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11083357 2016-03-14
2015 HYUNDAI SONATA
LEFT BRAKE CALIPER STUCK WEARING OUT BRAKE PAD COMPLETELY. HEADLIGHTS SO DIM THEY DON'T LIGHT ROADWAY. WINDSHIELD UNUSUAL HAZY APPEARANCE CAUSING UNCLEAR FRONT VIEW. ALL PROBLEMS DURING ANY CONDITION ON ROAD.
10928478 2016-11-18
2016 HYUNDAI SONATA
11/18/2016 - I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WAS SLOWLY ACCELERATING UP MY RURAL STREET WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY BRAKE HARD OF ITS OWN ACCORD AND MADE A CLUNKING NOISE. NO INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATION WAS PROVIDED AS TO WHY THIS OCCURRED. THIS WAS NOT DRIVER ERROR AS MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE ACCELERATOR. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT AHEAD - NOT TURNING - NO OTHER CARS WERE IN THE VICINITY. 11/21/16 - WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR DROVE SLUGGISHLY (ALMOST LIKE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ON). WHEN I PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, I AGAIN HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND. WHEN I OPENED MY DOOR THERE WAS A PRONOUNCED BURNING SMELL AND THE REAR WHEELS WERE TOO HOT TO TOUCH. AGAIN, THERE WERE NO INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS TO INDICATE ANY ISSUE. THE CAR HAS BEEN OPERATING NORMALLY SINCE THESE INCIDENTS. I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REPLICATE THESE ISSUES. THIS CAR HAS HAD A SERIES OF UNEXPLAINED ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS DESCRIBED IS UNKNOWN. MY WIFE AND I FOUND THESE EVENTS FRIGHTENING AND A SAFETY ISSUE IN A CAR WITH LESS THAN 5,000 MILES AND LESS THAN 3 MONTHS OLD. *TR
10875764 2016-06-20
2016 HYUNDAI SONATA
AS I WAS ACCELERATING ONTO A HIGHWAY THE ELECTRONIC EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM ( ATTACHED TO REAR WHEELS OF VEHICLE) WITHOUT WARNING ACTIVATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING AT SPEEDS OF OVER 55 MPH. BRAKE SYSTEM PULSED VIOLENTLY AND THEN WHEELS COMPLETELY LOCKED UP CAUSE THE CAR TO REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP CAUSING DAMAGE TO ENTIRE REAR BRAKING SYSTEM. HYUNDAI FAILED TO ALERT ME TO THIS DANGER AND ONLY DISCLOSED IT AFTER THE VEHICLE FAILED. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP, HYUNDAI NOW CLAIMS TO HAVE THIS NOTICE OUT- MANUFACTURER CAMPAIGN ID: TFF 2016 SONATA ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE LOGIC UPDATE. LUCKILY, WE MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE THROUGHOUT THE SKID AND SYSTEM FAILURES. WE HAD TO THROW WATER ON REAR WHEELS/BRAKES TO KEEP THEM FROM CATCHING ON FIRE. ENTIRE REAR BRAKE SYSTEM DESTROYED...MULTIPLE SENSOR SYSTEMS FAILED FOR THIS FAULT CONDITION TO OCCUR. ACCORDING TO HYUNDAI MANUALS, THIS SITUATION IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH THEIR REDUNDANT SENSORS/CHECK SENSORS, YET IT DID OCCUR. HYUNDAI IS INVESTIGATING, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT SEEM TOO CONCERNED THAT THEY PUT MY FAMILY IN DANGER WITH A PRODUCT THEY KNEW WAS DEFECTIVE, YET THEY NEVER ALERTED ME TO THIS ISSUE. VEHICLE HAS 5002 MILES ON IT, AND WAS PURCHASED 3-5-2016, OWNED JUST OVER 3 MONTHS.... UPDATED 08/23/16 *BF UPDATED 06/15/18*JB
10870226 2016-02-19
2016 HYUNDAI SONATA
