10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 11
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
62,534 miles

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problem #145

Oct 272020

Sonata

  • 65 miles
I purchase this vehicle the owner tollme the engine spend lot of oil I still purchace, I still buy this car but 3 days pass I check engine after awas driving 65 mil car was making lot of noise I stop and was with (0)oil I check internet on this car and is recall for this engine burning oil and need to be replaced I contact the dealer they told me to bring the car to perform oil consumption I bring the car and they did the oil change 95 dollars and 2weeks later was no oil again they told me the they will documented and see if they decide to replace

- Bonsall, CA, USA

problem #144

Oct 032020

Sonata

  • miles
I bought this used O this summer had it looked at and had oil change and the engine needs replaced. Oil was completely gone but no leak. And cruise control stopped working. This was supposed to be a reliable car for my daughter to get back and forth to college.

- Chillicothe, OH, USA

problem #143

Aug 302020

Sonata

  • 99,300 miles
There is a knocking noise coming from underneath the gear shift. As I use the gear shift, while braking and releasing, a knocking noise is heard under the gear shift. It is caused by the brake pedal being pressed. It knocks while pressing the brake pedal and shifting from drive to reverse and back.

- Madera, CA, USA

problem #142

Sep 042020

Sonata

  • 130,000 miles
Connection between the shift cable and shift lever, it says there is a recall on it, but when I call the dealership they tell me there is not one with my VIN number. When I put my car in reverse or drive it will not display on my dash if it is in reverse drive or park and my car has trouble moving when it does that.

- Athens, AL, USA

problem #141

Apr 152020

Sonata 4-cyl

  • miles
My dashboard has hairline cracks in the areas by the air bags. I feel that this could be a compromise issue with the air bags. We had the same issue with our other 2011 Sonata. We replaced it because we sold it. Please advise me if I have a safety issue thank you [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- North Fort Myers, FL, USA

problem #140

Sep 012020

Sonata

  • 194,000 miles
Torque converter went out all of a sudden. Cost me $3150 to have it replaced. Then the gear shifter moved back and forth but will not go into gear.

- Kennesaw, GA, USA

problem #139

May 062020

Sonata

  • 50,000 miles
The dashboard has several cracks and many others have reported the same problem on 2011 and other models. My concern is for the passenger side airbag since there are several cracks on the dashboard in that area.

- Ballwin, MO, USA

problem #138

Jul 282020

Sonata

  • 120,993 miles
A screen can lose by the driver side front tire and tore the bumper by the tire. Also paint chips very easy to the frame.

- Gainesville, GA, USA

problem #137

Jul 222020

Sonata

  • 160,000 miles
Was driving down the road, noticed an odd smell, like burning/melting plastic. I looked around to see if someone was burning anything, but there wasn't. the smell seemed to go away, but a few miles down the road I started to smell it again and noticed black smoke coming from under the hood. I looked for a safe place to pull over but flames started coming out from the hood, so I pulled over and got out, ran away from the car. Within less that 2 to 3 minuets it was completely engulfed in flames. The fire department, police and state troopers showed up, put out the fire. My car was burnt to the ground!

- Cookville, TX, USA

problem #136

Jul 112020

Sonata

  • 85,000 miles
I cannot wind up both drivers and passengers seats windows on MY2011 Hyundai Sonata

- Margate, FL, USA

problem #135

Jun 222020

Sonata 4-cyl

  • miles
Purchased the vehicle today and odometer reads different than reports. Report show it should 151,000 while the dash shows 92,583.

- Chicago, IL, USA

problem #134

Jun 022020

Sonata 4-cyl

  • miles
Clicking in steering wheel now wobble.

- Fort Wayne, IN, USA

problem #133

Jan 102020

Sonata

  • 132,000 miles
I have had issues with this vehicle since Oct 2019. At that time I had a recall for the hard knock sensor after that it continues to give me issues. The check engine comes on continuously every week. I fix one issue then the lights comes back on for another. My car shakes while driving like engine wants to stop, doesn't want to accelerate over 40 miles in the middle of the highway streets it's not safe for a vehicle to stop accelerating without any warning theirs other bystanders that can crash into me.I contacted hynduai every month since Oct urging them to do a full diagnostic cause my vehicle already has 13 recalls on it previously and I strongly feel this vehicle is one of the defective ones. Hynduai keeps turning their back on me and tells me I need to fix this then this then that. I also have a fuel smell and a evap code that keeps coming on which this recall was supposed to be fixed and if it happend again its guarantee to be fixed again. Hynduai told me no. They keep turning their back on me. I fear that my vehicle will cause harm to me and others due to the lack of Hyundai not taking my vehicle safety seriously.

- East Chicago, IN, USA

problem #132

May 092017

Sonata 4-cyl

  • 169,000 miles
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.

- Channing, TX, USA

problem #131

May 012019

Sonata 4-cyl

  • 126,000 miles
Early summer of 2019, I noticed a small crack along my dashboard, coming from the windshield toward the seat. It was about 2 inches long. By August of 2019, the crack had grown to approximately a foot. I have contacted Hyundai and gone to the dealership and the only thing they would do is give me an estimate on repair. The odd thing about this is when googling this issue, it is quite common.

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #130

Mar 102020

Sonata

  • 188,000 miles
Every time I stop and start to go again in first and second gear it feels like my car is slipping and not wanting to catch the gear seems to me like it's going to stall in the middle of the road one day

- Hartford, AL, USA

problem #129

Feb 242020

Sonata

  • 147,000 miles
My car is burning a extreme amount of oil. After filling up my oil or getting a oil change within two weeks I'm down to one quart of oil.

- Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA

problem #128

Feb 132020

Sonata

  • 170,000 miles
The brakes lights and head lights goes out alot.. bulbs melting into socket and burning out frequently and having to replace the whole assembly. It's very hazard because it can catch fire. I was driving on highway doing rain and noticed my head light just went out and I pulled over to check and checked the back as well cause I smelled something burnt. The rear break light was burnt and melted into socket. I've replaced the back assembly aleast once to twice a year.

- Laurel, MD, USA

problem #127

Dec 202019

Sonata

  • miles
SE agriet la parte de arriba del dash en dos reas Y a los das prendi la seal de las bolsas de aire, auto duerme en marquesina.

- Bayamon, PR, USA

problem #126

Dec 152019

Sonata

  • 174,000 miles
While I was driving my car on a two-way street, all of the sensor lights on my vehicle came on. I pulled the car over and now it won't crank. The radio is working, but the car is not cranking. Also, whenever I place my car into park, I would have to turn the car off and start it back in order to shift my gear into drive or reverse.

- Hollywood, SC, USA

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