My car steering got locked when I was driving and make the turn. The steering warning sign and the traction light pop up in the dash board. The car steering wheel use to get off sync.
2017 Hyundai Sonata steering complaints
Page 6 of 7: complaints 131 to 160 of 173, newest first, as owners wrote them.
The power steering and traction control will go out in this vehicle while driving at highways speeds. I have now had 5 instances where this has happened. This is a very well known issue with the 2017 sonata and this needs to be recalled!!
This is the fourth time I've experienced this while operating my vehicle. On september 12 , 2020 while operating my vehicle on a city street my steering light popped on along with my traction control light. My steering wheel immediate locked up and I had no control . I struggled to veer the vehicle into a gas station. Upon pulling into the gas station I turned my vehicle off and started it back up and the steering light and traction control light was off so I preceded to drive.
Steering- will lose control of steering as the steering wheel will lock up and become to hard to turn. This happeb while in the middle of a turn. Also while driving at 65mph. I had to kill my car and turn it back on. Speed control-will take off or slow down as it wants. Car changes between eco mode or sport mode and I have no knowledge of when it will do it or when it has. Car will jump when in park and foot on brakes.
Driving from work my car steering seized up. The power steering light and traction control lights came on. Then I shut car off and restarted it. Then power steering was back and indicator light were gone. It happen multiple of times
I was pulling out of a gas station on mohegan sun blvd in uncasville, ct and the steering wheel locked up and the symbol of a steering wheel and an exclamation point appeared plus the skid symbol on my dashboard. I was in a dangerous spot and the security people stopped to help. We tried restarting the car and the same thing happened. This time the steering wheel just spun around and around but I couldn't move the car. I called aaa and had the car towed to the key hyundai dealership in milford ct 66 miles away from the scene. I had to call my son in fairfield to come to get me as the covid-19 virus situation didn't allow for me to ride with the tow truck driver. I will be forever nervous about driving this car now. I see it has happened to others. I was turning into the highway from the gas station when the wheel suddenly locked up and had a mind of its own. I am lucky no one was driving by at the time. My car is presently at key hyundai waiting to be serviced. So far, I don't know what condition its in.
My steering locked up as I was driving. I was making a left hand turn and it would barely turn. As I straightened the steering wheel it was still extremely difficult to turn. I managed to get it pulled in to the gas station and turned off the motor to pump my gas. It did fine after I cranked it back up.
I asked the dealership to check steering they said couldn't find anything I drove to fl and while there I was making a turn steering went out. Took to dealership they said it's covered to replace at 60,000 miles but not at 76000 miles under warranty. I explained I asked them to check it at 40,000 miles and they said nothing wrong. They said sorry nothing we can do and handed me 2500 estimate. We eill be getting rid of the car and I will never own a hyundai again
2017 hyundai sonata electronic power steering failed while I was making a turn on 7/25. Once the vehicle is turned off and back on it works. I notice that there is a pop like a potential gear or internal part is broken when turning the steering wheel from left to right and vise versa. It has sense happened everyday following the first event. This seems to be a complaint made by several people and I see no recall as of yet. Hyundai has addressed older vehicles with the same problem and issued a recall but nothing as of yet for 2017 or newer. Had this happened while I was on the interstate or making a sharp turn on a mountain road, as I typically do, it could have forced me into the next car, wall, or even off of a mountain side.
Within my 2 months of owning owning this 2017 hyundai sonata, my steering wheel has locked up at least 7 times. A few of those times I was on the highway and had to pull off to the side with little to no control of the steering wheel. The power steering and traction control lights came on and I could not regain control until I turned the car off and on again. I was terrified every single time. This last time I nearly lost my life because the steering wheel once again locked up on the highway and vehicles around me had to jam on brakes causing a scary back up on the highway. I'm seeing far too many of the same exact complaints with this model for there to still not be a recall. Someone could be seriously hurt or worse and I'm sure hyundai is aware of this. I'm not sure what to do to fix my car so it's drivable again but this is unacceptable.
4 times over past 10 months (3 in past 2 weeks) the power steering went out when the car was left in the sun longer than an hour. The 1st 3 times the dashboard warning lights re-set themselves and the power steering started working again after turning off the car after being forced to drive home the car w/o power steering. The last time the lights stayed on and the power steering remained inoperable. For the second time in 10 months, I had to have the car towed to the dealer - this time they are replacing the steering column and the power steering unit. I thought that I had simply bought a "lemon" - I had to have the transmission replaced less than a week after I bought the car but after looking up my make and model on carcomplaints.com I realized that many other sonatas besides mine have lost power steering, many of them while driving (some at highway speeds). Besides brakes, steering is probably the biggest safety issue on any car. Hyundai has a really good warranty and I bought a more comprehensive warranty so my repairs should not cost me anything but the fact remains, this model sonata has a significant safety defect that needs to be addressed by hyundai before someone gets killed, if it has not happened already. I feel fortunate that my power steering never went out while I was driving the car like many others did.
After start car, power steering warning lights on. Did not realized until backing up from parking lot. Steering lost power and very hard to manage. After 1-2 min of try to park again manually, steering back to normal. It happens 2 times within 3 weeks.
In parking lot my steering seized up. The power steering light and traction control lights came on. Then I shut car off and restarted it. Then power steering was back and indicator light were gone some time I have to leave my car park long to fix it automatically.
Steering becomes free when driving.
While driving my vehicle, the steering wheel will lock up and tug the vehicle to the side, the wheel will shove aggressively back in the opposite direction. This is also happening when I first turn my vehicle on the wheel locks and warning lights for my steering will come on. The vehicle is very unsafe to drive due to not knowing when this will happen. It has happened around 5-6 times in the last week.
My steering wheel has locked while driving twice in 2 months.
While driving the 2017 hyundai sonata at speeds of 60 plus MPH the steering wheel locks up and the power steering light comes on along with the traction control lights. This incident has even caused damage to the right front corner of my hyundai due to losing steering causing me to veer in to the guard rails.
On 01/16/2020 as I was leaving work parking lot my steering seized up. The power steering light and traction control lights came on. It took about 1 minute to get steering wheel to move at all, managed to get back in parking lot (barely) and shut car off and restarted it. My power steering was back and indicator light were gone. I'm going to dealership tomorrow. ( will update) had this happened at a normal speed for diving, it would have been very dangerous! Now, I am afraid to drive my only car.
I had experienced problems with the brakes making noise and not reacting timely throughout 2019 before knowledge of a recall. On 5/15/19 I went to hyundai services for a routine oil change. Hyundai informed me that there was a recall, which I now know to be service campaign 953, and that they needed a software update to resolve the issue. On my drive home after the software update was supposedly corrected, my check engine light started flashing and my car would not accelerate, was jerking, and was stopping in the middle of the road. This occurred in a residential area on a city street. I immediately called and brought the car back in. Five days later on 5/20/19, I experienced the same issue. On or about 7/26/19, my power steering began malfunctioning and my steering wheel would lock if I turned my steering wheel at all. The only way to undo this was by restarting the car, and it would just happen again. The steering wheel locked on city streets. I took my car into hyundai services on 7/26/19, and it took them until 8/12/19 to finally resolve the issue by replacing the whole steering column and housing. During this time period, hyundai repeatedly returned the car to me and claimed the issue was resolved but the issue kept reoccurring. On 12/28/19, the check engine light began flashing again with the exact same problems experienced 5/15/19 and 5/20/19. The check engine light appeared as soon as I exited the interstate and was driving on a city street. My car was returned to me on 12/31/19.
I was driving on the freeway when suddenly my steering wheel locked up. I was unable to switch lanes or merge off the freeway. This has happened about 2 more times since the first incident and hyundai says they are unable to duplicate the problem. They also will not give me a loaner car until they can resolve the issue. Until then I guess I will continue to drive my unsafe vehicle and hope something does not happen.
On november 23, 2019 I started my car and proceeded to back out of my drive way. My power steering locked, the light came on along with my traction control light. I had to force my steering wheel to turn my car back into my driveway to get it off the roadway. I turned my car off, and back on and lights disappeared and I had control again. A few weeks later, driving down the road my steering got tight and fought my car to get it home. I got it towed to the dealership. They told me the whole power steering column had to be replaced. There was also a recall on a clicking noise I had been hearing for a few months in the steering column. They refused to think it was there problem. Today january 2, 2020 I was driving on a straight road, going 55 miles per hour. Traction control light came on and power steering. I lost control of steering my car. I had just enough time to get my car off the road to avoid getting hit. I turned the car off, and the lights seized. This car is very unsafe to drive and hyundai is doing nothing to fix the problem other than giving expensive bills to fix. The car is not even 3 years old, there should not be this many problems already. Also paint is randomly peeling on the roof and hood of my car.
At interstate speeds the steering wheel sticks at the center position. When it unsticks the vehicle wanders to the left or right so you tend to wander back and forth to go straight.
While driving the vehicle on a city street, I attempted to make a right turn and experienced great difficulty in turning the steering wheel. I then started a left turn and experienced the same. I immediately drove the vehicle home. I feel that it would be very dangerous to continue driving this vehicle. This should be investigated immediately!
Steering locks up while driving. Steering makes a clunky noise and vibration when turning to the left. Steering warning light and traction control light comes on and goes off intermittently. Took it to dealership and they couldn't duplicate the issue.
Power steering locks up or stops, when car is moving or when parking, I have to shut the car off to restore steering. This problem has nearly cause 3 accidents, the hyundia dealer had the car in shop 2 times and said they can't duplicate the problem so the can't fix. I know many other owners have had the same problem. This problem happened on the hwy's and in town driving.
Takata recall. Pulling onto highway turning left red steering wheel warning light and traction hazard light came on and immediately steering locked up and unable to make turn
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 hyundai sonata. While driving 45 MPH, the steering seized and the power steering assist warning indicator illuminated. The contact managed to steer the vehicle to the shoulder of the road. The vehicle was towed by aaa to penske hyundai (8850 grossmont blvd, la mesa, ca 91942, (619) 464-1440) to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.
Vehicle in motion and steering all but locks up - very difficult to control steering wheel. Once turned off it was ok only to happen again a few days later. I travel minimum 48 miles round trip per day (weekdays) to work
Problem: steering sticks at center position. It takes extra force to move it either right or left from center position when making small steering corrections. This occurred when highway driving at 65 MPH. After about 60 miles problem ended. I am concerned problem will reoccur and be worst.
Purchased our 2017 sonata. While driving for no apparent reason I lose power steering and can barely turn the wheel. I have to pull over with great struggle and turn the car off then restart it to be able to get power steering back. The light for power steering illuminates on the display panel and then disappears after I re-start it. Along with the traction control at times, but often just the power steering fails. Happens usually at speeds around 10-30 miles per hour.they have had multiple recalls in the past years for the same problem. Even other models and same year. Https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15348048/hyundai-recalls-173000-sonatas-for-power-steering-failure/
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 2017 Hyundai Sonata?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history