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2013 Hyundai Sonata electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. While driving various speeds, the vehicle alarm activated and the rear passenger side door warning light illuminated. On a different occasion, the contact stated that the dome light failed to turn off. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that there was an electrical short occurred in the steering wheel and the radio. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 53,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai sonata. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the gear shifter would independently move from drive to first gear, causing the vehicle to decelerate. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of the failure. The vehicle was repaired according to the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v434000 (power train). Also, when attempting to start the vehicle, the key became lodged in the ignition and failed to turn. The contact had to make several attempts before the vehicle restarted. Lastly, the front driver and passenger seat heaters would independently activate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was unaware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 17,000.
Just recently the steering has become unstable. It is constantly weaving back and forth. It has become very tiring to hold it in the middle of the lane. Dealership says nothing is wrong and no one else has complained. However I see I am not the only one, as two other people are here complaining of the same problem. Also in the last week my keyless door locks only work part of the time on both the passenger and the driver side. I have to hit them several times to get them to unlock.
I am second owner of this car. The speedometer is 2 to 3 miles off. Service says nothing can be done about it. That seems very odd.
Vehicle in question is the limited 2.0t trim line. Speed displayed on the speedometer is consistently 5% higher than true speed of vehicle, as verified by independent equipment. Speed control is equally affected. Odometer readings are also off by the same amount (I.e. Reading higher that actual distances traveled). Information reported to dealer's service department and they claim nothing is wrong.
I was turning on to smith switch road in ashburn virginia from waxpool road. I reached to turn on the emergency flashers due to bicyclist on the roadway and I bumped the starter switch for the car and it shut the car off while it was still in motion. This caused the steering to be heavy and brakes very hard to use. Luckily I was able to coast off the road without an accident. I had to stop the vehicle totally and put back into park before it would start again and it would not start again while it was coasting. I tried and it didn't work.
After leaving 2013 sonata parked for 3 hours car would not go over 5 miles an hour. After investigation by hyundai mechanics they found that a portion of engine wiring harness had been chewed through by some kind of critter. Come to find out the material used as wiring insulation is soy based that attracts critters. This could be a sever safety issue that could lead to accidents, fires, or what ever.
From the past few weeks driving my new 2013 hyundai sonata gls, I know there is definitely something wrong with the electric power steering (eps) on the car. My car just keeps wandering when driving over 50 MPH on freeway. It will keep wandering to the left and to the right. It requires constant correction to keep my car in the lane and the steering wheel is extremely sensitive. When the car wanders to the left, I would try to correct it back to center, but it won't stay straight and it wanders to the right after correction. It will happens a few times like that from a 15-mile freeway drive. One time, I over corrected it and it went to the other lane next to me and almost hit the car next to me. It was scary and totally dangerous. At first I thought the new tires required break-in and the problem will go away, but it has been over 2 weeks of driving and tires were already fully break-in. All of the tires are with good tire pressure at 34 psi and it can not be alignment issue since the car doesn't just go toward one side in high speed. I have been driving on the same freeway for years and there is no such issue with my other cars after I tested drive those cars on the same freeway, so it is not an issue on the pavement on the freeway. It is something wrong with the 2013 hyundai sonata's steering. Contacted hyundai dealers in my location areas, they all said that the sensitive steering is due to the eps for the sonata and there is nothing they can change since it is controlled by the car's computer. Please request hyundai to take a look at their cars' eps and make proper adjustment, people are going to get hurt or killed someday if this is not being looked at. Thank you.
I was driving a new 2013 hyundai sonata in a parking area, approaching a parking space for a straight-in parking facing a building. My speed was about 10mph. I brake continuously to slow down and stop, but nothing happened. The car went through the parking space and crashed into the brick wall facade of the building. The air bags did not deploy. The brick wall was not damaged. I had about 5 minor bruises on my right leg, and two below umbilicus (seat belt area). I also suffered from fright and emotional distress. A nearby pedestrian was cut on the ankle by crash debris that projected out sideways from the impact. The debris also scratched a car in the adjacent parking space. My insurance adjustor said that the car was a total loss from the damage.
Air conditioner blew hard, intermittent and would not respond to controls. Car drifts left to right, have to fight to keep it on the road.
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