10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
2 / 5
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
13,959 miles

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problem #2

Jan 182019

Sonata

  • 4,200 miles
Dealer installed download #953 pursuant to a Hyundai recall. Afterwards the car went into "limp" mode as if there was a problem, and cannot be driven. Dealer does not know how to fix this, and is holding my car and waiting for Hyundai in California to come up with one. Mine was second car that morning that this happened to.

- New Bern, NC, USA

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problem #1

Aug 012018

Sonata

  • 1,100 miles
Purchased new 2018 Sonata sel model in California. While driving, the transmission starts to hard downshift when the brake is applied. I found out that this hard downshifting and jolting/thumping of engine and transmission only occurs when coming to a stop at speeds between 10 to 15mph. It can be described as follows, after the brake pedal has been gently applied and lightly released but then the car itself applied its brake again. It terrifies the driver's driving conditions, mentally and physically.

- Los Angeles, CA, USA

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