2012 HYUNDAI SONATA Steering Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A LOOSE ROD IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 148,000.

MY 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA STEERING WHEEL MAKES CLUNKING NOISE WHEN IT IS TURNED. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO RATTLES WHEN THE CAR IS GOING AT HIGH SPEED OR GOING OVER ROUGHER SURFACE. THIS WAS REPORTED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER OF THE VEHICLE ALSO AND IT APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE.

STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE, VIBRATES, CLICKS, VERY LOOSE STEERING, NOT GOOD CONTROL SEEMS THE STEERING WHEEL IS DEFECTIVE SOMEHOW BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PLAY IN THE STEERING WETHER DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TURNING

STEERING WHEEL HAS PLAN, SHAKES AND MAKES LOUD NOISES WHEN DRIVING ON BUMPY HYWAYS AND CAUSES MANY STEERING CORRECTIONS WHILD DRIVING

ON 9/29/2016, I REPORTED AN ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP (JIM BURKE AUTOMOTIVE) WITH THE STEERING MAKING A LOUD THUMP WHEN TURNING (SLIGHTLY). THE SERVICE PERSON REPORTED "CAR NEEDS MDPS COUPLING" AND THE CHARGE WOULD BE $350(!). I EXPRESSED A CONCERN THAT THIS WAS NOT A RECALL OR COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER. I BELIEVE IT TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I'VE SEEN MANY POSTINGS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THE PART INVOLVED HAS BEEN REDESIGNED 2 OR 3 TIMES. ADDITIONALLY, A RESPECTED LOCAL REPAIR (ROBE MANNS) REFUSED TO MAKE THE REPAIR AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR WARRANTY REPAIR. I ALSO UNDERSTAND (ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER) THAT THE REPAIR WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED IF THE CAR HAD UNDER 50,000 MILES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ISSUE STARTS WELL BEFORE 50,000 MILES BUT DOES NOT SEEM SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS SO SUBTLE. I ALSO UNDERSTAND...

STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE A CLACKING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED OR WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE DID NOT MATTER. AN AUDIBLE CLICK COULD BE HEARD WHEN THE WHEEL WAS TURNED TO THE RIGHT. WHEN THE CAR WENT OVER ANY SPEED BUMPS OR POT HOLES, A CLACKING NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM INSIDE THE STEERING WHEEL. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND FOUND THAT THE STEERING COUPLER WAS COMPLETELY WORN DOWN. IT STARTED VERY SUBTLY FOR A FEW MONTHS, BUT THEN WITHIN A MONTH, WOULD MAKE NOISE WITH EVEN THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENTS OR BUMPS.

MY HYUNDAI SONATA HAS HAD A REALLY LOUD AND ANNOYING RATTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL SINCE MAYBE LAST YEAR. IT STARTED OUT LITTLE TO NO NOISE AT ALL AND NOW ALMOST A YEAR LATER, EVEN DRIVING CAUSES IT TO RATTLE. IF I HIT A BUMP, IT'S SO LOUD THAT IT SCARES MY PASSENGERS. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT I AM UNABLE TO, AT VERY RANDOM TIMES, KEEP CONTROL OF STEERING FOR A SECOND OR TWO. THIS IS GETTING TOO DANGEROUS FOR MY COMFORT! I HAVE CALLED HYUNDAI ON THIS AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS ISSUE IS WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND THAT IT IS A RECALL ITEM FOR 2011. THIS SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO 2012 AS WELL. A VIDEO CAN BE EMAILED OR UPLOADED UPON REQUEST.

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA 2.0T. WE'VE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS, AND ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WE STARTING NOTICING A "CLICKING" SOUND IN THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN. WHAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE ALARMING IS THAT THE LOUD CLICKING SOUND HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE HITTING ANY BUMP ON THE ROAD. THIS IS DEFINITELY VERY ALARMING, ESPECIALLY AFTER INVESTIGATING AND FINDING OUT THAT THERE ARE A TON OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME IN THIS 2012 VEHICLE, AS WELL AS EARLIER MODELS. THE CONCLUSION APPEARS TO BE THE STEERING COUPLING (A RUBBER), WHERE THERE WAS ALREADY A RECALL FOR OLDER MODELS BUT NOT THIS 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING AS MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS AT RISK OF A CAR ACCIDENT, INCLUDING TWO SMALL CHILDREN. PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND/OR HAVE A RECALL FOR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED ALREADY ON NEWER MODELS. THIS IS VERY...

