Both brake taillights bulbs keeps burning out this is an ongoing issue, it happened four times for me this year 8/1/2018, and three times last year 2017. Every time it happens I change the bulbs with the manufacture standard ones but fails again and again, I have done some google research and find forums of complaints regarding this brake light problem. Its becoming a safety issue because the tail lights sockets are overheating causing the buld to melt and stick into the tail lights socket, I notice the same problem when I change my bulb earlier this year. There's a lot of hyundai owners complaining about this issue it needs to be fix before someone's car catch on fire.
2013 Hyundai Sonata brakes complaints
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Car began to start braking on its own at approximately 94,000 miles while driving in clear weather both at high and low speeds. Shortly after, the ESC malfunction light on the dash came on. Took it to the dealership where the brake pedal stopper was replaced. (note: this has not been recalled on this model) less than two weeks later the problem was back. Took the car back to the dealership. Brake pedal switch was replaced. Again a few weeks later the problem was back. Dealership could not find the problem. After weeks of back and forth with hyundai, they finally sent an engineer. Now they're saying the casing for the tail lights need to be replaced because the brake lights have burned the wiring and melted the casing. All during this time, my car will start (push button) without having my foot on the brakes. This is a serious safety issue. I've read reports of the brake lights staying illuminated due to the brake pedal stopper issue. I'm assuming this is what caused the melting and wiring issue. The brake pedal stopper needs to be recalled for this model!
Brake lights will not turn off stop brake light switch malfunctions
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. While driving 25 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. As a result, the contact drove the vehicle home. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 89,000.
When using breaks it causes bulb socket to melt housing, etc and break light stops working over and over . The rear break light keeps burning out and melting inside the socket. You have to change whole socket because the bulb just melts and you can not remove. Im afraid my car is going to catch fire.
I have now replaced the housing rear brake light unit 3 times due to shorting out. The most recent short has caused the housing unit to melt causing a replacement of just the bulb not an option. The tag lights turn off and on and appear sometimes to be burnt out. This is also a short/wiring issue. This is a huge cause of concern for a trunk fire as this happens when the vehicle is in motion. I have been pulled over as a warning to get the lights replaced. Also, the spoiler on the vehicle has not only cracked all the way through but is also peeling due to coating issues. Only the spoiler on the car is the problem.
Yo tuve un accidente de frente fuerte y los air bag no salieron y problemas con el tren delantero tira para izquierda todo el tiempo...
2013 hyundai sonata. Consumer writes seeking reimbursement for vehicle repairs. *ld the consumer stated the engine recall repair exceeded a reasonable amount of time. Also, the consumer was seeking a reimbursement for a break recall repair. Updated 10/03/2017
About a week ago I was driving home on my lunch break and was heading down main street in saugus, ma driving about 35mph. I came to the end of the road, and as the light turned yellow, I proceeded to slow down and come to a stop. As I was slowing down my brakes locked up, and I couldn't stop. The ABS light did not illuminate in my dash. The brakes ended up "kicking in" thankfully allowing me to stop in time. The same day, as I was driving back to work, I was going 15 MPH by wakefield high school, and I went to go brake, and I couldn't stop. Abs sounded like it was kicking in, but no illumination, and thankfully stopped in time before hitting the car in front of me. That following weekend, same thing happened pulling off of my street, and I couldn't stop at the stop sign, and instead, skidded down the hill and stopped about 2 feet passed the stop sign. No illumination. It feels like your sliding down an icy hill and the ABS kicks in, but the light doesn't turn on warning me. It literally just works when it wants and it's extremely unsafe and scary. The last time I drove it was this monday, and when braking, I couldn't stop right away, ABS kicks in, no illumination, and my heart in my throat. When reading on what was going on that night, I found that the 2015 hyundai sonata model had a recall for ABS malfunctions during may 28th 2014 to august 21st, 2015 where hyundai recalled over 65,000 vehicles for the same issue with the following: " in the event of an ABS malfunction, the brake system warning light will illuminate, but the ABS warning light will not illuminate. Since the vehicles have ABS malfunction lights that do not illuminate, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) number 135, "light vehicle brake systems." I sincerely feel that my vehicle is also affected and should be honored by this recall.
