Disappearing oil. For years now my car has been progressively using oil. Now I can't even go a week without putting in more oil and it has fouled spark plugs and left me stranded twice now, and continues to excessively consume oil. I finally got tired of this at 130k miles and took it to reliable hyundai in springfield, mo. This dealership has been completely useless in offering any help, answers, or solutions. They've already charged me $400 for a 'combustion chamber cleaning' - told me I would be reimbursed if it didn't work, then when it was obvious it didn't work they did not refund me. They have made me jump through hoops in hopes I will eventually get a new engine, but repeatedly remind me ultimately that may not happen. In 2 months I have had to go to reliable hyundai, missing work, 11 times for their oil consumption test when it's obvious nothing is going to change because 'that's hyundai's protocol. I am going to lose my job for attendance and even after that, hyundai still might not fix the issue. Horrible company, with horrible practices and customer service. Now I'm stuck with a car that has lost a tremendous amount of value, continues to devour oil, and hyundai doesn't want to do anything about it until after I go there nearly 15 times. Unacceptable. When I bought my car I didn't get a 'it'll prolly only make it to 140k miles' discount. Force hyundai to recall all of their faulty engines for oil consumption as well! If I wasn't so diligent my engine would have seized by now. I shouldn't be punished for making sure my vehicle is properly maintained.
2015 Hyundai Sonata engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while attempting to move from a stop, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle started jerking. The contact pulled over and waited for a while before continuing to drive. The vehicle operated as designed. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic to be inspected however, the mechainc was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 26,200.
The car stalled while on the road while driving to leave san antonio. The car left in san antonio to be fixed for 30 days. Returned to san antonio hyundai replaced the engine due to a faulty engine. Metal flakes found inside engine. I am now being told I need a transmission less than 1 month after the engine replacement. Hyundai not honoring their powertrain warranty.
My check engine light turned on and my car has power hesitation during acceleration. This happend 1-2 days out of the week until the forth time it happened the check engine light stayed on and continues to have power hesitation as well as high idling at all times, burning oil, smoke coming from the exhaust, and the brakes are extremely hard when needing to brake. I took it to a local mechanic and they did a diagnostic that returned a code of p0010 and they referred me to a hyundai dealership for repair. I was also given a technical service bulletin with a campaign number of 15-01-022-1. I took it to the dealership and they also came back with the same code. I have paid for the parts and diagnostic and they couldn't give an estimate of when the parts would be available because they are on back order. Here I am two weeks later calling the dealership to follow up and was told by the parts department that they contacted hyundai directly and there are 1800 of those parts on back order with an estimated time of being at least two months for the parts to come in. Hyundai also stated that they have submitted a high priority for them. I will be without a vehicle for who knows how long.
While driving at interstate speed, the engine suddenly lost power and the cel began flashing. The engine did continue to run, but with severe hesitation, vibration, and knock. The vehicle was taken to a hyundai dealership where it was determined the engine would need to be replaced. Vehicle mileage at failure ~125k. Engine: 1.6 gamma t-gdi, transmission:7sp dct. This vehicle was not included in the 20v746000 recall.
I thought I heard knocking in the engine a few days ago. I checked seem to be no problems. Then yesterday march 27 it stopped on my in traffic. It started back up once I got home it cut off and won't start back up
While driving on the highway, my engine abruptly died with all subsequent warning lights coming on. I had no power, beyond battery power, and was stuck on the side of the highway for 2.5 hours during rush hour. Engine would not restart or turnover representing a likely catastrophic engine failure. My local hyundai dealer did not seem surprised by this revelation and they still wont tell me what's wrong even though the car has been un their possession for 72 hours.
The connecting-rod bearings in the engine wore out prematurely. My car only has 75,000 miles on it and does not come up on a VIN search at hyundai as a recall vehicle even though it has the 1.6 gamma motor in it. The description from hyundai of the issue is the following, "abnormal knocking noises from the engine, reduced power or hesitation, illumination of the "check engine" light or the engine oil-pressure warning light; or a burning smell, oil leaks, or smoke." this is exactly what happened to us when the car died. We took it immediately to our local mechanic who was shocked at how worn the bearing wear and the large amount of metal shavings in the oil.
Fuel line cracked and caught fire.
I was driving on 95 north, when I felt that lost strength and the engine did not work anymore
I was driving on the highway and all of a sudden the engine lost power and my speed dropped to 20 MPH. I could not go any faster. Other cars were honking at me and almost hit me as I try to get to the shoulder of the road. The check engine light came on and I had the car towed to hyundai of duluth ga. They scanned it and said it was code p1326 knock sensor detection. There is a the federal safety agency service campaign for this- (tsb #19-01-006h. The problem is hyundai dealer does not have a fix because they said corporate diagnostic equipment is not working. They have had my car for 5 days now. They do not have any loaner vehicle while my car is inoperable. My complaint is they should have loan cars or pay for rental cars for customers with this problem. I demand they fix my car soon or give me a rental car to drive to work.
January 11,2021 I was driving down highway 98 in apalachicola florida and all my lights on my dashboard popped up I pulled over looked under my hood and seen some black smoke then next thing I know my engine was on fire so I called 911 they sent out the fire department and police ..
