2011 HYUNDAI SONATA Engine Problems

ON JULY 26, 2015 THE MOTOR OF MY 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA STARTED TO MAKE A LOT OF NOICE. I WAS ON COUNTRY ROADS AND TRIED TO MAKE IT HOME AND THE ENGINE SIEZED UP A FEW MILES LATER. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. SERVICE MANAGER AT DEALERSHIP SAID THAT SOMETHING HAD "LET LOOSE IN THE MOTOR" CAUSING TO HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTOR. HE SAID THE MOTOR WAS SEIZED UP AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT - MIDDLE LANE OF 3 LANES. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND REALIZED THE CAR HAD STALLED. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART - REPAIR SHOP SAID ENGINE SEIZED - WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE. CALLED ONE SALVAGE YARD THAT LISTED 4 IN STOCK - THEY WERE ALL SOLD. I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF TRAFFIC UNTIL A POLICE CAR STOPPED BEHIND ME AND TURNED ON HIS LIGHTS. I AM NOT UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO BEING THE 2ND OWNER (WARRANTY IS HALF - 50,000 MILES). I STILL OWE AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY AT LEAST 4000.00 TO HAVE A USED ENGINE INSTALLED (WHICH APPEARS WILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM EVENTUALLY). ...UPDATED 09/28/15 *BF UPDATED 12/08/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY FATHER IN LAW WHO IS A MECHANIC CHANGED MY OIL ON SUNDAY. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ONE CAR SO I LEFT VEHICLE HOME SO IT COULD GET CHANGED. MONDAY 7/14/15 I DROVE CAR TO WORK WHICH IS 10 MINS FROM HOME. I DROVE CAR HOME FROM WORK CAR WAS FINE. WHEN MY HUSBAND DROVE THE CAR BACK FROM THE STORE AND HE SAID THAT HE WENT TO ACCELERATE THE CAR DID NOTHING. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANYTHING. MY HUSBAND HAD TO COAST ALL THE WAY INTO DRIVEWAY. IN OCTOBER OF 2014 I HAD THE STARTER REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTEE AND 6 RECALLS TAKEN CARE OF. DURING THAT TIME THEY HAD BROKEN THE WHOLE FRAME OF THE CAR AND I WAS WITH RENTAL FOR A WEEK AND A HALF. SO AT THIS TIME I THOUGHT THAT THE STARTER WENT AGAIN. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL...

7/7/2015 MALFUNCTIONING WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AROUND 6 PM WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. 7/8/2015 MALFUNCTIONING WARNING LIGHT TURNED OFF ITSELF. 7/9/2015 DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSIS STATED NEEDED A NEW OIL FLOW VALVE AND STRONGLY RECOMMENDED OIL CHANGE OCCUR SIMULTANEOUSLY EVEN THOUGH OIL CHANGE WAS NOT DUE FOR ANOTHER 2 MO / 2500 MI. ALL WORK COMPLETED SAME DAY AT A COST OF $379.33 EXCLUDING TAX. 7/10/2015 VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD AAA TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED BAD STARTER LEVER. REPLACED STARTER LEVER SAME DAY FOR TOTAL COST OF $239.09. 7/11/2015 DROVE 0.5 MILES FROM HOME. WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD, A POP SOUND OCCURRED, ENGINE SEIZED, ALL LIGHTS ON DASH CAME ON, NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE, ENGINE WAS SMOKING. AAA TOWED TO DEALERSHIP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO MANEUVER TO THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WHEN THE CAR SEIZED AND INITIALLY APPEARED TO LOSE POWER. NO INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT OCCURRING AND THERE WERE NO OTHER INDICATORS OF ANY PROBLEMS SUCH AS SMOKE, A SMELL, OR ANY LEAKS ON THE GROUND WHEN DRIVING OR PARKED. AFTER PULLING THE CAR OVER AND OPENING THE HOOD EVERYTHING APPEARED TO BE FINE. WE WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE NEXT DAY THE REPAIR SHOP CALLED AND STATED THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME SORT OF UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED IT TO COMPLETELY DRAIN OF OIL. OIL COVERED THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT UNDERNEATH THE CASING. THE MECHANICS AT THE SHOP WERE UNABLE TO GET THE ENGINE TO TURN AT ALL. THE VEHICLE JUST...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE CONTACT ACCELERATED TO 30 MPH TO AVOID AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROD BEARINGS SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TOWED TO A HYUNDAI DEALER. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROD BEARINGS SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WAS FILLED WITH SLUDGE AND NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 92,500.