Rear passenger side tire area has burning smell after driving around town. Smells like brakes. Dealership checked it with no resolution.
Electrical issue is causing traction control light to remain on and the burning out and melting of brake light socket. Short is causing extreme heat to the tail/brake light housing.
The brake pedal and accelerator pedal are so close together as to interfere with each other. Specifically, as one comes to a stop, the brake pedal is so close to the accelerator both laterally and vertically, that the operators foot may hit both pedals at the same time just before coming to a stop, causing an unintended sudden acceleration. This is a significant safety issue for the driver, occupants, pedestrians and other vehicles or items in the path of the car. I have has 4 such incidents, one involving a rear end bump. The hyundai dealer inspected the car for sudden acceleration and found nothing and dismissed the concern. Hyundai customer care representative erin thompson stated " I did not design the car, it operates as designed and there is nothing I can do for you". Further, she stated "I will not say it again" when I tried to offer clarification of the issue. I believe this problem is a fundamental design defect in the car and violates the implied warranty of freedom of design and manufacturing defects and fitness of purpose. It may also not meet federal specifications for ergonomic considerations. Can you help? Thank you *js the consumer requested a copy of the examiner's report.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. While driving 10 MPH, the brakes were applied, but failed to respond. The contact's vehicle crashed into the rear of a ford explorer. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 10462825. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was unknown.
This has occurred twice in the last year, only in the morning after starting the car for the first time. I have applied the brakes at the end of my (city) street, only to have the brakes engage for a moment, then disengage, allowing the car to coast for several feet, before finally re-engaging and stopping. This last time it occurred, I almost drifted into oncoming traffic. I took the car to my mechanic and they can't find anything wrong. I now have it at the dealership, but they haven't been able to re-create the issue.
My break lights went out so I ended up changing the bulbs and the fuse come to find out its the break switch which caused the wires to break and the bulbs melted the tail end coverings
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that the brake pedal was applied, but failed to respond. The vehicle accelerated without warning. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,208.
Vehicle does not recognize either key fob and will not start just goes into accessory mode. When placing foot on brake pad it is extremely hard. Yet every time we let vehicle drift down our driveway and get level it starts no problem. We are worried when our daughter is driving the vehicle it won't recognize the key fob and shut down. It has happened at least 5 times
Every-time I start driving, I can hear a grinding noise so I changed the front breaks and the noise never went away. Then out of know where the back breaks and rotors went out fixed them and noise is still there. I hear a small knocking and squealing and when I stop, I can hear a grinding. I haven't even had the car for a year yet. I can hear it whenever I'm driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that the exterior brake lights failed to work without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer (homer skelton hyundai; 8145 craft rd, olive branch, ms 38654; (662) 890-0100) where it was diagnosed that the light bulb socket and housing needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted at 800‑633‑5151 and stated that the vehicle was not under warranty. Case number: 10261518 was provided. The failure mileage was 81,684. Updated 07/11/17*lj updated 12/5/2017
The master cylinder failed while in a parking lot. A hard stop by hitting the curb.
Can not hold the car in a straight line at highway speeds .car will drift left and right and needs constant corrections . These result of these corrections have a varying result in the car over correcting or under correcting . Main safety issue is the car wanders on its own with the steering wheel centered and results in drifting into other lanes .the drift seems to be more apparent on flat stretches of freeway as compared to roads with a bigger crown which you can hold the steering wheel into to stay centered . The feeling in the steering wheel is tight and hard while going straight then requires a good solid pull to correct the drift ,the steering will then correct or over correct mostly over correct.I actually feared taking this car on a trip last weekend due to the fact that we were going to be driving in snow ,luckily at 30 MPH with chains on the drift was minimal. Thank you for reviewing this letter
Upon start up the vehicle is pretty loud to be fairly new, the noise increased by day. Brakes would grind. No control over steering car would pull and drift as driving. Remote barely worked radio would randomly increase and decrease.
I took in for brakes after having it only 3 months. I almost got in accident because brakes failed. Amco told me it was the calibers and said it was a manufacturer defect because after changing pads, the caliber was stuck and would not close. He said vehicle was too knew for this type of problem. It had to be fixed because it was a safety issue so it was fixed for $900. Want to report as safety issue. Could have caused multi vehicle crash.
