2001 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

NOTICED AN ISSUE IN JANUARY 2010: TOOK CAR TO A AUTO-REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIR; NEW TIRES AND ALIGNMENT SERVICE. ON 03/22/2010 WHILE LEAVING A SHOPPING MALL THE VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND VEARED A HARD LEFT INTO A CEMENT LIGHT POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT. (I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN TIME AND TURN THE VEHICLE) ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BUMPER AND QUARTER-PANEL, BODY DAMAGE ONLY. I THEN TRIED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHICH AT THAT POINT OPERATED IN DRIVABLE CONDITION. ON MY WAY TO THE AUTO-REPAIR (LESS THEN 1 MILE AWAY) MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION IN ANOTHER SHOPPING PLAZA. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED TO THE AUTO-REPAIR SHOP, WHICH THEN LATER CALLED AND EXPLAINED THAT THE FRAME OF THE CAR WAS CRACKED AND THE WHIEEL WAS DETATCHED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOOK THE MATTER VERY LIGHTLY TELLING ME TO JUST BRING THE CAR IN (THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE). I CALL MY TOWING COMPANY AND TOWED THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND NOW AWAITING RESPONSE. I WAS NOT OFFERED A LOANER, NOR DID THE MANAGER KNOW OF ANY RECALL, NEITHER DID I, SOMETHING I HAD TO INVESTIGATE FOR MYSELF. (LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THIS HAPPEN OR I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING HE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE WAS MISALIGNED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC CONCLUDED THAT THE FRONT SUB FRAME WAS CORRODED, AND THAT THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE THE LINING TO THIN. HE FILED REPORT NUMBER 3787345 WITH THE MANUFACTURER. HE WAS ADVISED BY A REPRESENTATIVE THAT HIS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL #09V124000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED AT AN EXPENSE OF $1,150,000 .THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 01/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 01/13/10.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE THE LATCH SYSTEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT TO ATTACH THE CHILD SEAT. THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT ENOUGH TO TIGHTLY SECURE THE SEAT IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A CHILD SEAT TECHNICIAN, WHOM CONCLUDED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESIGNED TO PROPERLY SECURE AN INFANT CHILD SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND HE WAS ADVISED THAT NONE OF THE VEHICLES FROM 2001-2009 HAVE THE LATCH SYSTEM IN THE BACK SEAT TO ACCOMMODATE AN INFANT CHILD SEAT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 201,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT TOWARDS THE RIGHT. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION HE DISCOVERED THAT BECAUSE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SUB-FRAME WAS CORRODED , IT CAUSED THE ENGINE TO TILT TOWARDS THE RIGHT. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 98,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

COMPLETE FAILURE OF BRAKE SYSTEM DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION OF BRAKE LINES. THE 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA LINES CAME APART DUE TO RUST. REPORTED INCIDENT TO HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL NOTICE DATED: 4-14-09 ID# 09V124000 ACTION# EA08016, WHICH INCLUDED QUALITY ISSUES WITH CARS SUSPENSION DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. WAS NOTIFIED BY DEALER TODAY THAT HYUNDAI WAS NOT COVERING THE DEFECTIVE BRAKE LINES, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT IN THE RECALL. FORTUNATELY, MY SON AND I WERE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED, PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND FLUID LEAKED OUT OF THE BRAKE LINE, WHICH HAD RUSTED THROUGH. I'M NOT SURE OF THE SCOPE OF THIS DEFECTIVE, BUT OBVIOUSLY HAD WE BEEN ON THE FREEWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE OR DEATH EXPERIENCE. THANKFULLY GOD WAS WATCHING OVER US. PLEASE INVESTIGATE SIMILAR BRAKE FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE. ALSO IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP US RESOLVE THIS MATTER WE HYUNDAI IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE FRAME SNAPPED ON THE FRONT RIGHT HAND SIDE LUCKILY THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE ITS AN 01 WITH 68,000 MILES.*TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE REPLACING THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ALIGNMENT WAS NOT GRIPPING CORRECTLY. HE EXAMINED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FRAME ON BOTH OF THE FRONT WHEEL SUSPENSION MOUNTS WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC. THROUGH ONLINE RESEARCH, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON FAILURE WITH HIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. HE BELIEVES THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140,000.

I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC TODAY TO HAVE THE BRAKE PADS REPLACED AND HE FOUND A CORRODED HOLE IN THE SUB-FRAME ASSEMBLY. HE MENTIONED THIS WAS RECALLED BY HYUNDAI LAST YEAR BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF SUCH A RECALL AND I'M UPSET AS THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL FIRST OF ALL, AND WHAT IS HYUNDAI GOING TO DO TO FIX MY CAR? *TR

AFTER RECENTLY PURCHASING A USED 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA, I NOTICED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST / CORROSION ON THE ENGINE CRADLE AND SUB - FRAME. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 74000 MILES ON IT BUT DOES NOT APPEAR AS IF IT WILL LAST MUCH LONGER. I AM ABLE TO POKE MY FINGERS THROUGH THE METAL AND PIECES FALL OUT OF THE STEEL ASSEMBLY. *TR

I SMELLED GAS INSIDE THE CAR AFTER PARKING. COULD SEE NO VISIBLE LEAKS AT FIRST. ON JUNE 12 COULD SEE FLUID DRIPPING FROM MIDWAY UNDER CAR, MADE SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR VEHICLE. THEY DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A RUSTED FUEL LINE UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT. SERVICE DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED COST AT $2,100.00 DOLLARS FOR REPLACING FUEL LINE AND FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. SEEMED RELUCTANT TO DO REPAIR OF FUEL LINE, MENTIONING HOW THE BRAKE LINES ARE ALSO LOCATED NEXT TO THE FUEL LINES, LENGTH OF TIME ORDERING PARTS AND HOW COMPLICATED THE REPAIR IS ALONG WITH THE RUST IN THAT LOCATION. LOOKING FOR REPAIR SHOP TO DO THE REPAIR TO AVOID A FIRE. *TR