My car was under the hyundai engine recall campaign the engine was replaced at 60k now have 113k the car star to giving issues and smoke for the engine cap and muffler and oil disptick the car was take to the dealership because was under the hyundai extended warranty until 120k or life time after the dealer make the inspection they contact hyundai and they ask for pictures the pictures was sended car was fine no oil deposited everything was clean hyundai after 6 days o back and for they denied the engine claim demanding the the car was no under warranty if my car was under the extended how they said that without even give an explanation I attached the conversation between the dealership ans hyundai dealer
When engine is running oil leaks from engine and on to exhaust causing smoke to come out from under the hood and the smell of burning oil to enter the cabin.
My car just started making a weird knocking sound and so I pulled over and the car would not start once I turned it off.
While driving on highway, vehicle starts making aklunking sound and the speed starts slowing down until car stops
I heard a ticking noise that was coming from my motor today 1/28/2021 at 7:15am while the car was parked. I drove straight to the dealership the noise would occur at when the car was idling or I my vehicle was accelerating. I arrived at the dealership at 8am. At 9 am I was informed that a bearing in motor dropped in my motor and caused metal to fun through my motor and that I would need a new motor. I bought my car brand new in 2015 and have kept up all the maintenance. The dealership told me there is not a certain reason why this has happened.
Motor locked up . Was driving check engine light came on then 10 mins later car stop lost power
Hesitasion on exceleration after stop .quite often usually after a complete moving in traffic and stopped press excelorater pedal nothing then it lunges forward .frightning at time especially in traffic. I have oil changes between 4 to 5000 miles and it is using oil no leaks its going somewhere. Has approx 65300 miles. Happens periodradially the hesitasion.every since I have owned the car.
2015 hyundai sonata eco model with 1.6 turbo engine began suddenly shiver and shake while driving on highway. Engine was losing power all of a sudden and will not accelerate. Luckily there were no cars behind us. Took the car to dealership they said there were many misfires and 2 cylinders blew up. Hyundai doesn't make anymore long block engines and asking me extra $$ to get the short block engines instead. They offered 50% cost of repair which will cost me $4,500 out of pocket. It's been at the dealership for 2 months now and they haven't fixed it yet.
I was driving on the highway and heard a rattling sound on the engine then the car turned off. I had it towed 53 miles to the dealership and they told me the car needs a new engine and that they were going to send a request to hyundai for the engine. They said it would take a couple of days to find out what they say.
My car went out on the highway and it saided low battery thinking I just needed a battery to be replace then a few days later they call and saided I need a new engine to be placed how could this be out of nowhere now my car get everything on time service everything on time it got to be recall on this
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled without warning. The vehicle was towed to antwerpen hyundai catonsville (6440 baltimore national pike, baltimore, md 21228, (410) 747-3333) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the engine and the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.
Car hesitates when accelerating; loss of power; non-responsive when trying to accelerate
Vehicle driver received audio and visual alert while driving at high rate of speed that the "hybrid warning failed and to check hybrid system-turn engine off" and to pull over safely. However, the vehicle locked and lost all power making it impossible to safely exit the interstate almost instantly after the alarm. Upon research, I manage a large vehicle fleet, we have multiple other sonata's with the same issue-and there is a tsb for this known safety failure (17-hc-003-1).
We bought our sonata in 2017, since then it has gone into "limp mode" (while in motion every time) three times. We took it to the dealership the first time it happened and they claimed it needed a "software update". The update didn't last too long because it went into "limp mode" once again. We took it back to the dealership (as instructed by the dealership) and they refused to provide services until a diagnosis fee was provided; even though they told us to bring it back if it happened again and they would fix the problem at no cost. We refused to pay the fee since they had told us they would fix it for free and the car sat for about a month or two while we used my husbands parents vehicle (since it is our only vehicle). We eventually drove it to a third party mechanic (while being jerked around because the car would lose power and going 20mph in a 35mph zone) and he changed out the knocker rod and head gaskets after stating it was the issue after hooking it up to a diagnostic computer and getting codes to change those specific items. It seemed to work for about five months, until recently when my husband and I were driving on the highway (in traffic) when it went into "limp mode" once more. The dealership decided to take the car in to look at it, provided a rental car and indicated the car needed a new engine before service (because it keeps going into limp mode). They called us yesterday to let us know that it just needed another "software update". I have been told software updates don't resolve the issue, it pushes the problem back and it will reoccur. I have already called and filed a complaint with the dealerships consumer affairs department (that the service manager from the dealership gave us) and am waiting for a call back. This car is not safe. I have a toddler and am pregnant and fear for my families safety while driving this vehicle.
Engine is knocking around 113,000 miles. This is crazy because it is low mileage.
The car has failed to start on multiple occasions. I enter the car, press the break and the push to start button, and the car fails to ignite. It happens normally when it is colder, but will still do it when it is warmer out.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the vehicle hesitated and decelerated independently. The contact stated that the check engine warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that while depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact was able to drive to his residence. The contact stated that on another occasion while driving 25 MPH, the failure recurred with an abnormal noise. The vehicle stalled and was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The contact called oxmoor hyundai (8107 shelbyville rd, louisville, ky 40222; (502) 894-3400) and made the dealer aware of the failure. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 111,000.
First I got my tires change 2 on the back and the TPMS has been on since them , and driving from work in the industrial part of town where traffic is high heavy and fast driving in all the my car just quit while driving at 2:30am getting off work, so a guy I work with seen me slowing down and gave me a boost and again before I made it home it quit again and I live 15 min from and when I stoppedi was about 9min away. Lights started flickering and the car shutdown in the middle of ttaffic. So I bought a new battery for almost $200 and that didn't work it started for a moment and went dead in traffic again .
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