2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF TOWN 2 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME ON MAJOR HIGHWAY CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED. HAD MY 3 CHILDREN IN THE BACK AND HAD TO GET IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND TURN MY HAZARDS ON AND CALL A TOWN TRUCK. I HAD TO PAY 300 DOLLARS TO GET THE CAR TOWED HOME. WHILE SEARCHING ONLINE I SAW A ENGINE RECALL AND SEVERAL OTHER RECALLS FOR THE 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. I CALLED THE HYUNDAI RECALL LINE AND THEY SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE CAR CHECKED OUT. I CALLED HYUNDAI AND ASKED IF THEY HAD ANY TOW SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDED, THEY STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR TOW SERVICES SO I THEN PAYED 60 DOLLARS TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO HYUNDAI BY AAA WHICH HYUNDAI ADVICES. HYUNDAI CALLED AND INFORMED ME THE NEXT DAY THAT THEY PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND THAT IT WAS THE ENGINE THAT FAILED AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER AN ENGINE FROM HYUNDAI THEY ALSO INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED 150 DOLLARS FOR THEM TO GET THE KEY FOB TO WORK TO THE CAR. AFTER HYUNDAI RECEIVED THE NEW ENGINE THEY CALLED AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO PULL THE ENGINE IN AND OUT OF THE CAR DUE TO FROM END DAMAGE WHICH INCLUDED THE RADIATOR, MOTOR BLOWER, AND HEAD GASKET AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO PAY 2895 DOLLARS FOR THEM TO EVEN PUT THE ENGINE IN THE CAR. HE ASKED ME IF THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM HAD REPORTED ANY WRECKS WHERE THE FRONT END COULD BE DAMAGED. I THEN EXPLAINED TO THE MANAGER OF HYUNDAI MECHANICS THAT I HAVE A CLEAR BLUE TITLE AND IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A WRECK THAT CAUSED FRONT END DAMAGE I WOULD BY LAW HAVE TO HAVE A SAVAGE TITLE.I WAS SOLD THE CAR AS IS FROM CAR LOT BUT WAS INFORMED THERE WERE NO ACCIDENT AND HAD BEEN CERTIFIED TESTED. LOOKING ONLINE AND SPEAKING WITH ANOTHER MECHANIC I WAS INFORMED THAT RADIATOR MOTOR BLOWER AND HEAD GASKET ARE ARE CAUSES DUE TO AN CAR RUNNING HOT FROM ENGINE FAILURE.SPEAKING WITH CORPORATE THEY MADE FALSE PROMISES AND THEN DECLINED.

MY VEHICLE HAS JUST GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE SOME DAYS IT'LL START RIGHT UP AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IT WON'T DO ANYTHING UPON HITTING THE THE PUSH TO START, OTHER THAN GIVING OFF A CLICK FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BUT I WAS TOLD IT COULD BE A WIRING PROBLEM BECAUSE MY FIRST GUESS WAS THE PROBLEM BUT I HAD ALL THAT TESTED AND IT WASN'T THE BATTERY. I CAN DRIVE IT TO WORK THAT MORNING BUT ONCE I GET READY TO CLOCK OUT THE EVENING IT WON'T START.

FREEWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL STICKS EITHER CENTER OR WHEN TURNING IT WILL STAY STUCK CAUSING THE CAR TO SWERVE WHEN PULLED . FORCE HAS TO BE USED TO UNSTICK THE STEERING WHEEL IT FEELS LIKE A MAGNET IS IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT SHOULD NOT FEEL LIKE THAT. IT'S HAPPENED PLENTY TIMES STARTING ABOUT A MONTH AGO I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL WHEN I GOT THE CAR AND IT GRADUALLY GOT WORSE. I BOUGHT A CAR EARLY MAY THE DEALER CALLED BACK AND TOLD ME I HAD TO RETURN IT FOR A DIFFERENT CAR DUE TO MY 'INCOME AND CREDIT' WHICH THEY WERE AWARE ABOUT WHEN I GOT THE CAR BUT THE DEALER GAVE FALSE INFO TO THE BANK WHICH CAUSED ME ISSUES. AND THIS SONATA 2013 WAS THE ONLY CAR THEY SAID THEY COULD GIVE ME .

