2006 Hyundai Sonata: jerking or lurching

Filed Feb 22, 2022 · Brakes · NC

I have had several things wrong with other models and my 06 hyundai Sonata having the exact same thing happening but the dealer ship wont even acknowledge the words from my mouth, or I get the speech outta your pocket. When I start my car its normal till I put it in drive, it starts pushing the brakes jerking my car leaving black marks in the road onetime. Its happening everyday for 7 months then after the brakes thing its like my car dies then esc light on my dash will light up and it drives normal. Then the sway bar, bushing and struts have went bad 4 times in the past year. The brakelines rusted into and currently going through the second time fixing them. pour brake fluild in and it does no good still none. The headlights bulbs have been replaced 3 times in 2 years now. they may stay bright for 3 months or so then they go dim so dim you cant see black ice till your up on it.

Filed Aug 24, 2019 · Transmission · 145,000 miles · TX

The transmission started to become jerky at 140,000 miles. This occured on a vehicle with automatic transmission; while the car was moving and in drive, it would delay and then jerk when shifting up or down, such as when the car was accelerating after stepping on the accelerator (especially during turns or entering highways) or when the car was declerating (especially when on a city street, moving 40 mp4 or less) and neither the brake or accelerator was being applied. The car also delayed and jerked hard when shifting to and from reverse.

Filed Dec 7, 2016 · Acceleration, Brakes · 30,000 miles · MT

The car either accelerating or braking jerks as if it starts and stops on it's own. I am afraid of driving it. I've had it to the dealer a couple of times and my first complaint was that it jerked into gear. It didn't matter if reverse or forward. The check engine light will come on. The dealer replaced a shift sensor but that didn't fix the check engine light nor the stop and start at random times. When this happens the car slows way down and I barely can get it to go forwards. The last time it happened was at night. I pulled onto a street from a stop sign into traffic. I barely went half a block and had to pull into a driveway to get out of the traffic behind me. The ESC light came on briefly on the dash. I looked at the off switch and it was illuminated. I pushed it off I think. The road was dry and there was no reason that turning at 5 MPH would create a reason for such a reaction from the car. I only have 30k miles on the vehicle. It should not be doing this.

Filed Oct 5, 2015 · Driver assistance · 881,987 miles · NM

Car hesitate to start. Once on ESC off light is on and you can go any faster than 15mph. If you turn the car off and crank it again the light goes off but you can go pass 2500 remember or else it bucks and jerks and engine revs but you can't increase your speed. It has the same symptoms of recall for the 3.3 like engine, but hyundai will not fix it because my engine is 2.4l. I just bought the car from hyundai on april 25, 2015.

Filed Sep 3, 2014 · Brakes, Driver assistance · CO

The ESC off light turned on by itself. When pushing the button for the ESC off, nothing happened. A few days later I noticed a minor stutter-step of the car's forward motion with a slight grinding noise, and the ESC off light was illuminated again. The ESC off light stayed illuminated. When I arrived at my destination, I shut the car off then turned it on again. The ESC light was no longer illuminated. August 27, 2014, I left my car at the dealership and proceeded to work, they "found damage to left-front wheel speed sensor and left-front tone wheel. They also stated both the speed sensor and left-front tone wheel need to be replaced before further diagnosis could be performed. August 30, 2014, I was traveling at approximately 40 m.p.h. When traffic ahead began slowing. I applied the brakes and the car didn't just stutter & grind, it was like one side of the vehicle wasn't braking at all and the other side was breaking hard. The car jerked side to side for a short distance then seemed to right itself. The ESC off light was now illuminated again. If I had been traveling any faster, or in heavier traffic, this certainly would have caused me to have an accident. I feel this is a design flaw, not an error on my part as the consumer, and believe this to be a life and death safety issue. My brakes have never been worked on and there's no logical reason for the speed sensor and left-front tone wheel to be damaged.

Filed Oct 28, 2013 · Acceleration, Airbags · 176,000 miles · NV

While driving on a busy street it felt like my gas pedal was not responding then without warning it suddenly lurched forward enough to screech my front tires. I do not have a floor mat on the driver's side. Thank god no one was in front of me, surely there would have been an accident. I have also had the air bag light on since the car was new. During hyundai new car service one of the service men noticed and mentioned it, but did nothing to correct the problem and today I got a recall on the air bag system stating I missed the 1st recall. My front passenger seat belt light goes on and off sometimes it is on when someone is in the seat buckled up and sometimes it is on when no one is sitting in the seat. I am taking my car in to hyundai for the recall I am going to mention the lurching and let them know about all these complaints! I believe they are ultimately responsible for these problems!!

Filed Mar 14, 2012 · Electrical · 77,000 miles · FL

Headlights dim momentarily, radio goes off momentarily, passenger seat side kick panel relay goes "ticking" momentarily, car jerks momentarily when gas pedal is applied and gear is changed from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3 when I just start my journey (I.e. Just start the engine and start driving, usually). If gas pedal is released while any or all of these are happening, ABS, brake and ESC warning lights come on and stay on the dashboard. These warning lights remain on till the next time I start a new journey and will only go off if the problems mentioned above don't happen as the gear changes from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3. I've been to a hyundai dealer countless number of times. Alternator and battery has been replaced. Ground wires have been checked. They have no clue what is wrong with the electrical system. Please fix this. It has been a known problem and still is creating problems for hyundai sonata owners.

