Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 12/12/2012 | 96000 | ||
| I was driving home just like everyday from work. all of a sudden when i got off the high way it felt like my car was an airplane trying to take off.. well it turns out i have a bad motor. there were no signs no nothing. i could have been in a worst place. i do not have any where near the mileage that i should for my motor to just go. | |||
| 01/02/2011 | 95000 | ||
| My vehicle has been shutting off or stalling after filling it up with gas. it began over a year ago with sporadic incidents and has progressed to occurring every time i put gas in my car. the first happened a few months after i bought my car. i was exiting a gas station after filling up. as i reached the main street and was pulling out onto the road, my car completely shut off and began rolling into the busy road. i turned it off, then on and it began running again. this happened 5 more times over the span of 1yr 4 mos, each time only after i put gas in my car. it has now progressed to not starting at all after i put gas in my car. recently, i filled up my car and when finished finished, it would not start. i tried multiple times, giving the car breaks in-between and it either turned on then sputtered and died or didn't turn on at all. it took 30mins for me to start my car but i was eventually able to leave the gas station. i did some research and i discovered that this was a common problem for hyundai sonatas of the same year (and even some other models/years). the next time, i didn't fill up all the way but put in 1/4 tank of gas. once again, my car did not start for around 25 minutes. that day, i paid $65 to have my car looked at by hyundai and was told that i needed approximately $845 worth of repairs/replacements of my canister, canister valve, purge valve, and my idle control vent valve (not including the $219 labor fee necessary if charcoal bits have gotten into my gas tank). i have ever heard of any of these problems, much less believe that it should be the responsibility of the consumer to repair a commonplace problem with hundai cars. this problem is dangerous regarding the car's sporadic shutoffs which have happened to me in multiple compromising situations. this puts the consumer's life in danger ie: rolling into the street and being stranded in my case. | |||