IN THE EVENING OF THE 22ND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO AWAY WHEN I PRESSED THE BUTTON ALSO THE CAR WOULD HAVE A LONG LAG BETWEEN PRESSING OR RELEASING THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR RESPONDING. THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I BEGAN DRIVING AGAIN THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT DID NOT COME UP BUT WHEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND GOT TO 20MPH THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCERATING AND THE ENGINE WENT IDLE UNTIL I RELEASED MY FOOT FROM THE PEDLE AND REAPPLIED IT WHEN IT WOULD GO AGAIN WITH NO ADDITIONAL ISSUES. THIS PATTERN REPEATED ITSELF EACH TIME THE CAR DROPPED BELOW 20 MPH.

MY ENGINE SEIZED WHICH SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE VEHICLE VERY WELL. ...UPDATED 07/30/15 *BF UPDATED 10/20/2017*CN

WHILE DRIVING THE STEERING COLUMN BEGAN MAKING A STRANDE GRINDING TYPE OF NOISE. THIS IS HEARD WHENEVER THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE THERE IS NO POWER STEERING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE COUPLING, THE STEERING GEAR SYSTEM WAS BAD AND THE ENTIRE STEERING COLUMN NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE DEALER WANTS $1400. THIS IS LUDICROUS! THE COUPLING IS ONLY $8-10. WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON WITH HYUNDAI? I JUST RECENTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE IT JUST SHUT DOWN WHEN MAKING A TURN. THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED. THIS IS ALSO AN ISSUE WITH 2011 SONATA!!!!

ON 6/3/15, WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THANKFULLY, WE WERE IN THE RIGHT LANE AND MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET OFF ON TO SHOULDER. TOWED INTO HYUNDAI WHO STATED ENGINE HAD SEIZED.TOLD BY DOT IF WE WERE IN FAR LANE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD AND THE SHOULDER WE WERE ON WAS ACTUALLY A LANE THAT WAS IN USE FROM 7 TO 10 A.M AND IT WAS 10:15. TO NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR $10,000 BILL WE TRADED CARE IN FOR ANOTHER HYUNDAI MODEL. SONATA WAS 3 YEARS 10 MONTHS OLD AND MILEAGE WAS 41567.

2.0 TURBO ENGINE. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT FLASHING ANY WARNING LIGHTS. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND CHECKED ALL FLUIDS, NONE WERE BELOW MINIMUM LEVEL. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER ON THE SAME DAY, DEALER CALLED ME TWO DAYS LATER TO SAY THAT ENGINE IS SEIZED AND IT WILL BE $8900 TO REPLACE THE ENGINE.

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE I HEARD AND FELT A FAINT PUDDERING. I LOOKED DOWN AND MY OIL LIGHT WAS ON. I WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY EXIT. AS I WAS GOING ON THE OFF RAMP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO BARELY PULL INTO A PARK AND RIDE. 20 MINUTES LATER OIL WAS EVERYWHERE. THE CAR NEVER OVERHEATED, AND THERE WAS A TRAIL OF OIL FROM THE ROAD TO MY CAR. SINCE I HAD TAKEN IT TO THE GET THE OIL CHANGED JUST ON THE 5TH OF MAY, JUST 10 DAYS EARLIER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THAT FACILITY. THE PISTON INTERNALLY SLAMMED THROUGH THE ENGINE PUNCHING A HOLE IN THE ENGINE WALL, AND LEAKING OIL FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE DID NOT CEASE. PIECES AND PARTS OF BOLTS AND SIDE WALL WERE FOUND BY THE MECHANIC.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,000.

WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DURING RUSH HOUR WHEN THE CAR JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. COULDN'T START IT UP, THEN IT STARTING TO SMELL LIKE FIRE AND A LOT OF SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE. HAD TO JUMP OUT OF CAR AND GET IT TOWED TO DEALER. THIS WAS AFTER A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAPPENED A WEEK BEFORE ON MY WAY TO WORK WHERE THE CAR JUST STALLED OUT AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. BROUGHT IT INTO HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY SAID I HAD A "SLUDGE" PROBLEM. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTICS TEST, BUT NOTHING CAME BACK. TOLD ME TO TAKE TO A REPUTABLE CAR REPAIR PLACE AND GET THE OIL CHANGED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE LIABLE. WHEN I TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE, THE GUY THERE TOLD ME IT WASN'T A SLUDGE PROBLEM AND THE OIL WASN'T...

WHILE DRIVING HOME THE CAR JUST STOPPED AND SHUT OFF. BEFORE SHUTTING OFF IT WAS LIKE THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. WHAT I MEAN IS THAT THE EVEN THOUGH THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I HAD TO LEAVE MY CAR ON SIDE OF A VERY DARK AND DANGEROUS ROAD. THE NEXT DAY I WENT TO RETRIEVE MY CAR. I SAW OIL SPOTS ON THE GROUND WHERE I HAD PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND UNDER THE HOOD. AGAIN, MY CAR WOULD NOT START, SO I HAD TO TOW IT HOME. I CALLED TUSCALOOSA HYUNDAI AND THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE MY CAR WAS PAST THE MILEAGE WARRANTY THAT THE COST WOULD BE ON ME AND THAT I WOULD NEED A NEW MOTOR. I INFORMED THE MECHANIC ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS ON THE 2011 MODEL AND I WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES BEFORE MY CAR STOPPED. JOHN TOLD...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT MERGED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL LOUD BANGING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 73,000.

I WAS ON THE FREEWAY DRIVING AT 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND SHUT OFF. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS INDICATING AN ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE. I WAS INFORMED LATER BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE ENGINE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE BRAKES FAILED BECAUSE THE ENGINE WAS NOT RUNNING. I WAS LUCKY AND ABLE TO COAST TO THE NEXT EXIT, THE STOP LIGHT WAS GREEN AND I COULD MAKE IT TO SAFE LOCATION. HAD THE ENGINE FAILED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE FAST LANE OF THE FREEWAY TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER. OR TRYING TO STOP AT A LIGHT WITH NO BRAKES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT A PISTON ROD WAS FRACTURED AND THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT IT WOULD BE WITH A NEW ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION, WHO PROVIDED THE SAME DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

I PURCHASED THE CAR ON 10/22/13 AND I HAVE KEPT THE MAINTENANCE UP ON THE CAR. THEN ON 2/13/15 (NOT TO MENTION THAT IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY) AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK THE CAR CUT OFF ON ME. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND WAS TOLD THAT THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN UP. NOW HERE I WAS THINKING THAT I KEPT VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND THAT A CAR WITH ONLY 63K MILES SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY ENGINE PROBLEMS! NOW HERE IT IS ALMOST 3 MONTHS LATER I STILL HAVE TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS ON A CAR THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE.

I PURCHASED THE 2011 SONATA CERTIFIED USED, PLUS I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR JUST DIED, NO SOUNDS, NO WARNING, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS, NOTHING. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A GAS STATION AND I NOTICED A LITTLE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND 2 DAYS LATER THEY CALLED & TOLD ME THE ENGINE SEIZED, BUT THE OIL WAS ONLY ABOUT HALF A QUART LOW. THE DEALERSHIP WOULDN'T HONOR THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT'S LIMITED TO 60K MILES (I'M THE 2ND OWNER & MY CAR HAD 66K MILES). I FILED A CLAIM WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY SERVICE AND THEY SENT OUT AN INSPECTOR. HIS FINDING WAS IT WAS 2-3 QUARTS LOW, THERE WAS "SLUDGE AND METAL BITS" IN THE OIL AND WE'D NEED A NEW ENGINE. BECAUSE I COULDN'T PRODUCE THE RECEIPT FROM MY...

