NHTSA Complaint #10894733 — 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

UPON PURCHASING THE CAR FROM CONICELLI HYUNDAI IN CONSHOHOCKEN, PA THE VERY NEXT DAY I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE BATTERY DIED. TWO DAYS LATER I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK AGAIN FOR A GRINDING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD. THEY TOLD ME IT HAD AN AXEL ISSUE AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT. THEY GAVE IT BCK TO ME ABOUT 3 DAYS LATER I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND RIGHT BACK ON FOR THE SAME SOUND. THEY TOOK IT AGAIN AND A FEW DAYS LATER CALLED ME AND ASSURED ME THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR AND THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO. A FEW MONTHS LATER MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR IN MENTION AND IT STALLED ON HER IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. FIREMEN PASSING BY STOPPED TRAFFIC AND HELPED TO GET THE CAR TO SAFETY UNTIL THE TOW CAME. FURIOUS AIGHT THIS I CALLED CONICELLI HYUNDAI WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM AND THAT THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME IT WAS A STARTER ISSUE AND REPLACED THE STARTER FOR ME. ONCE THAT WAS DONE THE CAR STILL WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW DAYS MY MECHANIC CALLED ME BACK TO TELL ME THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED AND IT WOULD COST ME $3,500 TO GET IT FIXED. I RELAYED THIS BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ONCE AGAIN THEY BRUSHED ME OFF. SO I WENT TO NEWS STATIONS, FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL AND SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINT AGENCIES TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE. NOTHING BUT A MEDIATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE DEALERSHIP WAS REACHED AND THE DEALERSHIP ONCE AGAIN SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO NOTHING. MY WIFE'S SAFETY WAS AT STAKE IN A CAR THAT WAS LATER RECALLED FOR ENGINE PROBLEM THAT WAS SOLD TO ME BY THIS DEALERSHIP. AFTER FIGHTING WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE AND NO SOLUTION BEING REACHED I DECIDED TO LET THE LOAN COMPANY TAKE THE VEHICLE WHICH IN TERM ENDED UP AS A NEGATIVE ON MY CREDIT.