2010 Hyundai Sonata: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Sep 12, 2025 · IL

I have had 3 door handles fall off in the last couple months I think this is safety concern i do not see any recalls.I do see that there is a lot of people complaining about this matter door handles should not be fallen off

Filed Nov 30, 2023 · Electrical, Lights · TX

The plastic housing of the brake lights have turned black. I'm on my second set that I got at wrecking yard. The plastic doesn't hold up to the heat of the tail/brake light. I saw other cars like mine with same problem at the wrecking yard. And my ground wire to my radiator fan burned out as well during COVID. I think Hyundai used cheap plastic that can't hold up to the heat. My dash cracked really bad as well. All over. I saw the same cracked dashes of other car in wrecking yards. They know they had a plastic defect and they changed body styles the next year. My door handles brake off in my hands and the a/c vent broke twice. They have hazzard car because all of this happened early when I purchased the car. And my car has Hyundai and Kia parts old body style 2010 bought end of 2009. Theta 2 engine. All of the recalls but they leave my car out. And that stop brake switch light has broken so many times. Replaced free only 1 time by dealership. Other times I had to pay for. Cheap plastic. If I need repair by dealership , I have to leave car on their lot for 6weeks for them to look at. Not appointment. Leave my car on lot until it's my cars turn. And my car just quit running once while driving in my apartment complex. It also quit running driving down the highway.. everything shutting off and lights turned on dash. The battery light was on first, then the check engine , abs, and all lights coming on. I tried to turn on my hazards but everything was failing. I was lucky I wasn't hit by other highway traffic. My headlights went off or really dim. I was allowed to drive really slow to a roach hotel just there on interstate. I was told it was my alternator. But I think it was something else that caused failure. I did have my car professionally washed, that day. (Hardly do that). And the week before it was at Hyundai shop for retinting of windows which my battery was dead in their dusty lot when pickup. That brake light switch lamp stopper was broken and laying in floor l

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · 136,000 miles · MN

All but one door handles are broken. The driver side just broke and its a safety hazard.

Filed Nov 1, 2020 · Body · NY

In the last three months, both driver's side door handles have fallen off/broken. In the first incident (sept 2020), the driver's side rear door handle broke off the car when I tried to open the door. In the second incident (nov 2020), the driver's side front door handle remained on the car but broke so that it no longer functions. Both incidences occurred when the vehicle was stationary. It is unknown why the door handles broke; I did not use excessive force nor was there any indication of a problem prior to these incidences.

Filed Sep 14, 2020 · Body · 170,000 miles · TX

Last month, the door handle to the door behind the driver seat was broken. When I tried to open my door, it did not open. That is in the picture attached. On saturday, I opened my driver's door and the door handle broke in my hand. Now I have only tow doors that I can open. I looked online and many people are having issues with the hyundai sonata. I feel like customers should not pay for this because this a known safety issue. When this happened, my car was parked. I am going to hyundai to get this repaired because I am scared that I will not be able to get in my car if all the handles gets like this.

Filed Aug 16, 2020 · Body · 57,482 miles · WA

Driver's exterior door latch broke into two when driver attempted to open door with hand to enter the car. The door had been unlocked via remote control.

Filed Jul 11, 2020 · Body · 65,000 miles · OH

Rear passenger door handle (exterior) broken - february 2020. All 4 door handles have broken on this car between 2015-2020! Hyundai paid for the first 1 but for the 2nd and 3rd told me, essentially, "too bad, door handles break." apparently they do on 2010 hyundai sonata's as there are many complaints online and all 4 door handles broke on my car. That is ridiculous. I expect hyundai to cover this one. The car has 66k miles on it. It does not get heavy use. The first 5 years, I took public transportation to work, then started working from home. There is no reason for the passenger side handles to break. The driver's door handle got normal use; nothing excessive or unusual.

Filed Jun 25, 2020 · Body · 120,000 miles · MS

I purchased the car in february 2016 and almost immediately 1 door handle came off, since then I have had 1 more to come off and 1 is just hanging on so I do not touch it. Unfortunately that is the driver's side door. I am constantly climbing over my seats or attempting to open from another door just to get inside the vehicle. This is totally unacceptable and especially frustrating when I have my grandchildren car seats in the back. I can not afford to keep replacing door handles and the only ones available do not match car color. After searching I see that this was a problem before I purchased my car. I can not honestly recommend this vehicle to anyone for the fact that you need to be able to get inside just to test drive and the door handle might possibly come off. The car runs fine but I would like immediate replacements for door handles so that I can get inside the car correctly and without having to climb over other seats especially in the rain.

Filed Jun 5, 2020 · Body · 111,232 miles · FL

Door handles fall off. They've already been replaced 8 times in the last 3 years. I have now lost two more handles which at 58$ a piece, I am becoming frustrated that I cannot get in my car quickly god forbid something happens, nor get to my baby in the back seat quickly as I have to roll down the windows, run around the vehicle to open the door. I have seen 2011 hyundai sonatas recall the handles, however mine is a 2010 and this should be replaced by hyundai as it has become a nuisance.

Filed Feb 26, 2020 · 39,000 miles · FL

The door handles are breaking

Filed Feb 18, 2020 · 125,000 miles · IL

The door handles broke off the car during the winter

Filed Feb 8, 2020 · Body · 17,000 miles · OR

Car purchased june 2016. 17,000 mi. Three months later the rear passenger door handle fell off. Within six months the rear drivers side handle fell off then the front passenger door handle fell off. This happened while the car was parked. Hyundai wants $350.00 for each handle. I can no longer have passengers in my car it is unsafe. My fear is my driver's side door handle will fall off. I am 70 and too old to climb thru the trunk. If this isn't a recall it should be. I can file a complaint with the bbb if necessary. The car was parked when the handles fell off.