On or about 3/15/2015, purchased a new 2015 hyundai sonata. Maintained oil changes in accordance with "normal maintenance schedule" as described in owner's manual. In 5/2019, while driving on a highway, vehicle began sputtering, knocking and engine light came on. Was told engine "threw a rod" and punched a hole in the engine and now engine needs to be replaced.
2015 Hyundai Sonata engine complaints
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The check engine light is illuminated and when coming to a stop, the vehicle lunges/surges forward as if the brakes are failing and I'm going to hit the vehicle in front of me. I took the the vehicle to 2 local jim click hyundai dealers, the fault code is p200a and they stated the issue is most likely replacing the intake manifold which would not be covered by the powertrain warranty and my mileage is 85,000 presently. I would think that it would be a warranty item because the intake manifold is bolted to the engine and connected to the engine with wires. Now I'm stuck with a $1000 repair bill.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata. While driving various speeds, the vehicle hesitated and made clicking noises in the engine compartment. In addition, the check engine indicator illuminated, remained lit, and flashed occasionally. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was towed to hyundai inland empire (909‑796‑1600, located at 25072 redlands blvd, loma linda, ca 92354), but the failure could not be duplicated. The dealer stated that there was no failure with the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 59,800. The VIN was invalid.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata. While the contact's daughter was driving at a very low speed, the engine completely failed. Prior to the failure, the engine seized on several occasions. After each failure, the vehicle would restart and resume normal operation. The contact stated that the check engine indicator illuminated prior to the engine failures. The vehicle was towed to napleton hyundai of carmel (4200 e 96th st, indianapolis, in 46240, (844) 729-4217) where it was diagnosed that the engine failed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000. The VIN was unknown.
Had an accident 6/29/19 was hit driver's side front tire area. Insurance recommended closest repair shop fix (dick smith) and they returned it. Same week car was taken back to repair shop for concerns, clicking, vibrating, etc. Was told by dick smith repair shop needs a boot but car is "driveable". Two days later car dies while driving.. Ds (jeff, service mgr) says died 4 no oil causing engine to "seize up" but no light was on.. And prior to hyundai running diagnostics also. Ds towed to hyundai. Told by peacock hyundai (chris) they had several reports of engine failure within 2 weeks of my car being towed and they were waiting on approval for new engine but then a different person (ted) says engine "seized" for no oil but car had oil change within last 6k miles and is full synthetic. Please help as I have a newborn and need a vehicle.
Stalling, car stops running while the car is in motion or about to take off. This has happened more than once. The car was checked by the dealer, dealer said they found nothing wrong.
Purchased 9 months ago from a local dealer certified road ready carfax certified. Had 41000 miles. At 63000 miles entering highway 65 MPH, car buck and loses power, engine shuts off, all idiot lights are lit and coast to side of highway in flowing traffic. Car starts up and does exactly same thing. Car started but not chancing again. Habit towed 40 miles to local mechanic. Obd code p0114. Mechanic suggest changing CVT valve. Finds metal shavings clogging valve. Cost $310. I leave garage and car does same thing 5 miles from garage. Now he suggested dealer to diagnose. Car starts but makes terrible noise. Tow to dealer. 2 days later I call them and he said complete engine failure and need new engine block. He will submit paperwork to hyundai? For approval. This looks like known issue. Why is this allowed? Safety issue, not sure I want car back, or trust it's fixed correctly.
Tl* the contact owned a 2015 hyundai sonata. While operating the vehicle, the engine suddenly stalled. After stopping the vehicle, flames were present under the engine compartment. The fire department arrived and extinguished the flames. Police report number: 19172167 was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed from the scene. The cause of the failure was not determined. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 70,000.
Vehicle stalled out / wouldn't restart / had to tow to dealer / has gas / was told motor locked up and not sure why?
When excelerationhe care makes a noise, sounds like shavings of metal in engine some days are worse then others. I've taken it to two different hyundai dealers and one heard it and said they have no idea what it is and have others with same problem and the other dealer said they didn't hear anything. My husband has bad hearing but one day he drove it to work and said he finally heard it as well. I do notice that the pick up is hesitant making it hard to stay in flow with the traffic at times. My gas per milage performance has decreased some what as well which
The engine went out after less than a year of owning. No sensor came up or oil light unptil after tapping sound began.
