2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

AFTER HAVING TO HAVE MY ENGINE REPLACED DUE TO MY CRANK SHAFT GETTING CLOGGED WITH METAL PIECES ON THE HIGHWAY AND DESTROYING THE ENGINE. I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE REPLACEMENT ENGINE FEELING LIKE IT'S STALLING OUT OR LOSING THROTTLE EITHER DURING A TURN OR SHORTLY AFTER. IT'S NEVER POPPED AND ERROR CODE AND ONLY HAPPENS NOW AND THEN. *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICK WHEN TURNED LEFT AND RIGHT STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AFTER BUYING THE CAR USED AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE WITH TIME. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN MOTOR MDPS RUBBER COUPLER LINK HAD BEGAN TO FAIL. THIS CAUSE A DEAD ZONE IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH GETS WORSE WITH TIME. THE LINK IS A KNOWN FAILING PART AND COST $10 TO REPLACE THE PART BUT 300 FOR LABOR DUE TO THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDING TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED TO REPLACE THE FAULTY RUBBER PART. *TR

THE ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WILL STAY ON. TODAY MY BRAKES JUST LOCKED UP AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNDISCLOSED SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE TURING, WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC LINKED THE FAILURE TO TWO UNKNOWN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

ABOUT 2+ MONTHS AGO, I HAD MY CAR SERVICED FOR BRAKES, OIL CHANGE, AND FILTERS. WITHIN A DAY OR TWO I NOTICED A CRACK ON MY DASHBOARD NEAR THE AIRBAG PASSENGER UNIT. THINKING IT WAS FLORIDA HEAT RELATED, I PAID IT NO ATTENTION. DURING THIS COVID PANDEMIC I NOW SEE THAT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NOTATION ON THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED AS WELL, AND THE LAST TIME MY HUSBAND AND I RAN AN ERRAND, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WENT ON. NOW I'M AFRAID TO USE THE CAR TO ANY EXTENT EXCEPT AROUND TOWN FOR SHORT ERRANDS AND WAS WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD DO. THE RECALL NUMBER 174 SHOWS NO OPEN RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE...HOWEVER....ALL RECEIPTS I HAVE SINCE I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE DO NOT SHOW IT HAVING BEEN REPAIRED. I SEE THAT THE INITIAL REPORT OF THE RECALL (NOT REMEDY) WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE SEAT BELT ISSUE, HOWEVER, THE REMEDY NOTICE IS THE ONE I HAVE NO RECORD OF HAVING BEEN REPAIRED. THE DEALER HAS RECOMMENDED OTHER WORK BE DONE ON THE VEHICLE EACH TIME I'VE BROUGHT IT IN FOR A RECALL ITEM (??)! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND UPON EXITING NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND FIRE WAS SEEN. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY A HOME OWNER WITH A GARDEN HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED A DEALER FOR A FAILURE DIAGNOSES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS STILL AWAITING THE MANUFACTURER TOW AS HIS INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE YET. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

ENGINE STARTED RATTLING WHILE IDLING. SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING LOSE IN THE ENGINE. LOOKED UP THE VIN AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI. HAVENT USED THE CAR SINCE. IT HAD BEEN PARKED. FAST FORWARD TO TODAY 5/3/2020 AND DISCOVERED THAT THE RECALL WAS GONE.

CONSUMER STATED EVERY TIME I FILL UP MY GAS TANK ON MY SONATA THE DASH BOARD INDICATES THAT I HAVE ZERO GAS AVAILABLE THIS CAUSED MY CHECK ENGINE TO COME ON ITS IS A CONCERN BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT CAN CAUSE AND ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD OR THE CAR CAN CATCH ON FIRE THIS SITUATION HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION AND WHEN I START IT AS WELL.*JB

TAIL LIGHTS, HEAD LIGHTS AND BREAK LIGHTS KEEP MELTING THE BULB TO THE SOCKET LEAVING ME WITH NO BREAK LIGHTS AND NOT KNOWING UNTIL SOMEONE PULLS UP N YELLS AT ME. IT ALSO HAS CAUSED ME TO GET PULLED OVER NUMEROUS TIMES. ADVANCED AUTO PARTS TOLD ME THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE TOLD THEM THEY CAN NOT REPLACE THEM BC IT IS A KNOWN HYUNDAI ISSUE AND IT'S DANGEROUS THAT'S WHY THEIR BULBS KEEP GOING OUT OF STOCK FOR THIS CAR. LIGHTS INSIDE THE CAR SOME TIMES FLICKER ON AND OFF AND TWICE THE ENTIRE INSIDE OF MY CAR WENT PITCH BLACK CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HAVE OVER 200 PICS OF OTHER HYUNDAI WITH THE SAME ISSUE AND I HAVE TOLD HYUNDAI ABOUT IT AND CALLED CORPORATE ABOUT IT NUMEROUS TIMES. I ATTACHED A COLLAGE WITH SOME PLACES I GO N RANDOMLY ALWAYS SEE OTHERS W THE SAAAAME LIGHT OUT OR NO LIGHTS AT ALL!! OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT! I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE FORCED TO PAY $400/ PER LIGHT TO FIX A SOCKET!!! THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2016 AND I'M JUST ABOUT TIRED OF IT BC IT SEEMS TO KEEP GETTING WORSE!!!

I HAD A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA I FINANCED FROM PRESTIGE AUTO IN DARTMOUTH MA. THE VEHICLE HAD 66,002 MILEAGE. I MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS UP TO DATE AND FIXED PRIOR TO PURCHASING VEHICLE. LONG STORY SHORT WITH ALL THE RECALLS THESE SONATAS HAVE ENGINE BEING ONE OF THEM. I STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THIS ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT WITH THE FEAR OF BEING SERIOUSLY INJURED AND CAUSING INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON DUE TO THIS. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI MOTOR CORPORATION AND BETTER BUISNESS BUREAU AND WAS FORWARDED TO CONTACT THIS. I TRADED IN THE VEHICLE ONLY GETTING 1,500 FOR IT WHEN I STILL OWED 6,698 AND HAD TO PAY THAT OUT OF MY POCKET. ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF HYUNDAI WAS COOPERATIVE BUT INSTEAD THEY DID NOTHING!! I WASN'T KEEPING A VEHICLE THAT WAS UNSAFE AND TO WORRY IF I'M GOING TO BE ALIVE OR DECEASED EVERY TIME I'M IN IT.