2013 Hyundai SONATA problems and owner complaints

STEERING FEEL IS EXTREMELY LIGHT/LOOSE, ESPECIALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE WANDERS ENOUGH FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TO REQUIRE CONSTANT CORRECTION TO KEEP IT FROM GOING OVER CENTER LINE OR OFF SIDE OF ROAD. IF I ADJUST STEERING TO LEFT VEHICLE CONTINUES TO LEFT REQUIRING AN IMMEDIATE ADJUSTMENT TO RIGHT WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO RIGHT AND THEN TO LEFT AND THEN RIGHT...I AM CONSTANTLY FIGHTING WITH THE STEERING TO STAY IN MY LANE. CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY WHILE DRIVING THIS BRAND NEW VEHICLE. *TT

Owner-reported narrative. 600 miles reported. Look up ODI 10462741 at NHTSA ↗

I PURCHASED BRAND NEW 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA LIMITED IN AUGUST'12. AFTER BUYING WHEN I WAS RIDING BACK HOME ON FREEWAY(APPROX SPEED 60 MPH) THE CAR TENDS TO DRIFT IN EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT AND KEEP ON WANDERING IN THE LANE. IT IS PRETTY DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE VEHICLE IN THE LANE. THERE ARE ALMOST TWO INCIDENTS WHERE I JUST ESCAPED THE ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALER THEY TOLD THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF BANKING ON THE ROADS BUT I TESTED THE SAME ROAD AND ROUTE WITH OTHER VEHICLE WHICH PERFORMED A…

Owner-reported narrative. 25 miles reported. Look up ODI 10474571 at NHTSA ↗

PURCHASED 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS AT STREETBORO OHIO HYUNDAI DEALER NEW IN MID JUNE 2012. VEHICLE SEEMED OK BUT AT ABOUT 1500 MILES IDLE BECAME ROUGH PARTICULARLY AT IDLE IN DRIVE AT LIGHTS AND STOPS. TOOK IN TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD AFTER 4 DAYS IN SHOP THAT PROBLEM WAS FAMILIAR TO THE DEALER AND AN ENGINEER WAS BEING CALLED IN TO FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTION AS NO CODES WERE STORED IN COMPUTER.I LEFT THE DEALER AFTER BEING TOLD CAR IS WITHIN HYUNDAI SPECS BUT WAS RUNNING STRANGE. THE DEALER SEEMS TO BE AVOIDING DOING ANYTHING TO ADMIT THERE IS A ISS…

Owner-reported narrative. 1,533 miles reported. Look up ODI 10472975 at NHTSA ↗

2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNINTENDED ACCELERATION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING IN CRUISE MODE AT A SET POSITION AT 55 MPH, HE FELT A MILD ACCELERATION AND NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER MOVED FROM 55 MPH TO 58 MPH. ON OCTOBER 20, 2012, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN CRUISE MODE AT 48 MPH, THE CONSUMER SAFELY STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WITH THE VEHICLE STILL IN CRUISE MODE, BUT NOT SET, HE TURNED LEFT AND SLOWLY ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. SUDDENLY, HE FELT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE; AS HE LOOKED AT THE SPEEDOMETER, …

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10484322 at NHTSA ↗

I WAS DRIVING ON ROAD (AROUND 45 MPH) AND THE CAR STALLED AND STOPPED ABRUPTLY . MANAGED TO SAFELY PULL OVER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN I REALIZED THE CAR STARTED TO LOSE POWER IN SPITE OF ME TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND KEEP IT GOING. SECONDS BEFORE CAR STALLED, CHECK ENGINE, OIL, EPS AND BATTERY INDICATORS LIGHTED ON. TOWED THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY HAD THE CAR FOR A WEEK, CHECKED AND ASSURED US THE CAR WAS FINE TO DRIVE BUT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE I WAS DRIVING (AROUND 45 MPH) TO OFFICE ON 14 APRIL 2015 AND THE C…

