2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

OUR 2012 SONATA IS NOW ON ITS 3RD ENGINE (1 ORIGINAL AND 2 ADD'L). THESE WERE SUBJECT TO RECALL. WENT FOR MY ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND MY MECHANIC POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE METAL SHAVINGS IN OLD OIL AND ON DRAIN PLUG. ARE WE LOOKING AT ANOTHER NEW ENGINE TO BE INSTALLED. BOUGHT IT NEW AS A COMMUTER CAR BECAUSE OF THE WARRANTY, BUT IT HAS SPENT MORE TIME IN SHOP THAN ME DRIVING IT.

THERE WERE RECENT RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE TO FIX FAULTY SENSOR AND FRONT AIR BAGS. RECENTLY I SEE THE AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ON IN THE DASHBOARD AND ALSO AFTER THE AIRBAG WAS REPLACED, I COULD HEAR A CLUCK SOUND IN MY STEERING WHILE DRIVING.

WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL RIGHT OR LEFT THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE. WHEN GOING OVER EVEN A SMALL BUMP THERE IS A CLICKING NOISE THE CAR ALSO VEERS SLIGHTLY. THIS CAN NOT BE SAFE AND HYUNDAI SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS AND FIX IT WITH A RECALL.

VEHICLE SHIFTED FUNNY, THEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT. SEE SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 14-AT-010. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN AND ONGOING PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY HYUNDAI THAT THERE IS CURRENTLY NO RECALL.

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY COLLISION CAUGHT ON FIRE.

I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THEY SAID IT MAY BE WHEEL ALIGNMENT OR BALL POINT WHEN STEERING. I TOOK IT FOR A 2ND OPINION, AND THE SAME THING WAS STATED. I CALLED MY INSURANCE GEICO, AND THEY TOLD ME THER WAS A RECALL.

2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ROUGH TRANSMISSION OPERATION AFTER SOFTWARE UPDATE SERVICE WAS COMPLETED FOR THE CAR AT A DEALERSHIP. THE SOFTWARE UPDATE TO THE CAR COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS KNOW AS "SERVICE CAMPAIGN 953" (KNOCK SENSOR DETECTION SYSTEM - ENGINE MONITORING TECHNOLOGY). EVER SINCE THE CAR COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS UPDATED, THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN OPERATING VERY ROUGH. THE CAR STARTED JERKING WHEN IN MOTION AND THE ENGINE WOULD RACE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR. ALSO, THE SERVICE LIGHT ON DASHBOARD ILLUMINATES. WHEN L CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND REPORTED THE TRANSMISSION HESITATION PROBLEM, THEY TRIED TO FIX THE ISSUE BY RUNNING DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND REPLACING THE ESC RELAY. ALL DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. LATER, L WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT ABOUT IT, UNLESS AM READY TO TAKE CARE OF THE EXPENSES (DIAGNOSIS AND MECHANICAL), BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE. I TOLD THEM THE CAR TRANSMISSION WAS OPERATING SMOOTHLY UNTIL AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS APPLIED TO THE CAR COMPUTER SYSTEM. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE THE SOFTWARE SERVICE TO THE CAR HAS CAUSED THIS CHANGES IN THE TRANSMISSION. I ALSO THINK, THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HAVE WORKED ON FIXING THE ISSUES ON MY CAR REGARDING THE SOFTWARE SERVICE UPDATE. I WANT TO THIS ISSUE TO BE CRITICALLY LOOKED INTO, SINCE THERE MAY BE MANY OUT THERE WITH HYUNDAI SONATA TRANSMISSION PREDICAMENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND ENTERING THE FREEWAY RAMP, THE VEHICLE SEIZED WITH ALL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH HIS HOOD. NO FLAMES WERE NOTICED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY AAA TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH VAPOR LOCK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BUT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER INVER GROVE HYUNDAI (1290 50TH ST E, INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55077 (888) 706-5928) BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT AN INVESTIGATION WOULD TAKE PLACE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

CARS BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY LIT EVEN WHEN ENGINE AND DRIVER HAS TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND LEFT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE SONATAS. THEY CALLED THE PROBLEM TSB/STOP LAMP SWITCH. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM EITHER STATIONARY, MOVING OR ENGINE & KEY TURNED OFF. IT ALSO SHOWS SIGNS OF ENGINE HESITATION WHEN FIRST MOVING.

MY 2012 HYBRID SONATA, 104,000 MILES, SUDDENLY STARTED JERKING AND NEARLY STALLING ONE RECENT MORNING ON A DRIVE FROM HOME ON A DIVIDED ROAD. IT BARELY MOVED FORWARD, BADLY JERKING, MESSAGE ON THE SCREEN WAS : HYBRID BATTERY LOW. PULL UP SAFELY AN PLACE THE CAR IN PARK". SO AFTER 1/2 MILE, I RETURNED HOME. BECAUSE OF LOW SPEED ON A DIVIDED ROAD, THERE WAS A SERIOUS CONCERN OF BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED NEXT MORNING TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER. THEY REPORTED 'NOTHING WRONG FOUND' AND RETURNED THE CAR WHICH IS RUNNING FINE, THOUGH JERKING TRANSMISSION AT LOW SPEED. I AM WONDERING IF THIS HAPPENED AWAY FROM HOME, WHAT SHALL I DO. I NEED ASSURANCE THAT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. HOW DO WE GET THAT ASSURANCE ?