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WHETHER IN MOTION OR NOT IN MOTION, STEERING MAKES A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNED SIDE TO SIDE, IT FEELS LOOSE. WHILE IN MOTION, ON HIGHWAY, STEERING WILL BEGIN TO WOBBLE AND SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY, THEN STOPS AS SUDDENLY AS IT STARTED.

THE STEERING WHEEL IS MAKING A CLICKING SOUND AND HAS A LITTLE SLACK IN IT. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP THEY SENT ME TO THE DEALER SAYING THAT HE SEEN SO MANY OF THEM HE KNOWS IT HAS TO BE A RECALL BY NOW AND THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE COST. MY HUSBAND CALLED NISSAN'S COMPLAINT CENTER AND THEY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ME TO HAVE A LOANER CAR. I WAS TO BRING THE CAR IN TO BE LOOKED AT THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 7:30 WHEN I ARRIVED I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEE A WOMAN NAME HOLLY SHE WAS VERY RUDE SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WASN'T GIVING ME A LOANER BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THEN I'D HAVE TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR THE REPAIR WHICH IS $180 MORE THAN WHAT I WAS QUOTED AT THE LOCAL CAR PAIR SHOP. I WAS TOLD...

75,000 MILES , HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP INFORMING ME I HAVE A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. APPARENTLY IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A PLASTIC SPIDER GEAR AND DEALERSHIP WANTS $489 TO REPLACE. CAR COULD LOSE STEERING CONTROL. I SEE ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A WIDELY REPORTED ISSUE BUT NO RECALLS?

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AS WELL AS THE HORRIBLE TICKING (CYLINDERS NOT INJECTORS!) MAINLY AT FIRST WAS THE RADIO WOULD GO OUT. WAS NOT EVEN A MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, DEALERS ANSWER WAS TO "REMOVE THE FUSE AND PUSH BACK IN AND IT WILL WORK". SO I DID, SHADY BUT I DID. THEN CRUISE WOULD NOT WORK, WOULD HAVE TO PULL OVER SHUT OFF VEHICLE THEN MAYBE IT WOULD WORK. NEXT MY CAR KEPT BURNING OUT HEADLAMPS. FRIGGIN EXPENSIVE (I USE SILVER SILVERSTAR ULTRA HEADLIGHTS FOR LONG TRIPS) I'M NOW ON MY 8TH SET. I EVEN CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR CHEAP HEADLIGHTS! OOPS! THEN THE CLICKING AND POPPING STARTED WITH THE FRONT WHEELS FIRST ONLY IN REVERSE THEN ALL THE TIME ESPECIALLY WHILE TURNING. I WAS PAST THE WARRANTY AND BECAUSE I DIDN'T ASK ABOUT IT BEFORE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED THEY DIDN'T...

THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN MAKES A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN YOU TURN IT TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT. WHEN YOU TRAVEL OVER 50 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE. WHEN YOU GO OVER ANY BUMPS THE STEERING COLUMN MAKES THE SAME LOUD NOISE. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR AS IT FEELS LIKE THE STEERING WHEEL IS GOING TO BREAK OFF. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL DUE TO THE HIGH POSSIBILITY OF SOMETHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP AND IT IS GOING TO COST APPROXIMATELY $400.00 TO FIX FOR A PART THAT COST ONLY $4.00. THIS PART SHOULD BE A RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LISTEN TO YOUR CONSUMERS AS THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

STEERING COUPLING (RUBBER) FAULTY, WORN, CAUSING KNOCKING IN STEERING. ESC (ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL, CAUSED LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING, BOTH CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

