I exited the freeway on buchanan in albany, ca and wait at the red light. As the light turned green I tried pressing on the peddle. I got no response from my car and it felt like my car was completely shut off. Quickly I put my car in park and turn my key to the off position I didn't feel my car lose any power at all it was like it was already off radio wasn't working anymore either. I turned the key to crank my car back on and it starts up immediately. I've had this same problem happen to me 3 times now twice in the same exact spot. The last time it happened my engine light turned on shortly after than it disappeared. My transmission went out in the first car I owned so I'm 1000% percent sure that wasn't the issue. I had to get the tranny on my first car replaced twice I'm very knowledgeable that stuff. My question is what can this be? I've heard about Hyundai engines catching on fire. My daughter was in the car two of those times so that's pretty scary to me.

- Fairfield, CA, USA

My car steering got locked when I was driving and make the turn. The steering warning sign and the traction light pop up in the dash board. The car steering wheel use to get off sync.

- Schererville, IN, USA

The power steering and traction control will go out in this vehicle while driving at highways speeds. I have now had 5 instances where this has happened. This is a very well known issue with the 2017 Sonata and this needs to be recalled!!

- Quinlan, TX, USA

This is the fourth time I've experienced this while operating my vehicle. On September 12, 2020 while operating my vehicle on a city street my steering light popped on along with my traction control light. My steering wheel immediate locked up and I had no control. I struggled to veer the vehicle into a gas station. Upon pulling into the gas station I turned my vehicle off and started it back up and the steering light and traction control light was off so I preceded to drive.

- Conyers, GA, USA

Steering- will lose control of steering as the steering wheel will lock up and become to hard to turn. This happeb while in the middle of a turn. Also while driving at 65mph. I had to kill my car and turn it back on. Speed control-will take off or slow down as it wants. Car changes between eco mode or sport mode and I have no knowledge of when it will do it or when it has. Car will jump when in park and foot on brakes.

- Quitman, TX, USA

Driving from work my car steering seized up. The power steering light and traction control lights came on. Then I shut car off and restarted it. Then power steering was back and indicator light were gone. It happen multiple of times

- Portsmouth, VA, USA

I was pulling out of a gas station on mohegan sun blvd in uncasville, ct and the steering wheel locked up and the symbol of a steering wheel and an exclamation point appeared plus the skid symbol on my dashboard. I was in a dangerous spot and the security people stopped to help. We tried restarting the car and the same thing happened. This time the steering wheel just spun around and around but I couldn't move the car. I called aaa and had the car towed to the key Hyundai dealership in milford ct 66 miles away from the scene. I had to call my son in fairfield to come to get me as the covid-19 virus situation didn't allow for me to ride with the tow truck driver. I will be forever nervous about driving this car now. I see it has happened to others. I was turning into the highway from the gas station when the wheel suddenly locked up and had a mind of its own. I am lucky no one was driving by at the time. My car is presently at key Hyundai waiting to be serviced. So far, I don't know what condition its in.

- Norwalk, CT, USA

My steering locked up as I was driving. I was making a left hand turn and it would barely turn. As I straightened the steering wheel it was still extremely difficult to turn. I managed to get it pulled in to the gas station and turned off the motor to pump my gas. It did fine after I cranked it back up.

- Saltillo, MS, USA

I asked the dealership to check steering they said couldn't find anything I drove to fl and while there I was making a turn steering went out. Took to dealership they said it's covered to replace at 60,000 miles but not at 76000 miles under warranty. I explained I asked them to check it at 40,000 miles and they said nothing wrong. They said sorry nothing we can do and handed me 2500 estimate. We eill be getting rid of the car and I will never own a Hyundai again

- Simpsonville, SC, USA

2017 Hyundai Sonata electronic power steering failed while I was making a turn on 7/25. Once the vehicle is turned off and back on it works. I notice that there is a pop like a potential gear or internal part is broken when turning the steering wheel from left to right and vise versa. It has sense happened everyday following the first event. This seems to be a complaint made by several people and I see no recall as of yet. Hyundai has addressed older vehicles with the same problem and issued a recall but nothing as of yet for 2017 or newer. Had this happened while I was on the interstate or making a sharp turn on a mountain road, as I typically do, it could have forced me into the next car, wall, or even off of a mountain side.

