NHTSA Complaint #10971134 — 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA

I PURCHASED NEW '15 SONATA, MY 8TH ONE, BUT I HAVE NOT NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH IT. THIS DEALERSHIP DID ALL MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS & HAD CAR A TOTAL OF 7 TIMES FOR THE SAME COMPLAINT OF THE CAR 'BUCKING,' LIKE IT IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR.I WAS TOLD IT WAS A COMPUTER PART & IT HAD BEEN REPLACED, YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, OTHER TIMES I WAS TOLD THERE NOTHING COULD BE DETECTED AS WRONG. MY 7TH TRIP, THE DEALERSHIP KEPT IT FOR 6-7 WEEKS WHEN THEY DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAS DEFECTIVE, THEN THEY 'LOST' THE NEW TRANSMISSION, BEFORE FINALLY FIXED IT. I DRIVE 100 MILES DAILY TO & FROM WORK AM FEARFUL THAT SOMETHING WOULD BE WRONG. I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A FAR AWAY 18 WHEELER WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT FORWARD. I REPORTED ALL OF THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP. I REQUESTED TO SPEAK WITH GENERAL MANAGER AT LEAST 3 TIMES & WAS ALWAYS TOLD HE WAS OUT, THE LAST TIME I SAW HIM LEAVE AFTER SAYING HE WAS NOT THERE. SO, AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WAS 'FIXED' IN FEBRUARY. I CALLED CORPORATE & WAS TOLD THIS IS THE WAY THIS VEHICLE DRIVES AS IT HAS A SEMI-AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. I AM DRIVING A RENTAL WITH SAME ENGINE & DOES NOT BEHAVE LIKE MY MINE. WITHIN A FEW DAYS, THE CAR BEGAN STALLING WHEN TRYING TO EXCEL AND THE 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' CAME ON. ON THE INTERSTATE, WE SLOWED DOWN AND AGAIN IT WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. I BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP & IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR TWO WEEKS (MARCH 25TH) & THEY CANNOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM. CORPORATE OFFERED ME $500.00 IN 'FREE' SERVICE DUE TO IT THE PROBLEMS. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS COMPENSATION. CORP HAS AGREED TO BUY CAR BACK APPROX. 2-3 WKS AGO DUE TO CONTINUED PROBLEMS. I WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE PROCESS WOULD TAKE 6-8 WEEKS. I HAVE EMAILED/CALLED SINCE IT IS IN THE SHOP TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS WITHOUT RESPONSE.