2010 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

DOOR HANDLES FALL OFF. I HAVE REPLACED 3 OF 4 HANDLES SO FAR. REAR DRIVERS SIDE REPLACED BUT IS NOT OPENING NOW. DRIVERS DOOR OPENS SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES NOT. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. IT COSTS $140 PER UNIT.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, THE DOOR HANDLES OF THE FRONT PASSENGER AND LEFT REAR DOORS CAME OFF IN MY HAND WHILE OPENING THE DOORS. I WAS THEN UNABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO LET MY ELDERLY PASSENGER OUT OF THE CAR.

THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE BURNED UP THREE TIMES NOW HAD THE CALIPERS CHANGED TWO TIMES ON RIGHT SIDE ONCE ON LEFT SIDE IN 90000 MILES THERE MUST BE A PROBLEM IN SYSTEM THAT'S INTERMENT I HAVE A NON CONTACT INFRARED THERMOMETER IN MY CAR THAT I CK TEMPS OF BRAKES WHEN I DRIVE I CK THEM WHEN I STOP IN PARKING LOTS REST STOPS TRYING TO CATCH THE PROBLEM BEFORE THE BRAKES BURN UP SOME TIMES I CAN DRIVE OVER 150 MILES NO PROBLEM SOME TIMES JUST 10 MILES BRAKES HEAT UP TO 315 DEGREES OR MORE LAST REPAIR THE REAR PADS ON RIGHT SIDE WHERE BURNT UP LEFT WHERE STILL GOOD THE DEALER SHOP CHECKED OUT BRAKES COULD NOT FIND ANY REASON THE RIGHT WAS STICKING OR DRAGGING THE DATE OF REPAIR WAS OCT 10- 2017. THAT WAS THE MOST RESENT.

I'VE DRIVEN THIS CAR SINCE 2011 AND HAVE NOT HAD AN ISSUE LIKE THIS BEFORE. LAST WEEK, (OCTOBER, 1, 2017). WHILE DRIVING DOWN AN OFF-RAMP AT ~35 MPH, MY 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA'S ESC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF ; AT THE SAME TIME MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, THE ESC OFF LIGHT IS OFF, BUT WITHIN 5-7 MINUTES OF DRIVING IT COMES BACK ON AGAIN AND STAYS ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK NOW REGARDLESS OF IF THE ESC OFF LIGHT IS ON OR NOT. THIS OCCURS NOW EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. AT FIRST THE ESC OFF LIGHT IS OFF, AND EVERY TIME AFTER THE FIRST 5-7 MINUTES OF DRIVING IT LIGHTS UP. (AND PUSHING THE ESC OFF BUTTON DOES NOT AFFECT IT.) THIS OCCURS REGARDLESS OF WHERE I AM DRIVING OR HOW (ON ON A TWO-LANE, ON THE HIGHWAY, IN MY DRIVEWAY, TURNING, STOPPING, ACCELERATING ETC. THE ESC OFF LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE CRUISE CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I PUSH THE CC BUTTON, BUT WHEN I TRY TO PUSH THE BUTTON TO ENGAGE THE SPEED SET, NOTHING HAPPENS, IT WILL NOT ENGAGE.) I TOOK IT TO THE ONLY HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP WITHIN 100 MILES OF WHERE I LIVE, AND I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $120.00 JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE CSR THAT SET UP MY APPOINTMENT SAID HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE THE BREAK LIGHT SWITCH. I RESEARCHED THE ISSUE MYSELF, AND APPARENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A MASSIVE RECALL OF VARIOUS 2007-2011 HYUNDAI'S (SONATA'S INCLUDED) THAT HAD FAULTY BREAK LIGHT SWITCHES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THIS RECALL/DEFECT. NOW, AFTER 7 YEARS AND 133,000 MILES (I'M WAY OVER THE WARRANTY PERIOD) AND HAVE TO PAY $ THAT I DO NOT HAVE JUST TO GET IT "DIAGNOSED" NOT TO MENTION HOW MUCH IT WILL COST TO "FIX" THE PROBLEM. DOES THE RECALL STILL COVER MY VEHICLE? AND IF NOT, IS THERE A WAY I CAN ORDER THE PART MYSELF AND REPLACE IT TO SEE IF THAT CORRECTS THE ISSUE? -DESPERATE IN TN-

I HAVE A HYUNDAI 2010 AND IN ONE YEARS TIME BOTH REAR DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE SECOND ONE AND THE FIRST COST ME $160. NOT ONLY IS THIS AN INCONVENIENCE WHEN TRYING TO GET MY CHILDREN OUT, BUT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK IF THERE EVER WERE AN ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED AND I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A REFUND.

HAD TO GET 3 STARTERS AND 2 BATTERIES FOR THIS VEHICLE DO TO THE IGNITION BEING BAD. AND WE JUST FIGURED IT OUT. IT'S WOULD START AND GO. BUT OVER TIME IT WOULD GIVE OUT AND I'VE BEEN STRANDED A COUPLE OF TIME WITH THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND HAD GOTTEN WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PRIORITY HYUNDAI IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA THREE TIMES FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER RESET THE COMPUTER CONTROL VALUES AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MAY NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 10419964. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

OUR 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA'S OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE JUST FELL OFF RIGHT IN MY HAND. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THE 2010 MODEL. THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY HAZARD AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER. IF WE ARE IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE HANDLE FALLS OFF THE PERSON THAT IS TRYING TO HELP US THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. ALL WE WERE DOING WAS TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET MY SON OUT OF HIS CAR SEAT AND IT FELL OFF RIGHT IN OUR HANDS. UNACCEPTABLE.

DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. THE LEFT REAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. CAR WAS IN DRIVEWAY, UNDER NORMAL USE. THIS IS MY 5TH OR 6TH ONE. OUT OF WARRANTY - HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER. DENIES THERE IS AN ISSUE, DESPITE SO MANY CASES FILE. COSTS $175 + PAINT TO HAVE FIXED. THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN, AND THESE DOOR HANDLES ON SONATA AND MANY OTHER MODELS AND YEARS SHOULD BE FIXED AND RECALLED.

EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING OFF WHEN USED TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY. THUS FAR, THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR AND THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF. VEHICLE MILEAGE WAS IN THE 75K TO 78K MILE RANGE. I AM READING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE AND THAT IT IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR (ESTIMATED $200). I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AS ENTRY TO THE VEHICLE IN AN EMERGENCY IS COMPROMISED.