- Thornton, CO, USA

Within my 2 months of owning owning this 2017 Hyundai Sonata, my steering wheel has locked up at least 7 times. A few of those times I was on the highway and had to pull off to the side with little to no control of the steering wheel. The power steering and traction control lights came on and I could not regain control until I turned the car off and on again. I was terrified every single time. This last time I nearly lost my life because the steering wheel once again locked up on the highway and vehicles around me had to jam on brakes causing a scary back up on the highway. I'm seeing far too many of the same exact complaints with this model for there to still not be a recall. Someone could be seriously hurt or worse and I'm sure Hyundai is aware of this. I'm not sure what to do to fix my car so it's drivable again but this is unacceptable.

- Lawndale, CA, USA

4 times over past 10 months (3 in past 2 weeks) the power steering went out when the car was left in the sun longer than an hour. The 1st 3 times the dashboard warning lights re-set themselves and the power steering started working again after turning off the car after being forced to drive home the car w/O power steering. The last time the lights stayed on and the power steering remained inoperable. For the second time in 10 months, I had to have the car towed to the dealer - this time they are replacing the steering column and the power steering unit. I thought that I had simply bought a "lemon" - I had to have the transmission replaced less than a week after I bought the car but after looking up my make and model on carcomplaints.com I realized that many other Sonatas besides mine have lost power steering, many of them while driving (some at highway speeds). Besides brakes, steering is probably the biggest safety issue on any car. Hyundai has a really good warranty and I bought a more comprehensive warranty so my repairs should not cost me anything but the fact remains, this model Sonata has a significant safety defect that needs to be addressed by Hyundai before someone gets killed, if it has not happened already. I feel fortunate that my power steering never went out while I was driving the car like many others did.

- Kimberling City, MO, USA

After start car, power steering warning lights on. Did not realized until backing up from parking lot. Steering lost power and very hard to manage. After 1-2 min of try to park again manually, steering back to normal. It happens 2 times within 3 weeks.

- Anaheim, CA, USA

In parking lot my steering seized up. The power steering light and traction control lights came on. Then I shut car off and restarted it. Then power steering was back and indicator light were gone some time I have to leave my car park long to fix it automatically.

- Charleston, SC, USA

Steering becomes free when driving.

- Jacksonville, OH, USA

While driving my vehicle, the steering wheel will lock up and tug the vehicle to the side, the wheel will shove aggressively back in the opposite direction. This is also happening when I first turn my vehicle on the wheel locks and warning lights for my steering will come on. The vehicle is very unsafe to drive due to not knowing when this will happen. It has happened around 5-6 times in the last week.

- Wildomar, CA, USA

My steering wheel has locked while driving twice in 2 months.

- Apopka, FL, USA

While driving the 2017 Hyundai Sonata at speeds of 60 plus mph the steering wheel locks up and the power steering light comes on along with the traction control lights. This incident has even caused damage to the right front corner of my Hyundai due to losing steering causing me to veer in to the guard rails.

- Coral Springs, FL, USA

On 01/16/2020 as I was leaving work parking lot my steering seized up. The power steering light and traction control lights came on. It took about 1 minute to get steering wheel to move at all, managed to get back in parking lot (barely) and shut car off and restarted it. My power steering was back and indicator light were gone. I'm going to dealership tomorrow. ( will update) had this happened at a normal speed for diving, it would have been very dangerous! now, I am afraid to drive my only car.

- Clayton, IN, USA

On 7/17/19 my car lost power while driving on city street. Unable to steer or control vehicle. Took to dealer who said there were no error codes shown and that it was the electric oil pump. On 8/12/19, the same thing happened while driving on expressway. Complete power failure while vehicle was in motion. Unable to steer or control car. Took back to dealer. Again, no error codes found. They later claimed that a relay had melted and that was the problem. On 12/28/19, again driving 70mph on busy expressway, vehicle lost all power and I was unable to steer car. Took to dealer on 12/29 after it happened a second time in two days. There were unable to look at vehicle that day and told me to bring back next day. It stalled again while I was leaving parking lot, I asked the maintenance tech to come and look to see what was happening, he refused. Dropped car off on 12/30. On 1/2/20, dealer called to say no error codes found, after driving 100 plus miles, were unable to determine cause of problem and I should pick up my vehicle. I explained this is unacceptable. They called me back later claiming it is the electric steering column portion of motor control power steering rack and want $1800 to fix. This is a major safety issue, loosing complete power and ability to steer while driving. Dealer has done nothing to reassure me that this is the actual problem.

- Mukwonago, WI, USA