2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Steering Problems

Unknown, my ESP KEEPS Coming trying to see if it’s recall

Based on what I experienced, the fire appears to have resulted from an internal mechanical or electrical failure that occurred without warning while the vehicle was in motion. No prior issues or dashboard alerts were present at the time, and there was no external impact or damage that could explain the fire.

The contact owned a 2012 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that various functions on the steering wheel including the horn, cruise control, and other electrical functions; all failed to operate as needed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that a warranty had been placed on the vehicle for the clock spring which they linked to the failure. The steering wheel also began to stick soon after the diagnosis. The dealer was notified of the failure; however, the dealer could not provide an appointment until months out. The contact then stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the vehicle began to hesitate upon the depression of the accelerator pedal. The contact began to pull over as the EPS(Electrical Power Steering) and several other warning lights appeared on the instrument panel. As the contact opened the door, a fellow motorist had also pulled over to...

The brake lights keep going off, they have been replaced several times. The passenger airbag deployed on a stop sign and cracked the entire windshield. The steering wheel feels like it’s going to come off. Please help

The power steering has failed to work on multiple occasions and I’m worried that it may happen during a tight manuver and possibly cause a wreck. This is very dangerous. When this power steering stops working it is way harder to turn than a car with no power at all.

Steering has a clunking/clicking sound when turning left or right. It has gotten worse from when I noticed it. At first I could hear a faint rattling sound when going over bumps in the road (more noticeable in colder time of the year). Now for the past 2-3 years it’s very noticeable and makes clunking like noise every time turning even when parked. When I first heard the faint noise my mechanic couldn’t hear it. He said I have to hear it to know for sure but said it’s possibly the steering column And at that time he priced it at $500 I’m sure it’s more now with this economy. I didn’t get it fixed bc he wasn’t sure and I didn’t want to pay to get it fixed if that wasn’t the problem. I had no idea I could file this complaint otherwise I would have done it sooner!...

The contact owns a 2012 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the vehicle downshifted unintendedly and decelerated. The contact stated that she shifted into neutral(N). The contact pulled over to the side of the road and remained there for several minutes. The contact was able to continue driving; however, the failure recurred while driving. The contact stated that the failure had been recurring increasingly. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the failure recurred while the vehicle was being test-driven; however, the dealer informed the contact that they could not determine the cause of the failure. The dealer informed the contact that the steering wheel needed to be disassembled to inspect the paddle shifters. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,300.

Daughter was driving her car on interstate, doing 75, in the middle of traffic when the car would jerk and then loose power. The gas petal stopped working and the check engine light would come on. She had to make her way over to the shoulder, without causing an accident. Once car gets shut off and you wait a few minutes, you can start it and drive it home. This has happened about 4 times now. We are lucky that this hasn't caused an accident! This last time (yesterday), the check engine light stayed on and we were able to hook up the dianostic reader and it read the code for the crankshaft positioning sensor A circut. It says online that this is a common problem with that car and is very dangerous. How is this not up for a recall? My daughter is scared to drive her car.

Steering wheel has a clicking clunking sound when turning right and left a mechanic told me it is the yolk in the sterring problem and he was sure there was a recall about this

Power steering loses power and window between speedometer and tach goes blank. Car keeps running but no power steering and cannot take out of park. Must restart the car to solve issue. Happened several times while at idle, in park. Happened once while in drive, at idle while stopped, and was able to drive forward when I discovered no power steering. Concerned it could happen while driving.

I purchased my 2012 Hyundai Sonata on 4-7-22. The car has had no mechanical work, no accidents and has less than 1000 miles. On 9-16-22 i was driving my car home and was less than five minutes away on the highway. My car began to decelerate, I attempted to stop at a red light but my car would not give me control and the brake was rock solid and would not push down. I also could not turn the car off via the start button as the car would not let me. My engine ESC light came on the dashboard in red and the engine completely halted. To get to safety as i was on the highway with oncoming traffic i steered the car to the right on the ramp .I exited the vehicle as it began to smoke ,i thought it would catch fire so i moved far away...

Steering mechanism is loose and is failing. The steering in my Hyundai is getting worse and sounding very bad.

Steering wheel couplet is broken causing the steering wheel to make a clanking noise when driving or going over little bumps on the road. It also makes the steering wheel and I believe tires make clanking noise when making a turn or pulling out of a driveway.