While attempting to merge onto interstate 85 in atlanta, the car hesitated and would not accelerate. At the same time, an alarm began to chime and once I avoided a collision, I noticed a flashing engine symbol on the dash. At this critical time I was "lucky" to have not been involved in a fatal car accident. The car limped to the autozone and p01326 was discovered. The az employee and the longtime manager said they were surprised when the code did not pull up any info in the database. I researched the internet and found some information and the 2 minute hyundai video on the bearings, catastrophic engine failure, potential fire and the knock sensor. Southtowne hyundai said it was a wiring problem and reset the code. I asked if the vehicle was safe to drive and the representative said yes but within 5 miles of leaving the dealership, the check engine light came back on. I have sent several emails to the se regional manager, steve flood, and southtowne's gm, charlie simmons, but they have not replied. Their underlings have. I have lost faith in the vehicle and believe it (and other hyundai cars) is unsafe.
2015 hyundai sonata sport 2.0t limited leaking oil from the theta 2.0 turbo oil feed hose. Hyundai issued a service campaign t1n for the same exact problem for their 2011-2014 sonata 2.0t models. I am having the same exact problem with my 2015 and their is no recall. The dealer said it will cost close to $3000 to fix it.
Engine hesitates to put out power when taking off from a stand still. Transmission upshifts instead of downshifting when pressing pedal pedal 50% of the way. These problems occur in city driving.
Applying the brakes at a stop requires the brake pedal to be firmly held to the floor otherwise the engine will start reviving up and move out fast if the brake is released. Also appears that the transmission when moving the shifter to park does not mean the car is in park. I did this once in a store parking lot. The shift handle was in park. But as soon as I took my foot off the brake and opened the door car took off. Caused $ 6,700 to fix all the damage. Engine does not come off fast idle. When I first got the car. Idle RPM was between 500 and 750. Now the idle never goes below 1200-1300 RPM. I tried various brands and grades of gas including ethanol free unleaded but nothing helped.
On a 2-way city street, vehicle in straight forward motion when it abruptly stopped working. Check engine light came on. Car was towed. Result was service campaign #18-01-032, t3g, engine dtc - p1326. Car has been at the dealership since 5/7/19, for over 3 weeks with no repairs made.
I was in motion (just coming out of a steep canyon on an interstate/highway) and suddenly the engine just stopped. The check oil, check engine, and check battery lights flashed because my ignition was still on, but I had to try to coast to a safe stop. No warning, no overheating, no issues with battery or oil or other fluids. The engine just squeaks faintly when I turn the key and won't turn over.
Car began shaking and engine shut off. This happened right after powering engine on after fueling up. Pressed gas to accelerate to leave gas area and car shook and turned off. Put car in neutral powered the car on and car started.
Around 25000 miles, after start, strong engine vibration with no power - about to stall. Dealer changed variable charge motor after 5 occurrence of similar situation. After few months at 29000 miles, 2015 sonata se (2.4l 4 cylinder engine) lost power and stalled in the middle of city street, while driving. Could have caused big accident if I was on highway. Car was unable to restart. Towed to dealer and replaced accelerator position sensor. Could be related to issue with 2011-2014 sonata engine recall since my 2015 sonata uses almost same theta-ii engine.
While coming to a red light car engine revved very high and I had a hard time braking. At red light I put car into neutral but the engine still was revving high. I put the car into park and when the light turned green I put it into drive and drove it back home less than half a mile away.
I am experiencing problems with the steering. The steering has dead spots and feels extremely loose, it is very stressful keeping the car strait on the highway as it is all over the road. The steering light comes on but the dealers always tell me "we can't find any codes". There was a loud what he thought was an "electrical" sound in the front end while turning the steering wheel as the service manager at tameron hyundai put it. Instead of checking the steering they put struts on it, which has made the problem 1000x worse now the alignment is off which they can't seem to fix and with the steering problems makes it nearly impossible to drive. Whenever it rains the steering light comes on and the steering wheel either stops responding or becomes hard to steer. I put new tires on it less than a year ago that have less than 10,000 miles on them and have rotated them twice at 5,000 miles the alignment is so bad that one tire is now bald! Every time I go to a dealer they refuse to help. I'm putting this here in case I die in this car! Also the engine hesitates and shakes violently when starting. The shaking is when it ideals, but on the interstate when you press the gas it "pulses" and hesitate while accelerating (I hardly get a chance to test to see how bad the hesitation is because the steering is so lose) I am now finding out the 2015 sonata engine is effected by the massive defect they have had in 2011- 2014 models but are not making it publicly known. One would think with all the steering and engine problems hyundai has had in the past sonata's they would take this serious. All they do is blame customers, if you call their customer support line they will tell you they closed your case in less than a day without looking at the car. I hope the government gets this company under control for consumers sake and safety sake.
