NHTSA Complaint #11270455 — 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA

MY CAR WOULD NO LONGER START. I RECEIVED A JUMP. THE CAR STARTED. IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. I RECEIVED A JUMP. THE CAR STARTED. I LET IT RUN 40 MINS. I SHUT IT OFF; TRIED TO START THE CAR BACK UP; AND IT WOULD NOT START. I RECEIVED A THIRD JUMP, IT STARTED, AND I TOOK MY BATTERY TO GET TESTED. THE BATTERY WAS FINE. WE WENT TO JUMP IT AGAIN, AND WE COULD NOT GET IT TO START. I HAD IT TOWED. AFTER INSPECTION, THE BATTERY TESTED AS FINE FOR A 2ND TIME. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE STARTED NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A DIFFERENT MECHANIC CAME OUT FOR THE STARTED REPLACEMENT BUT WANTED TO RUN SOME ADDITIONAL TESTS DUE TO THIS BEING A COMMON SONATA ISSUE. HE JUMPED THE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY IT STARTED BY BYPASSING THE BREAK. HE TESTED THE BATTERY (3RD TIME)--PASSED. ALTERNATOR--PASSED. STARTER--PASSED. HE ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM PINPOINT THE RELAY/SIGNAL THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY WORKING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY REQUIRED ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THERE A BAD BATTERY, DESPITE IT HAVING PASSED 3X PRIOR AND WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING FURTHER BECAUSE THEY SAY ITS A BAD BATTERY AND NOTHING ELSE--DESPITE ME CONSISTENTLY TELLING THEM THE CAR HAS HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUES SINCE PURCHASED (CPO) AND THIS BEING A [GOOGLE-ABLE AND] VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2012 SONATA. LESS THAN 3 MONTHS AGO, I EXPERIENCED A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TURNING OFF AS WELL. THE 2011 - 2013 SONATAS ARE RIDDEN WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT HYUNDAI IS COVERING UP, AND THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.