2014 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 4 DR FWD

I WAS DRIVING 20 MPH STRAIGHT DOWN A FLAT RESIDENTAL STREET. A LOUD DASH ALARM SOUNDED IN MY 2014 HYUNDAI SONADA HYBRID. THE DASH DISPLAYED "HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING, SAFELY STOP AND DO NOT DRIVE" . BELOW THE WARNING A YELLOW CAUTION TRIANGLE DISPLAYED. I ATTEMPTED TO GIVE THE VEHICLE GAS, SO I COULD PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT THE ENGINE ACTED LIKE IT HAD NO POWER. A BLINKING GREEN "READY" LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED. THE ECO GUIDE DISPLAY WAS MOVING UP AND DOWN FROM THE TOP TO BOTTOM. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL AND BEGAN BRAKING. THE BRAKES FELT MUSHY AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOPPING. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND WAS THE ENGINE WAS REVVING UP AND DOWN BUT LIKE IT WAS OUT OF GEAR. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10-15 SECONDS, I LOST THE POWER STEERING AND THE IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. I AGAIN TRIED BRAKING BUT THE BRAKES JUST FELT MUSHY AND WERE NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I CONTINUED COASTING DOWN THE ROAD AND EVENTUALLY USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED I SHUT IT OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO STARTED THE VEHICLE AGAIN. THE GREEN "READY" LIGHT DISPLAYED ON THE DASH AS WELL AS THE WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WOULD TURN ON BUT NOT START AGAIN. I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE PUSH ME TO THE CURBSIDE. THE BRAKES WERE VERY MUSHY AND ALMOST NON-EXISTENT. I AGAIN USED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP IT. I NOTIFIED MY LOCAL HYUNDAI DEALER AND ADVISED I WOULD BE TOWING THE VEHICLE TO THEM. I HAD JUST CAME OFF THE FREEWAY AND HAD THIS HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES EARLIER, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE FREEWAY. I BELIEVE THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. IT WAS LITERALLY TERRIFYING TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE THE WAY THIS OCCURRED. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OF AN ISSUE AND NOT ENOUGH TIME TO REACT ONCE THE WARNING SYMBOL WAS DISPLAYED.

WHILE IN MOTION GOING 60MPH, VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND THEN AN ALARM SOUNDED ALONG WITH A WARNING DISPLAYED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SCREEN STATING "HYBRID SAFETY WARNING. PULL OVER AND DO NOT DRIVE." THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND CAME TO A STOP. HAD TO RESTART THE CAR. THE SAME WARNING HAPPENED AGAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY WHILE IN MOTION GOING 50MPH. HAD TO GET OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND RESTART THE CAR. HYUNDAI REPLACED THE ENTIRE ENGINE UNDER MANUFACTURER WARRANTY (TOOK ABOUT 5 MONTHS). UPON RECEIVING VEHICLE BACK, THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST 10 MINS OF DRIVING IT (ISSUE NOT FIXED). IT IS BACK AT THE HYUNDAI SERVICE CENTER AWAITING REPAIR.

WHILE VEHICLE IN MOTION, CAR JUST STOP OVERSUDAN WITH A SPOKEN MESSAGE: " HYBRID CELLS VEHICLE IS IN DANGER. CAR WILL STOP"AND AFTER THIS MESSGAE, CAR STALLS WITH NO CONTROL ON THE BREAKS AND STERINGWHEEL.

SEATBELT POPS OUT OF THE SEATBELT RECEIVER AND MOST OF THE TIME, SEATBELT DOES NOT ATTACH TO RECEIVER AT ALL. DOES NOT ATTACH PROPERLY. THIS IS HAPPENING FOR LONG TIME BUT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS SITE THAT WE CAN FILE A SAFETY ISSUES ON CARS.

