2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

STEERING SYSTEM ON HYUNDAI SONATA 2013 TOO LOOSE. FEELS LIKE YOU ARE ICE SKATING ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY; REQUIRES CONSTANT CORRECTION AS IT SWERVES FROM SIDE TO SIDE. WHEEL IS OVERLY SENSITIVE TO ANY TOUCH. REQUESTED DEALER TO ADJUST DAY TWO OF OWNERSHIP. NO RESPONSE FROM JOHNSON HYUNDAI OF CARY NC.

EVER SINCE PURCHASED THIS CAR ON 7/14/13, HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY IN KEEPING THE CAR GOING STRAIGHT AT ALL SPEEDS. IT TENDS TO WANDER IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT. HAVE TO KEEP HOLDING ONTO THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHT CONSTANTLY TO AVOID DRIFTING INTO OTHER LANES. OVER LONG DISTANCE DRIVING, THIS HAS RESULTED IN DRIVER FATIGUE WHICH IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

APPROXIMATELY 2 - 3 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DISCOVERY MY PROBLEM ESC LIGHT WOULD COME ON WHILE DRIVING AND STAY ON. I CHECKED MY BLUELINK SYSTEM TO SEE IF I HAD AN ERROR, HOWEVER, THERE WAS NOT ISSUES APPARENTLY. I DECIDED TO WAIT AS I WAS ABOUT TO GO TO THE DEALER FOR MY SECOND OIL CHANGE. ON THE DAY IN QUESTION I WAS ABOUT TO TAKE A TWO HOUR DRIVE. WHEN I GOT ON TO HWY I HEARD A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM FRONT OF CAR I PULLED OVER, GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT CAR COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING, GOT BACK ON HWY, NOISE BEGAN AGAIN. SEEING I WAS NOT FAR FROM A DEALERSHIP I DECIDED TO GO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. I EXPLAINED ABOUT THE ESC LIGHT REMAINING ON. THEY TOOK MY CAR IN TO SHOP AND LOOKED AT IT. DEALERSHIP ADVISED ME THAT ALL MY TIRES WERE BALD. I ASKED HOW THIS WAS POSSIBLE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW. I HAD DONE ALL REQUIRED MAINTENANCE AT THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD DONE IT PRIOR TO IT BEING NEEDED. DEALER CHECKED RECORDS TO VERIFY THAT REQUIRED MAINTENANCE WAS DONE, WHICH THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I CALLED CORPORATE HYUNDAI WHO STATED IT SOUNDED LIKE A TIRE PROBLEM WHICH WAS NOT THEIR ISSUE, HOWEVER, THEY WOULD TRANSFER ME TO KUMHO THE MAKER OF MY TIRES. CORPORATE ADVISED ME THAT ONCE TIRE ISSUE WAS CORRECTED IF I STILL HAD AN ESC ISSUE THEN THEY COULD LOOK AT GETTING THAT FIXED. KUMHO WANTED ME TO GET TREAD MEASUREMENTS DONE, FORWARD INFO TO THEM AND THEN THEY WOULD MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE GOING TO POSSIBLY HELP ME OUT ON THE COST OF NEW TIRE. REMEMBER JUST OVER 8000 MILES ON MY CAR THAT WAS BOUGHT AT THE END OF DEC 2012. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE IF I WOULD HAVE CONTINUED MY TWO HOUR DRIVE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN MOSTLY HWY DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO HAD AN ISSUE WITH MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKING. *TR

