NHTSA Complaint #10579047 — 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA

ON 04/08/2014, I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FAMILY WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED; THEN I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND I WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY CAR. ONCE WE GOT TO OUR DESTINATION I PARKED THE CAR. LATER, WHEN I GOT IN THE CAR TO RETURN HOME, MY CAR'S IGNITION SWITCH WAS NOT TURNING AND THE STEERING GOT LOCKED AS WELL. ON 04/09/2014, I TOWED MY SONATA CAR TO THE DEALER AT MOMENTUM HYUNDAI: 2775 AUTO MALL PKWY, FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 FOR SERVICE. I DESCRIBED THE ISSUES TO THE SERVICE AGENT AND I ASKED HIM IF MY ISSUE WAS A RECALL AND HE SAID "NO". THE DEALER CHARGED ME $736.40 FOR LABOR AND FOR THESE CAR PARTS: BODY & SWITCH ASS [FP NUMBER: 81910-3K010] CYLINDER ASSY-STR [FP NUMBER: 81920-3KA10] BOLT-SAFETY LOCK [FP NUMBER: 81919-31000] NOTE: ON 04/06/2014, THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD LOCKED; BUT I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT AND RIGHT AND THE IGNITION SWITCH FINALLY TURNED AND THE CAR STARTED. BUT ON 04/08/2014,I COULDNT SOLVE THE ISSUE MYSELF. THIS IS SCARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND HAD MY FAMILY WITH ME. GM, AND TOYOTA HAVE RECALLED MILLIONS OF CARS BECAUSE OF THE SAME ISSUE; AND I DONT KNOW WHAT HYUNDAY IS WAITING FOR TO DO THE SAME. I HOPE HYUNDAI IS NOT WAITING ON PEOPLE TO GET SEVERELY HURT TO RAISE A FLAG AND ANNOUNCE A RECALL ON THEIR MODELS. HYUNDAI SHOULD RECALL ITS MODELS TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF LIVES. IF HYUNDAI DOES A RECALL OF ITS MODELS TO SOLVE THE ISSUE I HAVE EXPERIENCED, I WOULD APPRECIATE THEY REFUNDED MY MONEY. THANKS. *TR