NHTSA Complaint #10689736 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

THIS CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A SMARTKEY. RECENTLY IT HAS DEVELOPED A STARTING PROBLEM THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE OUTDOOR TEMP. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE SHIFT INTERLOCK SWITCH AND THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. IT IS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING (2/21/2015) JUST ONE DAY AFTER THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AND AGAIN THE CAR REFUSES TO START. WHEN THE START BUTTON IS DEPRESSED EVERYTHING LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH BOARD BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT EVEN TURN OVER, IT IS COMPLETELY DEAD. THE ENGINE IMOBILIZER LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE SHIFTER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEPRESS! THE CAR WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY SOON. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. THE CAR HAS REFUSED TO START DOZENS OF TIMES WITH THE VERY SAME ISSUES. THE CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED (AT HOME TO DATE) NUMEROUS TIMES. WHEN IT WARMS UP OUTDOORS LATER IN THE DAY AND THE TEMP GOES UP TO 25 - 30 DEGREES THE CAR STARTS VIRTUALLY EVERY TIME AND WILL START WITHOUT A PROBLEM FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THIS WEBSITE AND OTHER WEBSITES AND PUSH BUTTON IGNITION PROBLEMS ARE VERY COMMON ON THIS CAR. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A PROPER FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM. NUMEROUS PEOPLE REPORT HAVING THE SAME SWITCHES REPLACED AS ON MY CAR THEIR PROBLEMS WERE NOT SOLVED EITHER. IT APPEARS THAT HYUNDAI HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A PROPER FIX FOR THIS ISSUE OR IT IS JUST TO COSTLY TO IMPLEMENT. THEY HAVE CONTINUALLY SWEPT IT UNDER THE RUG. *TR