2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. I JUST DROPPED IT OFF AT POHANKA HYUNDAI (1770 RITCHIE STATION CT, CAPITOL HEIGHTS, MD; (301) 423-1100) DEALERSHIP REGARDING ISSUES I SUSPECT TO BE RELATED TO THE RECALL ON THE ENGINE. ABOUT THREE AND HALF WEEKS AGO, I STARTED EXPERIENCING THE FOLLOWING SIGNS UPON START-UP IN THE MORNING AND DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND AND VIBRATION FROM THE ENGINE FOR 3-4 SECONDS WHEN I START THE CAR IN THE MORNING. HEAVY SMOKING(MORE THAN THE USUAL MORNING SMOKE ON COLD DAYS) SOMETIMES UP TO FIVE OR MORE MINUTES. ACCELERATION AND RPMTHAT DON'T PASS 2000 ISSUES WHEN DRIVING AT 60 MPH. RANDOM AND INTERMITTENT STALLING WHEN DRIVING, SOMETIMES ALMOST COMPLETELY STOPPING OR REFUSING TO MOVE AFTER A MOMENTARY STOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,925.

IKUS BOUGHT CAR 3 WEEKS AGO 11000 DOLLARS WAS COMMING HOME WAS TURNING LEFT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AN MOTOR DIED I COULD BARLEY TURN WHEEL WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI TRUCK DOING 50 MPH AN THEN ALMOST WRECKED I ZCOUDNT TURN WHEEL BACK STRAIGHT BECAUSE NO POWER BECAUSE ENGINE FAILURE I COUDVE DIED OR SOMEONE WHO DIDNT HAVEE SAME STREMGH TO TURN WHEEL IM POOR NOW POORER CAR PAYMENT NO CAR

I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY TRIED TO GET SOME ANSWERS REGARDING MY ENGINE RECALL. I FIRST RECEIVED THE LETTER IN 2017. AS I CONTINUED TO TO HAVE ISSUES WITH MY ENGINE BURNING TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OIL, I WAS GIVEN A CASEWORKER FROM HYUNDAI CORPORATE THAT WILL NO LONGER RETURN MY CALLS. I HAVE WENT THROUGH ALL THREE OIL CONSUMPTION TESTS AND THEY HAVE SEEN THAT EVERY 1,000 MILES MY ENGINE NO LONGER HAS ANY OIL. THE ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON FOR SOME REASON. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE I WAS TOLD OKAY NOW JUST WAIT UNTIL IT MAKES A NOISE AND THE LIGHT COMES ON. I TOLD THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT MY ENGINE IS ALREADY TICKING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER COMES ON. I WAS TOLD THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I WAS TOLD BY A DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVE THAT AFTER THE THIRD OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, IF MY ENGINE WAS UNDER THE RECALL GUIDELINES THEN IT WOULD BE REPLACED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS OK TO MISTREAT YOU CUSTOMERS THE WAY THAT HYUNDAI DOES. I'M STILL MAKING PAYMENTS ON THIS 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA THAT'S NOT EVEN WORTH IT!!

I WAS DRIVING AND MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS WITH ME IN THE CAR. WHEN CAR WAS CHANGING GEAR IT STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY, ALTHOUGH MY DAUGHTER WAS RESTRAINED SHE HIT HER HEAD AND HANDS ON THE INSIDE OF THE REAR DOOR. AFTERWARDS EVERY TIME CAR CHANGED THE GEAR IT WAS JERKING, SHAKING, BEHAVING IN UNEXPECTED MANNER THAT FURTHER DRIVING WAS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS ABLE TO REACH MY HOME BUT I AM VERY SCARED TO DRIVE THAT CAR AGAIN. I READ THE CODE THAT CAME UP ON DASHBOARD P0711, TURNS OUT TRANSMISSION OIL TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND HARNESS MALFUNCTIONED AND THAT LED TO VIOLENT AND ROUGH SHIFTING. CALLED DEALER, THEY WANT $700 FOR A REPAIR AND MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. CHECKED INTERNET AND IT'S FULL OF STORIES HOW THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH HYUNDAI CARS. IT TURNS HYUNDAI MODIFIED THE PART SINCE THEN AND NEVER RECALLED IT, THEY HAVE TSB 14-AT-010. HOW COME MANUFACTURER PUT FAULTY PART THAT COMPROMISES SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND THEY WANT HUGE CHUNK OF MONEY TO FIX IT? WHY DIDN'T THEY RECALL IT? DEFINITELY GOING TO COURT WITH THIS.

THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES A VERY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHENEVER YOU GO OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE. THE WHEEL IS SOMETIMES HARD TO TURN. SMELL OF RUBBER AND BULBS HAVE TO BE CONTINOUSLY REPLACED. IT SEEMS THE HOUSING HAS MELTED

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STARTED SPUTTERING WITH THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NAPLETON OAKS HYUNDAI (1985 RIVER OAKS DRIVE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BATTERY WAS FAULTY AND THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V7460000 (ENGINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,946.

MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME FOR NO REASON, THEY CHECKED THE ERROR CODES FOR AIRBAG THEY GOT CODES B1388 AND B1481 AIRBAG RESISTANCE TOO HIGH AND SEAT TRACK POSITION SENSOR WHICH THEY STATED IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CLOCKSPRING. WHEN I RESEARCH THIS ISSUE I FOUND THIS RECALL TSB ITS THE EXACT SAME ISSUE FOR 2011-2013 HYUNDAI SONATA BUT FOR SOME REASON MY CAR OR VIN NUMBER SAYS I AM NOT INCLUDED OR COVERED, I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS AS THE DEALER AS THERE IS A UNLIMITED MILEAGE WARRANTY EXTENSION AND THE DEALER IS QUOTING ME $400+ TO REPLACE IT AND THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

POWER STEERING COUPLE PART# 563152K000FFF WILL BREAK AND STEERING WHEEL WILL BECOME LOOSER WITH A FEW MORE DEGREES OF PLAY BEFORE ABLE TO CORRECT STEERING. WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS VEHICLE WILL MAKE AUDIBLE CLUNKS, WHEN CHANGING DIRECTION OF STEERING WILL MAKE AUDIBLE NOISES AND HAVE ADDITIONAL DEGREES OF PLAY

DRIVER SIDE BREAK LIGHT BULB NO LONGER WORK PROPERLY. EVEN THOUGH ITS BEEN CHANGED IT WORKS SPORADICALLY BECAUSE THE BULB IS LOOSE IN THE SOCKET OF THE WIRE HARNESS OR THE SOCKET WILL MELT. THIS CAUSES MORE THAN ONE SAFETY ISSUE. CAR HAS NO BRAKE LIGHT ON ONE SIDE AND COULD AT ANYTIME CATCH ON FIRE.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR, ALL MY LIGHTS POPPED UP ON MY DASH BOARD THIS NEVER HAPPENS, ONCE IT HAPPENED I PULLED OVER TURNED IT OFF, TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON IT WOULDN'T START, CHECKED THE OIL EVERYTHING WAS FINE TRIED TO GIVE IT A JUMP IT STILL WOULDN'T START. SO I HAD TO TOW TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE LOOKED AT IT THE NEXT DAY HE TOLD ME HE THINK MY ENGINE WENT, WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR IT HAD NO LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD AND IT DROVE PERFECT I'M SO CONFUSED AND SUPER MAD RIGHT NOW. THEN I GOT IT TOWED TO CONECELLI HYUNDAI FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.