2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID Complaints

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS SOME VERY NOTICEABLE PLAY WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNED BOTH WAYS. ALSO WHENEVER THE CAR GOES OVER ANY KIND OF POTHOLE OR ANY BUMPS IN THE ROAD IT MAKES A VERY LOUD RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. THE RATTLING HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. TAKING THE CAR IN TODAY BUT I SEE THAT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL. LOVE MY SONATA BUT DISAPPOINTED I HOW A SECOND OWNER IS TREATED WITH ISSUES THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING A SECOND OWNER. IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR CARS ARE BUILT TO LAST 100K MILES STAND BY IT AND KEEP THE MILEAGE PLAN FOR EVERYONE. CHANGING THE MILES AND YEARS JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE NEW BOUGHT THE CAR IS UNFAIR. I HAD TO REPLACE A HYBRID BATTERY CABLE FOR THIS CAR ALREADY, PART COST $10 AND THE LABOR COST $300. NOW FROM WHAT I AM READING THE PART FOR THIS FIX IS POTENTIALLY $1 AND I AM GOING TO PAY 300%+ IN LABOR.

3 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WITH ABOUT 25,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, MY CAR DEVELOPED A PRONOUNCED CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER I WENT OVER EVEN THE SMALLEST BUMP IN THE ROAD. IT ALSO OCCURRED WITH THE ENGINE OFF IF I TURNED THE WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION AND I COULD FEEL SLOP IN THE STEERING. IT DEVELOPED SUDDENLY AND WORSENED RAPIDLY, SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. MY SERVICE ADVISOR SAID HE WAS AWARE OF A STEERING COUPLER ISSUE IN THE 2011 MODEL AND RECOMMENDED I HAVE IT REPAIRED AT $390. I REQUESTED HE INTERVENE WITH HYUNDAI AND ASK THEM TO COVER IT SINCE IT IS A SAFETY DEFECT AND ARGUED THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. HE DID SO AND THE REQUEST WAS DENIED BY HYUNDAI. THE DEALERSHIP TOOK CARE OF IT AS A GOODWILL GESTURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK, THE EPS (ELECTRIC POWER STEERING) WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO POWER OFF AND THE 'SHIFT GEAR INTO PARK' WARNING MESSAGE ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY IN THE PARK POSITION. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF, IT TOOK NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE REPAIR WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY OR PER A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 07/27/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED METAL SHVINGS WERE FOUND IN THE ENGINE. UPDATED 08/01/16.*JB

I WAS DRIVING MY 2011 SONATA HYBRID DOWN A INTERSTATE AT 75 MILES AN HOUR WHEN IT STOPPED ACCELERATING/WORKING. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR WITH ME AT THE TIME. I HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT AND WAS ABLE TO FIND A SAFE SPOT TO PARK. I WAITED FOR 1/5 HOURS FOR A TOW TRUCK TO COME. AFTER DROPPING MY CAR OFF WITH THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD MY ENGINE SEIZED AND I WOULD NEED A NEW ONE FOR $9,000. THIS IS COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS. MY CARE HAS $75,000 AND I AM THE SECOND OWNER. THE RECALL RIGHT NOW DOES NOT INCLUDE HYBRID/KOREAN MADE MODELS OF THE 2011 SONATA, SO HYUNDAI STATES THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY REPAIRS. I AM PERUSING LEGAL ACTION IN THE HOPES TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM IDENTIFIED. MY DAUGHTER AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED, AND MANY OTHER OWNERS ARE AT RISK.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WITH 20 TO 40 MPH ON THE SPEED METER , SUDDENLY THE SOUND OF THE BREAK ALARM TURNED ON AND A STATEMENT ON THE SMALL SCREEN SAYS CHECK BREAK THE INDICATOR LIGHT OF THE BREAK WAS ON AND THE BREAKS STARTS TO DO A VERY NOISY SOUND AS THE CAR SLOWING DOWN , I BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER ON N AND I PULLED OVER THEN I CHANGED IT AGING TO P THEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED FOR A WHILE THEN STARTED IT AGAIN ,AND THE ALARM WAS TURNED OFF AND NO STATEMENT ON THE SCREEN , I DERIVED CAREFULLY WITH LOW SPEED AFTER THAT THEN WHEN I STOPPED FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND SWITCHED THE GEAR SHIFTERS TO N AND NO ACCELERATION WAS HAPPENING AS I PUSHED THE BREAK IN TO HOLD THE CAR THE BREAK ALARM TURNED ON AGAIN AND THE STATEMENT CHECK BREAK WAS DISPLAYED I DID THE SAME PROCEDURES PULLED OVER, SWITCHED TO P AND TURNED IT OFF ,THE CAR TRAVELED DISTANCE IS 61,302 MI WHEN THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED , I TOKE THE CAR NEXT DAY TO THE MECHANIC THE DETECTOR SHOWED A CODE C 1237

DROVE DOWN THE ROAD TO THE STORE AND TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WHEN I CAME OUT TO TURN THE CAR ON AND GO HOME THE CAR WOULD NOT START, THE ISSUES THAT WERE HAPPENING WERE, THE LIGHT WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUMPING IN AND OUT UNDER MY FOOT ON ITS OWN, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START, AFTER TRYING A FEW TIMES THE WHOLE CAR AND SYSTEM SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY AND THE HAZARDS STARTED TO COME ON AUTOMATICALLY AND THERE WAS NO POWER TO THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS AND WINDOW AND THE ONLY THINGS WORKING IN THE CAR WAS THE ANIT-THEFT SYSTEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE CONTACT HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE "COUPLING FOR THE MOTOR DRIVEN POWER STEERING SYSTEM" NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

WE WERE DRIVING ON I81N IN VIRGINIA WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE DRIVING OVER GRAVEL.I THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A TIRE. FOUND TIRES WERE OK. WAITED TO PULL OUT SAFELY. SECONDS AFTER WE ENTERED I81N, WE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, A/C AND A WARNING LIGHT INDICATING TO CHECK HYBRID SYSTEM CAME ON IN MESSAGE BOARD. WE PULLED OFF AT EXIT 277N AND HAD ENOUGH POWER TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER.I DISCOVERED THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS SHREDDED. WE WERE TOWED TO A HYUNDAI DEALER WHERE THE CAR SAT OVERNIGHT ON 9/6/15 UNTIL SERVICE OPENED ON 9/8/15. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED AS WELL AS THE WATER PUMP BELT WHICH WAS ALSO DAMAGED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THE NEW BELT WAS NOT RUNNING TRUE ON THE TENSIONER AND A RIDGE HAD FORMED ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF THE TENSIONER. MY OPINION IS THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THE BELT WAS NOT RUNNING TRUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,500.