2013 HYUNDAI SONATA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR STARTED BRAKING, LOST POWER STEERING,STOPPED AND WARNING ON DASH SAID HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM, DO NOT DRIVE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL ONTO TURNING LANE. TURNED CAR OFF, THEN ON AGAIN. WARNING GONE ON DASH, PUT INTO GEAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE NO PROBLEM. MADE SERVICE APT. DROVE 60 MILES BEFORE HAPPENING AGAIN. THIS TIME WOULD NOT RESTART.TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.WAS TOLD HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. I HAVE 20,000 MILES ON CAR BUT 1 YR OUT OF WARRANTY. $2,700.00 AND 3 DAYS LATER THEY SAY THIS PART HAS 1YR WARRANTY. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON FREEWAY IT COULD HAVE BECOME DEADLY FOR ME. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR.

BRAKE FLUID IS LOW, RESERVE TANK IS EMPTY, BUT THERE IS NO WARNING LIGHT. STARTED DRIVING OFF DRIVE WAY, DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME SAFETY ISSUES.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE FROM CJ AUTO LOANS AND FINANCED THROUGH CREDIT ACCEPTANCE BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2018. I WAS NOT INFORMED FROM NEITHER CREDIT ACCEPTANCE NOR CJ AUTO LOANS THAT THE CAR HAD A ENGINE RECALL. IN JUNE OF 2019 THE CAR WOULD NOT START OR TURN OVER AFTER BEING PARKED AT A FRIENDS HOUSE. I GOT THE CAR TOWED TO MY MECHANIC WHERE HE INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR ENGINE CEASED. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR I ALSO PURCHASED A VEHICLE WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY CAME TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT FIX THE CAR. BUT, I WAS NEVER INFORMED FROM THE WARRANTY COMPANY THAT THE ENGINE HAD A RECALL FOR THE MAKE YEAR AND MODEL OF THE CAR. I HAVE LOST LOTS OF MONEY AND EVEN WAS WAS FORCED TO DO A VOLUNTARY REPO.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT APPROX 50MPH IN TRAFFIC. I GAVE THE ENGINE GAS AS I CHANGED LANES INTO AN EXPRESS LANE. IN THE MIDDLE OF CHANGING LANES, THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AND THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS UP (BATTERY, OIL, ENGINE, ETC.). HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME TO INSPECT. UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY PROBLEMS. CAR CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP AWAITING INSPECTION. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF A RECALL, OR THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SO COMMON. PLEASE HELP US!!!

1. STEERING WHEEL: MAKES A CLICKING NOISE WHEN MAKING ANY TURN; SOUNDS LIKE LOOSE CHANGE 2. CAR STOPS WHILE DRIVING: AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR SHUT DOWN ON ME, ONLY THING WORKING WAS THE ELECTRIC (RADIO STILL PLAYS)

THERE HAS BEEN AN UNIDENTIFIABLE CLICK IN THE STEERING SINCE PURCHASED NEW. MAKES HORRIBLE NOISES NOW WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN HITTING SLIGHTEST BUMPS IN ROAD. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. OUR REPAIR SHOP DIDN'T WANT TO WORK ON IT AND SAID THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A RECALL, BUT I CANNOT FIND ONE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE!

I HAVE HAD TO REPEATEDLY REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS IN THE CAR. I'VE HAD TO WORK IN AN EXTRA $28-$52 FOR LIGHTS AND ALWAYS KEEP A SPARE. I NOTICE MANY OTHER SIMILAR SONATA'S WITH BLOWN LIGHTS.

I'M LEASING MY CAR AND I HAVEN'T HAD IT A TOTAL YEAR YET, I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 10:50PM AND ALL MY DASH BOARDS LIGHTS CAME ON AND MY CAR ALSO SLOWED DOWN I TRIED HITTING THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THANK GOD IT WAS A GAS STATION I COULD PULL INTO AND BY THE TIME MADE IT INTO THE GAS STATION MY CAR TURNED JUST STOPPED COMPLETELY MY STARTER HAS GONE OUT , AND NOW MY ENGINE IS LOCKED UP!! I HAD TO GET IT TOWED HOME II WANT TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON MY CAR!

WHEN PLACING THE CAR IN PARK, UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION. AS IF SYSTEM THINKS CAR NOT IN PARK.

THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS DEVELOPED TWO LARGE CRACKS. IT APPEARS TO BE OVER THE AIRBAG. MY CONCERN IS THAT IT MAY DAMAGE THE UNDERLYING AIRBAG SINCE IT IS NOW EXPOSED TO THE "ELEMENTS" , SUNLIGHT, CLEANING SOLUTIONS ETC.