Owner-reported narrative. 18,324 miles reported. Look up ODI 10706694 at NHTSA ↗

DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY, WE HEARD A CLICKING SOUND THEN A LOSS OF POWER, BUT IT CAME BACK AFTER A FEW SECONDS. THE CLICKING AND LOSS OF POWER HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING ON A SURFACE STREET, AGAIN FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS. THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED WHILE ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY, A RED LIGHT FLASHED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, BUT DID NOT STAY ON, UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE LIGHT AT THAT TIME. THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENED WAS A PUFF OF SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE, WHICH AT THAT TIME WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEA…

Owner-reported narrative. 47,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10712310 at NHTSA ↗

TPMS LIGHT HAS CAME ON NUMEROUS TIMES AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM 7 TIMES.THE TIRE SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWICE AND THE MODULE WAS REPLACED ON THE NEXT TO LAST TIME AT THE DEALER. AFTER THE MODULE WAS REPLACED THE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON FOR 1400 MILES. THE DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND DECIDED TO MOVE THE MODULE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. EACH TIME THE DEALER CHECKED AND IT WAS REPORTED TO BE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I HAD THEM TO ROTATE THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TO THE RIGHT FRONT AND THE RIGHT FRONT TO…

Owner-reported narrative. 89 miles reported. Look up ODI 10472957 at NHTSA ↗

THE PLASTIC TABS ON THE LEFT SIDE BUMPER COVER (SO CALLED BUMPER) BROKE COMPLETELY OFF WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THE L- SHAPED LIP OF THE PLASTIC SHIELD UNDER THE CAR RUB UP AGAINST A PARKING CURVE. THE BOTTOM OF THE BUMPER OR THE SHIELD UNDERNEATH THE CAR WAS NOT SCRATCHED TO INDICATE THAT THE CAR DRAGGED ON THE CURVE. THE DEALER STATED THE L-SHAPED LIP OF THE SHIELD RUBBED UPON THE CURVE AND LIFTED THE BUMPER CAUSING THE TABS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUMPER TO BREAK OFF. THE CAR WILL NEED A NEW PAINTED BUMPER INSTALLED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM AS …

Owner-reported narrative. 4,061 miles reported. Look up ODI 10492156 at NHTSA ↗

A LADY WITH A BRAND NEW 2013 SONATA TURNED OFF HER CAR IN A PARKING LOT WITHOUT PUTTING THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK. WHILE SHE WAS NOT LOOKING AND DOING SOMETHING ELSE, THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD AND EVENTUALLY CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF MY BRAND NEW CAR. THERE WAS NO ELECTRONIC WARNING THAT SHE NEEDED TO SHIFT INTO PARK! *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 250 miles reported. Look up ODI 10469605 at NHTSA ↗

WHERE DO I START. THIS CAR HAS BEEN MORE PF A PAIN THAN ANYTHING. AFTER DEALING WITH THE STEERING SENSITIVITY ISSUE WHICH RESULTED IN NEW TIRES AT 12000 MILES, I NOW HAVE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT THE DEALER CANNOT DIAGNOSE. *TR BEGINNING ONE MONTH AGO THE CAR STARTED MAKING A LOUD WHOOSHING NOISE EMINATING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR. THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AS I ASSUMED THAT IT WAS THE NEW TIRES. THEN CAME THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS AFTER RAPIDLY ACCELERATING THEN DECELERATING. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE CAR, ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS, WOULD C…

Owner-reported narrative. 15,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10532875 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT ALSO HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE THAT BECAME LOUDER AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TAMERON HYUNDAI (1595 MONTGOMERY HWY, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35216) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW BATTERY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED EITHER "LOW PRESSURE"…

Owner-reported narrative. 80,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11003453 at NHTSA ↗

I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH NO PRIOR WARNING AT ALL, SEVERAL LIGHTS POPPED UP ON MY DASH ALERTING ME OF AN ISSUE AND MY CAR JUST SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER CONCERNED IT MAY BE DUE TO THE ENGINE RECALL. I HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE CAR AND NEVER HAD ANY INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THE DASH LIGHT UP AT ALL EVER. IT TURNED OUT MY FUEL IN TANK PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I AM STILL SHOCKED THAT THIS HAPPENED WITH A 2013 MODEL CAR. I AM VERY CURIOUS IF THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME I…

Owner-reported narrative. 69,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 11081249 at NHTSA ↗