2 TIMES THE ENGINE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION DUE TO HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE. A SIMPLE FUSE FOR THE HYBRID SYSTEM WENT OUT AND TURNED OFF ALL POWER. THE MAIN ISSUE IS THAT THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DESIGN FLAW. OTHER HYBRID VEHICLES HAVE A SAFETY FEATURE THAT WHEN THE HYBRID SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING THE GASOLINE ENGINE WILL STILL BE IN FULL OPERATION. EVERYTIME THE ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON IT KILLS THE WHOLE CAR. I GOT STUCK ON AN EXPRESSWAY AND WAS PUT IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE 2 MOTORS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER. HAVING THE GASOLINE ENGINE CONTINUE TO RUN AND BE ABLE TO POWER THE CAR IN A HYBRID SYSTEM FAILURE WILL SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS IS NOT A REQUIREMENT BY LAW TO HAVE THIS SAFETY FEATURE

WHILE DRIVING CAR SYSTEM WARNING CAME ON TO" SAFELY STOP AND DO NOT DRIVE". WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND STOP CAR. COULD NOT RESTART IT. HAD IT TOWED THEN CHANGED BATTERY WHICH WAS LOW. TRIED TO RESTART AND DID NOT TURN ON UNTIL 3RD TIME STARTING. LET ENGINE RUN FOR ABOUT 10 MIN AND WARNING CAME BACK ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, A WARNING CHIME SOUNDED AND "HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING" APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AS IF THE BRAKE PEDAL WERE DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE A FEW TIMES, THE FAILURE WENT AWAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED SPORADICALLY FOR A MONTH AND WAS BECOMING WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,388. *DT CONSUMER STATED ERROR BECAME PERMANENT. SERVICE MANAGER SUGGESTED THE CONSUMER ORDER A STARTER BATTERY. *JB

THIS EVENT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WHILE DRIVING AND HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING ONE SHORT TRIP UNTIL I PARKED THE CAR DUE TO THE DANGER OF DRIVING IT. WHILE DRIVING, YOU GET AN ALARM SOUND AND DASH INDICATION AND THE CAR JUST DIES. YOU THEN MUST PULL OVER QUICKLY AND STOP. WHILE STOPPING IN THIS CONDITION, THE BRAKES SOUND TERRIBLE LIKE THEY ARE GRINDING HORRIBLY BUT DO STOP THE CAR. IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTON TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND THEN PUSH IT TO RESTART, THEN THE FAULT CLEARS AND THE CAR DRIVES NORMALLY UNTIL IT OCCURS ALL OVER AGAIN. MY WIFE SAID IT HAD BEEN HAPPENING OCCASIONALLY BUT NEVER SEVERAL TIMES DURING ONE SHORT TRIP. SHE HAD ALREADY TAKEN IT TO THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY AND THAT IT WAS A HYDRAULIC SENSOR IN HE THE HYDRAULIC PACK THAT WOULD BE SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE. THEY THEN ASSURED HER THAT THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. THEY LATER STATED THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE CAR WAS SHUTTING OFF AND THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ONLY A DASH TROUBLE LIGHT. THIS ISSUE PUTS THE DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT HAPPENED TO US SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. WE PARKED THE CAR AFTER THIS ONE TRIP AND STARTED DRIVING A BACKUP CAR UNTIL WE COULD GET THE PROBLEM FIXED. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE ABOUT 36K MILES. IT STARTED MAKING A FUNNY NOISE AT THAT TIME BUT DIDN'T AFFECT THE CAR IN ANY WAY AND THE DEALER ASSURED US THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THE CAR EVEN THOUGH THE NEW CARS DIDN'T MAKE THIS NOISE. RAY SKILLMAN HYUNDAI SOUTH SIDE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS SINCE "FIXED" THIS ISSUE AS A GOODWILL FAVOR, BUT WE JUST GOT IT BACK AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT ENOUGH TO KNOW WHETHER IT IS TRULY CORRECTED. THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO THIS. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *PM