ON FEBRUARY 19 2019 I WAS DRIVING A CAR RENTAL FROM HERTZ DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SOUTHERN CA DRIVING ONLY 25 MPH I CRASHED TRYING TO AVOID CRASHING INTO CAR IN FRONT OF ME KEPT PUTTING ON MY BREAKS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT STOPPED THE BREAKS MALFUNCTION I TRIED TO CHANGING LANE I STILL CRASHED I WAS GOING 25 MPH THE CAR WAS TOTALED BUMPER WAS PLASTIC OR FIBER GLASS THE AIR BAG "EXPLODED" NOT DEPLOYED. THE PLASTIC COMPARTMENT WHERE THE AIRBAGS IS STORED, EXPLODE PLASTIC BECAME A JAGGED KNIFE.IT PUNCTURED A HOLE ON MY LEGS SLICED OTHER PART OF MY LEGS WHEN AIR BAG EXPLODE SOME OF THE PLASTIC WAS RELEASED AND SLICED MY LEGS, AIR BAG RELEASES EXTREME SMOKE INSIDE THE CAR ALL YOU ARE INHALING IS SMOKE. AIR BAG I WAS IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM SMOKE INHALATION I BECAME DEHYDRATED THROWING UP TRAPPED FROM THE AIRBAG THAT IS PASTED AGAINST THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE AIRBAG WHEN IT EXPLODE BECOMES A DEATH TRAPPED!!! INSTEAD OF SAVING PEOPLES LIFE THE PLASTIC MATERIAL MANUFACTURE THE AIR BAG IS A PLASTIC MATERIAL IT STICKS TIGHTLY AGAINST THE DOOR IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY STRENGTH TO TRY TO PEEL OFF OR PULL THE AIRBAG OFF THE DOOR YOU BECOME TRAPPED... IF THE CRASH DOES NOT KILL YOU THE SMOKE INHALATION AND BEING TRAPPED BY THE AIRBAG WILL! WHEN AIRBAG IT EXPLODES THE PLASTIC COMPARTMENT BECOMES A JAGGER KNIFE THE AIRBAG RELEASES EXTREME SMOKE AFTER AIR BAG EXPLODES I WAS TAKEN TO EMERGENCY ROOM I WAS GIVEN A TECHNIC SHOT BEHIND AIRBAG AND PLASTIC EXPLODE. WHEN I GOT OUT THE EMERGENCY ROOM THREE DAYS LATER I WENT TO THE TOW PLACE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAR AND TOOK VIDEO PICTURES AND TOOK PICTURES OF THE AIRBAG JAGGED PLASTIC THAT CAUSED MY INJURY.. CAR RENTAL IS JUST WORRIED ABOUT THERE CAR NOT ME I ALMOST DIED
10854476 2016-01-26
2016 HYUNDAI SONATA
REAR BRAKES FAILED TO PROPERLY FUNCTION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN FORWARD MOTION ON A HIGHWAY. BOTH REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP WITHOUT OPERATOR PRESSING ON BRAKE PETAL. BOTH REAR BRAKES AND WHEEL GOT RED HOT CAUSING PASSENGER SIDE REAR BRAKES CAUGHT ON FIRE. NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS WAS ACTIVATE. THIS EVENT TOOK PLACE TWICE, ONCE ON 1/27/16 (18 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE) AND 2ND TIME 3/7/16. (30 DAYS AFTER IT WAS ALLEGEDLY REPAIRED.
10836762 2016-02-15
2015 HYUNDAI SONATA
2015 HYUNDAI SONATA SE - ENGINE VIBRATIONS/RATTLES/DRONING WHEN IN OVERDRIVE AT LOW RPM ACCELERATION. AT TIMES THE ENGINE HAS BEEN UNRESPONSIVE. WAS TOLD BY HYUNDAI IT WAS NORMAL, BUT DID NOT START UNTIL THE CAR HAD AROUND 600 MILES - NOW AT 7400 MILES, STILL DOING IT AND SOUNDS HORRID. ALSO, POPPING SOUND FROM STEERING/BRAKES WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING/USING BRAKES AT ONLY 1200 MILES. THAT WAS FIXED BY DEALER, SAID I HAD OVERHEATED THE BRAKES, WHICH WASN'T TRUE, ONLY DROVE ON FREEWAY AND WASN'T USING THE BRAKES.
10810191 2015-12-12
2015 HYUNDAI SONATA
IN THE SNOW, MY HYUNDAI SONATA WILL DRIVE FINE UNTIL TURNING. DURING TURNING, EVEN WITH MINIMAL SNOW, MY BRAKES LOCK UP AND MY CAR SLIDES SLOWLY BUT AT THAT POINT I AM UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING, USUALLY MAKING ME HIT A CURB. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS COSTING ME $2200. I HAVE HAD TWO CARS BEFORE MY HYUNDAI SONATA AND HAVEN'T HAD ISSUES WITH SUCH A PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC SCRATCHES HIS HEAD IN CONFUSION AS TO HOW ALMOST THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN IN SUCH A SMALL TIME FRAME. IT IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, I BELIEVE SOMETHING WITH TRACTION CONTROL OR BRAKING IS WRONG. HAD I BEEN A WORSE DRIVER THE DAMAGES COULD BE WORSE.
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