONIC STEERING. OVER THE LAST YEARS MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE RENTED MANY CARS AS WE WERE LOOKING FOR A HOME 4 HRS AWAY FROM HOME AND DIDN'T WANT THE EXTRA MILES ON OUR CAR. WE RENTED MANY 2013'S WITH ELECTRONIC STEERING AND NONE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND IT IS A DANGERIOUS PROBLEM, AS IT DOES STRESS OUT THE DRIVER TO KEEP CORRECTING THE STEERING THAT SEEMS TO STICK TO THE LEFT AND WILL NOT TRACK STRAIGHT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT A REASON FOR NOT REPLACING THE STEERING IS THAT HYUNDAI WITH NOT REIMBURSE THE DEALER IF THEY DEEM THE STEERING WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. I AND MANY OTHERS ARE STUCK WITH A CAR THAT HAS NO ADJUSTMENT AND NO RECALL STATUS IN PLACE. NO ONE WILL EVEN ENTERTAINE THE FACT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. CAN YOU HELP OR LOOK INTO THIS AS A PROBLEM? I AM TAKING MY CAR IN ONCE AGAIN TO HYUNDAI THIS MONTH 3-2016 TO HAVE THEM CHECK THE STEERING. IF THEY TURN ME DOWN AGAIN ON FIXING THE STEERING. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MACHANICE FOR A SECOND OPINION.

WHILE ON AN OUT-OF-STATE ROAD TRIP, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPPED WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE TO PASS ON A FREEWAY. I WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COAST TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER, WHERE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL. AFTER A LONG AND EXPENSIVE TOW HOME, THE LOCAL DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED. HYUNDAI REPLACED THE ENGINE AND TURBOCHARGER FOR FREE UNDER WARRANTY WITH A REBUILT BLOCK AND NEW PISTONS, HEAD, AND TURBO. THEY DIDN'T EVEN QUESTION THE MAINTENANCE OR ASK FOR RECORDS, AND POINTED OUT THAT IT LOOKS VERY CLEAN UNDER THE VALVE COVER AND IN THE OIL PAN. I CHANGE THE OIL WITH SYNTHETIC EVERY 5000 MILES, WHICH PROBABLY HELPED. I WAS PREVIOUSLY PLANNING TO KEEP THIS CAR LONG-TERM, BUT NOW I THINK I MIGHT TRADE IT IN DURING THE COMING MONTHS DUE TO LONGEVITY CONCERNS. THIS SEEMS VERY SIMILAR TO PROBLEMS REPORTED FOR 2011 AND 2012 SONATAS, WHICH USE THE SAME THETA II ENGINE.