I BOUGHT MY USED CAR SEPTEMBER 1 IT'S A 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID, WITH A LITTLE OVER 61000 MILES ON IT, I HAD TO EVACUATE FROM A HURRICANE ABOUT WEEK AFTER THAT, WHEN I RETURNED I CHECKED THE OIL ON MY CAR THERE WAS NO OIL SHOWING ON THE STICK THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID ENGINE OIL DRAIN BOLT WASHER HAD CRACK IN IT, THEY PUT OIL IN AND SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I HAD TO GO OUT OF TOWN THIS PAST WEEK AND ON THE WAY BACK I CHECKED THE OIL IT WAS ABOUT A QUART AND A HALF LOW I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ASK THE SERVICE MANAGER WHAT TYPE OF OIL THEY USED WAS IT SYNTHETIC OR REGULAR OIL SHE WENT AND ASK THE MECHANIC SHE CAME BACK AND SAID DO NOT PUT OIL IN IT BECAUSE IT WOULD VOID THE WARRANTY I ASK HER HOW THAT WOULD VOID IT, SHE DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME AND I GOT KINDA MAD CAUSE THEY WOULD NOT TELL ME WHAT OIL TO PUT IN IT, THEN I DROVE TO THE NEXT REST AREA A CHECKED IT AGAIN THERE WAS NO OIL ON THE STICK I TRIED TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP THEY WOULD NEVER ANSWER THE PHONE I GUESS THEY HAD CALLER ID , SO I CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND TOOK IT TO THE CLOSET HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THEY PUT IT ON THE RACK THE UNDER BELLY WAS CLEAN THERE HAD BEEN NO LEAK, HE THEN TOOK OFF THE OIL CAP AND THERE WAS SO MUCH SLUDGE BUILD UP HE SAID THE ENGINE WAS TORCHED NO WAY IT COULD BE FIX, I ASK WAY THE OIL LIGHT NEVER CAME ON, HE SAID BECAUSE OF ALL THE SLUDGE IN THERE, HE SAID THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN SOLD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE FAILED TO START ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTS AND RADIO WERE ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE ROLLED WHEN PLACED IN GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HYUNDAI OF COLUMBIA (1370 NASHVILLE HWY, COLUMBIA, TN 38401). THE DEALER COULD NOT DIAGNOSE A FAILURE AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE BATTERY BE CHANGED. THE BATTERY WAS CHANGED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

EL CARRO TRYNA CUANDO VOY DE REVERSA Y CUANDO ESTOY AN STOP EL CARRO TIEMBLA Y LOS BRAKES YA SE LOS CAMBIE Y SIEMPRE ME HACE RUIDO..

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED A LITTLE MORE RAPIDLY OR HARDER THAN NORMAL THERE IS A SHORT GRUMBLE NOISE. THIS NOISE HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO CAR SPEED AS IT WILL MAKE THIS SAME NOISE IF THE CAR ISN'T MOVING OR AT ANY SPEED. THE BRAKES FEEL AND OPERATE NORMALLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NOISE THEY MAKE. I HAVE TOLD TWO DIFFERENT SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND BEEN TOLD THIS NOISE IS NORMAL ON ALL THE SONATA HYBRID CARS. IN THE TWO YEARS AND 19,000 MILES THE NOISE REMAINS THE SAME, NO LESS OR MORE. EVEN IF THE CAR ISN'T ON PUSHING ON THE BRAKE PEDDLE IT WILL MAKE THE NOISE THREE OR FOUR TIMES. THE CAR HAS DONE THIS SINCE NEW.

HYBRID SYSTEM WARNING HAS COME ON FOUR TIMES, CAR SHUTS OFF INSTANTLY, THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON A CITY STREET, THE SECOND TIME WAS A THE DEALERSHIP WHEN PICKING UP THE CAR AFTER REPAIR, THE THREE TIME WAS IN A PARKING LOT, AND THE FOURTH TIME WAS ON THE INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR IS NOT SAFE. ASKED FOR A REPLACEMENT WITH NO RESOLUTION.

