NHTSA Complaint #10820284 — 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA

****BUYER BEWARE*****PURCHASED THIS CAR IN FEB 2014 WITH ONLY 230MILES ON IT AND IN SEPT 2014 I PULLED OUT OF MY HOME TURNED RIGHT AND HAD NO ISSUES...ALTHOUGH ABOUT 50 FEET LATER I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT ON A FAIRLY BUSY STREET WITH MID TO HIGH TRAFFIC, I STOPPED AND ONCE IN MOTION, IMMEDIATE MY ETS LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH AND MY STEERING COMPLETELY FROZE UP AND STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP. I WAS IN MOTION GOING ABOUT 40 MPH, NOT YET UP TO THE 45 SPEED LIMIT. THERE WERE CARS ALL AROUND ME AND I HAD TO PHYSICALLY FORCE MY CAR TO RIGHT WITH MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON. I WAS LUCKY THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN ON MY WAY TO GET MY CHILD FROM SCHOOL, OR AFTER. OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SITUATION. THE HYUNDAI CORPORATION, HAS REFUSED TO BUY BACK THEIR DEFAULT DEATH TRAP OF A VEHICLE AND HAD THE NERVE TO OFFER A "MONTH CAR PAYMENT". MY LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM ME AND THEY ONLY OFFER A PAYMENT. NOT ACCEPTABLE. BUY BACK YOUR KNOWN DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD FOUR RECALLS ON THIS CAR IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS OF PURCHASE.