Ownership Cost for 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Base
Estimated: $38422 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2599 | $1247 | $1091 | $988 | $884 | $6809 |
| Insurance | $1830 | $1894 | $1960 | $2029 | $2100 | $9813 |
| Fuel | $1322 | $1362 | $1409 | $1466 | $1532 | $7091 |
| Maintenance | $2267 | $1575 | $1011 | $1033 | $2063 | $7949 |
| Repairs | $792 | $968 | $1101 | $1223 | $1416 | $5500 |
| Taxes & Fees | $851 | $851 | $851 | $851 | $851 | $1260 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9661 | $7143 | $6696 | $6818 | $8104 | $38422 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2011 | POWER TRAIN | ON OCTOBER 11, 2013 I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THE TRACTION, BRAKE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. THE ENGINE STARTED TO ACCELERATE & DECELERATE AT RANDOM AND VEHICLE JERKED (INTERMITTENTLY) ALL MENTIONED LIGHTS THEN STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP SCAN TESTED & FOUND STEERING ANGLE SENSOR CODE IN HISTORY, THEN RECALIBRATED STEERING ANGLE SENSOR. VEHICLE WAS ALSO SERVICED FOR RECALL REGARDING LOWER CONTROL ARM (REPLACED). 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10/22/13. I STARTED CAR IN THE MORNING, AND ALL THE LIGHTS CAME ON. VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND THEN TOWED TO SAME DEALER. SERVICE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT "DUPLICATE" CODE. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE THAT CAR WAS FINE/OPERABLE. 3RD INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 10/23/13. I WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHT, & TRAC LIGHT CAME ON. CAR WAS AGAIN JERKING/SURGING AND ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING AT RANDOM. VEHICLE SCANNED BY TECHNICIAN AND MULTIPLE "CAN" CODES AND STEERING ANGLE SENSOR COMMUNICATION CODE FOUND IN HISTORY. TECHNICIAN CALLED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE MOTOR DRIVEN POWER STEERING UNIT, REPLACED STEERING COLUMN WITH POWER STEERING UNIT, ALL OK AFTER REPAIRS (PER DEALER). RENTAL CAR CHARGE INCURRED TOTALING $26.28. 4TH INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 1/2/14. I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHT, AND ABS BRAKE STARTED FLASHING. TRAC LIGHT THEN STAYED ON CONSTANTLY. CAR BEGAN JERKING (AGAIN) AND ACCELERATED/DECELERATING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. SERVICE WRITER TEST DROVE CAR WHILE I WAS IN VEHICLE, AND STATED THERE WAS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG W/VEHICLE AND THAT IT WASN'T SAFE TO DRIVE. RENTAL CAR OBTAINED. TECHNICIAN LOOKED AT CAR, CALLED SUPPORT, AND WAS TOLD TO CHARGE HYBRID BATTERY. SERVICE WRITER CALLED BACK AND STATED THAT CAR WAS READY TO BE PICKED UP. I REFUSED TO PICK CAR... *TR |
| 2012 | POWER TRAIN | PURCHASED NEW IN MAR. 2013, NOT OUR FIRST HYBRID. CAR BEGAN TO HAVE SHUDDER/JERKY/ROUGH TAKE OFF FROM MORNING START AND FIRST STOP SIGN AT END OF STREET. THIS BECAME MORE OFTEN AND WORSENED. ONE MORNING LEFT CURB AS USUAL, BRAKES LOCKED UP AT STOP SIGN AND WARNING LIGHT ON DASH FOR BRAKE PROBLEM. WAS ABLE TO BACK CAR BACK INTO CURB SPOT AND HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DATE GIVEN WAS ABOUT THE TOWING DATE. CAR WAS IN SHOP AROUND THREE WEEKS DUE TO NEEDING NEW BRAKE MODULE OR SOMETHING THAT WAS LEAKING INTERNALLY INSIDE BRAKE UNIT FROM FACTORY. CAR ALSO HAD ISSUE TO WERE THE BATTERY WOULD NOT CHARGE PROPERLY. WORKED CORRECTLY WHEN PURCHASED BUT THEN WOULD NOT CHARGE PAST 50% AND USUALLY LESS THAN. REPAIRS MADE AND LOTS OF UPDATES AND SENSOR ADJUSTMENTS AND WE WERE GIVEN CAR BACK. SADLY IT ONLY LASTED A FEW MONTHS AND HAD TO BE TOWED AGAIN. LATE AUG, EARLY SEPT, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK AT TAKE OFF AGAIN. I TRIED JUST SITTING AT CURB FOR AWHILE AFTER STARTING CAR TO LET SENSORS WARM UP. THIS SEEMED TO HELP FOR SHORT TIME. PROBLEM WORSENED AGAIN UNTIL WIFE COMPLAINED. I DROVE FULL TIME AND IT HAD GOTTEN WORSE TO BAD AND ALL THE TIME. BAD ACCELERATION, LIKE BRAKES NOT LETTING OFF. LAST STRAW! NOV 1ST 2013, CAR JERKED AND SHUDDERED AT TAKE OFF, BRAKES LOCKED UP SOLID AT STOP SIGN, LOCKED UP AGAIN AT SECOND STOP SIGN, ENTERING TRAFFIC TO GET BACK HOME ... CAR STOPPED DEAD IN MIDDLE OF LEFT HAND TURN IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY!! FULLY LOADED LOG TRUCK COMING AT ME PASSENGER SIDE. TOOK 2-3 HARD STOMPS ON ACCELERATOR PEDDLE TO GET CAR MOVING, GAS ENGINE FINALLY REVVED HIGH BUT CAR JUST CRAWLED FORWARD!!! THANKFULLY THE TRUCK HAD STARTED BRAKING AS SOON AS HE SAW CAR HESITATE IN STREET AND CAR CRAWLED FORWARD ENOUGH THAT I DID NOT GET HIT. BUT THAT GRILL FILLED THE ENTIRE PASSENGER WINDOW. CAR TOWED TO SHOP AGAIN ON MON 4TH AM. CALLED ON 5TH, HUGE SOFTWARE UPDATE, BUT NO GUARANTY !?!?? *TR |
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