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Hyundai Sonata Steering Safety Report | Nov 08, 2011
Reported on Nov 08, 2011
| AFTER THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON TRACKING ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL NEITHER THIS ATTEMPT AT FIXING THE PROBLEM NOR THE OTHER PREVIOUS TWO ATTEMPTS HAS FIXED THE TRACKING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. IN THE LEFT LANE AT HIGHWAY SPEED IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS RELEASED THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY TURNS ABRUPTLY LEFT AND MUST BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT IT LEAVING THE LANE AND THEN THE HIGHWAY. THE DEALER STATES THAT THE CAR IS WITHIN SPECS BUT THAT IS ONLY WHEN THEY TAKE IT TO A CERTAIN SECTION OF A LOCAL HIGHWAY WHERE THERE IS NO CROWN. WHEN THIS CAR IS IN THE LEFT LANE WHERE THERE IS ANY TYPE OF CROWN IT WILL ABRUPTLY MOVE LEFT THE INSTANT THE STEERING WHEEL IS RELEASED IN 98 PERCENT OF THE TIMES I'VE TRIED IT. THIS CAR COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU AREN'T ALERT AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE RATE OF DRIFT. THE NHTSA SHOULD FORCE A RECALL THAT FIXES THIS PROBLEM, HYUNDAI SEEMS TO BE WHITEWASHING THIS WITH CLAIMS THAT UNDER PERFECT CONDITIONS THE CAR IS IN SPEC. THE DEALER MUST DRIVE THE CAR TO A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND THIS PERFECT STRIP OF HIGHWAY TO TEST THE CARS IN ORDER TO CLAIM THEY ARE IN SPEC. AMAZING! *TR | |
| Make: | Hyundai |
| Model: | Sonata |
| Manufactured by: | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Was a crash reported? | N |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | GREENWICH CT |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 5NPEC4AB2BH |
| Mileage: | 100 miles. |
| Speed: | |
| 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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