2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN THE CAR OFF. MUST DISCONNECT BATTERY TO RELEASE THE KEY.

MY 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA RECEIVED A REPLACEMENT ENGINE DUE TO A RECALL FOR EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. MY CAR DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS, EVERYTHING ELSE WAS RUNNING AS IT SHOULD. AFTER MY ENGINE WAS REPLACED, THE DEALERSHIP DID A TEST DRIVE AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING WELL. I DROVE MY CAR HOME EVERYTHING SEEMED OK. I ONLY DROVE THE CAR TO MY LOCAL SUPERMARKET TWICE AND LASTLY, MY SON DROVE IT OUT TO A BEST BUY, WHICH WAS 40 MINUTES AWAY. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL DURING THE DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AS WELL AS THE LOCAL STREET UNTIL HE PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT. AS SOON AS HE MADE THE TURN IN, THE CAR STARTED TO REV IN AN EXTREME WAY-TAKING THE RPM NEEDLE TO 6 AND A LITTLE OVER- WITH VERY LITTLE APPLICATION TO THE GAS PEDAL AND VERY LITTLE MOTION FROM THE CAR. HE PARKED THE CAR THEN TURNED IT ON AGAIN, THE ENGINE TURNED ON OK, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND AFTER 4 DAYS WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS, WHATSOEVER, OF ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE SUDDEN STOPPAGE IS VERY DISCONCERTING TO SAY THE LEAST. ARE THERE ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL'S TRANSMISSION, AS THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF DETERIORATION? MY CAR HAS 145,000 MILES ON IT. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI HQ CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A CASE WAS MADE, ONLY TO GET A CALL FROM THE CASE MGR. STATING THE TRANSMISSION IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. I UNDERSTAND I WAS GIVEN A REPLACEMENT ENGINE, BUT I FAIL TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE OR EVEN COINCIDENTAL THAT MY TRANSMISSION WOULD COLLAPSE AFTER A MAJOR REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE DIAGNOSTICS HISTORY SHOWS THERE WAS AN INCORRECT RATIO IN GEAR 3.WHY WERE THERE NO WARNINGS OR TELLTALE SIGNS? THIS COULD HAVE TURNED OUT VERY BADLY FOR MY SON HAD IT HAPPENED JUST A MINUTE SOONER WHILE HE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY.

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS +95 THE CAR WILL DRIVE FOR 15 MINS AND AN ALARM SOUND WARNING YOU THAT THE "HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING - SAFELY STOP AND DO NOT DRIVE" THE VEHICLE IS NOT RESPONSIVE AND THE THE ENGINE IS MAKING A CRACKING NOISE

THE AIRBAG LIGHT HA BEEN ON IN MY CAR FOR ABOUT 3-4 WEEKS AND STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY, WILL NOT GO OUT. I HAVE TRIED TO HAVE IT RESET, BUT IT DOES NOT HELP. I BELIEVE THIS IS OR SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN READING OVER THE INTERNET AND SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS OF THIS MAKE AND YEAR MODEL OF HYUNDAI ARE ALSO HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES. ALSO, THERE APPEARS TO BE OIL LEAKAGE BUT WE CANNOT SEE IT. WE HAVE TO ADD OIL TO THE CAR EVERY WEEK, EVEN AFTER WE HAVE HAD AN OIL CHANGE THE WEEK PRIOR. I TOOK IT TO HYUNDAI OF BOWIE WITH THESE SAME ISSUES SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND BEFORE THEY COULD CHECK IT OUT, THERE WOULD BE A BILL. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY AND BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE AND MAY BE PART OF THE RECALL.

I PURCHASED A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA IN JANUARY 2012. IN 2014, A RECALL OF THE CAR WAS ISSUED FOR A SHIFT CABLE PROBLEM WHERE THE CABLE WOULD DETACH FROM THE SHIFTER. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER IN SEPTEMBER 2014 TO HAVE THE RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED. IN 2018, I GAVE THE CAR TO MY DAUGHTER SO MY GRANDSON COULD PARTICIPATE IN HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SPORTS AND ATTEND CLASSES AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AFTER HIS GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HE IS ATTENDING THE UNIV. OF MARYLAND IN COLLEGE PARK , MD, AS A RESIDENT STUDENT AND ONLY USES THE CAR ON WEEKENDS WHEN HE COMES HOME AND DURING BREAKS FROM COLLEGE SEMESTERS. THE REASON FOR THIS COMPLAINT OCCURRED IN LATE JUNE 2020 AND IS THE EXACT FAILURE MECHANISM THAT CAUSED THE 2014 RECALL. APPARENTLY THE RECALL FIX WAS EITHER NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION OR WAS NOT DONE CORRECTLY. THE RESULT IS MY DAUGHTER HAD TO PAY $974.00 TO FIX SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF IN 2014. THE PROBLEM WAS A RESULT EITHER A POOR ORIGINAL DESIGN OR THE RECALL FIX WAS ONLY TEMPORARY. I CALLED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WAS A SECONDARY OWNER.

MY 2012 SONTA HAS TWO CRACKS IN DASHBOARD. I HAD MY CAR AT DEALER FOR ALMOST A MONTH.WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALER TO PICK IT I NOTICED TWO CRACKS IN DASHBOARD. I QUESTIONED THE DEALER THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. THEY TOLD ME THEY LEFT MY CAR IN THE SUN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND WAS VERY FIRM. ADDITIONAL EFFORT WAS NEEDED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED OUT OF PARK TO DRIVE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V759000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM A VIN SEARCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 137,000.

BULBS KEEP BLOWING RADIO COMPLETELY WENT BLACK AN NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE ISSUE

HAVING PURCHASED THE AFOREMENTIONED VIN LAST MONTH, THE BREAK LIGHTS STAY ON EVEN THO THE CAR IS OFF, THUS DRAINING THE BATTERY. WITH A HEIGHTENED FEAR OF BEING REAR-ENDED, OR WORSE, FOR THE NOW WE DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLE. ALSO, THE CAR WANTS TO STALL WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE ACCELERATION IS DELAYED, THIS AT ANY SPEED. FEARFUL OF THE ENGINE CATCHING AFIRE, WE APPRECIATE POST HASTE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE GURLEY LEEP SUBARU (5302 GRAPE RD, MISHAWAKA, IN 46545) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL LINE WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V934000 (ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000.