2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I STARTED TO HAVE ENGINE PROBLEMS AROUND NOVEMBER 2017. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT IT WAS A RECALL ON THE ENGINE. THEY JUST DISMISSED ME ONLY TELLING ME THE WARRANTY WAS OUT. MY CAR WAS 3 PAYMENTS AWAY FROM BEING PAY OFF AND THE DEALER WANTED $11,000 (ELEVEN THOUSAND) TO FIX IT. I HAVE TO ENDED UP BUYING A NEW ONE SINCE I COULDN'T COME UP WITH THAT KIND OF MONEY. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO NOW, AFTER 6-7 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE NEW CAR? I FELT THE DEALER AND THE COMPANY WAS VERY TRICKY......WHEN I NOTICED SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR I WAS DRIVING ON A STREET, HAD TO STOP AND CALL A TOW TRUCK. IT WAS A BIG NOISE LIKE SOMETHING WAS INSIDE THE ENGINE. THANK YOU

THE CAR WILL FREQUENTLY AND RANDOMLY REFUSE TO START RENDERING THE VEHICLE IMOBILE.

UPON OBTAINING MY STATE INSPECTION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AROUND 60K MILES, MY MECHANIC POINTED OUT A SLIGHT "THUNK" WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL AND SAID TO CHECK FOR RECALLS. SINCE THEN IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE NOTICEABLE. IT "THUNKS" OR CLICKS JUST TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT OF CENTER. FIRST I ONLY NOTICED IT WHEN PARKED, NOW I NOTICE IT WHEN DRIVING AND THE STEERING COLUMN RATTLES VERY LOUD WHEN I GO OVER EVEN A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. I AM CONCERNED THAT IT IS GETTING WORSE AND TRYING TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. I SEE WHERE THIS WAS A BIG PROBLEM WITH THE 2011 MODEL AND NOW IS STARTING WITH THE 2012 AROUND SIMILAR MILEAGE. CLICKING AND RATTLING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN, NOT ONLY WHILE TURNING, BUT SMALL BUMPS WILL MAKE IT RATTLE. HOPE HYUNDAI ISSUES A RECALL SOON!!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WAS DRIVEN, BUT SEIZED AGAIN AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 126,000.

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS A NORMAL PART OF STARTUP BUT IS NO LONGER SHUTTING OFF; REMAINING ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF. A TRIP TO THE DEALER (EDWARDS HYUNDAI IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA IN JULY, 2018) RESULTING IN THEM WANTING TO CHARGE A $170 DIAGNOSTIC FEE DESPITE THE CURRENT RECALL ON AIRBAGS FOR MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 103K MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT REMAINING ILLUMINATED.

ENGINE STARTED MAKING A VERY LOUD KNOCKING SOUND WHILE DRIVING 70-75 MPH. SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE ENGINE STOPPED AND SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE HOOD. TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT SAID THE PISTON BROKE AND WENT THROUGH THE FIREWALL.

'ENGINE SEIZURE'I WAS DRVING MY 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA (105,000 MILES) ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, AND SUDDENLY AFTER A QUICK PASSING EFFORT BY ME RENDERED THE CAR DEAD, ALL THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON AND WHILE I WAS MID WAY PASSING THE CAR I HAD TO BREAK A LITTLE AND PULL UP ON THE SIDE (STILL ON THE MAIN ROAD). TURNED OFF THE CAR COMPLETELY AND TRIED TURNING ON, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. GOT IT TOWED TO AN AUTO SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SAID ALL THE ENGINE OIL HAD DRAINED OUT AND THE ENGINE WAS LOCKED OUT. NOW AN OIL CHANGE WAS DONE ABOUT 4K MILES/3MONTHS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, AN OIL CHANGE WAS IMMINENTLY NEAR BUT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AFTER 4K MILES OF AN OIL CHANGE. AFTER READING UP, SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS SONATA, AND MY CAR HAD GONE THROUGH AN ENGINE RECALL AT A DEALERSHIP 9 MONTHS AGO, AND NOTHING GOT PICKED UP THERE. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO FIX THIS ISSUE ASAP. SCARIEST THING IS THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY/VACATION/WITH MY FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE CAR, IT IS NOT A SMALL ISSUE AS IT MIGHT SOUND

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY CAR RECALLS ARE #174 AND 160 AND I AM DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS CAN'T BE FIXED BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN A WAY TO FIX THEM. BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE IS A REAL HARD SHAKING IN AND LOUD AND AGGRESSIVE TAPPING IN THE WHEEL COLUMN MAKES THIS SOUND WHEN U GO TO A CERTAIN SPEED.FOR OVER 60 MPH. THE KNOCKING GOES FAST AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE WHEEL ESPECIALLY, ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF THESE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR. GOING TO MEET WITH THE DEALER IN TOMORROW TO SEE HOW I CAN BE ASSISTED WITH THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN OR WAS STATIONARY, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR IN THE CABIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO BREATHE AND IT CAUSED HIS EYES TO BURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ABC HYUNDAI (6825 REDWOOD ST, LAS VEGAS, NV 89118, (702) 475-8698) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO PINPOINT THE CAUSE OF THE FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 11389896. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

TAKATA RECALL. MY SON WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAJOR STATE ROUTE AT 9:30PM WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER, SHORTLY THERE AFTER, IT STALLED OUT, ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WENT ON AND WITHIN 2-3 MINS, SMOKE POURED FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR AND WITHIN 2 MINS THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS ONE HUGE BLAZE OF FIRE. HE WAS LUCKY TO GET OUT IN TIME. IT WAS VERY TRAUMATIC FOR HIM TO SAY THE LEAST, NOT TO MENTION AS HIS PARENTS, WE WERE ON FACE TIME WITH HIM AFTER HE PULLED OVER AND SAW THIS AS IT WAS HAPPENING AND COULDN'T BE THERE TO ASSIST HIM.