(TODAY'S DATE: 13JULY2013)..MY 2013 SONATA LE STEERING TENDS TO WANDER ON THE ROAD. IT HAS SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN AUGUST 2012. THE DEALER SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG; THEY CAN'T REALLY NOTICE IT. YET I ALMOST CONSTANTLY NEED TO MAKE STEERING ADJUSTMENTS FOR SMALL UNCOMMANDED DIRECTIONAL CHANGES PARTICULARLY AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 35 AND 70 MPH (IT DRIVES BETTER AT 80 MPH). I SEEMS WORSE ON VARIOUS ROAD SURFACES (SMOOTH ASPHALT VS ROUGH/OIL AGGREGATE SURFACE VS CEMENT ETC.). I JUST RECENTLY BECAME AWARE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY 2013 SONATA OWNERS. IT ADDS TO DRIVER FATIGUE (TIRING) AND MAKES DRIVING MUCH LESS ENJOYABLE, AND EVEN SCARY, PARTICULARLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AT FREEWAY SPEEDS. IF YOU BECOME DISTRACTED FOR EVEN JUST A MOMENT, YOU COULD MOVE INTO ANOTHER LANE (OR CAR). IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE CONSTANTLY COMPENSATING, IT'S LIKE YOUR DRIVING A MOTOR BOAT WHERE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY ADJUSTING THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, THE CAR HAS THE WORST TIRE NOISE OF ANY CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. THE DEALER SAYS IT'S NORMAL FOR THIS CAR. *TR

CAR WILL NOT CENTER ITSELF -IF YOU TURN WHEEL ONE QUARTER INCH TO LEFT IT WILL STAY THERE AND YOU HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO CENTER SAME TO THE RIGHT -THE CAR IS VERY TIRING TO DRIVE THE CONSTANT CORRECTION OF THE VEHICLE TO MAINTAIN A STRAIGHT LINE IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN-THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET AND HYUNDAI SAYS ITS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING -I HAVE DRIVEN MANY CARS WITH ELECTRONIC STEERING AND NONE THEM HAVE HAD THE WANDERING PROBLEM THE HYUNDAI DOES PLEASE CONTACT HYUNDAI ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE -THX. *TR

THE CHROME OFF THE INDOOR HANDLES PEELED OFF AND CAN CUT YOUR FINGERS WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE DOORS

MY FIRST TIME AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP IN A STRAIGHT LINE. I HAD TO CONTINUALLY CORRECT THE STEERING LEFT AND RIGHT TO EFFECTIVELY ADJUST THE TRACK AS VEHICLE TENDED TO "WANDER" ON ITS OWN. I DON'T NOTICE THIS ISSUE AT LOWER AROUND TOWN SPEEDS, BUT IT IS CLEARLY PRESENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS! *TR

CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT AND CAN'T KEEP STRAIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY. FEELS DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE! REQUIRING CONSTANT CORRECTIONS OF THE STEERING MAKES DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY STRESSFUL. *TR

WE RENTED A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA FROM HERTZ ON 8 JUNE 2013. IMMEDIATELY WE NOTED THE BRAKES FELT SPONGY AND TOOK A LONG TIME TO ENGAGE, AS WELL AS THE STEERING DRIFTED RIGHT OR LEFT CONSTANTLY. WE PUT THIS DOWN TO BEING A CHARACTERISTIC OF HYUNDAI, WHICH WE HAD NEVER DRIVEN. WE EXITED THE HIGHWAY. AT THE THIRD STOP/INTERSECTION, THE BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BUT FAILED TO ENGAGE. MY FATHER KEPT TRYING THE BRAKES AND THEY FINALLY ENGAGED AFTER ABOUT 3-5 ATTEMPTS. THEN AGAIN, ABOUT TWO STOPS LATER THE BRAKES AGAIN WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FAILED TO ENGAGE MULTIPLE TIMES. RATHER THAN REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US AT THE STOPLIGHT, HE MOVED INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE, WHERE A VEHICLE HIT US AND THEN SPED PAST US. WE TRIED TO COME TO A STOP BEHIND THE VEHICLE TO CALL THE POLICE AND DEAL WITH THE INCIDENT, BUT THE BRAKES STILL WOULD NOT WORK. WE HAD TO SWERVE BACK TO THE LEFT LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE AGAIN, AND FINALLY CAME TO A ROLLING STOP SEVERAL YARDS IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER DEALING WITH THE POLICE, WE TESTED THE BRAKES MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY WERE ENGAGING, SO WE CONTINUED ON TO MY AUNT'S HOUSE. THE NEXT DAY WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AS WE WERE TOO AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AGAIN, WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THE 2013 HYUNDAI SONATAS? WE'RE JUST VERY THANKFUL THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE ON THE FREEWAY IF WE HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP, TRAVELING AT 75 MPH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VEERED TO THE SIDES INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12 . *TR