CLUNKING SOUND BEGAN TO COME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AT LOW SPEEDS WHICH JUST KEPT GETTING WORSE. AFTER ABOUT A MONTH THE STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS GRINDING INSIDE THE COLUMN. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $120 JUST TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH TURNED UP THE PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY COMMON WITH SONATAS AND IS THIS LITTLE THREE DOLLAR PLASTIC WHEEL THAT APPARENTLY GRINDS UP AND FALLS APART. THE DEALERSHIP STILL WANTED $120 TO DIAGNOSE WAS WAS WRONG DESPITE ME TELLING THEM AND THEN WANTED $360 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS ONLY 49,000 MILES ON IT BUT IS FOUR MONTHS OUTSIDE WARRANTY. THE DEALERSHIP DID AGREE TO SELL ME THE THREE DOLLAR PLASTIC WHEEL THING BUT WHEN I ASKED IF THEY MADE ONE OUT OF METAL OR SOMETHING THAT WON'T BREAK THEY APPARENTLY DO NOT. I...

WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED OR DRIVING. THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FROM EVERYTHING I'VE READ FROM PEOPLE AND EVEN THE DEALERSHIP KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. IF THIS PART GOES OUT THERE IS A CHANCE SOMEONE COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE. *TR

THE STEERING CLICKS WHEN I BACK THE CAR UP AND TURN THE WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. THIS IS HOW THE PROBLEM STARTED. NOW, OVER A TWO-MONTH PERIOD, IT MAKES THE SAME SOUND WHEN MOVING FORWARD SLOWLY AND TURNING THE WHEEL IN EITHER DIRECTION. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED VIOLENTLY AND THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWERVE OUT OF THE LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT UNIVERSAL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 45,200.

I LOST POWER STEERING WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC FROM A GAS STATION AND ALMOST HIT CARS IN THE PARALLEL LANES BECAUSE I COULDN'T TURN QUICKLY ENOUGH. THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED JUST PRIOR TO LOSING POWER STEERING.

STEERING WAS CLUNKING NOISE WHILE TURNING WITH EXCESSIVE MOVING CONTROL. *TR

STARTED CAR ON MORNING OF 12/15 2016, EPS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING NOT WORKING AT ALL, EVEN AFTER CAR WAS COMPLETELY WARMED UP.. COULD NOT EVEN STEER ENOUGH TO BACK THE CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. COULD NOT EVEN GET TO ROAD TO TRY TO DRIVE DOWN STREET. HAD CAR 4 YEARS 11 MONTHS, 59600 MILES. TRYING TO DRIVE WITHOUT EPS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO I STARTED TO HAVE A LOUD CLUNKING SOUNDS WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY. IT SOUNDED LIKE A KNOCKING AND IT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY LOUD. IT AFFECTS THE STEERING OF THE CAR AND SHAKES THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE POINT IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE TO DRIVE OVER 50 MPH. IN CALIFORNIA, IF I DRIVE 50 ON THE HIGHWAY I AM GOING TO GET RAMMED OFF THE ROAD. I DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND COME TO FIND OUT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY HYUNDAI SO THAT EVERYONE CAN DRIVE THEIR CARS SAFELY. I FEEL THAT I AM IN DANGER DRIVING MY CAR AND HAVE RECENTLY HAD TO CONSIDER RENTING A CAR JUST TO TRAVEL FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I AM TOO AFRAID OF BREAKING DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF...

THE COUPLING HAS WORN DOWN RESULTING IN A HORRIBLE CLUNKING SOUND AND FEEL WHEN DRIVING. I AM SCARED MY STEERING COLUMN WILL FALL APART EVERY TIME I GO OVER A BUMP....THAT OR MY WHEELS WILL FALL OFF. $400 BUCKS TO FIX. I'VE READ IT'S HAPPENING TO YHSIBMAKE AND MODEL AND TEAR ALL OVER THE PLACE...WHY DID HYUNDAI USE PLASTIC COUPLINGS? HYUNDAI... YOU NEED TO RECALL THIS.