VEHICLE STOPPED FUNCTIONING AT 60 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. HAD TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD DODGING OTHER CARS. TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE WITH NO LUCK. ELECTRICAL STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. INTERIOR LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING AS WELL AS DASHBOARD LIGHTS. SMOKE WAS COMING FROM HOOD OF CAR. WITHIN 20 MINUTES A ROAD RANGER CHECKED THE STATUS OF THE CAR AND SAID ALL FLUIDS LOOKED GOOD. BATTERY TESTED GOOD. BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET VEHICLE TO START. TWO HOURS LATER IT WAS TOWED TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP. WAS TOLD IT APPEARS TO BE THE ENGINE BUT WAS TOLD THEY REPLACED THE STARTER FIRST BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THAT. FINALLY, TOLD IT WAS THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THANKFULLY IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IT'S LAST SERVICE WAS THE MIDDLE OF APRIL. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE STEERING IS POSSIBLY GOING ON IT. THEY...

WHILE DRIVING FOR APPROX 20MINS ON HWY AT 60MPH, THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK, APPROX 3 MINS LATER A LOUD EXPLODING SOUND ACCOMPANIED WITH WHITE SMOKE AND LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED. OIL WAS CHANGED YESTERDAY BECAUSE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED AND THE OIL WAS CHECKED WITH NO OIL REGISTERING ON THE DIPSTICK. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. WHEN TOW TRUCK ARRIVED UNDER THE HOOD INSPECTION NOTED NO OIL ON TOP OF ENGINE OR ON UNDERSIDE OF HOOD, NEW OIL FILTER STILL IN PLACE AND SNUG, OIL PAN DRAIN BOLT STILL IN PLACE. OIL USED WAS 5QTS OF 5W-20 QUAKER STATE PER MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATION. *TR

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY MY SON. HE SAID THE CAR STARTED MAKING A FUNNY NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HE SWITCHED CARS WITH HIS MOTHER. SHE COULD HEAR A RATTLE IN THE ENGINE AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT CHECKED THE NEXT DAY. ON THE WAY HOME, THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN AND INSPECTED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD THROWN A ROD AND THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 52 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,678.

CAR BEGAN MAKING A LOUD NOISE TOOK IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS ENGINE FAILURE - WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE ENGINE AT A COST OF $7,000. TOWED IT TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC FOR SECOND OPINION WHO SAID - MAY BE ABLE TO JUST REPAIR PISTON AND NOT ENTIRE MOTOR - COST COULD BE UP TO $3-4000. VEHICLE NOW SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY - UNUSABLE - CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY TO HAVE IT REPAIRED - STILL PAYING ON LOAN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40MPH AND OUT OF NOWHERE MY ENGINE SHUTS COMPLETELY OFF. I HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER, AND THEY NOTIFIED ME AFTER 78000 MILES MY ENGINE HAS SEIZED. I JUST HAD A OIL CHANGE ABOUT 30 DAYS PRIOR. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I AM DISCUSSED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000. UPDATED 6/8/15*CN THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED A MONTH AFTER GETTING AN OIL CHANGE, THE OIL WAS LOW AND SHE HAD TO ADD MORE OIL. UPDATED 06/11/15*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF AND FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

I HAVE A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA,MY FIRST CAR I PURCHASE IT ALMOST 4 MONTHS AGO I'LL HAD 2 OIL CHANGES INCLUDING THE ONE THE DEALER DID BEFORE I BOUGHT IT. I WAS SIMPLY DRIVING HOME & HEARD A WEIRD NOISE SO I PULLED OVER MY BATTERY DIED AND CAR ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE I WAS GIVING NO WARNING SIGN OR INDICATOR TO CHECK MY OIL OR ANYTHING. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO SUNTRUP HYUNDAI WERE I WAS TOLD MY ENGINE WAS SEIZED AND WOULD COST ME FROM 5,000-9,000 FOR A NEW OR USED. HOW DOES A WELL-MAINTAINED CAR GO FROM NORMAL TO A TOTAL LOST? I'LL DONE MY RESEARCH SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS WHEN WILL YOU RECALL THIS ENTIRE CAR? WILL INDEED BE JOINING THE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST HYUNDAI. I HAVE NO WARRANTY & DON'T EVEN WANT THE CAR WITH A NEW ENGINE. I JUST WANT...

THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING WHEN I START TO DRIVE AND THE KNOCKING SOUND HAS GRADUALLY INCREASED. I HAVE TO PUT 1-2QTS OF ADDITIONAL OIL INTO THE CAR IN BETWEEN SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES. *TR

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT WANTING TO ACCELERATE SOMETIMES, I TYPICALLY NOTICE THIS WHEN I AM ON THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 60 MPH AND WHEN I TRY TO GO PAST THAT IT WILL SEEM TO NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE AND THEN JERK AND THEN GO ACCELERATE FASTER. LATELY I HAVE ALSO NOTICE THIS WHEN GOING NORMAL SPEEDS IT SEEMS LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL. *TR

WENT TO TAKE OFF FROM A STOP SIGN AND NOTICED I DID NOT HAVE THE POWER IT USUALLY DOES. DROVE APPR 3 MILES, CAME TO A STOP LIGHT. THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STALLED. STARTED THE VEHICLE BACK UP, DROVE APPR 3/4 MILE TO THE NEAREST GAS STATION WITH FLASHERS ON AND <20 MILES PER HOUR, ALL THE WHILE THE CAR WAS HESITATING AND KNOCKING/TAPPING. I CALLED MY HUSBAND WHO CAME TO GET ME. WE CHECKED THE OIL AND IT WAS BARELY REGISTERING OIL. WE PURCHASED 2 QUARTS AND DROVE THE CAR APPR 2.5-3 MILES HOME. THE NEXT DAY MY HUSBAND DROVE IT DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT A MILE. IT WAS RUNNING VERY ROUGH WITH KNOCKING/TAPPING AND HESITATION. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HE CALLED THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND HAD IT TOWED AS WE WERE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS NO OIL, LACK OF...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (295 SOUTH TOWARDS WASHINGTON DC) AND WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, NOTHING HAPPENED. WHEN I EXAMINED THE DASHBOARD, ALL OF THE LIGHTS WERE ON. AS A PRECAUTION, I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER. AFTER BRINGING THE CAR TO A STOP I NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD I DISCOVERED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. I TRIED TO START THE CAR BUT TO NO AVAIL. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THE CAR WAS TOWED BACK TO POHANKA HYUNDAI IN CAPITAL HEIGHTS MD. AFTER AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED NO OIL WAS FOUND ON THE DIP STICK AND THE ENGINE HAD LOCKED UP! AS I PULLED UP MY LAST OIL CHANGE RECORD IT SHOWED I RECEIVED 5 QTS OF 5W20 SYNTHETIC BLEND OIL AT 110,641 MILES. I TOLD THE TECHNICIAN THAT I NEVER HAD ANY LEAKS OR KNOCKING SOUNDS....

THE CARS IGNITION KEY DOES NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION FOR UP TO 6 HOURS. THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS CHANGED BY HYUNDAI BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVEN WITH THE CHANGE OF THE KEYS AND THE CYLINDER. ALSO, THE ENGINE SEIZES WHEN I TOOK MY SON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TO THE AIRPORT. HYUNDAI DID NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY AND CHARGED ME $3600.00 FOR A NEW ENGINE. THEIR 10 YEAR WARRANTY IS A FRAUD. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE KEY CHANGE WHICH DID NOT WORK. *TR

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED. I COULD NOT RESTART IT AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED I WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE HAS SEIZED. THERE WAS NEVER ANY OIL OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THAT CAME ON. THE OIL WAS CHANGED WHEN IT SHOULD BE.THERE WAS OIL IN THE ENGINE. SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS UP I HAD TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR AN ENGINE. . *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR THAN ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE THOUGHT SHE HEARD A MUFFLER SOUND LIKE A RATTLING SOUND. SHE CHECKED THE MUFFLER BUT THE MUFFLER WAS INTACT. THAN AS SHE WAS DRIVING THE CAR IDLED LOW AS IF IT WANTED TO DIE. THAN SHE GOT OUT AT A PARKING TO INVESTIGATE THE SOUNDS TURNS OUT THE ENGINE IS KNOCKING BAD. I CALL TO GET VEHICLE TOWED TO HYUNDAI. BEFORE THEY RECEIVED THE VEHICLE A SERVICE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO TELL ME THAT THE MAINTENANCE OF THE VEHICLE IS DETERMINED ALSO BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND HOW WELL HE MAINTAINED IT IN ORDER FOR THE WARRANTY TO BE VALID (MY VEHICLE IS PRECERTIFIED IT HAS 44487 MILES AND OIL CHANGE IS DUE AT 44906) AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT BE LOOKED AT FOR A WEEK. I CALLED ANOTHER DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I KNEW THE EMPLOYEE WAS LYING TO ME...

DRIVING DOWN HWY @65MPH. CAR LOST POWER. WAS ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. CAR SMELLED AND SMOKING. CHECKED OIL...2 LITERS LOW. HAD OIL CHANGED 1000 MILES AGO. NO OIL LIGHT CAME ON. HAVE BEEN ROUTINELY CHECKING MY OIL BECAUSE 2 WEEKS AFTER OIL CHANGED HAD CAR SERVICED FOR BRAKES AND MECHANIC CHECKED OIL AND WAS LOW. HE PUT OIL IN. NO OIL LEAKS ANYWHERE. NOW I HAVE TO PAY 4500 FOR ANOTHER 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA ENGINE WHICH I REALLY DON'T WANT TO PUT IT BECAUSE THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE AND REPLACING WITH THE SAME I WILL END UP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN I NOTICED SOME "CLICKING" NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN EXPERIENCING SEVERE ENGINE POWER LOSS AND, AS I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND A LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER WAS NEARBY, I WENT THERE. UPON ARRIVAL, I ADVISED THE SERVICE PERSON OF THE SYMPTOMS I'D EXPERIENCED. AFTER A CALL FROM THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY, I WAS ADVISED THAT HYUNDAI WANTED THEM (THE DEALER) TO COMPLETELY TEAR THE ENGINE DOWN TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE INTERNALS TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. THE REPRESENTATIVE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE OIL WAS EXTREMELY LOW ON THE DIPSTICK, SO LOW THAT IT DIDN'T EVEN REGISTER. NOTE: THE CAR WAS NEXT SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE AN OIL CHANGE AT 57,600 MILES, AND THIS OCCURRED AT 56,000. A FEW DAYS LATER, I HEAR BACK THAT "HYUNDAI" HAD DECLINED THE WARRANTY COVERAGE, SO I CONTACTED HYUNDAI AND THEY STATED THAT...

WAS TAKING LEFT HAND TURN ON MAJOR ROAD, AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS LIT UP INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THE ENGINE JUST DIED. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I POPPED THE HOOD AND SAW SMOKE FROM THE ENGINE, SO CHECKED THE OIL AND THERE WASN'T ANY ON THE DIPSTICK. HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE VEHICLE TAKEN BACK TO THE LAST PLACE I HAD THE OIL CHANGED. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE IT FOR $7000. NO CHECK OIL ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ALWAYS HAD OIL CHANGED ON REGULAR BASIS, BECAUSE I DO A LOT OF HIGHWAY DRIVING FOR WORK. *TR

THIS CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH A SMARTKEY. RECENTLY IT HAS DEVELOPED A STARTING PROBLEM THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE OUTDOOR TEMP. IT HAS BEEN SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE SHIFT INTERLOCK SWITCH AND THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. IT IS BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING (2/21/2015) JUST ONE DAY AFTER THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED, AND AGAIN THE CAR REFUSES TO START. WHEN THE START BUTTON IS DEPRESSED EVERYTHING LIGHTS UP ON THE DASH BOARD BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT EVEN TURN OVER, IT IS COMPLETELY DEAD. THE ENGINE IMOBILIZER LIGHT ALSO COMES ON AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE SHIFTER AND THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DEPRESS! THE CAR WILL BE OUT OF WARRANTY SOON. THIS NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. THE CAR HAS REFUSED TO START DOZENS OF TIMES WITH THE VERY SAME ISSUES. THE CAR HAS LEFT ME STRANDED (AT...

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 2/14/15 AND STARTED TO SLOW DOWN DUE TO TRAFFIC. AS I SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, MY CAR DIED. I HAD ENOUGH MOMENTUM TO MAKE IT OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I HAD MY VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT MY STARTER HAD GONE BAD ON 2/14/15. I WAITED TO HEAR BACK ON MONDAY, 2/16/15 THAT THEY HAD FIXED THE STARTER, BUT INSTEAD THEY CALLED AND STATED THAT MY ENGINE HAD SEIZED UP AND I WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE FOR $5600 (INCLUDING LABOR). I MADE REGULAR OIL CHANGES (I WAS NOT EXACTLY 8,000 MILES FOR EVERY OIL CHANGE THOUGH), I COMPLETED ALL RECALL REQUIREMENTS, I HAD MY OIL PAN REPLACED DEC 2013, I HAD THE CAR LOOKED OVER 100% DEC 2013 AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE IN GREAT WORKING CONDITION, & MY ENGINE ACTUALLY TURNED OVER WHEN...

I WAS DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY IN THE 2ND TO LEFT LANE ABOUT 70 MPH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN I LOST COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I PUSHED IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR SEVERAL TIMES, NO PRESSURE, NO CONTROL AND OBVIOUSLY SLOWED DOWN. I MOVED OVER TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER TO STOP AND SEE WHAT IS THE ISSUE, LUCKILY THE BRAKES WORKED, BUT MANY CARS WERE DODGING ME TRYING NOT TO HIT ME. I DIDN'T GET IN AN ACCIDENT, BUT SURE CLOSE TO BEING IN ONE AND HIGH SPEEDS. FRIGHTENING TO SAY THE LEAST. I DID MAKE IT TO THE DEALER AND COME TO FIND IT IS AN EMISSION PART THAT FAILED THAT CAUSED THE CAR NOT TO ACCELERATE. I DID GET IT FIXED BUT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND PAST THE FEDERAL EMISSION REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM OF 8...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BY SHIFTING INTO PARK AND REINSERTING THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. WHILE WE WERE LOOKING FOR A GAS STATION TO PULL OVER, THE CHECK OIL LIGHT CAME ON, ALL WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND CHECKED THE OIL ONLY TO FIND THAT NO OIL WAS REGISTERING ON THE DIP STICK. WE FOUND THAT ODD AS WE HAD OUR OIL CHANGE JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS SLUDGE IN THE ENGINE AND WE NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. THE COST TO REPLACE THE ENGINE WAS $6100. FURTHERMORE, THE DEALERSHIP WENT ON AND CHANGED THEIR STORY 5 TIMES AS TO WHILE THE ENGINE FAILED. THEY ASKED US TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS, WHICH WE DID YET THEY STILL DENIED OUR CLAIM. OUR CAR...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE. NO LESS THAN 30 SECONDS LATER DID THE CAR'S ENGINE MAKE A LARGE BAG NOISE AND I RAN OVER WHAT FELT LIKE PARTS. I COASTED A WHILE DOWN THE ROAD AND FINALLY PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON OPENING THE HOOD I DISCOVERED OIL ALL OVER THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST MANIFOLDS AS WELL AS THE RADIATOR. I CALLED HYUNDAI ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FAULKNER HYUNDAI IN HARRISBURG PA ON 1/19/14. THEY PROVIDED A SERVICE LOANER AND SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CAR. I WAITED UNTIL WEDNESDAY THE 21ST BEFORE CALLING THEM, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINE HAD SEIZED AND THEY HAD ALREADY TAKEN PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND SENT THEM TO THE HYUNDAI PEOPLE TO SEEK WARRANTY COVERAGE. THEY...

I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A HIGHWAY WHEN MY ENGINE STARTED TO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WITHIN 10 SECONDS MY CAR STOPPED RUNNING. I WAS STILL MOVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO COAST TO A CLOSE BY SIDE ROAD. I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS, AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER, AND THEY TELL ME THE ENGINE IS SHOT. I CONTACTED HYUNDAI CUSTOMER CARE, AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT." AFTER MORE RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS ENGINE FAILURE. IF THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM, I FEEL HYUNDAI SHOULD DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED WHEN THIS HAPPENS. PLEASE NOTE I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS CAR. THE MILEAGE AT...