2010 Hyundai Sonata Other Problems

Your 2010 Sonata's engine failed due to excessive oil consumption, a known issue with Hyundai engines made at the Alabama factory. Before the failure, your check engine light came on between oil changes and the engine hesitated and jerked while driving, then eventually stopped running completely. The engine will need to be replaced, and you're disputing whether this should be covered under warranty given the mileage.

Your Hyundai was hit on the right front passenger side by a motorcycle, causing severe damage to the right side of the vehicle. Despite the vehicle being equipped with side airbags and curtain airbags, none of these safety features deployed during the crash, even though the right passenger window shattered completely and a passenger in the back seat suffered a serious head injury. The lack of airbag deployment during this high-impact collision suggests a potential failure in the vehicle's safety system.

Your door handles have been falling off repeatedly over the past couple of months. While this hasn't caused a crash or fire, you're concerned about the safety implications since the handles shouldn't be detaching on their own. The fix will likely involve inspecting the handle attachment points and replacing the faulty door handle assemblies or their mounting hardware.

Your check engine light has been on for an extended period. A repair shop replaced your vent valve and the light temporarily went off, but it came back on. You also replaced your gas cap without resolving the issue, and you've spent significant money on these repairs.

ALL BUT ONE DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN. THE DRIVER SIDE JUST BROKE AND ITS A SAFETY HAZARD.

AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY MY CAR WHICH WAS ON CRUISE CONTROL. THE CAR WENT FROM 60-50-40-30 WITHIN 30 SECONDS WHILE IT STILL SAID CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AND THE GAS AND BRAKES DIDNT WORK. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ELECTRONICS STILL WORK BUT THE CAR NO LONGER WORK AND DID NOT TURN ON. IT SEIZED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO GAS LIGHT, ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING BEFORE THE CAR SEIZED.

THE DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING

THE DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF THE CAR DURING THE WINTER

TWO BROKEN DOOR HANDLE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY AND WAS GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR AND THE HANDLES FALL OFF FRONT AND BACK DOORS HOW TO YOU THINK I CAN GET INTO THE CAR TO GET MY CHILDREN OUT. I AM 58 YEARS OLD AND NEVER HAD A DOOR HANDLE FALL OFF

TAKATA RECALL . MY GIRLFRIEND AND I WERE DRIVING WHEN WE WERE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT WHEN MY ESC LIGHT CAME ON AT 15 MPH AND MY CAR 'STALLED' THEN SHUT OFF HOWEVER MY CAR WAS TURNED ON. I WAS IN STILL IN 'DRIVE'AND HAD FOUR CARS BEHIND ME. I PROCEEDED TO PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON TO LET THE OTHER DRIVERS PASS BY, PUT MY CAR IN PARK, THEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF. AFTER TEN MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR ON, PROCEEDED TO START TO DRIVE HOWEVER THE LIGHT REMAINED ON. I INSTANTLY NOTICED MY CAR WAS SLOWER THAN BEFORE I COULDN'T PROPERLY ACCELERATE AND THE PERFORMANCE OVERALL WAS JUST LOW. I AM NOW AFRAID TO GO ANYWHERE FAR WITH THE CAR DUE TO THIS EXPERIENCE LUCKILY WE WERE NOT IN AN ACCIDENT THIS TIME. IT'S HAPPENED THREE MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. THIS WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.

MY AIR CONDITIONER CEASED TO FUNCTION. A MONTH AND A HALF LATER THE CAR CEASED TO START. I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW. THE AIR CONDITION COMPRESSOR FROZE THE ENGINE SO THAT THE CAR WOULDN'T START.

PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE FELL OFF.3 MONTHS LATER OTHER PASSENGER HANDLE FELL OFF OPENING DOOR.

I HAVE HAD INTERIOR LOCKS BREAK. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 DOOR HANDLES IN A YEAR AN A HALF. THEY FALL RIGHT OFF WHEN PULLING AND BREAK. NOT EXCESSIVELY USING THEM. OTHER SONATAS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. HYUNDAI WILL NOT DO A THING. VERY UNSAFE AND $250 EACH TIME TO FIX. CHEAP AND FAULTY PARTS. SAFETY ISDUE FOR MY 5 YEAR OLD.

