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Hyundai Sonata Steering Safety Report | Feb 20, 2013
Reported on Feb 20, 2013
| WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN STRANDED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. IT FIRST HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 2011, WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR, AND IT WAS FIXED. NOW THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, MAKING STARTER NOISES. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE CAME, PLAYED WITH THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER, AND GOT THE CAR TO START. IT HAS PUSHBUTTON START. YESTERDAY, 3/14/13, THE CAR WAS LOADED UP FOR A WEEKEND TRIP, AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN MADE THE SAME NOISE, HOWEVER, THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO LOCK, AND THERE WAS NO WAY TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION. THEY HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP BY FLATBED. I AM AFRAID THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT DURING DRIVING, AND SINCE THE POWERSTEERING DOESN'T WORK OR LOCK APPROPRIATELY, AND THE TRANSMISSION CANNOT BE CHANGED, IT'S A SEVERE SAFETY THREAT. WHAT DOES ONE DO TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION OR STEER THE VEHICLE WHEN THERE IS NO KEY, BUT A PUSHBUTTON START? MANY PROBLEMS NOTED OF THIS TYPE ON THE INTERNET: SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED: HTTPS://WWW.GOOGLE.COM/SEARCH?SOURCEID=NAVCLIENT&IE=UTF-8&RLZ=1T4SKPT_ENUS424US424&Q=2011+HYUNDAI+SONATA+PUSH+BUTTON+START+PROBLEMS. *TR | |
| Make: | Hyundai |
| Model: | Sonata |
| Manufactured by: | Hyundai Motor Company |
| Year: | 2011 |
| 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: | SPRING TX |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 5NPEC4AC4BH |
| Mileage: | 31729 miles. |
| Speed: | 0 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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