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNED TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. THE SOUND IS THE LOUDEST WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN OR WHEN REVERSING TO PARK. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, IT SOUNDS AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS GRINDING AGAINST A PART. THIS NOISE HAS BEGAN IN THE LAST MONTH. *TR

WHEN YOU TURN THE STEARING WHEEL IT JERKS, THE DIAGNOSIS I WAS GIVEN SAYS IT IS A U JOINT ISUUE WHICH IS A RECALL ON 2011 HUNDAI SONATA

THE STEERING COLUMN HAS BECOME VERY LOOSENED. WHEN DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, THE STEERING COLUMN WILL POP AND JERK IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND SOMETIMES CAUSE MY CAR TO STEER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE MANUFACTURING COULD HAVE BEEN EITHER IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED OR INSUFFICIENTLY TIGHTENED ON CERTAIN VEHICLES. THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT COULD SUDDENLY CAUSE ME TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO STEER MY VEHICLE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT WITH A POTENTIAL FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURY AND DEATH. HYUNDAI (HOMER SKELTON, OLIVE BRANCH, MS) IS REFUSING TO REPAIR THE STEERING COLUMN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I WILL HAVE TO PAY $305.00. I JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM THEIR DEALERSHIP IN FEB. 2016. THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT HOUSING UNIT HAS A DEFECT, WHICH CAUSED IT TO MELT AND THE BLOW THE BULB. THE BULB IS HARD TO REMOVE BECAUSE THE PLASTIC ASSEMBLY...

AT 61080 MILES, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS MAKING A KNOCKING SOUND WHILE TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT WITH EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE STEERING AFFECTING STEERING CONTROL. THE EVENT WAS SUDDEN AND THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE FLEXIBLE COUPLING (PN 56315-2K000-FFF) TO CORRECT THE ISSUE CAUSED BY THE COUPLER THEY DESCRIBED AS "WORN OUT". REPLACEMENT OF THE COUPLER IS NOT IDENTIFIED BY HYUNDAI AS A SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ITEM. TOTAL REPLACEMENT COST WAS $321.39

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE STEERING COUPLING BELOW THE DASHBOARD FELT LOOSE. THE FAILURE WAS NOTICED AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V568000 (ENGINE). THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, AND WAS NO FAULT OF THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.

I'M HEARING CLICKING IN STEERING WHEELS , IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE STEERING WILL FALL OFF. I WAS TOLD I NEED STEERING COUPLER REPLACEMENT

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT EITHER MOVING OR SITTING STILL THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING SYSTEM. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THE $3.00 STEERING COUPLER IS FAILING WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE TOTAL LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. THIS STARTED AT 82,000 MILES. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST $276 TO REPLACE THE PART. BECAUSE THIS PART IS MADE OF RUBBER AND HAS A HIGH FAILURE RATE I DO NOT KNOW WHY A SAFETY RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT THE DEALERSHIPS CAN USE TO EXPLOIT THE CONSUMER. *TR

I OWN SONATA 2012 GLS WITH CURRENT MILEAGE APPROX. 41000. I GET SOME NOISE EVERY TIME I TURN THE CAR LEFT OR RIGHT. WHEN I INQUIRED TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, THEY SAID IT WAS A COUPLING ON THE STEERING COLUMN AND WHICH SEEMS TO BE COMMON WITH SONATAS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 2011-13. I HAVE TO PAY FEW HUNDREDS TO GET THIS FIXED BEFORE WINTER APPROACHES ELSE IT WILL GET WORSE. IF THIS IS COMMON IN SONATAS, WHY HYUNDAI HASN'T RECALLED THEM YET. I DO NOT THINK ANY OTHER CAR, WHICH IS UNDER 45000 MILES EXPERIENCING THIS KIND OF PROBLEM. I AM VERY MUCH UPSET WITH HYUNDAI.

WHEN I START DRIVING OVER 60 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN STARTS SHAKING VIOLENTLY, AS WELL AS WHEN I APPLY THE BRAKES OR GO OVER ROUGH/PATCHY ROAD. IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE STEERING WILL FALL OFF. CAR ONLY HAS 82,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO GET IT FIXED, THEY SAID IT WAS A COUPLING ON THE STEERING COLUMN, AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A WEAR AND TEAR ITEM. THAT IS RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD SEVERAL VEHICLES OVER YEARS, SOME WITH OVER 200,000 MILES ON THEM AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS. I HAD TO BITE THE BULLET AND PAY THE PRICE TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE OF HOW DANGEROUS IT FELT DRIVING, AS IF AT ANY MOMENT I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SONATAS, BUT YET HYUNDAI HASN'T RECALLED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND MADE A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE THAT INTENSIFIED WHILE ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE AND THE KNOCKING NOISE PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM HEARING ANY OTHER SOUNDS IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

THE ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING IS FAILING, MUCH LIKE THE 2011 MODEL THAT WAS RECALLED. THE STEERING COLUMN SHAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND "CLUNKS" TURNING THE WHEEL AT LOW OR NO SPEED. IT FEELS LESS STABLE AND LIKE MORE WORK TO DRIVE.

"TAKATA RECALL" MY CAR TAKES A WHILE BEFORE IT ACTUALLY CRANKS AND WHILE I'M DRIVING IT BEGINS TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. ONCE I GO OVER 60MPH MY STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY.

STEERING COLUMN HAS BECOME LOOSE WHEN TURNED. RATTLES BACK AND FORTH WHEN TURNING. AFTER NUMEROUS STOPS AT CAR REPAIR PLACES, FINALLY FOUND A PLACE IN A VERY TINY TOWN WHO KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG. THIS IS THE THIRD CAR THEY HAVE SAID YHEY HAVE REPAIRED. HYUNDAI APPARENTLY KNOWS THIS IS AN ISSUE AS THIS SHOP HAD TO WAIT AS THE PART WAS SERIOUSLY BACK ORDERED. FORTUNATELY THEY ORDERED EXTRAS AS THE OWNERS MOTHER HAS THE SAME VEHICLE. JUST WAITING FOR HERS TO FALL APART. HE ALSO SHOWED ME THE NEW PART(COG WHEEL) AD AN OLD CHEWED UP ONE OFF A REPAIR. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND REIMBURSE ALL WHO HAVE PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

STARTING APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MONTHS AGO, MY STEERING STARTED RATTLING AND SHAKING WHEN THE CAR HITS BUMPS OR WHEN GOING HIGHER SPEEDS, SUCH AS ON THE INTERSTATE. IT HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. ALSO, THERE IS "SLACK" IN THE STEERING AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS RESPOND IMMEDIATELY WHEN TURNED. I WAS SURPRISED THAT SEVERAL OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME EXPERIENCE BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED THAT I AM AWARE OF. *TR

CLUNKING SOUND CAUSED BY THE STEERING COLUMN COUPLER WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMPS ON A CITY STREET. STEERING IS WIGGLING ITSELF AND LOOSE.

THE FIRST ISSUE IS THAT MY CAR WILL NOT START SOMETIMES. THEN AFTER A MINUTE OR TWO IT WILL START. I HAVE THE PUSH BUTTON TO START MY CAR. IT IS BEGINNING TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN IN THE LAST 6 WEEKS. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THAT MY STEERING WHEEL IS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE WHEN I TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2012 SONATA (PURCHASED AT FREEMAN HYUNDAI IN IRVING, TX) IT STARTED TO HAVE LOOSE STEERING THEN STARTED TO HESITATE FREQUENTLY. WHILE DRIVING IT STARTED TO HESITATE AND A CYCLIC KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE ENSUED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. DROVE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE STEERING WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. WAS ALSO TOLD THE OIL HAD METAL SHAVINGS WHICH WAS EFFECTING THE MOTOR. THE CAR IS UNDER WARRANTY, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE OIL CHANGES WERE NOT DONE BY THEM. ANY SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE COULD RESULT IN MY CAR STALLING, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

VEHICLE HAS LOOSE STEERING, VIBRATING AND MAKES ODD NOISE WHEN ACCELERATED

I OWN A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA SE 2.0T. THE CONDITION I AM DESCRIBING HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE STARTING OUT AS SOMETHING YOU BARLEY NOTICED TO AN ISSUE THAT NOW CAUSES YOU TO BE SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR. THIS CAR HAS ABOUT 75000 MILES AND HAS A RATTLE NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING OVER A BUMPY SURFACE. AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED AS ON AN INTERSTATE OR PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE IT ALSO RATTLES AND THE WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE IN YOUR HANDS. IT ALSO HAS A KNOCKING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AND YOU ROCK THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH. THIS A VERY UNSAFE SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS ISSUE IS WELL KNOWN WITH OTHER OWNERS OF 2012 SONATAS AND RECALL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 2011 VEHICLES. AS I HAVE DISCOVERED THIS CAN BE AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR FOR RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE PARTS. OWNERS...

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY WHEN A SMALL BUMP IS HIT. LOUD RATTLE. STEERING WHEEL KNOCKS WITH A SLIGHT TURN BOTH WAYS. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE DAY TO DAY. THIS HAPPENS ON ALL ROADS.

I HAVE NOTICED A KNOCK IN MY STEERING WHEEL. THE NOISE IS GETTING WORSE AND THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES WHEN MY TIRES GO OVER A BUMP. I WILL BE BRINGING IT INTO THE SHOP IN A FEW DAYS TO GET REPAIRED. I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM THAT COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM, AS IT IS UNSAFE TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. IF THIS DOESN'T WARRANT A RECALL OR CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT DOES. MY VEHICLE WAS UNDER THE 100,000 MILE WARRANTY WHEN THIS ISSUE BEGAN, BUT HAS GOT EXCESSIVELY WORSE. I JUST RAN OUT ON MY 1000,000 MILE WARRANTY, BY ABOUT 250 MILES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL EFFORT TO STEER. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER ASSIST IN THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR FAILED TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 10/06/16*LJ *TR

STEERING COUPLER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED MAKES LOUD KNOCKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING OVER NUMBS OR TURNING.SEEMS TO BE AN OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH SONATA 2012. DEALER WANTS $550 TO REPLACE A $2 PART. THAT'S CORRECT A $2 PART LOCATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS AND A SCAM THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND MADE A RECALL ASAP.

STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING. THE STEERING WHEEL LITERALLY FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF IN MY LAP. IT HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE QUITE RAPIDLY TO THE POINT WHERE IT DOES IT AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD NORMALLY AROUND 65 MPH OR FASTER. IT ALSO SEEMS LIKE THE CAR WILL WALK ALL OVER THE ROAD WHILE IT IS MAKING THIS NOISE. THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO HAS SLACK AND MAKES A KNOCKING NOISE WHILE STATIONARY IF YOU MOVE IT BACK AND FORTH. I INITIALLY THOUGHT MY TIE RODS HAD ALREADY WORN OUT ON THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE THE TIE RODS REPLACED TO FIND OUT IT IS IN MY STEERING COLUMN. IT SEEMS AS IF A BOX IN THE STEERING COLUMN IS LOOSE OR BAD AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD I AM GOING TO LOSE THE STEERING SHAFT IF...

ON AUGUST 06, 2016 I DISCOVERED A NOISE EMITTING FROM MY STEERING WHEEL. ON MONDAY AUGUST 08, 2016 I WENT TO MY HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP FOR AN OPINION. THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN/WRITER INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A RUBBER BUSHING IN THE STEERING WHEEL COUPLER HAS STARTED TO SHOW SIGN OF DETERIORATION. THIS MUST BE REPLACED AT THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY. FAILURE TO DO SO IN A TIMELY MANNER WILL RENDER THE STEERING UNUSABLE. FAILURE OF STEERING CONTROL WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SUCH ACCIDENT WILL CAUSE BODILY INJURY AND OR DEATH. RESEARCHING THE SYMPTOM AND CAUSE ON-THE-INTERNET, I CAME ACROSS RECALLS AND CONCERNS BY HYUNDAI IN REGARD TO SAFETY ISSUES THAT WILL RESULT IN POWER STEERING LOSS THUS, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH TO OTHERS AND SELF. IT MUST BE NOTED THAT HYUNDAI, IN THE PAST, ACTED PROACTIVELY TO PREVENT A RECALL...I HOPE THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE A CASE TO CONSIDER. COMPLAINTS...