2018 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

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  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - FAYETTEVILLE, NC

    I GET A HEV WARNING TELLING ME TO SHUTDOWN MY CAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS MY VEHIVAL NO LONGER ENGAGES THE GAS PART OF MY MOTOR, THE CAR GIVES ME MULTIPLE DISTRACTING NOISES. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IMMEDIATELY THE GASOLINE SIDE OF MY MOTOR IS WORKING AGAIN.. P2600 POPS UP ON MY SCANNER AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINS ON TILL ABOUT 4 IGNITION CYCLES WITH SOME DRIVE TIME. ALMOST ONCE, AND SOMETIMES TWICE A DAY FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - EAST ELMHURST, NY

    I RENT THIS CAR FROM TOWER RENTALS I PAID 1300$ DAY BEFORE EASTER NO ONE WOULD COME GET IT FIX IT I'M IN QUEENS I GOT MONEY TOLLS AND GAS TOOK TO THEIR REPAIR SHOP IN BRONX YESTERDAY AFTER 4 HOURS THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WRONG SENT ME HOME AFTER THEY DID 50 MIN INSPECTION WHICH IT FAILED. THEY HAVE CAUSED ME TONS OF MONEY PARTS JUMPS TRAVEL TIME LOSS OF WORK AND DO NOT CARE OR REIMBURSE ME THE CAR SITS X TIME WON'T START AGAIN WITHOUT JUMP I SENT NUMEROUS EMAILS ASKING MY YEARLY RECEIPT ALL I'VE PAID STILL NOT GIVEN IT TO ME

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - MISSION, TX

    2018 HYUNDAI SONATA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RUSTY BRAKES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD ISSUES START DURING COLD WEATHER. IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT 15 MINUTES OR LONGER FOR THE VEHICLE TO TURN ON. THE BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED PREMATURELY. *JS

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - TOMS RIVER, NJ

    ROUGH VIBRATION SLOWLY COMING UP STEERING WHEN BRAKING TO STOP. COULD BE ROTORS OR TIRES. STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - LAWRENCEVILLE, GA

    I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO EXISTING PROBLEMS. I DROVE OFF MY INTENDED EXIT WHEN SUDDENLY MY VEHICLE JERKED REALLY HARD, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND MY CAR STARTED SLOWING DOWN ALMOST TO A COMPLETE STOP. DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO I JUST KEPT DRIVING AS THE CAR KEPT JERKING AND SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN! I STOP BY AN AUTO ZONE WHERE THE GUY COMES OUT AND USES HIS DEVICE TO FIND OUT THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM HE SAYS THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE KNOCK SENSORS.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - MOORESVILLE, NC

    EVERYTIME I ACCELERATE MY SUV MAKES A VERY LOUD GRINDING / ? NOISES AND SOMETIMES WHEN I SLOW FROM ACCELERATING. TALKED WITH HYUNDAI MECHANIC THAT SAID THEIR MAY BE A ENGINE PROBLEM. ONLY HAD IT 1 MONTH. I AM AFRAID THAT IT WILL BECOME VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IT.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - TOPEKA, KS

    I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT ABOUT 45MPH ON MY WAY TO WORK ON A HIGHWAY ROAD AND OUT OF NO WHERE IT JERKED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 2,000 RPMS. WHEN THE CAR JERKED, IT WAS SO SUDDEN IT INJURED MY LOWER BACK. MY BACK HAS BEEN VERY SORE SINCE THIS INCIDENT. I THEN TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND HYUNDAI HAD NOT RECALLED MY SPECIFIC CAR. DEALER WAS ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE. THE CLEARED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND SENT ME ON MY WAY. ONE MILE DOWN THE ROAD EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THEIR SHOP WITH NO ETA OF REPAIR.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - WASHINGTON, DC

    DRIVER STATES VEHICLE DECELERATED WHILE DRIVING, PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AND OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - HAMPTON, VA

    THIS CAR HAS A MIND OF IT ON WHEN I TURN ON HEAT THE RADIO STATION GOES STATIC VERY BAD ENGINE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON GO TO DEALERSHIP THEY KEEP ON RESET INSTEAD OF FIXING IT YESTERDAY MY STARTER BURN OUT .JUST OUT THE BLUE WITH NO WARNING SIGN IT WAS GOING OUT

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
    - CINCINNATI, OH

    I WAS DRIVING ON AN OPEN INTERSTATE USING SMART CRUISE CONTROL WHEN A MESSAGE POPPED UP ON THE DASH SCREEN: SMART CRUISE CONTROL DISABLED. RADAR BLOCKED. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE DRY AND MY CAR WAS CLEAN. THERE HAD BEEN NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IN MY AREA NOR ANY IN THE AREA IN WHICH I WAS DRIVING. THERE WERE A FEW CARS AROUND. THE CAR THAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME MADE AN EXIT ABOUT A MINUTE AFTER THE MESSAGE AND INDICATOR LIGHTS APPEARED. THE MESSAGE AND INDICATOR LIGHTS RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES. AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER, THE SAME MESSAGE AND INDICATOR LIGHTS APPEARED. THE SKY WAS DARKER WITH A FEW FLURRIES IN THE AIR BUT NO ACCUMULATION. I TURNED OFF SMART CRUISE TO FINISH THE TRIP. I DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS WITH SMART CRUISE ON THE 5 HOUR RETURN TRIP. WEATHER CONDITIONS THEN WERE GRAY AND RAINING. THE TRIP IS MOSTLY INTERSTATE BUT THE DESTINATION IS MOUNTAINOUS. I MADE THE TRIP SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS WITH NO PROBLEMS.

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE