2011 HYUNDAI SONATA Steering Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

I WENT TO GO PARK AND MY GEAR SHIFTER BROKE, IT WAS STUCK IN REVERSE. ONCE PART OF DASH WAS REMOVED THE CABLE LINK THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE SHIFTER BROKE OFF. THIS WAS A TERRIBLE INCONVENIENCE.

CAR MAKES CLUNKING/SHAKING/RATTLING SOUND WHILE DRIVING, MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN GOING OVER 60MPH OR TURNING THE WHEEL. DOES NOT FEEL SAFE. STEERING WHEEL RATTLES IN YOUR HAND AND VIBRATES THE ENTIRE CAR.

STEERING MAKES A LOUD "CLUNK" WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. IT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN STATIONARY, BUT QUITE LOUD WHEN MOVING. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR.

THE STEERING WHEEL HAS BEEN MAKING THIS VIBRATING NOISE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET UP TO A SPEED OF 70. IT SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND THERE IS ALWAYS A CLICKING NOISE WHEN YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS GOING TO COME OFF. IF THERE IS A BUMP OR POTHOLE IN THE ROAD IT WILL SHAKE AND JUST CONTINUE SHAKING VIOLENTLY IN YOUR HANDS. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HYUNDAI WANTS TO CHARGE AROUND $400 TO REPLACE A RUBBER PIECE IN THE STEERING WHEEL.

STEERING WHEEL MAKES A NOISE. WHEN TURNED. CAR RIDE IS BUMPY ON INSPECTION MECHANIC SAID I NEED STEERING COLUMN REPLACED AND I NEED LEFT FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACED, FRONT SWAY BAR LINKS NEED REPLACEMENT. ALMOST $2000 EXPENSE. THIS CAR HAS 132000 MILES ON IT . I TOOK CARE OF CAR ROTATE THE TIRES DID PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.THE VEHICLE HAS VERY BUMPY RIDE WHEN TURNED MAKES NOISE.

EPS CHECK ENGINE ABS AND WHEEL LINEAMENT LIGHTS ARE ALL ON AND MY WHEELS SOUND HORRIBLE HITTING A SMALL BUMP

STEERING WHEEL MAKES NOISE AND HAS PLAY IN IT. WHILE JACKED UP, THE WHEEL MAKES THE SUSPENSION SHAKE. NOISE IS WHILE HITTING POTHOLES, MAKING TURNS AND WHILE SITTING STILL TURNING THE WHEELS. I BOUGHT CAR USED. HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND TIRES JUST ROTATED WITHIN PAST MONTH.

PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TODAY AND ODOMETER READS DIFFERENT THAN REPORTS. REPORT SHOW IT SHOULD 151,000 WHILE THE DASH SHOWS 92,583. *TR

CLICKING IN STEERING WHEEL NOW WOBBLE. *TR

WHEN I TURN STEERING WHEEL IT MAKES THE LOUD SOUND. MY WINDSHIELD ONLY WORKS ON FAST MODE. TRY TO CALL THE PLACE I GOT IT FROM THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT OVER NIGHT BUT CAN'T GET AHOLD OF ANYMORE FOR THEM TO GET IT. THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS. THE BEEN GOING ON SINCE I GOT THE CAR.

STEERING VIBRATES AND BECOMES ERRATIC WHEN CHANGING LANES OR OVER GRAVEL/ROUGH ROADS. DEALER TELLS ME IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE SPEED CONTROLLED DEVICE, APPEARS TO BE CONTROLLED BY COMPUTER. SPEED UP OR DWN TRIGGERS VIOLENT SHAKING. *TR

THERE'S A CLICKING SOUND IN THE STEERING COLUMN OF MY VEHICLE, FIRST IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM NOW IT'S THE STEERING COLUMN. STATIONARY AND IN MOTION. *TR

FRONT AXEL WORN OUT. *TR

ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES DOING 65 MPH ON FREEWAY LOSES POWER IN ADDITION AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON WHEN THEY HAD CAR FOR 3 WEEKS THEY GAVE IT BACK AND SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH AIRBAGS I HAD VEHICLE TOWED THERE 2 DAYS AGO AGAIN AND SPOKE TO [XXX] AT PALM SPRINGS HYUNDAI AND HE SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE THEY INSTALLED AND IF I WANTED HIM TO DIAGNOSE AIRBAGS PROBLEMS IT WOULD BE A 150 DIAGNOSIS FEE THEY HAD THE CAR THERE THE FIRST TIME FOR 3 WEEKS AND RELEASED IT AND TIL MY DAUGHTER THAT THEY COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT AIRBAGS ISSUES ARE DANGEROUS IF THEY ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY AND DEPLOY ON FREEWAY I TOLD [XXX] SERVICE GUY THIS BUT HE GIGGLED AND SAID IT WOULD COST 150 DOLLARS DIAGNOSTIC FEE WHICH HE SAID THEY CHECKED...

WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH WHEN THE CAR BEGAN ACCELERATING WITHOUT ME APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE GAS. I WAS COMING TO A LIGHT TO MAKE A RED TURN AND WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THEY WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN MY VEHICLE SO MY SPEED INCREASED. THE STEERING WHEEL THEN LOCKED AND BEFORE I KNEW IT A CAR HAD COLLIDED WITH ME CROSSING IN FRONT OF ME. MY CAR WAS TOTALLED.

I WAS DRIVING ON A SIDE STREET, HEARD LOUD NOISE COMING FROM LEFT FRONT WHEEL AREA WHEN I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND CAR WAS RIDING ROUGH. CALLED FOR HELP.INSTRUCTED NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE TILL IT WAS LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC. MECHANIC WHO EVALUATED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE SAID HE HAS NEVER SEEN "PITTED WHEEL BEARINGS" IN 30 YEARS OF OPERATION. HE GAVE ME BACK THE FAULTY BEARINGS AND TOLD ME I SHOULD CONTACT YOU AND THE CORPORATE AREA OF HYUNDAI, BECAUSE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND WARRANTS AN ALERT OR RECALL. THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER BALL JOINT AND BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE REVIEW ASAP, AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR THE REST OF THE POPULATION. THANK YOU!

STEERING WHEEL IS VERY LOSE, WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP OR THE CAR SHAKES AND THE STEERING SHAKES AND FEELS VERY LOSE LIKE ITS GOING TO FALL OFF, EXTREMELY BAD ON HIGH WAYS AND BUMPING ROADS OR SPEED BUMPS

CAR LOSES POWER STEERING AT RANDOM TIMES, BUT MOSTLY ON THE HIGHWAY. RECALL CAMPAIGNS 143 AND 097 ARE RELATED TO THE ISSUE AND WERE LOOKED AT BY THE DEALERSHIP AND "FIXED," HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A REPEAT CAMPAIGN. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO BILL DUBE HYUNDAI IN WILMINGTON, MA AND THEY SAID I WOULD NEED A NEW STEERING COLUMN, AND THAT IT IS NOT RELATED TO EITHER RECALL. I SPOKE WITH HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS AS WELL, AND OPENED A CASE. HYUNDAI CONSUMER AFFAIRS CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD THEM THE SAME THING THEY TOLD ME, THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS NOT RELATED TO THE RECALLS. I THEN HAD MY LOCAL MECHANIC AT KING'S AUTO IN READING, MA LOOK AT THE CAR. HE BELIEVES THAT THE CAR DOES NEED MDPS ASSEMBLY 56310-3Q200-QQH. RESEARCH TELLS ME THAT IT SEEMS A LOT OF OTHER HYUNDAI SONATA OWNERS HAVE...

CLICK SOUND IN STEERING THAT IS A SPUR LIKE NON METAL GEAR WHICH FRACTURES THAT HAS EXISTED IN THESE VEHICLES FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS MODELS. IS THERE A DANGER IN ANY OF THESE VEHICLES LIKE MINE THAT FREQUENTLY HAVE THIS ,STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT SOUND PROBLEM. LOUDEST WHILE STATIONARY WITH ENGINE NOT OPERATING IN MY GARAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY LOOSE AND AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT REACHED OUT HYUNDAI OF SOUTH BRUNSWICK 3905 US-1, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NJ 08852, (888) 622-0707, BY PHONE AND INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V426000 (STEERING) OR 10V457000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,000.

STERRING COLUMM SHAKES WHEN IN MOTION AND STEERING WHEEL HAS PLAY ---LEFT TO RIGHT ALL DRIVING CONDITIONS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE AND THERE WAS A HESITATION BETWEEN THE WHEELS AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SIMILAR VEHICLES WERE SUBJECTED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V426000 (STEERING) AND 16V190000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

THE STEERING DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT PLAY IN THE WHEEL OVER A VERY SHORT TIME. THIS WAS DUE TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE STEERING COUPLING, A $5.00 PART THAT WAS CLEARLY UNDER-ENGINEERED. HYUNDAI HAS RECOGNIZED THIS BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY, BUT THE ITEM HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED, LEAVING SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF OWNERS OPERATING VEHICLES WITH COMPROMISED STEERING UNITS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE STEERING WHEEL FELT EXTREMELY LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HYUNDAI OF AUBURN (823 OPELIKA RD, AUBURN, AL 36830, (334) 321-0777) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V190000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 16367606. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

