2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH, I CAME TO A TURN AND WHEN I SLOWED DOWN I LOST POWER FROM THE ENGINE. THE RADIO AND HEADLIGHTS STILL FUNCTIONED FOR A WHILE AFTER BUT EVENTUALLY WENT OUT. ENGINE BURNS OIL FASTER THAN ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED, ALSO SINCE I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR OIL IS USUALLY ALWAYS BURNT OR BLACK FROM PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE.

STEERING WHEEL LOCKS WHEN YOU PUT THE KEY IN TO UNLOCK IT YOU CAN'T TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES BECAUSE IT SO TIGHTLY LOCKED THAT WEAK PEOPLE ELDERLY PEOPLE CAN'T TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO START THE CAR AND THEY CAN BE STRANDED OUT IN THE HEAT ANOTHER TYPE PROBLEMS SO MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS WE PRESENTED THIS TO THE STATE AND HAD A IMPARTIAL MEDIATOR WHO ACTUALLY WAS PARTIAL BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL SHE HAD TO HAVE HELP FROM HYUNDAI TO TURN IT AND NOTHING WAS DONE OF IT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS TO THIS DAY WHERE MY MOM CAN'T START HER CAR. IT'S WHEN THE CAR IS OFF AND KEY IS OUT AND HAPPENS MORE OFTEN WHEN THE WHEELS ARE TURNED IN ANY DIRECTION. IT'S ON THE 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA AND ALL YEARS. CALL ME [XXX]. INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

AFTER PARKING CAR AND TURNING THE CAR OFF, KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE, KEY STUCK IN IGNITION, KEY WORKS FINE, CAR DRIVE FINE, HOWEVER UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION. ( KEY WILL NOT TURN PASS ACCESSORY. CAR SHIFTS GEARS, STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK, KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED. I HAD TO UN PLUG THE FUSE TO RADIO/ ASSESSORIES TO REMOVE/RELEASE KEY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE DETECTED FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN IT WAS TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING COUPLER BUSHING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,737.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING 65-70 MPH WE THE THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED OUT OF NO WHERE. I AM GLAD WE WEREN'T HIT BY A SEMI AND KILLED .WE MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER AND CALL USAA. THE CAR WAS TOWED HOME THEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT MORNING BECAUSE OF IT BEING A SUNDAY. I WAITED ALL DAY , THEN I CALLED THEM SEEMS THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED, THEY WEREN'T SURE WHY . THEY SENT IT INTO HYUNDAI AND EIGHT DAYS LATER I STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER.

MY BRAKE LIGHT BULBS KEEP OVER HEADING AND BURNING OUT A LOT LATELY SOMETIMES MELTING IN TO THE SOCKETS AND HAVING TO GET THEM REPLACED IT COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAY , OR WHILE IN MOTION IT IS GETTING VERY ANNOYING AND COSTLY I FOUND OUT I'M NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN OTHERS HAVE THE SAME COMPLAINT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT A FEW ALMOST HAD THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK ON FIRE SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMETHING REALLY BAD HAPPENS SENDING A PICTURE WERE IT GOT HOT DIDN'T MELT THE SOCKET THIS TIME BUT IS SLIGHTLY BURNT I WAS TRYING TO SEND THE PICTURE BUT IT IS NOT WORKING MAYBE I CAN SEND IT THREW MY E-MAIL IT IS ON THE NEXT FEW PAGES

JUST RECENTLY MY STEERING WHEEL STARTED HAVING A CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION IT IS GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY.STEERING IS REAL LOOSE SEEMS LIKE I HAVE LESS CONTROL.I WAS TOLD IT'S PROBABLY A BUSHING AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING

MY LIGHTS HAVE BEEN CONTINUALLY BLOWING FOR WELL OVER A YEAR ALMOST 2.EVERY 2 OR SO MONTHS I VE HAD TO REPLACE THEM.DEALER SAID THEY COULDNT DO ANYTHING IM STILL REPLACING BULBS.TJE CONTROL ARM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE GABE ME PROBLEMS .WAS TLOD WARRANTY WAS OUT JAD TO PAY FOR REPAIRS.WAS DRIVI.G THE CAR IT JUST QYOT ON ME AND STARTED SMOKING .WOULD NOT CRANK.TOOK TO AUTO SHOP SAID IT WAS HJE MOTOR

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO THE HYUNDIA DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL FOR HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION; THEY TOLD ME THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS CLOGGED, I TOLD THEM IF IT WAS CLOGGED IT WAS DUE TO THE OIL LOSS THAT MADE IT WAY INTO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE HYUNDIA CORPORATION REFUSED TO FIX THE ENGINE OR CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

THIS CAR'S LEFT-REAR BRAKE LIGHT ALWAYS HAS SOME PROBLEM, IT BURNS OUT VERY OFTEN. RECENTLY, I FOUND THAT THE PLASTIC BULB HOLDER WAS BURNED AND MELTED TOO. I HAVE READ FROM THE INTERNET, THE HYUNDAI 2013 SONATAS HAVE THE SAME COMMON PROBLEMS, NOT JUST MY CAR HAS IT. THE BRAKE LIGHT MAY BURN OUT VERY OFTEN, I AM AFRAID THAT I MAY GET POLICE TICKET BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM, AND IF SOME OTHER VEHICLE HIT MY CAR IN THE BACK, THE CONSEQUENCE WILL BE HARD. I KNOW THAT HYUNDAI WILL RECALL CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 SONATA VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BETWEEN DEC. 11, 2009 AND JUNE 30, 2011, ACCORDING TO A LETTER THE NHTSA SENT HYUNDAI. MY CAR IS 2013 SONATA, CAN I EXPECT A RECALL FROM HYUNDAI TO FIX MY CAR'S BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM?