2007 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

REAR BRAKES ON 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA ACQUIRED HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL, ODOR, AND WHEELS WERE TOO HOT TO THE TOUCH AT 17,500 MILES. BOTH REAR WHEEL BOLTS & WHEEL WERE VERY HOT. THE TIRE COULD BLOW UP ON A HIGHWAY AND CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER SAID TO REPLACE REAR DISK BRAKES AT A COST OF $275. I PROTESTED SAYING THAT AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AND THERE SEEMS TO BE DESIGN DEFECT AND THAT IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BUT THEY WOULD NOT BUDGE. THERE SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE REAR BRAKE MECHANISMS CAUSING THE PADS TO FREEZE AGAINST THE ROTORS. I GOT PADS REPLACED, ROTOR RESURFACED ETC. AT NAPA. THEY SAID THAT IT IS SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH SONATAS. MANY PEOPLE HAVE POSTED REAR BRAKE PROBLEMS AT HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/HYUNDAI/SONATA FOR YOUR REVIEW. *TR

ON 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA SE LIMITED I HAVE LIGHTS TELLING ME THAT THE AIR BAGS ARE NOT OPERATIONAL. IT SOME TIME TELLS ME THERE IS A PASSENGER WHEN THERE IS NOT AND SOMETIMES NO PASSENGER WHEN THERE IS. DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON CONSTANTLY. NOW WITH THE RECALL FOR THE TAILLIGHTS I AM THINKING THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE AT ALL. *TR

SUN VISOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF MY 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE. IT WAS WORKING FINE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ONE DAY IT WAS DOWN AND I COULD NOT PUT IT BACK IN PLACE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION, A TECHNICIAN CONCLUDED THAT THE BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO THE CALIPERS NOT RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS INDICATIVE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE CURRENT WAS 57,000.

2007 HYUNDAI SONATA REAR BRAKE PADS NEED REPLACING EVERY 15,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THESE TWICE IN TWO YEARS. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED, AND MOST OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY DRIVING. FROM READING OTHER AUTO FORUMS, THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON AMONG SONATA OWNERS. *TR

THE HEADLIGHTS ON 2007 SONATA HAS GONE OUT 4 TIMES AND HAS BEEN CHANGED BY THE DEALER AND THIS HAS BECOME A PROBLEM ALSO THE REAR LIGHTS IT HAS BECOME COSTLY TO ME IN A COUPLE OF WAYS MISSING WORK AND ALSO GETTING PULLED OVER BY THE POLICE UNAWARE OF THE LIGHTS OUT WHICH CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT AND TICKETS AND ETC. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON EXITING A RAMP WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BREAK PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. AS A CONSEQUENCE, HE REAR-ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE FRONT END OF HIS VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED, BUT NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR FACILITY. HE IS IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING IF HIS VIN NUMBER WAS INCLUDED IN RECALL# 09V122000, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SWITCHES, BRAKE LIGHT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 65,336.

TL*-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT HAD HIS VEHICLE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO RECALL# 08V161000 (AIR BAGS). AFTER THE REPAIR HE NOTICED THAT WHEN AN OCCUPANT SITS IN THE RIGHT PASSENGER SEAT, THE FRONT AIR BAG DOES NOT DETECT THE PRESENCE OF AN ADULT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND A REPRESENTATIVE CONCLUDED THAT THEY ARE UNAWARE OF HOW TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 35,000. UPDATED 11/23/09 *BF THE IDLER PULLEY BEARING WAS REPLACED IN THE ENGINE. UPDATED 11/24/09.*JB

2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. 11,500 MILES LEFT REAR WHEEL SEIZED UP WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE. MECHANIC SAID: BRAKE CALIPER WAS FROZEN CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR PREMATURELY CAUSING OVERHEATING AND DAMAGE TO THE ROTOR. FORTUNATELY I DID NOT LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE SO THERE WAS NO CRASH. THE BRAKES ON THE OTHER 3 WHEELS WERE FINE INDICATING A DEFECTIVE PART(S). NOW THE FRUSTRATING AND UNBELIEVABLE PART OF THE ISSUE: HYUNDAI SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE BRAKE PADS ARE A WEAR ITEM. I ASKED HIM TO SHOW ME IN THE WARRANTY WHERE A DEFECTIVE CALIPER IS A WEAR PROBLEM WITH NO RESPONSE. THEY WOULD NOT FIX THE VECHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. UPON SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I LEARNED THAT THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO MANY PEOPLE AND IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. THE POSTS ALSO REFLECT THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE WITH THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP IN THEIR REFUSAL TO ADMIT THAT A MECHANICAL DEFECT EXISTS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY OWN PERSONAL MECHANIC FOR THE REPAIR AND PLAN ON SAVING THE BILL AND PARTS FOR A RECALL THAT SHOULD OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. *TR

LEFT REAR BRAKE LOCKED UP ON 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. DEALER LOOKED AT IT AND DETERMINED THE BRAKE CALIPER WAS STUCK DUE TO CORROSION AND BRAKE DUST BUILDUP, CAUSING THE BRAKE TO BE APPLIED 100% OF THE TIME, THUS WEARING AWAY THE PAD AND CAUSING THE BACKING PLATE TO CONTACT THE ROTOR. DEALER SAID THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE ON SONATA IN AREAS WHERE ROAD SALT IS USED. PADS REPLACED AND ROTORS RESURFACED. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. CAR HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT. *TR