2011 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

THE FUEL SENSOR STOPPED WORKING. CAN NOT TELL HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER RAN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY ON HER WAY HOME FROM COLLEGE! THE CAR HAS NOW FAILED INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE FUEL SENSOR. PAID TO HAVE THIS REPLACED AT FIRESTONE AUTO CARE. DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WOULD HAVE TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT MUST HAVE TO DO WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. THIS CAR HAS MULTIPLE RECALLS AND EVEN THE ENGINE ITSELF BLEW UP. I CAN NOT KEEP LIGHTS ON IT BECAUSE EVERY TIME THE BULBS ARE REPLACED THEY BLOW. I EVEN ORDERED WHOLE OTHER TAIL LIGHT PACKAGE THINKING THAT WOULD HELP BUT IT DID NOT. THIS CAR IS NOTHING BUT A SAFETY HAZARD!!!!! *TR

STARTING THIS PAST WEEKEND, MY SON'S CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND GET TO HIS DESTINATION. YESTERDAY 6/2/2020 HE RECEIVED AN OIL CHANGE AND HEADED TO WORK. HIS ENGINE STARTED KNOCKING LOUDLY AND STARTED TO STALL AGAIN WHILE HE WAS ON THE HWY. HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE. THEY SAID IT WAS THE ENGINE SPECIFICALLY #3 ROD. THEY TOLD US IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH HYUNDAI FOR THIS ENGINE. *TR

MY CAR HAS 110,000 MILES AND SUDDENLY THE AIR BAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. I KNOW I HAD RECALL #174 THAT WAS SERVICED IN JULY OF 2019. LESS THEN A YEAR LATER THE DEALER IS SUGGESTING I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A $125.00 DIAGNOSTIC CHECK!!!! *TR

I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE OCT 2019. AT THAT TIME I HAD A RECALL FOR THE HARD KNOCK SENSOR AFTER THAT IT CONTINUES TO GIVE ME ISSUES. THE CHECK ENGINE COMES ON CONTINUOUSLY EVERY WEEK. I FIX ONE ISSUE THEN THE LIGHTS COMES BACK ON FOR ANOTHER. MY CAR SHAKES WHILE DRIVING LIKE ENGINE WANTS TO STOP, DOESN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE OVER 40 MILES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY STREETS IT'S NOT SAFE FOR A VEHICLE TO STOP ACCELERATING WITHOUT ANY WARNING THEIRS OTHER BYSTANDERS THAT CAN CRASH INTO ME.I CONTACTED HYNDUAI EVERY MONTH SINCE OCT URGING THEM TO DO A FULL DIAGNOSTIC CAUSE MY VEHICLE ALREADY HAS 13 RECALLS ON IT PREVIOUSLY AND I STRONGLY FEEL THIS VEHICLE IS ONE OF THE DEFECTIVE ONES. HYNDUAI KEEPS TURNING THEIR BACK ON ME AND TELLS ME I NEED TO FIX THIS THEN THIS THEN THAT. I ALSO HAVE A FUEL SMELL AND A EVAP CODE THAT KEEPS COMING ON WHICH THIS RECALL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED AND IF IT HAPPEND AGAIN ITS GUARANTEE TO BE FIXED AGAIN. HYNDUAI TOLD ME NO. THEY KEEP TURNING THEIR BACK ON ME. I FEAR THAT MY VEHICLE WILL CAUSE HARM TO ME AND OTHERS DUE TO THE LACK OF HYUNDAI NOT TAKING MY VEHICLE SAFETY SERIOUSLY.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE NOW. I?VE HAD THE CODES CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES AND BY SEVERAL PEOPLE, AND EACH ONE SAYS THAT ITS A CODE FOR A FAULTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE SENSOR. IT CAUSES VERY HARD AND UNPREDICTABLE SHIFTING. WE?VE HAD TO STOP DRIVING IT ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE LAST TIME I DROVE IT I HAD MY 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WITH ME AND THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THE PROPER GEAR WHILE GOING THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION, AND WE WERE ALMOST T-BONED BY A LARGE SUV, THE IMPACT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE MY DAUGHTER WAS AND I HAVE REFUSED TO DRIVE OR ALLOW THE CAR TO BE DRIVEN SINCE. I HAVE FOUND A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE ON SEVERAL SITES ONLINE, MOST OF WHICH I HAVE COME ACROSS ON A SONATA FORUM. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNCOMMON AMONG THESE CARS, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND THE FACT THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED TO CORRECT IT IS, IN MY OPINION, RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE. WE PUT OUR LIVES, AND THE LIVES OF OUR FAMILY AND LOVED ONES, IN THESE CARS BECAUSE WE TRUSTED THIS COMPANY/MANUFACTURER TO KEEP US SAFE, AND THEY HAVE FAILED AND CONTINUE TO FAIL BY NOT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE PROPERLY. *TR

THE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNED ON AND DOESN'T GO AWAY I HAVE KIDS AND I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING WITH THIS LIGHT ON. *TR

STEERING VIBRATES AND BECOMES ERRATIC WHEN CHANGING LANES OR OVER GRAVEL/ROUGH ROADS. DEALER TELLS ME IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE SPEED CONTROLLED DEVICE, APPEARS TO BE CONTROLLED BY COMPUTER. SPEED UP OR DWN TRIGGERS VIOLENT SHAKING. *TR

THE AIRBAGS HAVE BEEN DISABLED FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE WARNING LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS BEGAN IN APPROXIMATELY OF JUNE 2019 AND THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 110,000 MILES. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE SEAT BELT LOCKING MECHANISM DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT. IT USUALLY REQUIRES MULTIPLE EFFORTS TO BE SECURED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY EITHER. THAT ALSO TAKES SEVERAL EFFORTS TO GET IT RETRACTED. THIS BEGAN WHEN THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 32,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE AND DUE TO PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WAS UNABLE TO BRING IT TO THE DEALER UNTIL THE CAR HAD APPROXIMATELY 37,000 MILES. THE DEALER REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE UNDER THE WARRANTY. THE FIRST ISSUE OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS STARTED AND THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. THE SEAT BELT ISSUE OCCURS WHEN PUTTING THE SEAT BELT ON AND TAKING IT OFF. *TR

EARLY SUMMER OF 2019, I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK ALONG MY DASHBOARD, COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD TOWARD THE SEAT. IT WAS ABOUT 2 INCHES LONG. BY AUGUST OF 2019, THE CRACK HAD GROWN TO APPROXIMATELY A FOOT. I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND GONE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE ONLY THING THEY WOULD DO IS GIVE ME AN ESTIMATE ON REPAIR. THE ODD THING ABOUT THIS IS WHEN GOOGLING THIS ISSUE, IT IS QUITE COMMON. *TR

THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT BULB WAS OUT. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE IT, I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY MOLDING HAD MELTED (DUE TO THE HEAT FOR THE TAILLIGHT) AND I COULD NOT REMOVE THE TAIL LIGHT BULB. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE PASSENGER SIDE, IT HAD MELTED AS WELL. AT THIS TIME, I EVEN HAVE A TAILLIGHT BULB THAT FELL INTO THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE PULLED THROUGH THE MELTED MOLDING. THE LIGHT SOCKETS FOR BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER TAIL LIGHTS HAD BURN MARKS ON THEM. *TR