ENGINE FAILED WOULD NOT START IN LESS THAN 55200 MILES

THE THIRD DOOR HANDLE IN A YEAR HAS BROKEN. EARLIER THIS YEAR, MY DRIVERS REAR AND PASSENGER FRONT DOOR HANDLES BOTH BROKE IN A WEEKS TIME. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD WAS BECAUSE HYUNDAI DIDNY RECOGNIZE IT AS A SAFETY RECALL. I CONTACTED CORPORATE, WHO AGREED TO REPLACE THE TWO. LAST WEEK MY DRIVERS FRONT DOOR HANDLE BROKEN. LUCKILY I AM PHYSICALLY ABLE TO CRAWL ACROSS THE PASSENGER SEAT AS I WASN'T AT HOME AND NEEDED TO GET INTO MY CAR. I ONCE AGAIN CONTACTED CORPORATE WHO TOLD ME THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT AS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND NORMAL WEAR AND YEAR, AND THEY ALREADY GAVE ME TWO "GOOD WILL" FIXES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. A 7 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH 105K MILES SHOULD NOT HAVE 3 BROKEN DOOR HANDLES. RESEARCHING ONLINE, MANY OTHERS HAVE FACED THIS ISSUE. THE FACT THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED IT WAS AN ISSUE AS WELL LET'S ME KNOW I'M NOT ALONE. THE COST FOR A HANDLE AND TO GET IT PAINTED WILL BE OVER $200. HYUNDAI NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY, I WOULD BE TRAPPED IN MY SEAT SINCE A RESCUER COULD NOT OPEN MY DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR DIED. I RESTARTED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ESC LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR JERKED A BIT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT OFF BUT THE ESC LIGHT OFF STAYED ON. AFTER SHUTTING OFF I STARTED IT THE NEXT DAY AND THE LIGHTS WERE OFF THEN AFTER A WHILE CAME BACK ON. IT IS EXPENSIVE TO TAKE TO DEALER TO TRY SOMETHING TO SEE IF IT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM. BRAKES JERKY WHEN APPLIED.

DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. THE LEFT REAR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. CAR WAS IN DRIVEWAY, UNDER NORMAL USE. THIS IS MY 5TH OR 6TH ONE. OUT OF WARRANTY - HYUNDAI WILL NOT COVER. DENIES THERE IS AN ISSUE, DESPITE SO MANY CASES FILE. COSTS $175 + PAINT TO HAVE FIXED. THERE IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN, AND THESE DOOR HANDLES ON SONATA AND MANY OTHER MODELS AND YEARS SHOULD BE FIXED AND RECALLED.

3 OUT OF 4 OF MY DOOR HANDLES ALL BROKE WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME. THE CAR RUNS GREAT IF ONLY YOU COULD GET INTO IT!

MY CAR HAS ACCELERATED AT LEAST 10 TIMES IN THE LAST 3 YEARS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE THE CAR BOLTS FORWARD AND KEEP GOING. IT IS A INTERMIT PROBLEM AND LAST TIME I ALMOST GOT SERIOUSLY HURT. THE CAR WON'T STOP WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES. IT HAPPENS DRIVING AND PARKING.

BROKEN DOOR HANDLES. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE. FIRST WAS FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. 2 MONTHS LATER THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR. NOW 3 MONTHS LATER THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE JUST DROPPED OFF IN MY HAND YESTERDAY MORNING

ALL OF MY DOOR HANDLES ARE DEFECTED NOW THE OTHER 2 IN THE BACK DOOR CAME OFF BROKEN FROM THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR

MY 2010 HYUNDAI SONOTA'S DOOR HANDLES BROKE AND WERE REPLACED ON THE PASSENGERS FRONT AND REAR SIDE BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY TOLD US THEY WERE GIVEN A VOUCHER FROM HYUNDAI TO REPLACE THE HANDLES AND THIS WAS DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE A THIRD DOOR HANDLE BROKE ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE. THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS FOR THE THIRD HANDLE. WHILE TRYING TO RESOLVE THE THIRD HANDLE BREAKAGE, A FOURTH HANDLE BROKE ON THE PASSENGERS FRONT DOOR. NOTE THAT THIS PASSENGERS FRONT DOOR HANDLE WAS REPLACED 5 MONTHS AGO AT THE DEALER. I WOULD LIKE THESE HANDLES LOOKED INTO AS A SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE A RECALL TO FIX THESE HAZARDOUS DOOR HANDLES. I HAVE A SMALL CHILD IN A CAR SEAT AND NEED TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GET THEM OUT.

TWICE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. ONCE IT WAS GOING THROUGH AN AUTO BELL CAR WASH. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR COMPLETELY CAME OFF ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WHEN MY WIFE OPENED THE DOOR, AS WE WERE GETTING INTO THE CAR. THE ENTIRE HANDLE CAME OFF IN HER HAND. SHE OPENED THE DOOR THE SAME AS SHE NORMALLY DOES. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. AT THE TIME WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED. SIX MONTHS AGO WHILE GOING THROUGH AUTO BELL CAR WASH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR HANDLE CAME LOOSE AND WAS NO LONGER OPERATIONAL. NOW THIS EVENING I OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO TAKE GROCERY'S OUT OF THE CAR AND THE DOOR OPENED. HOWEVER WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR I NOTICED THAT THE HANDLE WAS PROTRUDING. I TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR. THERE IS TOO MUCH MOVEMENT IN THE DOOR HANDLE AND IT IS NOT OPENING THE DOOR. I NOW HAVE 3 DOORS THAT ARE NOT USABLE. I AM DISABLED AND IT IS GOING TO MAKE LIFE VERY DIFFICULT TO PUT GROCERIES AND OTHER ITEMS IN THE CAR. I DO NOT KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO AFFORD TO FIX 3 DOORS SINCE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE EVEN ONE DOOR. THESE DOORS ARE CHEAPLY MADE AND THIS SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY HYUNDAI. SHAME ON HYUNDAI FOR MAKING SUCH A POOR PRODUCT THAT IS ESSENTIAL ESPECIALLY IN TODAY'S WORLD WHEN NEEDING TO GET INTO THE CAR FAST FOR SAFETY REASONS IS IMPERATIVE. IF I WASN'T DISABLED I COULD CRAWL INSIDE TO OPEN THE OTHER DOORS, HOWEVER I AM NOT MOBILE ENOUGH TO REACH OR CLIMB TO THE BACK. LUCKILY I CAN ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF MY WINDOWS EVER FAIL. THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ARE NOT IN THE BEST LOCATIONS EITHER. THIS WILL BE THE LAST HYUNDAI I BUY AND IT'S A SHAME JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHEAP DOOR HANDLES.

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW. THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HAD IN THE LAST WEEK IS THAT THE REAR PASSENGER OUT SISE DOOR HANDLE JUST BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I FIGURED THIS WAS SOMTHING THAT JUST SOMETIMES HAPPENS. I GOT ON THD INTERNET TO BUY A REPLACEMENT AND THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SO I THOUGHT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM FOR ANYONE IN THE CAR IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. NO ONE CAN GET IN THE CAR TO HELP IF THESE DOOR HANDLES BREAK OFF WHEN SOMEONE IS TRYING TO RESCUE YOU. LAST NIGHT MY WIFE CAME HOME AND SAID THAT HER PASSENGER DOOR DID THE SAME THING. TWO DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF IN LESS THEN ONE WEEK. THIS CAR HAS ONLY 34000 MILES ON IT AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THESE HANDLES. MY WIFE HAS OUR GRAN CHILDREN RIDING IN THE BACK AT TIMES AND SINCE THESE CHILDREN OUR IN CAR SEATS ITS IMPERATIVE THAT IF SHE HAS AN ACCIDENT OR OTHER EMERGENCY PEOPLE CAN GET IN THE CAR.

WHEN MY CAR IS BEING SITTING FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME LIKE MORE THAN TWO HOURS AND WHEN I START DRIVING AND I HAVE TO BREAK OR REDUCE SPEED FEELS KIND OF ROUGH OR HARD TO BREAK BUT AFTER A WHILE DRIVING START BRAKING LIKE NORMAL I THINK IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT START DOING IT AFTER I TOOK THE CAR TO UNIVERSAL HYUNDAI IN ORLANDO THEY RECOMMENDED NEW BRAKE PAD IN REAR AND TIRES I REPLACE THEM BUT CAR STILL DOING IT ALSO THE DEALER SAID THATS NOT IN THE RECALL I DO HAVE THE DOCUMENTS WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO BE INSPECTED. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.

THE BACK PASSENGER EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE FELL OFF WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE BACK DOORS ARE RARELY USED. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN FOR PASSENGERS THAT MAY RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.

THIS IS ON BEHALF OF MY ELDERLY MOTHER WHO S NOW HAD 2 DIFFERENT OUTSIDE HANDLES FALL OFF UPON TRYING TO OPEN THE DOORS. EXACT DATES ARE UNKNOWN, BUT WE'D ESTIMATE THE 1ST HANDLE FELL OFF EARLY 2014 OR EVEN 2013--THE BACK DRIVER-SIDE DOOR. AS SO MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED HERE, IT SIMPLY FELL OFF IN HER HAND WITHOUT OPENING THE DOOR. SHE WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THERE WAS NO FIX AVL. FROM THE MFR STANDPOINT--AND DUE TO THE PROHIBITIVE COST OF NEARLY $200 TO FIX IT, LIVING ON A FIXED INCOME, SHE'S GONE WITHOUT THIS REPAIR. THE DRIVER'S DOOR OUTSIDE HANDLE LIKEWISE FELL OFF A SHORT TIME LATER, WHICH CAUSED MUCH MORE NUISANCE SINCE SHE WAS REQUIRED TO GET IN THE CAR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND CRAWL ACROSS THE FRONT SEAT TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. FINDING THAT DIFFICULT TO SAY THE LEAST, SHE PAID $182.63 TO GET THAT HANDLE REPLACED AT THE DEALER. ASIDE FROM BEING A MAJOR NUISANCE, THIS COULD PRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IN AN ACCIDENT OR SIMILAR SITUATION, IT COULD CAUSE A DELAY OF SEVERAL MINUTES FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TO REACH SOMEONE INSIDE. IN MANY DECADES, WEVE NEVER HAD ANY OTHER CAR DOOR HANDLES BREAK-BUT WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE HANDLES, IT SEEMS HYUNDAI MUST BE USING INFERIOR PRODUCTS FOR THESE PARTICULAR PARTS. COULD NHTSA CONSIDER FORCING HYUNDAI TO REPLACE THESE HANDLES AS PART OF A RECALLAND PERHAPS EVEN PROVIDE REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS ALREADY MADE? NHTSA JUST REPORTED AN "ENGINE RECALL" THIS MORNING FOR THIS SAME HYUNDAI MODEL, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER MODEL YEARS, WHICH WILL APPARENTLY RESULT IN ENGINES NEEDING TO BE REPLACEDPERHAPS THEY COULD DO A JOINT RECALL TO FIX BOTH ISSUES. ALTHOUGH AFFECTED VIN NUMBERS ARE NOT "OUT" YET FOR THAT RECALL, WHEN I SAW THERE WERE ALREADY 17 OTHER COMPLAINTS JUST SINCE JANUARY ABOUT THIS SAME DOOR HANDLE ISSUE, WE DECIDED TO ADD OUR VOICES. THANKS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THE CAR IS EQUIP WITH CHILD SAFETY LOCK, I STOP TO LET OUT A PASSENGER ON THE DRIVER SIDE,AND THE DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF IN MY HAND, WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $400.00 TO HAVE IT REPLACE, LOOK ON LINE AND THE DIRECT FIT HANDLE COST IS ONLY $34.00 THE CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THE HANDLE IS JUST A PEACE OF POORLY MADE PLASTIC, THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPEN NOW.

DRIVER SIDE - OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE JUST FELL OFF IN HAND. THIS IS THE 3RD HANDLE THAT HAS FALLEN OFF IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS - WHEN IT DOES THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOU ASK WHY IT IS A SAFETY HAZZARD - WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON AND YOU GO SOME WHERE IN THE CAR - THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET IN IS TO OPEN ANOTHER DOOR AND RELEASE THE BROKEN HANDLE DOOR BY THE INSIDE AND THEN WALK AROUND AND GET IN - THIS IS NOT SAFE IN PARKING LOTS AT THIS DAY AND TIME - BY THAT TIME SOME ONE ELSE CAN SLIDE INTO THE CAR WITH YOU - PLEASE LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS - MOST OF US HAVE HAD MORE THAT ONE BREAK - THIS IS WAY TO MANY AND THE CAR MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO DO A RECALL AND GET THIS STRAIGHT - A DOOR HANDLE THAT YOU USE TO GET IN AND OUT OF EVERYDAY (THE HINGE) BEING MADE OUT OF PLASTIC - TO ME IF FEEL LIKE THEY DESIGNED IT TO BREAK