Filed Aug 15, 2010 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · LA

I have a 2006 hyundai sonata 3.3. I started my car one morning and had no acceleration in the gas peddle. I turned the car off got husband and we restarted it and had no problem. I then took a trip to houston a few weeks later and again had the problem happen to me a few times there. I did not know what to do and had to return home. I called the dealership in houston and they said it would be a minimum of $100 dollars or more to just see what was wrong. My husband said to bring it home and we will check on it. On my trip home the ESC off light kept coming on and I lost acceleration while in motion on interstate 10. This happened to me many of times on the return trip home. When it went out on me, several times I had to coast to the side of the road and 3 times nearly got hit in the rear and 1 time was seriously almost rammed in the rear while on the side of the road letting the car rest before restarting it. The most terrifying moment was going over the bridge in baton rouge, la. And the ESC off light kicked in and I lost acceleration and there was no side road to pull over on. I had to come to a complete stop to turn off the car and restart it 3 times before the ESC off light went off and I again had acceleration. Then about 20 miles outside of metairie, la. Where I was heading, it started sputtering. The rpms would go down and the car would pull back, then they would jump up and the car would jerk forward. I finally made it to my destination what is normally a 4 1/2 hr drive turned in to a very stressful and fearful 8 hr drive. I did look up on google about 2006 sonata's and ESC off light and found many off people having the same problem. I am putting the car in the shop tomorrow morning. I read of a woman having this problem and her car accelerating on her and plunged into a tree. This sounds to me a serious matter and seems it is going to be extremely expensive to fix when it seems to be a manufactures defect and should be fixed by hyundai.

Filed Jul 13, 2010 · Transmission · 102,000 miles · AZ

While driving the vehicle at 50 MPH, it suddenly slams into third gear causing a violent jerking and sudden deceleration. The engine light comes on and the car remains in 3rd gear for a period of time and then returns to normal. This occurred two days in a row. The second time I was almost rear ended when my vehicle slammed into third gear. It was determined that the transmission wiring harness and overdrive solenoid were defective. Error code was p0765.

Filed Apr 8, 2010 · Visibility · 72,300 miles · MO

2006 hyundai sonata: the driver's sun visor stopped working - it basically lost its tension and, although still hinged, it flipped down on its own while I was driving down the highway at 70 MPH. It not only startled me and caused me to jerk the wheel but it distracted me momentarily and I was just thankful it was not a two-way road where I could have hit an oncoming vehicle. In addition, it hangs straight down directly in my vision, obstructing it so much that I cannot see adequately. I improvised and used velcro to affix it in its original, closed position. However, the velcro sticky backing gave out today and, again, the visor suddenly dropped startling me and obstructing my vision. My car has over 72,000 miles and is out of warranty to repair this. I looked on-line to see if there was a way to fix this defect and discovered countless complaints and concerns for the exact same thing. I certainly don't think I've misused the visor - I don't even use it that much - so it's not an issue of mishandling. With as many complaints as I saw on-line, I think this is a manufacturing defect that warrants attention. Thank you.

Filed Feb 2, 2010 · Acceleration · NY

2006 hyundai sonata - when I put my foot on the gas pedal especially during city driving (nyc), the car lurches forward. Other times when I put my foot on the gas pedal it is slow to accelerate and then it lurches forward. I have taken the car 3 times to the dealership and they claim there is no problem, that it was probably from the mat causing the pedal to accelerate. However, the problem persists and after the recent problem with toyota's gas pedals I wanted to bring this problem to your attention. Hyundai corporate has now advised me to take the care back to the dealership for a test drive to determine the problem.

Filed Aug 25, 2008 · Transmission · 38,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 hyundai sonata. While driving 60-70 MPH, the speed would decrease to 20-30 MPH without warning. The vehicle would not shut off, but it would jerk repeatedly while it decelerated. The failure occurred without the brake pedal being depressed and has taken place numerous times. The vehicle was taken to three different dealers. Initially, the transmission was replaced, but the failure recurred 1,400 miles later. Secondly, the dealer stated that the cylinoid needed to be replaced. The repairs were completed, but the failure recurred 1,600 miles later. The third dealer stated that there was another cylinoid that needed to be replaced and the repair was made. Two weeks later, the vehicle continued to jerk at speeds no greater than 70 MPH. The vehicle jerked back to 20 MPH automatically. The dealer test drove the vehicle and the supervisor stated that he had never before experienced this type of transmission failure. The dealer stated that the electrical harness needed to be replaced. The repairs were completed; however, the dealer stated that they could not guarantee the failure would not occur again. After the repairs were performed, the instrument panel failed. A police report was filed. The failure mileage was 38,000 and current mileage was 188,000.