Tl* the contact owned a 2013 hyundai sonata. The brakes failed while driving 60 MPH and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The driver pulled the vehicle to the side of the road and all the warning indicators illuminated. In addition, once the driver was able to pull the vehicle over to the side of the road, the vehicle was turned off but the engine remained operable. Upon inspection of the engine compartment, the contact observed flames. The fire department extinguished the flames. The driver did not see any smoke. The vehicle was towed to a salvage yard where it was deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 61,000.
We bought the car in september 2012. Within days, we started to notice rust spots on the body of the car that appeared to be coming from brake dust. We contacted the dealer and informed them of the issue, and our concern that it would damage the clear coat or paint. Dealer stated they could not do anything. We started to notice brake noise. May 16, 2013; at 6,400 miles, we took the car to the dealer for service, and again complained of grinding noise when braking; dealer inspected brakes and said everything was fine. August 9, 2013; 7,589 miles. Took car in to dealer for service, again complained about brake noise; dealer inspected brakes and said everything was fine. June 16, 2014; 16,176 miles. Took car in to dealer for service, again complained about brakes, dealer inspected brakes and said everything was fine. May 10, 2016; 37,247 miles. Heard severe grinding noise coming from brakes, took to dealer to inspect. I asked a mechanic to ride with me while I drove to make sure they heard the noise, and mechanic did hear it. Dealer kept car for 7 days, inspected brakes, and said could not replicate noise. August 31, 2016, 40,400 miles. Heard severe grinding noise on brakes again, took to dealer, again had dealer rep listen to noise. Dealer inspected the brakes, and stated there was severe wear on the inside brake pads, that had damaged the rotors to the point they had to be replaced. There was no warning that the brake pads were worn prematurely, and the dealer failed to identify the issue with braking system until it was too late, creating a safety hazard. There was a problem with the braking system from the beginning, and we documented it at the dealer, where we had all service done.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. When the brake pedal was depressed, the brakes made an abnormal noise and felt as though that they were dragging. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the calipers were getting jammed, which damaged the rotors. The rotors needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 34,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. While depressing the brake pedal, a grinding noise was heard coming from all four wheels and the stopping distance was extended. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the brake drums, brake pads, and brake rotors were rusted and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was 22,500. Updated 08/03/16*lj
Vehicle was not used for about 4 weeks in february. Then the car was started in reverse with the foot on the brake pedal. Pedal went mushy with little to no pressure resulting basic loss of brake function while making loud noises. Had to stop vehicle with parking brake. Had vehicle towed to dealer. Service manager drove vehicle, acknowledged the problem, and indicated that rust had accumulated on rotors. He said high/low spots due to rust can result in loss of brake pressure, and loud noise was a result of brake pads rubbing on uneven surfaces. After dealer technician drove several miles and applied brakes, rust wore off and brake function returned. The dealer service manager said the car should be driven every couple days or at least once a week to prevent this from happening. He indicated he could turn the rotors but the rust would just return. I have never owned a vehicle in 30 years where the rotors are so prone to rust resulting in brake failure if not driven for 4 weeks, much less a week. Thankfully this was not noticed at higher speed on a road or this was an accident in the making. I believe there could be a rotor material design or quality issue that is promoting corrosion at such a rapid rate. Dealer's invoice is attached for reference.
My brake light on the driver side went out. While trying to change it I found it very hard to take the brake lights out on both sides of the car. Upon finally getting the light bulbs out I found that the brake light housing on both sides had melted and warped making it difficult to get the bulbs out. Along with this the light bulbs had fused themselves into their sockets. I had to break the bulbs to get the complete bulb unit out of the socket. I was able to get the new bulbs into the socket relatively easy. However, when I tried to put them back into the brake housing I had to force them back in. This happened on both sides of the car. My concern is the housing could melt more and ignite on fire. I do not have pictures of it but I do have video of the issue. I found this out when trying to change the bulds in a parking lot close to a local automotive parts company where I work.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that when the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle would continuously stop without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the brakes needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 22,000.
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