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Hyundai Sonata Power Train Safety Report | Sept 22, 2013
Reported on Sept 22, 2013
| ON 09/22/13, I LEFT FOR A 75 MILE TRIP. WHEN I FIRST STARTED MY CAR THAT MORNING, I NOTICED IT WAS MOVING SLUGGISHLY, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO OUR OVERNIGHT CHILLY TEMPERATURES. I DROVE THE SHORT DISTANCE TO THE INTERSTATE. AS I ATTEMPTED TO MERGE ONTO THE INTERSTATE, I HAD THE MOST FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE. I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PREPARE TO MERGE AND DISCOVERED THAT I HAD PRACTICALLY NO ACCELERATION! MY CAR GOT TO BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 RPMS BEFORE IT SHIFTED OUT OF FIRST GEAR! AT THAT POINT, I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHILE TRYING TO MERGE ONTO AN INTERSTATE, IN FRONT OF A SEMI THAT WOULD NOT GET OVER FOR ME TO MERGE. I LITERALLY HAD MY ACCELERATOR PEDAL PUSHED TO THE FLOOR, AS THE CAR AGAIN HIT BETWEEN 5000 AND 6000 RPMS TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR! I WAS ABLE TO EVENTUALLY GET MY CAR TO 65 AND TURN ON THE CRUISE CONTROL . I DOUBLE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE I WAS IN DRIVE (RATHER THAN NEUTRAL OR MANUAL--NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS ON). ON OCCASION DURING THAT DRIVE, I TURNED OFF THE CRUISE AND HIT THE ACCELERATOR TO SEE IF WHAT I HAD EXPERIENCED WAS A FLUKE¿IT WAS NOT. MY ACCELERATOR WAS LITERALLY MASHED TO THE FLOOR AS MY CAR¿S SPEED SLOWLY LURCHED HIGHER, WHILE MY RPMS RAISED ABOVE 5000 BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NEXT GEAR. ONCE I RETURNED HOME, I TURNED OFF MY CAR FOR A FEW MINUTES, BEFORE RESTARTING THE VEHICLE TO TEST IT. THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WAS GONE (ALTHOUGH I QUESTION WHETHER MY TURBO IS STILL WORKING EFFECTIVELY, AS IT SEEMS LESS RESPONSIVE). TODAY, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS THE RECENT SONATA RECALL, AND I ALSO REQUESTED THEY EXAMINE MY TRANSMISSION, DESCRIBING THE ABOVE INCIDENT TO THEM. I NOTED THAT OTHER DRIVERS MENTIONED THAT A WASTE GATE ISSUE APPEARED TO BE CAUSING THE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. THEY COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS AND SUGGESTED I SHIFTED INTO MANUAL ACCIDENTALLY. *TR | |
| Make: | Hyundai |
| Model: | Sonata |
| Manufactured by: | Hyundai Motor Company |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | 0 person(s) were injured. |
| Was a death reported? | 0 person(s) died. |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | CHAMPAIGN IL |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 5NPEC4AB2CH |
| Mileage: | 22000 miles. |
| Speed: | 40 MPH |
| Number of cylinders: | 4 |
| Vehicle type: | |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
| Tire size: | |
| Dealer name and location: | |
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