MY ENGINE'S CAR START VIBRATING SUDDENLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN I REACH MORE LESS 45 MPH . CAR'S BRAKE SYSTEM DOESN'T BRAKE EQUALLY,ALWAYS PULLS FROM ONE SIDE AND I HAVE TO BE CARING OF WHEEL STEERING DUE TO IT'THIRD TIME I ALMOST CRASH OTHER CAR IN FRONT OF ME ,CAUSE ALSO DOESN'T BRAKE GOOD ,EVEN I'M PUSHING ALL OVER DOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND SEIZED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE THE BATTERY WAS CHARGED AND THE VEHICLE WAS JUMPSTARTED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED MAKING A CLUNKING OR BUMPING NOISE WHEN MOVING IT AT A SLOW SPEED. THE STEERING ALSO SEEMED A BIT LOOSE. I TOOK IT TO A SERVICE STATION AND WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS "TIGHT" AND THAT IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING SERIOUS. HOWEVER, I'VE READ REPORTS ABOUT OTHERS HAVING SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND BEING TOLD IT COULD BE A FAILING STEERING COUPLER THAT COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL. I'M TRYING TO ASCERTAIN IF THIS IS SOMETHING I SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

THE STEERING WHEEL STICKS AND/OR TEMPORARILY LOCKS WHILE DRIVING. THE WHEEL WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40 MPH AND FASTER DOESN'T RECENTER AND FEELS LIKE IT LOCKS OR STICKS BECAUSE THE DRIVER HAS TO FORCIBLY RECENTER THE WHEEL. THE CAR HAS 97,699 MILES. 2 MONTHS AGO JIM CLICK HYUNDAI REPLACED POWER STEERING MOTOR ASSEMBLY $910.00 OUT OF POCKET COSTS. THE REPAIR DID NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. RETURNED TO SAME DEALERSHIP ON 12/9/19 SERVICE ADVISOR DID AN ALIGNMENT. THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS.

THERE HAS BEEN A ENGINE KNOCKING SOUND SLOWLY BUILDING UP AND MY OIL WAS STILL 2K MILES GOOD. AFTER WORK SATURDAY EVENING AS I WAS DRIVING HOME IT WAS KNOCKING HARD THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I GOT CODE CHECKED AND THE CODE WAS ' P1326' I NEED UP CHANGING MY OIL TO SEE IT ANYTHING WOULD HELP AND IT DID NOT. MY CAR WON'T GO PAST 2K RPMS DUE TO 'LIMP MODE' ASKED MY MECHANIC FRIEND ABOUT HELP AND HE CAME OVER AND LOOKED AT IT. TOLD ME HE'S HAD CUSTOMERS WITH SAME PROBLEMS AND THERE IS A CAMPAIGN RECALL 953 PER TSB 18-01- 027 AND THEY GOT IT FIXED.

THE STEERING HAS BECOME VERY JERKY. THEY HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE STEERING COLUMN ONCE AT 50000 MILES BUT HAVE REFUSED TO REPLACE IT NOW STATING THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY CAR HAS 96000 MILES AT PRESENT. WE FEEL THIS PROBLEM COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY WHEN IT GOT BAD BUT DOES IT ALL THE TIME WHEN DRIVING HYUNDAI STARTED A CASE # 16436714 ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO FIX AN ISSUE LIKE THIS

I FEEL LIKE I'M INVESTING MORE MONEY INTO THIS VEHICLE THAN I SHOULD. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THESE HYUNDAI SONATA 2013+ HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL TO BE FIXED. MY HORN DOESN'T WORK AND MY TAIL LIGHTS ARE MELTING AFTER I JUST PAYED TO GET THEM FIXED. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD !!!!!!! YOU GUYS NEED TO GET THIS RIGHT , IT DOESN'T TAKE MORE THAN 24HRS TO DO A INVESTIGATION AND APPROVE THE RECALLS FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR CARS FIXED , I WILL NEVER BUY A HYUNDAI AGAIN.