1. STEERING FEELS TIGHT AND UNRESPONSIVE. HAVE HADTHIS CHECKED AS A COMPLAINT AT SERVICE CENTER WITH NO HELP. 2. GEAR STICKS IN PARK. RECENTLY WAS IN SERVICE FOR ANOTHER RECALL AND WAS TOLD FOR 130$ THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT. VERY NEXT WEEK I WAS STUCK FOR 1.5 HRS UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO MOVE. BOTH PROBLEMS HQVE BEEN REPORTED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO REPAIR. IT ONLY HAS 40000 MILES. DO NOT CALL ME WITH OFFER TO LOOK AT IT. THEY HAVE SEEN IT AND PROBLEM IS NOT ADDRESSED. YOUR SERVICE IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE SELL.. HOW CAN ANYONE RECOMMEND THIS KIND OF SERVICE?

STEERING COLUMN FAILURE - NEED REPLACEMENT. LOUD CLANKING WHEN PERFORMING ANY TURNS. ALSO CAUSING CAR TO PULL FOREABLY TO SIDE WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VIBRATED AND AN ABNORMAL RATTLING NOISE WAS HEARD. IN ADDITION, THE HORN DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN INTERMEDIATE CONNECTIONS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V457000 (STEERING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN SUDDENLY THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED MAKING A LOUD CLICKING NOISE ANY TIME TURNED THE WHEEL OR WENT OVER A LARGE OR SMALL BUMP. THE NOISE IS SO LOUD THAT IT WILL OCCASIONALLY SET OFF THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT BUT THIS WILL EVENTUALLY GO OFF ON ITS OWN.

WHILE STATIONARY OR DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS LIKE IT CLICKS OR HAS PLAY. THE BUSHING IN THE STEERING WHEEL SHAPED LIKE A SPROCKET GOES BAD AND BREAKS APART. IT IS CALLED THE STEERING WHEEL COUPLER.

HEAD LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN DIRECTIONAL IS TOUCHED, FRONT END BOTTOM OUT GOING OVER DIPS IN ROADWAY, STEERING HAS LOTS OF PLAY WHEN TURNING WHEEL LEFT AND RIGHT

STEERING WHEEL MAKES A RATTLING NOISE WHEN I DRIVE OVER BUMPS

STEERING WHEEL U-JOINT UNDER DASH BINDING AND CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP DURING DRIVING.

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES UNCONTEILLABLY HARD AND MAKES A CLICKING NOISE AS I DRIVE ESPECIALLY OVER 50 MILES APPROXIMATELY. AND ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAY

I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 6-7 MONTHS I BOUGHT IT FROM A PRIVATE OWNER I CHANGED THE OIL AND BOUGHT A NEW BATTERY. THE CAR DID HIGH MILAGE AT 194,000 MILES I STILL BOUGHT THE CAR. LAST WEEK WHILE ON MY LUNCH BREAK I WAS IN MY WAY TO GO PAY MY CAR INSURANCE WHEN I SEEN I HAD 32 MILES TO EMPTY WHICH I NEVER LET IT GET THAT LOW BUT I DID OBVIOUSLY THAT DAY. AS I BEGIN TO GO UP HILL IT FELT LIKE IT STUTTERED SO I FIGURED I WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS. BUT AS I CAME OVER THE HILL I PRESS ON THE GAS AND NOTICED THAT IT REVVED UP AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE CAR WAS LOCKED UP THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THE BREAKS WERE LOCKED UP AND ALL MY DASH LIGHTS WERE ON. I WAS...

MAKING A SQUILLING NOISE AS I'M DRIVING AND THE NOISE IS COMING FROM THE DRIVER FRONT TIRE. FRONT END (AXEL'S) SOUNDS LIKE IT'S LOOSE

WHEN I'M TURNING I HEAR POPPING NOISES. AND AS I'M DRIVING I HEAR A SQUILLING NOISES FROM THE FRONT

POWER STEERING SUDDENLY CUT OUT WITHOUT WARNING WHILE IN MOTION ON THE STREET. THIS RENDERED THE VEHICLE NEARLY UNUSABLE.

