2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I WAS TURNING ON TO SMITH SWITCH ROAD IN ASHBURN VIRGINIA FROM WAXPOOL ROAD. I REACHED TO TURN ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS DUE TO BICYCLIST ON THE ROADWAY AND I BUMPED THE STARTER SWITCH FOR THE CAR AND IT SHUT THE CAR OFF WHILE IT WAS STILL IN MOTION. THIS CAUSED THE STEERING TO BE HEAVY AND BRAKES VERY HARD TO USE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF THE ROAD WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. I HAD TO STOP THE VEHICLE TOTALLY AND PUT BACK INTO PARK BEFORE IT WOULD START AGAIN AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN WHILE IT WAS COASTING. I TRIED AND IT DIDN'T WORK. *TR

I GOT CAR ACCIDENT ON I90. A BIG TRUCK HIT A REAR DOOR ON DRIVER SIDE AND THE CAR SPINES. THE TRUCK AGAIN HIT TO SIDE OF TRUNK AND TOP DOOR OF TRUNK WAS GONE AND BROKEN ALSO BACK GLASS(BACK OF REAR SEAT) MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT DEPLOY SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS ON FRONT AND BACK SEATS. NO AIRBAGS DEPLOY. MY WONDERING IS THAT IF MY KID SIT ON BACK SEAT, I AM SCARE OF IT. IS IT NORMAL ? *TR

PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. CAR HAS 11,500 MILES. TIRE WEAR AS MEASURED BY THE DEALER IS 5/32 REAR AND 4 /32 FRONT. NEITHER DEALER OR TIRE MANUFACTURER KUMHO THINKS THIS IS AN ISSUE OR IS WILLING TO TAKE ANY ACTION. BOTH CLAIM TIRE WEAR IS NOT WARRANTIED. TIRES SHOULD NOT WEAR OUT THIS QUICKLY AND IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THE TIRES ARE NOT PROPERLY SPECIFIED FOR THIS CAR, 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. *TR

AFTER LEAVING 2013 SONATA PARKED FOR 3 HOURS CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 5 MILES AN HOUR. AFTER INVESTIGATION BY HYUNDAI MECHANICS THEY FOUND THAT A PORTION OF ENGINE WIRING HARNESS HAD BEEN CHEWED THROUGH BY SOME KIND OF CRITTER. COME TO FIND OUT THE MATERIAL USED AS WIRING INSULATION IS SOY BASED THAT ATTRACTS CRITTERS. THIS COULD BE A SEVER SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS, FIRES, OR WHAT EVER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,500.

THIS IS AN ADDITION TO NHTSA COMPLAINT NUMBER 10522412: AFTER THE CRASH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED TO SEE WHY THE BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED, WE RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION FROM A VEHICLE MAINTENANCE GARAGE NOTING THEY FOUND SIGNIFICANT RUST ON THE BRAKE COMPONENTS (CALIPERS MAYBE). THE VEHICLE WAS RENTED IN SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE THEY USE SIGNIFICANT SALT ON THE ROADS. WHILE NOT ALL COMPLAINTS NOTING SPONGY BRAKES THAT THEN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ENGAGING HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA, THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ON HYUNDAI SONATA BLOGS. *TR

2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GAS PEDAL AND ACCELERATION ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT RESPOND FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE SECONDS, AFTER WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD. IT WENT FROM 1000 RPM DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 500 RPM. THE SALES REP INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THE PEDAL WAS A NEW DESIGN. *JB

MY MOTHER CAN DRIVE CAR WITHOUT BEING STRANDED BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP SO HARD ABOUT 85% OF THE TIME WHEREAS SHE CAN'T TURN THE WHEEL TO TURN THE KEY. WE WENT TO STATE ARBITRATOR AND SHE HAD SAME PROBLEM COULD NOT TURN STEERING NOR START CAR. I THINK THIS A COVER UP OR SOME ONE IS TAKING BRIBES BECAUSE WE SHOWED PROBLEM IN FRONT OF ANALYST SALVADOR SANTILLAN OF DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AND NOTHING CAME OF IT THOUGH HE AGREED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. AFTER A FEW TIMES OF MY MOTHER AN ELDER WOMEN OF SOME STRENGTH, BEING STRANDED, SHE CAN'T DRIVE CAR ALONE. PLEASE LOOK IN TO WE HAVE VIDEO. *TR

MY WIFE HAD AN ACCIDENT TODAY WHICH SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY SOME KIND OF MECHANICAL ACCELERATION WHEN SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST THAT, AT FIRST, SHE THOUGHT SHE MIGHT HAVE PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE. BUT, AS THE FOG OF THE INCIDENT CLEARS, SHE RECALLS SLOWLY APPLYING THE BRAKE TO PULL INTO THE PARKING SPACE AND THE NEXT THING SHE KNOWS IS THAT THE ENGINE IS RACING AND SHE'S KNOCKED DOWN METAL SIGNS, TREES AND BUSHES. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. SHE JUST MISSED THE FRONT OF A BUILDING. WE WERE RELIEVED THAT NO PEOPLE OR VEHICLES WERE ALSO INVOLVED. SHE SUSTAINED NO INJURIES AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT INFLATE. WE ARE GLAD THAT SHE WASN'T ON A HIGHWAY AND WHERE MUCH MORE DAMAGE COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO CASEY'S AUTO BODY, AT 4515 OHARA AVE, BRENTWOOD, CA 94513-2206 IN CASE YOU WOULD LIKE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT FROM THE SIGNS, TREES AND BUSHES. WE DO NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATE YET FROM CASEY'S. I ALSO HAVE SENT THIS INFORMATION TO HYUNDAI. *TR

ON MAY 15TH I WAS AN ACCIDENT REGARDING MY 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA THE CAR SWAYS ALL OVER THE ROAD I HAVE NOTIFIED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND BEEN TOLD THERE IS NO FIX EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ERROR THE SWAYING CAUSED AN ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS DEFECT WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE ABOUT IT. *TR