Fuel Injection Type: Stoichiometric gasoline direct injection (SGDI)
Make: HYUNDAI
Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Sonata
Model Year: 2011
Plant Company Name: Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Alabama
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Middle-low level
Series2: YFA
TPMS: Direct
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT ANY SPEED ON BUMPY ROAD CONDITIONS, THE EXHAUST PIPE SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS SECURE AND NOTHING SEEMED TO BE HITTING THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THREE OTHER VEHICLES WERE TEST DRIVEN AND THE SAME SOUND WAS PRESENT. AN EMPLOYEE WHO WORKED AT THE MANUFACTURER'S FACTORY INFORMED THE CONTACT THE FUEL TANK WAS HITTING THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 10/11/06. *JB
2011
ENGINE
I LEASED THIS HYUNDAI SONATA IN 2011 BRAND NEW AND AFTER 3000 MILES BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE CAR NOT STARTING BY USING THE START BUTTON. THE WORKAROUND WAS TO PLACE YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND HOLD DOWN THE PUSH BUTTON START FOR 1 MINUTE AND THE ENGINE WOULD START. THIS WAS INTERMITTENT. IT WOULD HAPPEN FREQUENTLY AND THEN SUDDENLY BE BETTER FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. FINALLY AT 18000 MILES WENT TO START THE CAR AND EVERYTHING WAS DEAD. IT DROVE OK THE DAY BEFORE (NOT LIKE A CAR WHO'S BATTERY WAS BAD). THE CAR IS BEING TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAPPENED TO PURCHASE IT. IN ADDITION TO THE START ISSUE AND THE COMPLETELY DYING PART (AND IT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE CHARGED BY ORDINARY MEANS) THE CAR ALSO HAS A LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING THAT STAYS ON REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE AIR IS IN THE TIRE. THAT REMAINED FOR 4 MONTHS AND NOW SEEMS TO BE STAYING OFF. THE CAR ALSO DRIFTS TO THE LEFT WHEN DRIVEN (IT HAS DONE THIS SINCE I PURCHASED IT). I HAD SEVERAL RECALLS FIXED EARLY ON AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT IT DID NOT CORRECT THE DRIFTING ISSUE. THERE IS ALSO A RATTLE IN THE DASH WHICH BEGAN AT 16,000 MILES. THE BACK DOOR HANDLE (BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT) HANDLE WAS STUCK IN AN OUTWARD POSITION AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. IT FINALLY OPENED ONE DAY AND NOW THE HANDLE IS BACK IN PLACE, BUT A SMALL BLACK PIECE HANGS DOWN FROM THE HANDLE. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET SEVERAL COMPLAINTS THAT ARE THE SAME OR SIMILAR AS ALL OF MY ISSUES. *TR