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN VEHICLE WOULDN'T START DUE TO THE INTERIOR FUSE BOX GONE BAD ONCE FIXED WHILE DRIVE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET THE STEERING WHEEL BEGIN CLICK WHILE TURN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT AND ALMOST LOCKED ON ME THE 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA STEERING COLUMN FLEXIBLE COUPLER WENT BAD AND FROM MY RESEARCH THIS SEEM TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THERE CAR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING, THE VEHICLE LOSS POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE IN REVERSE, MAKING THE VEHICLE HARD TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BACK TO THE RESIDENCE IN MANUAL STEERING MODE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO UNIVERSAL HYUNDAI (12801 SOUTH, ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO, FL 32837) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000

WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL THERE IS A KNOCKING SOUND. THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK WHEN HITTING BRAKES AND IS LOOSE. THE PASSENGER WINDOW ON ONE SIDE DOES NOT GO DOWN. THE AIRBAG SIGNAL STAYS ON.

CLUNKING IN STEERING WHEEL WHEN ROCKING LEFT AND RIGHT. PLASTIC STEERING WHEEL COUPLER WORN. YOU NEED A RECALL ON THIS!

SEEMS STEERING COLUMN IS DEFECTIVE, KEEP GIVING CLANKING SOUNDS. ALSO AIRBAG WARNING SIGN KEEPS COMING.

LOUD CLUNKING NOISE FROM STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT. ALSO VERY AUDIBLE NOISES FROM FRONT END WHEN HITTING BUMPS. ALSO TRAVELS INTO STEERING WHEEL. STEERING FEELS UNSAFE AND LOOSE LIKE WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF.

STEERING WHEEL NOISE. IN ADDITION, LOUD CLANKING NOISES WHEN TRAVELING OVER BUMPS AND BUMPY ROADS WITH VIBRATIONS COMING TO THE STEERING WHEEL. VERY SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIPTIONS ON THE NHTSA PAGES.

SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED FROM A RECALL, THE STEERING STARTED CLICKING AND RATTLING. WORSE ON ROUGHER TERRAIN AND THE INTERSTATE, BUT BASICALLY MAKES THE NOISE WITH ANY MOVEMENT OF THE STEERING WHEEL. IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, I AM NOT SURE WHY HYUNDAI IS NOT FIXING THIS ISSUE. IT IS PRETTY BAD THAT THIS CAR HAS HAD 8 TO 10 RECALLS.

THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES CLICKING NOISES. WHEN EVER I'M DRIVING, GOING OVER BUMPS AND TURNING. THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG STAYS ON.

THE EPS JUST CAME ON WHEN I CRUNK MY CAR UP YESTERDAY EVENING. THE SEATVELT LIGHT BEEN ON ABOUT A WEEK NOW

STEERING WHEEL CLICKS CONSTANTLY AND DRIVE SHAFT GIGGLES AND MAKES LOUD CLUCKING NOISES, ESPECIALLY ON ROUGH TERRAIN IT FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS GOING TO SNAP AND I LOOSE ALL STEERING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE. I WENT TO GET IT FIXED AND THE MECHANIC STATED HE COULDN'T DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF IT.

MAKES AN UNKNOWN CLICKING NOISE WHEN I TWIST THE WHEEL

CAR HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING CLUNKING NOISE SINCE 2018. VEHICLE WOULD STALL ALL OF A SUDDEN. DEALERSHIP CHECKED IT OUT AND THEY FAILED TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ON 6/23 I WAS ON THE FAST LANE OF THE FREEWAY AND CAR STALLED AND ENGINE LIGHT WAS CONTINUOUSLY BLINKING ON AND OFF. CYCLIC KNOCKING NOISE, RPM WOULD NOT ELEVATE FROM 1 CAR JUST STALLED WHILE IN MOTION I ALMOST GOT HIT BY OTHER VEHICLES. WAS ABLE TO PULL CAR TO THE SIDE. WHILE ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUED BLINKING. GOING UP HILL IT LOST POWER AS WELL. I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WITH MY GRANDKIDS IN THE BACK SEAT. I FEARED FOR ALL OF OUR LIVES. SENDING PICTURES AND I HAVE A VIDEO AS WELL. *TR

THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND WHEN I TURN MY STEERING WHEEL. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THERE IS A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE ASSOCIATED WITH MY STEERING COLUMN THAT IS BROKEN AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS ISSUE IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS BUT I BELIEVE HYUNDAI SHOULD FIX THIS ISSUE FOR FREE. THE CLICKING SOUND IS LOUD AND MAKES LOTS OF NOISE WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS OR TURN THE WHEEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BERT OGDEN HARLINGEN HYUNDAI 8621 E FRONTAGE RD, HARLINGEN, TX 78552 956-4230-5555, TO BE REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V568000 (ENGINE) AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL PUMP AND NOT THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER TO HAVE A SPECIALIST PERFORM A SOUND TEST FROM INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE SPECIALIST FOUND NO FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC WAS INFORMED THAT ON A PREVIOUS OIL CHANGE, THE MECHANIC FOUND METAL SHAVINGS IN THE OIL. THE VEHICLE...

THE STEERING WHEEL CLICKS TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, WHEN STEERING. IT'S A RATTLING METAL CLICKING SOUND. CAR SEEMS TO STEER, BUT THE NOISE IS WORRISOME. I CAN BE DRIVING AND WHEN I MOVE STEERING WHEEL, IT CLICKS AND WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED. IT CLICKS WITH MOVEMENT OF STEERING WHEEL. *TR

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED CAUSING ME TO HIT THE ONLY PARKED CAR THAT WAS 20 FT FROM THE CORNER. *TR

STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE RAPIDLY WHEN DRIVING. ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE.

THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICK WHEN TURNED LEFT AND RIGHT STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AFTER BUYING THE CAR USED AND HAS GOTTEN WORSE WITH TIME. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN MOTOR MDPS RUBBER COUPLER LINK HAD BEGAN TO FAIL. THIS CAUSE A DEAD ZONE IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHICH GETS WORSE WITH TIME. THE LINK IS A KNOWN FAILING PART AND COST $10 TO REPLACE THE PART BUT 300 FOR LABOR DUE TO THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDING TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED TO REPLACE THE FAULTY RUBBER PART. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNDISCLOSED SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE TURING, WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC LINKED THE FAILURE TO TWO UNKNOWN TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE DEALER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

STEERING WHEEL NOISE MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

STEERING WHEEL STARTED "STICKING" AS YOUR GOING STRAIT. IT IS NOTICEABLE AT SLOW SPEEDS AND DANGEROUS AT HIGH SPEEDS WHERE IT IS EASY TO OVER-CORRECT STEERING. BEEN READING REVIEWS OF COMMON USER COMPLAINTS BUT DO NOT SEE ANY RECALLS AS OF YET. OPENED CASE WITH HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA CASE#: 16870224 - WAS ASKED TO GO TO DEALER TO HAVE CHECKED OUT.

EPS LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NOW THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP ON ME NOW I CANTSEI

THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING SOUND WHEN TURNING LEFT AND RIGHT. IT GETS WORSE AS YOU ACCELERATE IN SPEED. FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY YOU CAN TURN THE WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT AND STILL HEAR THE CLICKING SOUND.

WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL IT MAKES A CLICKING NOISE, LEFT & RIGHT

200,000 MILES. AT SPEEDS ABOVE 25 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL " CHATTERS IN A SIDEWAYS MOTION. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IF YOU PUT A LITTLE SIDEWAYS STEERING PRESSURE ON THE WHEEL AND THEN LET GO, IT JUMPS ALL AROUND. TIE RODS AND RACK/PINION HAVE BEEN RULED OUT AS THE CAUSE BY MICHIGAN STATE CERTIFIED AND LICENSED MECHANICS.

WHILE DRIVING AT ALMOST ANY SPEED, AS LONG AS IT IS IN A FAIRLY STRAIGHT LINE, THE STEERING HAS A CATCH IN IT WHEN YOU TRY TO EASE THE CAR TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS STUCK IN A RUT AND YOU HAVE TO TURN HARDER THAN EXPECTED TO BREAK IT OUT OF THAT RUT. THIS CAUSES INSTANCES OF OVERSTEERING. THIS CAN'T BE SAFE AT ALL!!

THERE IS A KNOCK IN THE IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND WHEN I HIT A BUMP ITS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING IS LOSE THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. IT HAPPENS WHEN I DRIVE OR WHEN IM SITTING STILL IF YOU TURN THE STEERING WHEEL IT KNOCKS

AFTER APPX 65K MILES, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED CLICKING WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND SEVERAL PEOPLE DESCRIBED THE ISSUE AS THE STEERING KNUCKLE. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. MY ISSUE WAS NOT ONLY THE KNUCKLE, BUT THE STEERING GEARBOX. THERE WERE TEETH BROKEN ON THE GEARS. THIS IS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. $2000-$4000. THESE ISSUES SHOULD NOT HAPPEN UNLESS THERE WERE WEAK OR DEFECTIVE PARTS INSTALLED DURING THE BUILD PROCESS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND MY 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA 2.0T LIMITED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ILLUMINATED AND THE POWER STEERING WAS NO LONGER WORKING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER BECAUSE THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN WHILE PRESSING ON THE ACCELERATOR AND BEFORE I STOPPED ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL WERE OUT. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TRIED TO CUT IT OFF WITH THE PUSH STOP BUTTON AND IT WOULD NOT CUT OFF. THEN I CALLED ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE AND BEFORE I ENDED THE CALL THE ENGINE CUT OFF WITHOUT PRESSING THE ENGINE STOP BUTTON. IF I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN A BUSY AREA THE COULD HAVE ENDED IN A FATALITY. WHY ARE THERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS?

CLUNKING WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT. CLUNKING WHEN STATIONARY AND TURNING THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT.

ELECTRONIC STEERING FAILURE A LOT OF NOISE AND THE STEERING COLUMN RATTLES WHEN YOU HIT THE SMALLEST BUMPS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS IT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE STEERING STRAIGHT AND IT IS MY WIFE'S CALL DRIVING MY FAMILY TO SCHOOL ETC. IT WILL CATCH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN INCREASING THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE QUICK MOVES.

WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY CAR WOULD JUST STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. THE ENGINE WOULD JUST STOP. WE NEARLY GOT ON A ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF IT. I HAVE NO PICTURE DIE TO IT SITTING AT THE SHOP NOW FOR 3 WEEKS. MY HUSBAND RISKS LOSING HIS JOB CAUSE OF THE ENGINE GOING OUT ON OUR 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. AND IT COULD POSSIBLY GET REPOSSESSED. THEN WE COULDNT DRIVE IT ANYMORE. IT WONT CRANK OR TURN OVER AT ALL. IT WOULD IT UP ALOT OF OIL JUST IN ONE MONTH AND WE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE WINDOWS WOULDNT GO DOWN AND THE LOCKS WOULDNT LOCK. HAD ALOT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THATS OUR ONLY CAR TO GET TO AND FROM WORK,NOW WE HAVE NOTHING CAUSE WE CANT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. NO ONE WILL HELP US WITH THIS RECALL ON THIS VIECHLE. WE WILL...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING NOISE DETECTED IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED BLAISE ALEXANDER HYUNDAI (1703 W COLLEGE AVE, STATE COLLEGE, PA 16801, (814) 234-2886) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

NOISE WHEN TURNING STEERING WHEEL TO RIGHT OR LEFT WHILE DRIVING OR TURNING INTO PARKING PLACE. ALSO MY SONATA LOCKS DOORS BY ITSELF. I CAN BE IN HOUSE AND CAR IS IN GARAGE AND I CAN HEAR THE DOORS LOCK. SOMETIMES WHEN I LEAVE MY HOUSE TO GET IN CAR THE DOORS ARE LOCKED. WHY IS THAT? THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS. HYUNDAI SERVICE SAID TO BRING CAR IN AND THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT. I DID NOT DO THAT DUE TO NEEDING THE CAR EVERY DAY. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THESE ISSUES.

STEERING COLUMN RATTLES AND SHAKES WHEN I GO OVER BUMPS/POT HOLES. MY MECHANIC DESCRIBED THE INCIDENTS AS SIMILAR TO ONES WHICH HE HAS SEEN ON OTHER SONATAS AND TOLD ME THAT THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS MODEL YEAR.

WAS CHANGING LANES AND TRIED TO PICK UP SPEED. AT WHICH POINT MY ENGINE LOCKED UP AND NO LONGER TURN OVER. THIS CAUSED MY POWER STEERING TO FAIL, BRAKES TO BE APPLIED DESPITE ME NOT PRESSING THEM. THEN MY CAR BEGAN TO SMELL LIKE IT WAS BURNING. I WAS GOING 50 ON A HIGHWAY WHEN THIS ACCRUED DURING RUSH HOUR.