2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID Complaints

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

AFTER I EXITED THE FREEWAY WHILE TRAVELING TO MY MOTHERS ON THANKSGIVING DAY I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT TO TURN LEFT ONTO A STREET AND WHEN I TRIED TO GO THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE I HAD TO PUSH THE GAS PEDDLE ALL THE WAY DOWN AND WHEN IT FINALLY WENT IT JUMPED/JERKED REALLY BAD WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND AFTER THAT IT WAS GOING REALLY SLOW. 2 DAYS PRIOR THE CAR WAS LAGGING WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO BREAK SEEMED LIKE THE SYSTEM WASN'T READING THAT I WANT TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP WHICH AGAIN ALMOST CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THIS CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND I ONLY HAVE 61,000 MILES AND I ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 9 MONTHS. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THE CAR IS STILL IN THE SHOP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG.

TAKATA RECALL: I HAVE A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA 2.0T SE AND MY CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH NO WARNING AND WOULD NOT START BACK. NOW MY EPS, OIL, MIL, BATTERY LIGHT ATE ON AND CAR WILL NOT CRANK. I WAS DRIVING UP TROY HIGHWAY IN MONTGOMERY AL WHEN MY CAR BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN AND CUT OFF. IT DID MAKE A CLUNK NOISE BEFORE IT SHUT OFF.. THERE WASN'T ANY FIRE BUT ENGINE WILL NOT START AND JUST HAD OIL CHANGE ON FRIDAY.

WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THE CHECK BRAKE WARNING STARTED GOING OFF. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF THE CAR SHUT DOWN. MY HYDRAULIC UNIT FAILED AND THEY WILL NOT COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY. THANK GOD I WASN'T DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD RECEIVED AN OIL CHANGE A WEEK PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO JIM BURKE AUTOMOTIVE (1301 5TH AVE N, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203, (205) 549-9387) WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT THE DEALER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED FOR A SECOND TIME IN NOVEMBER OF 2018. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

MY CAR LOOSES ACCELERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WAY ESPECIALLY ON HIGHWAY. IT HAPPENS FIR MULTIPLE TIMES.

ENGINE SHOOK AND ENGINE SEIZED ON A BUSY 65 MPH HIGHWAY. . WARNING LIGHT CAME ON TO PULL OVER AND NOT DRIVE. CAR WAS TOWED TO NEAREST HYUNDAI DEALER. HAS BEEN AT SERVICE DEPT AWAITING A NEW ENGINE FOR 3 MONTHS. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF AN ENGINE RECALL, YET HYUNDAI ALWAYS CLAIMS IN MEDIA REPORTS THAT THE AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THIS VEHICLE IS A HYBRID AND HYUNDAI NEEDS TO RECALL THESE CARS AS WELL, BECAUSE THE ENGINE IS HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE!

FIRST INCIDENT, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2018. WHILE DRIVING, CAR SUDDENLY FLASHED WARNING LIGHTS, WITH MESSAGE PERTAINING TO THE BATTERY. CAR DECELERATED EXTREMELY RAPIDLY AND BECAME HARDER TO STEER. PULLED CAR OVER OUT OF STREET AS IT LOST POWER. IT STOPPED. LIGHTS REMAINED ON. TURNED CAR OFF AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. IT CRANKED UP AND COULD BE DRIVEN AS IF THE INCIDENT NEVER HAPPENED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR WARNING MESSAGE WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED. SECOND INCIDENT, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM, THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AGAIN, THE WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED AGAIN, AND AGAIN IT BECAME HARD TO STEER. THIS TIME DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO PULL THE CAR OVER; IT STOPPED IN THE STREET. DRIVER TURNED THE CAR OFF, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND DROVE TO THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION. A TOW TRUCK WAS CALLED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE VEHICLE DID NOT REGISTER ANY CODE THAT THEY COULD DETECT. THEY HAD A TECHNICIAN DRIVE IT FROM WORK TO HOME EACH DAY AND THE VEHICLE NEVER GAVE ANY PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM AT ALL WITH THE VEHICLE THAT REQUIRED SERVICE OR REPAIR. VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018. THE DEALERSHIP WAIVED THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE SINCE THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSIS A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TRADED-IN. THE ISSUE WAS REPORTED TO HYUNDAI MOTOR CORPORATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND THE "HYBRID PULL OVER SOON" WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED. THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS ABLE TO BE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HYBRID BATTERY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER (DICKSMITH HYUNDAI, 781 CONGAREE RD, GREENVILLE, SC 29607) INDICATED THAT THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM ANY RECALL CAMPAIGNS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATIONS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V137000 (AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS) AND 17V617000 (SEAT BELTS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (CENTRAL VALLEY HYUNDAI, 4620 MCHENRY AVENUE, MODESTO, CA 95356) CONFIRMED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.