2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, IT EXPERIENCED REDUCED ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING AND A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE ENGINE SEIZED, RENDERING THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V934000 (ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND 15V568000 (ENGINE); ALTHOUGH, IT EXHIBITED THE SAME FAILURES LISTED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGNS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,139.

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD JUST ENTERED THE THE EXIT RAMP LANE. I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DE-ACCELERATING BECAUSE I WAS CLOSE TO THE EXIT RAMP. I HAD AMPLE SPACE IN BETWEEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND MYSELF. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME RAPIDLY STOPPED AND I HIT MY BRAKES HARD TO PREVENT CRASHING. WHEN I HIT MY BRAKES HARD, MY BRAKES LOCKED UP AND I DID NOT HAVE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. IT FELT LIKE I WAS SLIDING ON ICE. SINCE I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP, I SKIDDED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MY CAR. MY CAR WAS DEEMED TOTALED BY INSURANCE. IF MY BRAKES WERE WORKING CORRECTLY, THERE WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SO MUCH DAMAGE BECAUSE I DID HAVE AMPLE TIME TO STOP. IN ADDITION, I HAD JUST HAD ALL NEW BRAKE AND ROTORS PUT ON MY BRAKES WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE ACCIDENT. MY FRONT BRAKES WERE DONE WITHIN THE YEAR OF THE ACCIDENT.

MY STEERING IS CLUNCKING WHEN I TURN MY WHEEL. I BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR 2 RECALLS AND I ASSUMED THIS WOULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST AS WELL. THE HYUNDIA DEALERSHIP THAT I BROUGHT THE CAR TO SAID THAT THIS WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT I HAVE EXCEDED THE MANUFACUTRERS WARRANTY TO COVER THIS AND IT WOULD COST ME ALMOST 300.00 TO FIX IT MYSELF. I KNOW THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE SINCE MY SON IS A MECHANIC AND HAS TOLD ME OF SEVERAL THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED. I WOULD HOPE THAT HYUNDAI WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM FOR ME SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 7 YEARS AND NO COMPALINTS. IF THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM I WILL JUST TRADE THE VEHICLE IN FOR A MANUFACTURER THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF PROBLEMS WHEN THEY HAPPEN.

THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL NUMBER 169 ON MY VEHICLE AFFECTING THE SEATBELT PRETENSIONER. I HAD IT CHECKED APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WAS NOT DEFECTIVE. MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE THAT TIME. NOW I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME MY SEATBELT PRETENSIONER IS FAULTY. THEY ARE CHARGING ME NEARLY $800 TO FIX IT. THEY ARE STATING SINCE THE RECALL WAS "CLEARED" THEY ARE UNABLE TO RE-OPEN IT. THIS IS DISHONEST. THEY KNOW THAT THE PART IS DEFECTIVE AND ARE REFUSING TO FIX IT. JUST BECAUSE IT HADN'T BROKEN WHEN I HAD IT CHECKED, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY STILL SHOULDN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. I AM NOW DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY ARE REFUSING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. PLEASE HELP ME RESOLVE THIS.

THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY DIM FOR NO APPARENT REASON TO THE POINT YOU CAN NOT EVEN READ THE TIME ON THE CLOCK. SOMETIMES IF YOU HIT THE TURN SIGNAL THEY WILL FLICKER TO REGULAR BRIGHTNESS. ASL IF I HIT A SOEED BUMP OR POT HOLE THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLICKER OFF/THEN BACK ON. THIS HAPPENS WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS.

HAVE A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT. READ ONLINE 2011 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE COUPLING. HOW IS THIS NOT A SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2012 MODEL? LINK BELOW TO PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM. HTTP://M.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/HYUNDAI/SONATA/2012/STEERING/CLICKS_WHEN_TURNING.SHTML

SEATBELT DOES NOT ALWAYS CATCH. SOMETIMES IT TAKES UP TO 8 ATTEMPTS BEFORE IT CLICKS INTO PLACE. AT TIMES, WHEN DRIVING, THE SEATBELT COMES UNDONE.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE MY TAIL AND BRAKE LIGHTS SINCE OCTOBER OF 2018. I BELIEVE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SHORT WITH THE SOCKETS. ONE MOMENT THE LIGHTS ARE ON, THE NEXT THE ARE NOT. OR, ONE SIDE IS WORKING AND THE NEXT MOMENT, THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT. I SEE THIS WHEN USING THE FOB TO UNLOCK THE DOORS OR SOMEONE TELLS ME THE LIGHTS ARE OUT. I HAVE HAD TO PHYSICALLY ADJUST THE BULB SOCKET FOR THE LIGHT TO COME ON.

MY SON WAS USING MY CAR AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS STARTING WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE. I HAVE ALWAYS PRESSED THE BRAKE BEFORE PUSHING THE START BUTTON, OTHERWISE, THE CARE WOULD NOT START. AFTER HAVING THIS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I TRIED IT AND IT DID THE SAME THING....STARTED WITHOUT APPLYING THE BRAKE.

HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE START BUTTON; KEY NOT DETECTIVE. TRIED CHANGING THE BATTERY IN THE FOB, BUT FAILED. CHECKED THE FUSE, MAIN BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER. EVERYTHING IS FINE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.