NHTSA Complaint #11133084 — 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA

MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. STARTED 3 WEEKS AGO, AT 1ST, IT WAS A QUARTER IN EITHER DIRECTION, WHILE STATIONARY, & HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE TO NOW 1/16 TURN & EVEN SOMETIMES IN MOTION. MY VEHICLE HAS ALMOST 119,000 MILES IT NOW.& I FOUND A STEERING COUPLING RECALL FOR THIS FOR MY VEHICLE,BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ONE, & THE RECALL I FOUND WAS FOR 100,000 MILES. FROM WHAT I READ THIS IS A $5.00 PART & THEY ARE CHARGING $300.00 - $700.00 TO FIX? TO MY KNOWLEDGE I'VE ONLY RECEIVED 4/5 RECALL NOTICES #123, #132 ,#136, #160 & #169. I FOUND A SONATA STEERING COUPLING EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 10 YRS OR 100,00 MILES TXX7 ISSUED ON FEB 27,2017 THAT I NEVER RECEIVED, & SINCE MINE NOW HAS ALMOST 119,000 MILES, IT SHOULD STILL BE COVERED. THEY SAY THIS DEFECT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT IT'S PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE, BUT WHEN THE TY-ROD OR RACK & PINION BREAKS & CAUSES A CRASH..TO ME THAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.