Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 09/14/2011 | 120000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2003 hyundai sonata. the contact stated while driving 25 mph the steering wheel detached from the steering column. the vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the welding that was holding the steering wheel together broke. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 120,000. rvk | |||
| 09/14/2011 | 120000 | ||
| Tl - the contact owns a 2003 hyundai sonata. the contact stated that while driving 25 mph the vehicle steering wheel detached from the column. the vehicle was taken to a local shop who diagnosed that the weld that hold the steering together broke. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offered any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure and current mileage was 120,000. pm | |||
| 04/08/2011 | 125000 | ||
| Merged into left lane on highway going about 65mph. car spun to face opposing way. hit wall on passanger side, spun back around and went across highway to hit opposite wall. car had been totalled as i walked away with | |||
| 08/22/2009 | 78289 | 1 | |
| While driving i realized the steering was getting more and more difficult to turn upon pulling aside i noticed a fluid leaking near the right axel upon further investigation i realized the power steering fluid reservoir was empty. i refilled it and turned the steering and the fluid just gushed out. if i continued driving this could have been fatal if i did not have the strength to steer the vehicle correctly as the steering wheel got stiffer and stiffer, the entire power steering line failed in new york due to rusting. the replacement part was $120 and labor an additional $200. the mechanic said he repaired many failures like this in ny. even the dealership said they made alot of sales of this line because in ny the salt from the roads in winter cause rapid corrosion of the parts, i think this is very similar to the subframe issue and a recall should be put into effect to save even one life. *tr | |||
| 12/02/2003 | 52 | 1 | 11/11/2003 |
| We purchased a 2003 hyundai sonata (base model) and the vehicle pulled to the right. i took the vehicle to the dealer and a alignment was performed. we got the vehicle back and again noted that it still pulled to the right. returned to the dealer and this time they stated they could not confirm our complaint. we were told that vehicle normally pulled to the right upon acceleration and that the design of the roads caused it to pull to the right as well. *nlm | |||
| STEERING - COLUMN | |||
| 12/03/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving 65 mph steering wheel was loose, causing the driver to hit a concrete barrier. driver drove the vehicle to the dealer for analysis, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem. *ak | |||