MY 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID STARTS OFF VERY SLOWLY WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC AND THEN LAUNCHES FORWARD ONCE THE GAS MOTOR STARTS. MY CONCERN IS THAT I'M GOING TO GET REAR ENDED WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE SLOW START OR I'LL LOSE CONTROL AS IT LAUNCHES FORWARD. EITHER WAY, I DON'T FEEL SAFE. THE HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM SAID THAT IT'S "NORMAL" AND THAT "ALL HYBRIDS PERFORM THAT WAY". I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY REFUSE TO HELP AND CONTINUE TO IGNORE MY COMPLAINTS. THIS VEHICLE, I BELIEVE, IS UNSAFE FOR ME, MY FAMILY, AND FOR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. I WOULDN'T DRIVE IT, BUT I HAVE NO OTHER CAR AND I NEED TO GET TO WORK.

TRAVELING AT 60 MPH IN A 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID . A DEER APPROXIMATELY WEIGHING 150 POUNDS JUMPED ON TO THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH MY BEFORE MENTIONED VEHICLE. CAUSING DAMAGE ON THE FRONT BUMPER, HOOD, AND PASSENGER SIDE FENDER. THE CONCERN IS THAT DESPITE THIS IMPACT NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ESTIMATED BY AN INSURANCE APPROVED COLLISON REPAIR CENTER TO BE IN EXCESS OF $9000. ADDITIONALLY THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT DID NOT LOCK UPON IMPACT. ONLY MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED SUCH AS WHIPLASH AND A BUMPED HEAD. THESE INJURIES WERE NOT DOCUMENTED, YET I DO FEEL THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THEM FOR GENERAL PUBLIC AWARENESS AND A GENUINE CONCERN FOR MY FELLOW DRIVERS.

I PURCHASED SKY BLUE 2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID LIMITED ON AUGUST 31ST, 2014. I DROVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS, DURING THIS TIME I NOTICED AND FELT WHEN I BRAKED THE CAR DID NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS A DELAYED EFFECT. AT THIS TIME THE BREAK LIGHT ILLUMINATED. I CHECKED THE MANUAL WHICH INDICATED THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN IN THIS STATE AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A CHECKUP AND SERVICE TO DEALERSHIP ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2014 SO THAT THE ILLUMINATED BREAK LIGHT COULD BE CHECKED. THE TECHNICIAN SPENT FIVE DAYS ON THE CAR AND DISCOVERED LOW BRAKE FLUID LEVEL ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH 637 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE CAUSE REASON IS: LOOSE FITTING. " LOW BRAKE FLUID LEVEL ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH 637 MILES" I HAD A FURTHER SERVICE ON THE VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP ON DECEMBER 27TH 2014 FOR HAVING 3500 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I REQUESTED A DETAILED BRAKE CHECK DUE TO THE EARLIER ISSUE BUT THEY ASSURED ME IT HAD BEEN MADE CORRECTION. ON JANUARY 6TH 2015 I HAD JUST PICKED UP MY SON FROM PRESCHOOL AND WAS HEADED TO MCDONALDS TO BUY MY SON LUNCH. MY SPEED WAS 30 MPH IN A 55 MPH SPEED ZONE. I REMEMBERED VERY VIVIDLY APPLYING THE BRAKES; THE CAR JUST DID NOT STOP AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH SUFFICIENT TIME AND SEVERITY BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT REACT OR STOP. MY FEELING IS THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT INCIDENT WAS THE PRECURSOR TO AN ALLEGEDLY DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM WHICH COULD BE AN INHERENT DEFECT ALLEGEDLY. *TR

2014 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN A GARAGE. EARLY IN THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 24, 2014 IT CAUGHT FIRE RESULTING IN TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE AND THE HOME. THE OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE THE HOME WITHOUT INJURY. *TR

AFTER JUST TWO MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP, THIS SONATA HYBRID WOULDN'T START (FOR THE SECOND TIME). HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER 15 DAYS (TOTAL SO FAR FOR BOTH INCIDENTS) THE DEALERSHIP STILL HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT OR HOW TO FIX IT. IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING RELATED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR