2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

THE CAR WILL SHUT OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT DRIVE. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES ON THE INTERSTATE. MOVING AT 55+ MILES PER HOUR. IT WILL NOT TURN THE ENGINE ON.

HAVING TO REPLACE EXTERIOR BACK RUNNING / BRAKE LIGHT BULBS AT LEAST OR NEAR EVERY 2 MONTHS. NOTICED THAT MAYBE THE BULB IS GETTING TO HOT CAUSING THE LENS TO WRAP WHICH IS MAKING CHANGING THE BULB A REAL TASK AND HARD TO GET THE BULB BACK IN PLACE. GETTING READY TO CHANGE IT AGAIN TODAY (3/10/2020).

RECENTLY BOUGHT MY CAR FROM MAXWELL FORD AND ENGING KNOCK LOUDLY AFTER ONLY 4 MONTHS OF DRIVING. WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THERES METAL SHAVINGS IN OIL AND OIL PAN DAMAGE. TOLD HYUNDAI AND THEY REFUSED MY CLAIM.

AFTER FILLING MY CAR UP WITH FUEL I WILL SMELL GAS VERY STRONG INSIDE THE CAR. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. SO, I NO LONGER FILL UP THE GAS TANK. I TOOK IT TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME WHAT IT WAS AND NOT TO FILL THE TANK. CAR WAS IN PARK AT THE GAS STATION NOT MOVING.

I WAS GOING DOWN A CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 35 OR 40 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR JUST SHUT DOWN I LOST POWER STEERING OFF BRAKES I WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND BEFORE THAT I HAD KIND OF THOUGHT THAT IT IT WASN'T REALLY FEELING LIKE IT WANTED TO GO.

THE ENGINE IN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL IS HYUNDAI'S 2.4L GDI (THETA II). THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING EVEN THOUGH IT HAD THE SOFTWARE UPDATE THAT DETECTS ENGINE WEAR AND PREVENTS ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. HYUNDAI DID WELL AND REPLACED THE ENGINE UNDER WARRANTY AND PROVIDED ME A RENTAL VEHICLE. 8,000 MILES LATER WITH THE SAME VEHICLE NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS FLASHING AND ACCELERATION IS DRAMATICALLY REDUCED. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE SOME BACKROADS WITH LITTLE TRAFFIC TO A LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND AM WAITING FOR DIAGNOSIS AGAIN.THIS STARTED ON A VERY BUSY LOCAL HIGHWAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000.

EVERY TIME I GO TO START MY CAR IT GIVES ME A WARNING TO CHECK BRAKES. I READ ONLINE THAT MANY HYUNDAI OWNERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. THIS WARNING KEEPS THE ENGINE FROM STARTING. ALONG WITH THIS, THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND SUSPENSION.

2013 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID I HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES IN REGARDS TO MY CAR SHUTTING DOWN ON ME. IN THE MIDDLE OF ME DRIVING IT WILL START BEEPING LOUD AND WHILE LOSING POWER THE PANEL REEDS PULL OVER SAFELY AND SHUT ENGINE OFF. THE SECOND TIME I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER HE SAID DON'T ALLOW THE GAS TO GET TWO 1/4 OF A TANK. SO I HAD KEPT IT AT HALF A TANK AND YET AGAIN IT LOST ALL POWER AND SHUT DOWN ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. TOTALLY NOT SAFE! TAKE IT BACK TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE BATTERY AND EVERYTHING LOOKS OKAY. I WAS SENT HOME AGAIN! THEN ONE MORNING MY CAR WOULD NOT START. I READ A FORUM THAT SAID JIGGLE THE SHIFT AROUND OR PUT IT IN DRIVE AND THEN BACK UP TO PARK AND THEN PRESS THE BUTTON FOR IT TO START. IT LITERALLY WORKED AND I TOOK A VIDEO OF ME DOING THOSE STEPS. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO HYUNDAI DEALER SHOW THEM THE VIDEO. I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT THE FORUM SAID TO REPLACE THE INHIBITOR SWITCH. THE MECHANIC AGREED BUT YET PUZZLED ABOUT THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN ON ME. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN YESTERDAY FRIDAY FEB 28, 2020 AND I CALLED TODAY THEY SAID MAY BE LOOKED AT ON MONDAY. SO MY CAR IS YET AT THE DEALER UNTIL THE ENGINEERS ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT. I'M TIRED OF GETTING MY CAR BACK AND HAVING THE SAME ISSUES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. MY CAR HAS AROUND 87,000 MILES AND YET UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL 100,000 MILES. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THESE DANGEROUS ISSUES. I CALLED A FEW TIMES TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY CAR BUT NO RECALL. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 AND THE ISSUE STARTED A WEEK LATER THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. IT IS NOW FEBRUARY 2020 AND I'M YET DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES. I'M TOTALLY AT WIT'S END. IT WON'T LET ME UPLOAD THE VIDEO BUT HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES!

I HAVE A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA AND FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF EVERY MONTH I'M HAVING TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT IT KEEPS BURNING UP AND MELTING I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT THIS WITH NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM FROM THEM.. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS MY STEERING COLUMN HAS BEEN MAKING A WEIRD CLICKING NOISE IN THE STEERING IS EXTREMELY LOOSE I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI ABOUT THIS SITUATION AS WELL AND HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO A MECHANIC FOR BOTH REASONS THE BRAKES AND THE STEERING AND THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY HAVING PEOPLE WITH HIGH ON DAYS COME IN WITH THESE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS