10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
17,054 miles

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problem #91

Jun 182022

Sonata

  • miles
Steering wheel locked twice in one day up in my neighborhood while I was driving back to the house had to turn the car off and turn back on for steering wheel because unstuck the second time was on the highway going 65 mph had to pull over to the side of the road turn the car off and back on so steering wheel could go back to normal all fluid is top off.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #90

Jun 182022

Sonata

  • miles
Steering wheel locked twice in one day up in my neighborhood while I was driving back to the house had to turn the car off and turn back on for steering wheel because unstuck the second time was on the highway going 65 mph had to pull over to the side of the road turn the car off and back on so steering wheel could go back to normal all fluid is top off.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #89

Jun 222022

Sonata

  • miles
Electronic Power Steering failed in the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid SE. As I was turning left the dashboard showed the EPS warning light, and EPS completely failed. Power steering locked, and I was unable to steer the car. I immediately put my hazard lights on to avoid any accident. I turned the vehicle off, waited a few seconds, and turned it back on. Steering was still extremely tight; I forced the steering wheel to turn slowly and gradually moved the car out of traffic. This was an extremely scary experience. My 3-year-old daughter was in the back in her car seat, and I consider ourselves to be very lucky on this date.

- Allen, TX, USA

problem #88

Jun 022022

Sonata

  • miles
Steering wheel locks in place and will not unlock until the vehicle is completely stopped and turned off. Turing the vehicle back on will unlock the wheel. This happens at speeds between 10-65 mph and is extremely dangerous. This is an intermittent issue and happens on slight turn, sharp turns, low and high speed. It also happens in forward and reverse.

- Addison, IL, USA

problem #87

Jun 062022

Sonata 4-cyl

  • 23,000 miles
My power steering went out while I was driving - twice this week. Fortunately, I was still in my driveway when it happened. Vehicle has only has 23,00 miles on it. The dealers stated a new Power Steering Control Module was needed. Cost to repair: $1800.

- St. Louis, MO, USA

problem #86

May 262022

Sonata

  • miles
My wife was driving the car on her way back from the grocery and the car locked up on her. She had to go off the side of the road to turn it off and back on so she could have the steering wheel controlled.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #85

May 312022

Sonata

  • miles
I just dropped my daughter off at her friend's house and was returning home whereas I was coming around the curve the steering locked up and I almost hit a car that was on the opposite side of the road. This needs to be fixed.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #84

May 282022

Sonata

  • miles
On 5/28/2022 at 6:26pm PST, I was driving about 15 MPH on a local street in my neighborhood in Hayward, CA. All of the sudden, my power steering wheel locked up and without power steering. I can-€™t turn or steer my vehicle in any direction and both the red electronic power steering light and the traction control warning light were light up on the dashboard. I stopped my car in the middle of the road because it was extremely scary and dangerous that I didn-€™t have any steering control of my car at all. I didn-€™t know what to do, so I turned off the engine and I restarted my vehicle just to see what happen and both the electronic power steering light and traction control warning light disappeared. And the power steering is back to normal. I contacted Hyundai dealership and reported my dangerous incident. The representative of Hyundai dealer said they can-€™t replicate the problem and there is no opened power steering recall for my 2017 Hyundai Sonata. My incident happened without any warning and the power steering failure is extremely dangerous to the driver and other drivers on the road, please take this power steering issue seriously before anyone is seriously hurt or killed. If you have any questions and need more information, please contact me. I also have a short video of the entire incident recorded by my dash-cam, so it can be provided if it is helpful.

- Fremont , CA, USA

problem #83

May 192022

Sonata

  • miles
I was taking my daughter to her STARR Testing site on the street and the steering wheel locked up on me while my daughter was in the car and traffic was around us, I made it to a red light and where I was able to turn the car off and turn it back on to get the power sterling of the house

- Mansfield , TX, USA

problem #82

May 182022

Sonata

  • miles
I was getting over into the turning lane going about 35mph on a public road and the power steering locked up the wheel I had to pull over to the side and turn the car off and turn back on me and my daughter was in the car as we were going to see the progress of our home being built.

- Mansfiled, TX, USA

problem #81

May 142022

Sonata

  • miles
Lost Steering power sitting at the ATM machine as I was pulling from the machine the steering wheel locked up, I had to pull into an empty parking spot and turn the car off and turn the car back on to have the steering wheel work proper again good thing it was at 8am when no one was really out.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #80

May 122022

Sonata

  • miles
Roughly 6 months ago the problem first occurred while backing up in a parking lot a steering wheel lit up on the dash as well as a traction control light in which then the steering wheel became hard to turn or loss of power steering. about 4 months ago the same thing occurred while driving the vehicle making a right turn power steering got tough and I had to slam on the brakes or I would have hit a another vehicle. And today the same thing happened while pulling into a parking lot I do have video and pictures of the situation The vehicle was taken to the Hyundai dealer last week where they had the vehicle for 3 days just to tell me the issue is not present or can't be duplicated so nothing was fixed. I got this vehicle from my wife and kids and now I don't want them around it. Don't understand how Hyundai has not put out a recall on this one search of the internet shows thousands of complaints about the same situation with the power steering

- Imperial Beach, CA, USA

problem #79

Apr 302022

Sonata

  • miles
When I was coming home from my parents' house the steering wheel locked up two times on the way back from there. Both times I had to pull off to the side of road and turn the car off and then back on for the steering wheel to go back to normal this has not happened in 6 months I've called Hyundai and told them about it and they are not willing to do a recall.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #78

Apr 262022

Sonata

  • miles
I was driving into work in the parking lot and the steering wheel locked as I was pulling into parking lot going around the building. I had to turn the car off and then back on for the steering wheel could go back to normal.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #77

May 052022

Sonata

  • miles
I was coming home with my family from the grocery store as we were coming around the turn the car steering wheel locked up on the road Luckly i was the only car on the road at the time, so I had to pull over turn the car of and turn it back on and it went back to normal. This has been happing now for the past 2 week after 6 months when it first started.

- Mansfield , TX, USA

problem #76

May 062022

Sonata

  • miles
Car steering will has locked up while driving as I was making a turn the steering wheel has locked to where it is hard to steer. This happened 6 months ago the same thing happened and then it went away I took the car to Hyundia and left it there for 2 weeks, but it didn't lock up there is no diagnostic code for it. I was on the highway driving straight and it locked up as well. The car has been doing this now on and off for about 3 weeks now. This needs to be recalled but Hyundia is not trying to do nothing until someone is hurt.

- Mansfield, TX, USA

problem #75

May 012022

Sonata

  • miles
I own a 2017 Hyundai Sonata. About a year ago I was driving it and suddenly the steering wheel froze and I lost control of my car. Two warning lights went on. I pulled off the road to a safe place, struggling to turn the steering wheel in the direction I needed to go. I turned the car off. When I turned the car back on, everything seemed normal. The next day I took it to the Hyundai Dealer in Renton, WA. They ran it through a $180 diagnostic but couldn-€™t come up with a problem. Fast forward to May 1, 2022. As I was leaving a parking lot the steering froze up and it was hard to control just like the first incident. Two lights came on, the stabilizing and a triangle with an ! indicator lights. Again, I turned the engine off and back on and it worked normally. 30 miles later while maneuvering a turn, the car froze up again in heavy traffic. Turning the car off and back on fixed it. Today I took the car back to the same Renton Car Pro Hyundai. They determined this time that the steering column needed to be replaced for a cost of $2005 and it wasn-€™t under warranty. (the mechanic said that it expired 12000 miles earlier---about a year ago). I have since researched the internet on this problem, and it is widely known that this is a problem has affected many Sonata drivers. https://This problem causes extreme safety issues. It causes the driver to lose control of the vehicle. It appears to happen at unknown or predictable times and gives the feeling of being in a very unsafe auto. This car has 73k miles and has not been in any accidents. I am the original owner and have had regular servicing on the vehicle. I believe it is important for the auto makers to be held accountable for having so many vehicles with this problem. It is an expense that should not fall onto the owner of the car. I hope you will research the documented reports of many, many incidents where the steering has froze up during operation.

- Tukwila, WA, USA

problem #74

Apr 032022

Sonata

  • miles
Vehicle-€™s engine began to emit a knocking sound that would increase in volume and speed as engine progressed in speed. Engine suddenly lost power, check engine light began to flash and traction control disabled itself. Vehicle was pulled over and turned off when it immediately began to rapidly self immolate over the course of minutes while the power to the engine was completely disabled.

- North Lauderdale, FL, USA

problem #73

Mar 082022

Sonata

  • miles
Was driving and the steering wheel became hard to steer. Had two lights come on the dash, steering wheel with an exclamation point and the traction control. I was able to pull over and shut the car off. I waited a few minutes and turned the car back on. The lights went off and steering was back.

- Sussex, NJ, USA

problem #72

Dec 012021

Sonata

  • miles
power steering went out, apparently this is common with this year/model but there is still not a recall on

- Grapevine, TX, USA

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