STEERING COUPLER RECALL NEEDED! FRONT DASH CRACK RANDOMLY APPEARED I READ IT COULD BE DUE TO THE DAMAGED COUPLER. I HAD A WRECK AND MY CAR WAS ABOUT $400 FROM BEING TOTALLED. THE INSURANCE REFUSED TO FIX THE COUPLER AND IT IS NOW MY RESPONSIBILITY. IT SOUNDS AWFUL AND IT IS SCARY DRIVING AROUND WITH MY STEERING WHEEL SOUNDING LIKE IT IS GOING TO FLY OFF THE DASH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE STEERING COLUMN MADE A STRANGE CLICKING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HAPPY HYUNDAI (9121 SOUTH CICERO AVE, OAK LAWN, IL 60453, (708) 422-9300) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING GEARBOX SHAFT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND MY STEERING COLUMN STARTED MAKING A STRANGE NOISE. THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A LOT OF PLAY IN IT. I WAS ONLY ABOUT TWO MILES FROM HOME, SO LUCKILY I MADE IT. UPON A GOOGLE SEARCH I REALIZE THERE WAS A RECALL OPEN ON THE STEERING COUPLING. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE MY CAR LOOKED AT. WHEN I DROPPED IT OFF, I WAS NOTIFIED I WASN'T COVERED UNDER RECALL BECAUSE I WAS PAST THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY FOR THE COUPLING. IT'S EXTREMELY SAD THAT I HAD TO PAY $300 TO FIX A $5 PART THAT HYUNDAI KNOWS IS DEFECTIVE.

SONATA RECALL. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY STEERING WHEELS MAKES THIA CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING AND ON ROUGH ROADS. THERE IS A CLAMP THE SNAPPED AND MY MECHANIC FIXES THOSE ALL THE TIME. I WAS DRIVING AND OT NOW SOUNDS LIKE MY STEERING WHEEL IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF.

SINCE,I HAVE OWNED THE CAR I HAVE,NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL FEELING LOOSE. OVER,THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS I HAVE EXPERIENCED UNCONTROLLABLE RATTLING AND INCREASED SHAKING. I TOOK MY CAR IN TO BE LOOKED AT AND 3 DIFFERENT SHOPS TOLD ME MY STEERING RACK WAS ABOUT TO GO. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ON MY MAKE AND MODEL, IT IS DETERMINED THAT SOME 2011 SONATAS MADE BETWEEN CERTAIN DATES HAD FAULTY STEERING RACKS FROM THE START. THE CAR IS ALMOST UNDRIVEABLE AND HYUNDAI CONTINUES TO IGNORE THIS PROBLEM WHEN IT SHOULD GO INTO RECALL. THERE ARE OVER 1100 COMPLAINTS TO THE SAME ISSUE.

TAKATA RECALL ON MY ENGINE AND THEY ARE SAYING MY STEERING WHEEL DOESN'T HAVE A RECALL BUT IT'S REALLY BAD AND IT MAKES LOUD NOISES AND GETS LOUDER WHEN YOU GO 70MPHG WHERE IT SHAKES REALLY BAD.

THE STEERING HAS BEEN FAILING OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE IS A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL AND THE STEERING IS EXTREMELY LOOSE. THERE IS NOT AN OPEN RECALL AT THIS POINT FOR THIS PART. RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND CONTINUES TO WORSEN AS THE PART ERODES AWAY. SHAME ON HYUNDAI FOR NOT ADDRESSING THIS KNOWN ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWNTOWN AND MY EPS LIGHT CAME ON ALONG AS WELL AS FLICKERING OF MY LOW TIRE PRESSURE AND ABS LIGHT WHICH I BELIEVE IS BREAKS FAILING. BUT I HAD FAILURE OF MY POWER STEERING FOR SURE. OUT OF NOWHERE I COULD NO LONGER NAVIGATE HEAVY AND SLOW TRAFFIC. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON ONLY TO HAVE ALL OF MY GEARS LOCK UP AND NOT ALLOW ME TO EVEN ATTEMPT AT MOVING IT, AFTER TURNING IT OFF THE SECOND TIME CAR ENTIRELY DIED AND WILL NOT START AT ALL. WE MANAGED TO GET THE GEARS UNLOCKED AFTER A FEW ATTEMPTS WITH JUST THE BATTERY ON AND PUSH IT OFF THE BUSY ROAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. I SEE ONLINE THAT THE 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA HAS A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING FAILURE BUT MY VIN IS NOT COVERED BUT I AM...

STEERING MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN HITTING BUMPS AND TURNING LEFT AND RIGHT. THIS IS IN MOTION AND STABLE

I HAVE SEEN RECALLS BEFORE FOR THIS CAR ABOUT THE STEERING WHEEL BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT'S CLOSED. I NEVER TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ANY RECALLS. IVA HAD MECHANICS LOOK AT MY CAR AND DO WORK AND IT NEVER IS FIXED. MY STEERING WHEEL CLICKS HORRIBLE ON ANY MINOR BUMP OR TURN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. SHE ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL, BUT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT STOP SHAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COUPLER NEEDED TO BE INSTALLED AND THE AIR BAG WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

WHEN BACKING UP AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL A KNOCKING OCCURS. ALSO WHEN MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED AND TURNING THE WHEELS THE KNOCKING OCCURS.