2011 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER SON WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH AND THE ENGINE CEASED. THE CONTACT'S SON GUIDED THE VEHICLE FROM THE MIDDLE LANE TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FIRST TO AN INDEPENDNENT MECHANIC AND HE DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE WITH ENGINE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER HYUNDAI OF CENTRAL FLORIDA (17325 E HIGHWAY 50 CLERMONT, FL 34711, 888-566-5820) WHO CONFIRMED THE SAME DIAGNOSIS OF THE ENGINE CEASING. THE CONTACT WAS NOT GIVEN THE SPECIFIC REASON AS TO WHY THE ENGINE CEASED. THE DEALER INITIALLY STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE AND WOULD SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT CALLED AND CONFIRMED WITH THE MANUFACTURER THE ENGINE WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL AND WOULD CONTACT THE DEALER TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER THEN DECLINED THE REPAIR BY EMAIL STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FOUR YEARS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

STEERING WHEEL MAKES A NOISE. WHEN TURNED. CAR RIDE IS BUMPY ON INSPECTION MECHANIC SAID I NEED STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AND I NEED LEFT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACED, FRONT SWAY BAR LINKS NEED REPLACEMENT. ALMOST $2000 EXPENSE. THIS CAR HAS 132000 MILES ON IT . I TOOK CARE OF CAR ROTATE THE TIRES DID PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.THE VEHICLE HAS VERY BUMPY RIDE WHEN TURNED MAKES NOISE.

MY CAR STALL WHILJNG DRIVING THEN STOP IN FRONT OF ANOTHER VEHICLES. I HAD TO PUSH IT OVER ON NEUTRAL. MY VEHICLES HAD KNOCKING SOUND WHEN TRYING TO GET IT BACK UP RUNNING . LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE AND IT START BACK UP ON ITS OWN. I TOOK IT TO HYNDUAI 8/8 THE SERVICE WORKER JIM SAID HE CAN'T DIAGNOSTIC CAUSE THE LIGHT IS GONE. I TOLD HIM THAT I CANT RISK DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WHEN I KNOW IT HAD A KNOCK SENSOR RECALL LAST YEAR CAMPAIGN 953 AND ITS DOING IT AGAIN. HE TOLD ME THEIR IS NOTH I NG HE CAN DO AND ADVICE ME TO DRIVE IT BACK HOME UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND THEN GET TOW. J SCOLD HIM AND SAID AND RISK MY KIDS LIFE AND OTHERS. IT STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. THE ENGINE COMPLETELY GOES OUT FOR ALMOST 40 MINUTE. THIS THE 6TH TIME IT HAPPEN BETWEEN OCT 2019 TO AUG 2020.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE COLLEGE PARK HYUNDAI DEALER LOCATED AT 9500 BALTIMORE AVE, COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

THE FIRST PROBLEM IS ABOUT THE HEADLIGHTS WHEN TURNING THE CAR ON WHETHER IT IS STATIONARY OR IN MOTION, THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY BLINKING OR CUTTING OFF SHORTLY WHICH IS DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING IN DARK. THE PROBLEM MAY BE RELATED TO THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE BATTERY, THE BATTERY ON THIS CAR, 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, CAN NOT LAST LONG AND IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO PARASITIC ELECTRICITY IN THIS MODEL AS THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME. IT MIGHT BE CAUSED BY ELECTRICITY DRAINAGE ON THE RADIO PART. THE THIRD COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL IS THE OVERHEATING ENGINE. I REALIZED THE RADIATOR FAN IS NOT WORKING UNTIL I STOP THE CAR, OPEN THE HOOD, AND THEN GIVE THE FAN BLADES A PUSH! ALSO, THE FAN CAN TURN ON BY ITSELF ONLY IF I TURN ON THE AC ON HIGH BLOWING LEVEL.

EPS CHECK ENGINE ABS AND WHEEL LINEAMENT LIGHTS ARE ALL ON AND MY WHEELS SOUND HORRIBLE HITTING A SMALL BUMP

A SCREEN CAN LOSE BY THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE AND TORE THE BUMPER BY THE TIRE. ALSO PAINT CHIPS VERY EASY TO THE FRAME.

STEERING WHEEL MAKES NOISE AND HAS PLAY IN IT. WHILE JACKED UP, THE WHEEL MAKES THE SUSPENSION SHAKE. NOISE IS WHILE HITTING POTHOLES, MAKING TURNS AND WHILE SITTING STILL TURNING THE WHEELS. I BOUGHT CAR USED. HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TIRES JUST ROTATED WITHIN PAST MONTH.

THE CAR SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. ORIGINATED FROM ENGINE BAY AND ENGULFED WITHIN SECONDS HAD TO JUMP OUT OF VEHICLE.

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, NOTICED AN ODD SMELL, LIKE BURNING/MELTING PLASTIC. I LOOKED AROUND TO SEE IF SOMEONE WAS BURNING ANYTHING, BUT THERE WASN'T. THE SMELL SEEMED TO GO AWAY, BUT A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD I STARTED TO SMELL IT AGAIN AND NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I LOOKED FOR A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER BUT FLAMES STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE HOOD, SO I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT, RAN AWAY FROM THE CAR. WITHIN LESS THAT 2 TO 3 MINUETS IT WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE AND STATE TROOPERS SHOWED UP, PUT OUT THE FIRE. MY CAR WAS BURNT TO THE GROUND!