2000 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I HAVE A 2000 SONATA WITH 140,000. ON A TRIP THIS PAST SUMMER I NOTICED RUST FLAKES IN MY PARKING SPACE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I FOUND ALMOST A SOFTBALL SIZED HOLE IN THE FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I TOOK IT TO A HYUNDAI DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND HAD THE HOLE CLEANED OUT AND A PIECE OF METAL WELDED IN SO I COULD FEEL SOME WHAT SAFE GETTING HOME. ONCE HOME I CALLED HYUNDAI AMERICA WHO SAID THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. *TR

I HAVE A 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA AND TOOK IT TO MEINEKE, THEY TOLD ME THE WHOLE FRONT SUBFRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WHICH WOULD COST 1750.00. THE CAR US NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE METAL HYUNDAI HAS USED WITH SOME OF ITS MODELS, ESPECIALLY THE SONATA. IF IT IS A DEFECT, IS THE CAR GOING TO BE RECALLED. I FEEL THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD FIX THIS WITHOUT ANY COST TO ME. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE COMPLAINT, IS THERE A RECALL ON THE HORIZON. I DON'T HAVE 1750.00 TO FIX MY CAR AND HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT IS TO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE ENGINE IS LITERALLY FALLING OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR, THE MECHANIC AT MEINEKE SHOWED ME THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE SUB FRAME WAS RUSTED AND THE TIRES WERE SLANTED OUT BECAUSE OF THE STRESS OF THE ENGINE ON THE RUSTED FRAME. I LITERALLY COULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF HYUNDAI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING THIS DEFECT. *TR

THE VEHICLE STARTED RATTLING IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND RANDOMLY JERKING TO THE RIGHT SLIGHTLY. OVER A PERIOD OF 2 DAYS THE JERKING TO THE RIGHT FREQUENTLY (ABOUT EVERY 30 SECONDS OR LESS) MADE THE CAR ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLE. THE WHEEL HAS SHIFTED ABOUT 1 INCH BACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP NOW AND THE ENGINE CRADLE HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IF IT HAD GONE ON FOR ANY MORE TIME, PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. THE FIX COSTS WELL OVER $800.00 AND I AM ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED TO SEE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL OF MY VEHICLE TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME GETTING READY TO GET ON THE INTERSTATE WHEN MY CAR MADE A LOUD NOISE, AND IT SEEMED THE FRONT END HAD DROPPED. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AXEL HAD RUSTED OUT. I HAD PURCHASED A SERVICE CONTRACT THROUGH ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP. SERVICE CONTRACT SAID THAT HYUNDAI WAS GOING TO REPAIR MY DAMAGES FREE OF CHARGE; IN OTHER WORDS, I DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH MY SERVICE CONTRACT TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE AND I DID NOT HAVE TO PAY THE $50 DEDUCTIBLE. HOWEVER, UPON RETURNING TO PICK UP MY CAR I WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT I DID IN FACT HAVE TO PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE. DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT HYUNDAI ONLY PAID FOR A PORTION OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE READ SOME ON- LINE COMPLAINTS AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND HIGHLY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. HAD I HAD MADE IT TO THE INTERSTATE, I AM SURE MYSELF AND OTHERS WOULD BE INJURED AND OR DEAD! DEALERSHIP 9 MONTHS PRIOR HAD FIXED A BALL- JOINT ETC. ON THIS SAME SIDE. FEEL DEALERSHIP IS VERY NEGLIGENT IN THIS MATTER- SHOULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING ESPECIALLY IF IT IS COMMON. I WAS NOT HAPPY FINDING OUT THAT I HAD TO PAY DEDUCTIBLE ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS TOLD I DIDN'T HAVE TO. THEY HAD ME SIGN PAPERWORK FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE, BUT I WAS TOLD THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO USE IT....IT WAS FORMALITIES "JUST IN CASE". I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE OTHER CHARGES THAT HYUNDAI SUPPOSEDLY SAID THEY WOULDN'T PAY. *TR

AFTER FAILING A NEW YORK STATE INSPECTION, I WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT MY 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS HAD A RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE THE SIZE OF A FIST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. NO PREVIOUS INSPECTIONS HAD INDICATED THAT THERE WAS THIS IMPENDING HAZARD. CONSEQUENTLY, I CAN NO LONGER DRIVE MY VEHICLE, AND ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC, IT WAS A MERE MATTER OF DAYS OR A SIMPLE ROUGH ROAD THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED MY SUBFRAME TO DETACH WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. I HAVE CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND AM AWAITING A RESPONSE AND FULLY EXPECT THEM TO NOT ONLY REPAIR THE ENGINE CRADLE, BUT MAKE OWNERS AWARE THAT MODELS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1999 AND 2002 FACE THIS HAZARD TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS ON THE ROAD DUE TO THEIR OWN MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. *TR

REF: NHTSA NUMBER PE08029 I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF MY 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA AND HAVE A RUSTED CROSS MEMBER HAVE 140,000 MILES. *TR

MY SON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE HE "T-BONED A TRUCK AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES SUDDENLY AND TURN HIS WHEEL. RIGHT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM PULLED COMPLETELY OUT OF THE OF THE ENGINE CRADLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO FENDER AND SUSPENSION AND DRIVE TRAIN. INSURANCE COMPANY HAS TOTALED VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS. NO CORRECTION HAS BEEN DONE AS OF YET. *TR

CAR STALLS OUT IN LOW SPEED DRIVING, IDLING, AND OR WHEN BACK UP. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE OR NOT IN THE VEHICLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAVE HAD OIL CHANGED, FLUIDS CHECKED, ALTERNATOR CHANGED, SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES ALSO CHECKED. THE CAR HAS ALSO HAD FUEL SYSTEM FLUSHED AND PROBLEM WITH STALLING PERSIST. *TR

THE SUB FRAME HAS RUSTED OUT ON MY 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. I PURCHASED THIS CAR 5 YRS AGO FROM A DEALER IN LEXINGTON, KY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL THAT A CAR THAT IS 8 YRS. OLD WOULD HAVE SUCH A SEVERE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD NOT KEEP THE CAR, OR THAT I SHOULD REPLACE THE FRAME WHICH WILL BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO. *TR