Shortly after buying this car car at 32.000, I began having problems with the steering. The steering has dead spots and feels extremely loose, it is very stressful keeping the car strait on the highway as it is all over the road. The steering light comes on but the dealers always tell me "we can't find any codes". There was a loud what he thought was an "electrical" sound in the front end while steering as service manager at tameron hyundai put, with the steering light coming on one would think to check that but they put new struts on it, which has made the problem 1000x worse now the alignment is off which with the steering make it nearly impossible to drive. I put new tires on it less than a year ago that have less than 10,000 miles on them and have rotated them twice at 5,000 miles the alignment is so bad that one tire is now bald! Every time I go to a dealer they refuse to help. I'm putting this here in case I die in this car! Also the engine hesitates and shakes violently when starting. The shaking is when it ideals, but on the interstate when you press the gas it "pulses" and hesitate while accelerating (I hardly get a chance to test to see how bad the hesitation is because the steering is so lose) I am now finding out the 2015 sonata engine is effected by the massive defect they have had in 2011- 2014 models but are not making it publicly known. One would think with all the steering and engine problems hyundai has had in the past sonata's they would take this serious. All they do is blame customers, if you call their customer support line they will tell you they closed your case in less than a day without looking at the car. I hope the government gets this company under control for consumers sake and safety sake.
While driving car on highway heard knocking sound from engine area. Car lost power and then engine stopped working. Safety issue since car will not start again and got stranded on highway at odd hrs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai sonata. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The contact pulled over and restarted the vehicle and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The failure occurred intermittently. Earnhardt hyundai (10401 papago fwy, avondale, az 85323, (623) 388-5800) diagnosed that the intake valve and crankshaft needed to be repaired and engine needed to be cleaned. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 125,000.
While driving loud bang from vehicle. All instrument panels go blank and all power is lost. Extreme danger of being rear ended.
My vehicle is stalling out while driving it I took it to the hyundai dealership and they said they could not find anything wrong with my car. This has happened three (3) times two of which my 11year old child was a passenger in my car. It happens at random sometimes the car starts shaking then seems to loose power or die down then picks back up or the worst stalls completely! No one can tell me what's wrong or help me the hyundai dealership tells me that until something happens or the computer reads something they can't help me! I have witnesses who have also experienced it while driving my car aside from the three times I have experienced it myself.
Engine has approximately 60,000 miles and burns between half to one quart of oil every 1,000 miles. Hyundai dealer performed an "oil consumption test" where they recorded oil level after 1,000 miles three times. After the first 1k miles it was down about half a quart of oil, same on second 1k miles, and about 1 quart on third 1k miles. Hyundai advised this is normal oil consumption and would not investigate further unless average use was more than 1 quart after 1k miles. The suggested oil change interval from hyundai is 7,500 miles. At the rate of oil consumption the vehicle would be out of oil before the recommended service interval for oil changes.
While driving the vehicle I smelt and seen smoke and then a pop coming from the car and within seconds flames coming up from outside of the driver door. Pulled over and within 3 minutes the car was fully involved in flames. Was driving down a city street going approximately 35 MPH.
I bought my 2015 hyundai sonata brand new. Today (mar 22), I made a right turn to a ramp into my company site. Speed was about 10 to 15 MPH. All the sudden, I heard a laud engine revving sound. I have to let go my gas pedal, waited couple seconds and then slowly stepped on the gas pedal to move the car. It almost like the gear box was not engaging all the sudden and the car speed stalled. This would have been really dangerous when driving on a highway. The government should investigate the similar cases and make the manufacturer for a repair/recall.
My 2015 hyundai sonata was purchased brand new, and have had multiple power/acceleration issues; however, the most recent happened on march 19, 2019. While driving on a street (evening time) with the speed limit of 45, my car started to sputter/jerk back and forth, abruptly bringing my car to a speed limit of under 15 mphs. I tried to accelerate, but the gas paddle was unresponsive. This a major hazard and extremely dangerous. This is a known issue, and hyundai corporate office is aware (I called after the first incident), and is not doing anything to rectify the issue. The federal safety agency need to make the manufacturer accountable, by reason of the numerous complaints about the same issue. I was close to being rear-ended, and if nothing is rectified, it will cause an owner to be severely injured.
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