2014 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

THIS EVENT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING AND HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING ONE SHORT TRIP UNTIL I PARKED THE CAR DUE TO THE DANGER OF DRIVING IT. WHILE DRIVING, YOU GET AN ALARM SOUND AND DASH INDICATION AND THE CAR JUST DIES. YOU THEN MUST PULL OVER QUICKLY AND STOP. WHILE STOPPING IN THIS CONDITION, THE BRAKES SOUND TERRIBLE LIKE THEY ARE GRINDING HORRIBLY BUT DO STOP THE CAR. IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTON TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND THEN PUSH IT TO RESTART, THEN THE FAULT CLEARS AND THE CAR DRIVES NORMALLY UNTIL IT OCCURS ALL OVER AGAIN. MY WIFE SAID IT HAD BEEN HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY BUT NEVER SEVERAL TIMES DURING ONE SHORT TRIP. SHE HAD ALREADY TAKEN IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND THAT IT WAS A HYDRAULIC SENSOR IN HE THE HYDRAULIC PACK THAT WOULD BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THEY THEN ASSURED HER THAT THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY LATER STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE CAR WAS SHUTTING OFF AND THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ONLY A DASH TROUBLE LIGHT. THIS ISSUE PUTS THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT HAPPENED TO US SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. WE PARKED THE CAR AFTER THIS ONE TRIP AND STARTED DRIVING A BACKUP CAR UNTIL WE COULD GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE ABOUT 36K MILES. IT STARTED MAKING A FUNNY NOISE AT THAT TIME BUT DIDN'T AFFECT THE CAR IN ANY WAY AND THE DEALER ASSURED US THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THE NEW CARS DIDN'T MAKE THIS NOISE. RAY SKILLMAN HYUNDAI SOUTH SIDE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS SINCE "FIXED" THIS ISSUE AS A GOODWILL FAVOR, BUT WE JUST GOT IT BACK AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHETHER IT IS TRULY CORRECTED. THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO THIS. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD MADE A RIGHT TURN IT SOUND LIKE SOMETHING POP SO WHEN I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE OR DRIVE IT MAKES A LOUD SOUND PLUS IT WOULDNT MOVE BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK IT MOVED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL...

HEADLAMPS AND TAILLIGHTS CONTINUES TO GO OUT BEEN UP TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER 7X THIS YEAR.

WHILE MAKING A TURN INTO PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 3MPH HEARD VERY LOUD BANG LIKE A BOMB. GOT OUT OF CAR AND SUNROOF WAS COMPLETELY SHATERED. HAD INSIDE SUNROOF SHADE CLOSED SO NO GLASS CAME IN CAR.

I NOTICED AS I WAS USING MY TURN SIGNAL AS I WAS GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING THAT MY HEADLIGHTS HAD APPEARED TO GO OUT. A FEW SECONDS LATER THEY CAME BACK ON. I THOUGHT MAYBE I WAS SEEING THINGS BUT THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AS I WAS SIGNALING TO CHANGE LANES. FOR THE REST OF THE 25 MILES TO GET TO WORK ON A BUSY HIGHWAY I STOPPED USING MY TURN SIGNAL FOR FEAR THAT MY HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. I TOOK BY CAR TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ISSUE FIXED. I WAS CALLED WHILE MY CAR WAS STILL AT THE DEALER THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE AND THAT THEY REPLACED SOME PART THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE OIL. OF COURSE WITH THE ENGINE ONLY BEING 2 YEARS OLD I HAD TO PAY. I PAID $458 AND WHEN I LEFT THE DEALER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS OFF. I LET MY NEPHEW BORROW MY CAR FOR A WEEK AND WHEN I PICKED IT UP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON AND WAS STILL HAVING THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE WHEN SIGNALING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES LOOKED AT AGAIN. A WEEK GOES BY AND I HEAR NOTHING BUT I DO GET AN AUTOMATED VOICEMAIL FROM THE DEALER REGARDING A GREAT INCENTIVE TO TRADE IN MY CAR FOR A NEWER MODEL. NO THANKS!! I'M DONE WITH HYUNDAI. I CALL THE DEALER TO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF MY CAR TWICE AND GET NO ANSWER. I DRIVE TO THE DEALER TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE. ONCE AGAIN I AM TOLD THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE AND DIAGNOSTIC SHOWS NO ISSUES BUT IT COULD BE THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE THE CAM SHIFT SENSOR WENT BAD. NOW I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS WAS NOT FOUND THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN. SO NOW I'M TOLD THE SHOP FOREMAN WAS OUT ALL WEEK AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO LOOK AT MY CAR TO SEE IF HE CAN FIGURE OUT THE HEADLIGHT ISSUE. I'M REALLY IRRITATED AT THIS POINT AND WILL BE TRADING THIS CAR IN AND IT WON'T BE WITH HYUNDAI.

I WAS JUST ENTERING THE CITY SLOWING FROM A 55 MPH ZONE TO A 45 COMING UP TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE TO RELEASE THE CRUISE CONTROL, AS I SLOWED DOWN WITH MY FOOT STILL BREAKING THEN RELEASED THE BRAKE THE CRUISE TRIED TO REACTIVATE. I PRESSED THE BRAKE AGAIN AND RELEASED AND AGAIN THE CRUISE FEATURE TRIED TO ACCELERATE. I DID NOTICE THAT THE 'SET' LIGHT WAS OFF AS IT DOES WHEN YOU BRAKE BUT THE CRUISE WAS STILL TRYING TO SPEED UP WHEN BRAKE RELEASED. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW, IT HAS A LITTLE OVER 95K MILES, BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE. I CAME TO A STOP AT THE LIGHT AT WHICH TIME WHEN I RELEASED THE BRAKE IT WAS NOT TRYING TO SELF-ACTIVATE. ESPECIALLY COMING INTO CITY TRAFFIC THIS WAS VERY CONCERNING.

2014 SONATA 56,000 MILES I AM REQUESTING FURTHER INFORMATION INTO MY BLINKER SWITCH MAKES MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON AND OFF WHEN IN USE OF THE BLINKER. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING WHEN THIS HAPPENED FRIDAY NIGHT... AND REPRODUCIBLE; I LOST ALL SEEING CAPABILITY FOR A MOMENT . AS A MOTHER AND I TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK DURING NIGHT HOURS I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHERS SAFETY. I FEAR IN THE SAFETY AND DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION IN THE VEHICLE; AS STATED I WOULD LIKE FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO WHY THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING, AS WELL RESOLUTION AND REPAIR. I HAVE FOUND OTHERS ON COMPLAINT SITES WITH THE IDENTICAL ISSUE AND SAME YEAR SONATA.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON STREET IN SLOW SPEED, ENGINE STALLED AND PASSENGER NOTICED SMOKE UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE THE CAR WENT UP IN FLAMES. POLICE MENTIONED COULD BE A ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND MENTIONED OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS ON HYUNDAI VEHICLES.

DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE THE TECHNICIAN FOUND A LARGE AMOUNT OF METAL IN THE OIL FILTERED FROM THE ENGINE. THID MAY BE DUE TO ABNORMAL WEAR FROM A PREVIOUS RECALL THAT WAS INCOMPLETE.

DURING A BRAKE CHANGE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE COMPRESSOR WAS NOT DECOMPRESSING AND CAUSING ABNORMAL WEAR ON THE BRAKE PADS. WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THIS IT MAY LEAD TO SAFETY ISSUES.