2000 Hyundai Sonata Brakes Problems

WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA ON GOOD ROAD AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE LEFT THROUGH-LANE OF A MULTILANE STREET, I MADE A QUICK STOP (NOT AND EMERGENCY STOP) WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED YELLOW. THE ROAD WAS IN GOOD CONDITION AND DRY, AND THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT ABOUT 80 DEGREES F. UPON MAKING THIS STOP THE CAR PULLED UNUSUALLY SHARPLY TO THE RIGHT - IF THERE HAD BEEN A CAR IN THE RIGHT LANE, I WOULD HAVE HIT IT. AFTER THIS STOP, THE FRONT TIRE(S) MADE UNUSUAL SQUEELING NOISES UPON TURNING, AND THE STEERING FELT UNUSUAL AND SHAKEY. I DROVE THE CAR DIRECTLY (ABOUT A MILE) TO THE PLACE WE WERE VISITING IN LAS VEGAS AND THE NEXT MORNING TOOK THE CAR DIRECTLY TO A HYUNDAI DEALER. UPON INSPECTION THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE FRONT SUSPENSION FRAME CROSSMEMBER (FRONT SUBFRAME) HAD A CORROSION HOLE THROUGH THE FRONT SUBBFRAME AND THE FRONT SUBFRAME HAD FAILED, CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT (PASSENGER) TIRE TO MOVE OUT OF POSITION AND SITTING AT AN ANGLE. THE DEALER'S ADVICE WAS THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY PROBLEM, AND IT COULD FURTHER FAIL AND RESULT IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THEY ADVISED THAT I DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL THIS THIS FRONT SUBFRAME WAS REPLACED. THIS IS A REPLACEABLE PIECE - WHICH WAS ORDERED, AND REPLACEMENT PLANNED. THE CAR WAS LEFT WITH THE HYUNDAI DEALER, AND NOT DRIVEN FURTHER. THIS SITUATION IS ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL TO NHTSA REFERENCE NUMBER 13V354000 FOR THE REAL SUSPENSION FOR SOME HYUNDAI VEHICLES THAT LED TO HYUNDAI RECALL CAMPAIGN 113 APPROVED IN SEPT 2013. HYUNDAI RECORDS SHOW THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED IN ILLINOIS (ONE OF THE APPROVED 113-RECALL STATES) AND IT WAS DRIVEN THERE FOR ABOUT 4 YEARS OR SO. I AM THE SECOND OWNER. HYUNDAI HAS ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CAMPAIGN NUMBER 12-01-029 DATED OCTOBER 2012 (SUPERSEDES BULLETIN 09-01-020-2) WHICH ADDRESSES THIS FRONT SUBFRAME PROBLEM, BUT, I AM TOLD, IT IS NOT AN APPROVED RECALL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10547992

Incident

Oct 10, 2013

Mileage

197,700 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND WHILE SHE ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTOMOTIVE CENTER FOR REPAIRS. THE FAILURE CONTINUED A SHORT WHILE LATER. THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES INCLUDING REPLACEMENT OF PADS AND ROTORS BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 113,000.

NHTSA ID

10329335

Incident

Jul 1, 2007

Mileage

100,000 mi

BOTH POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES FAILED AT THE SAME TIME IN MY TEENAGERS SONATA. FORTUNATELY MY SON WAS ONLY GOING AROUND 25 MPH AT THE TIME AND USED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. THE HYUNDAI DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. IS THERE A NHTSA RECORD OF THIS OCCURRING PREVIOUSLY IN THE SONATA? *JB

NHTSA ID

10136208

Incident

Sep 10, 2005

Mileage

58,200 mi

WHILE DRIVING WHEELS LOCKED AS IF THE CONSUMER WAS JAMMING THE BRAKES. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES,BUT VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN. THEN, VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10089879

Incident

Jun 16, 2004

Mileage

151,071 mi

BRAKE ROTORS ARE WARPPED AND CAUSING A LOW BRAKE PEDEL AND A DANGEROUS SHIMMY IN THE WHEEL WHEN EVER I TRY TO STOP. THEY RESURFACED BOTH FRONT ROTORS ON 4/11/01 WITH 12,400 MILES. AT 29,000 MILES THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.FIRST THEY STATED IT WAS CAUSED BY MY DRIVING, THEN I WAS TOLD IT WAS CAUSED BY GOING THRU PUDDLES. THEN I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY HEAT AND THEY DO NOT COVER HEAT RELATED PROBLEMS. THE ROTORS ARE COVERED FOR 5 YEARS, 60,000 MILES, BUT NOT FOR THE ABOVE REASONS.

NHTSA ID

10003347

Incident

Apr 11, 2001

Mileage

12,400 mi

BRAKES WILL SQUEAL VERY LOUDLY WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. HAD BRAKES CHECKED AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK

NHTSA ID

8011884

Incident

Mar 28, 2000

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES DURING EMERGENCY STOP, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, HOWEVER THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK. CONSUMER STATES UNABLE TO LOCK BRAKES, THE DEALER STATED THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE.*JB

NHTSA ID

8009772

Incident

Apr 25, 2002

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND VEHICLE IS NOT WARMED UP, THEY SQUEAL, PROBLEM OCCURS FOR 1/2 MILE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND PROBLEM CAN'T BE DUPLICATED. *AK *JG

NHTSA ID

8004322

Incident

Feb 19, 2002

VIOLENT VIBRATION OCCURS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND REPLACED ROTORS TWICE. REPLACEMENT OF ROTORS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

8003797

Incident

Feb 1, 2002

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ON MY VEHICLE HAVE WARPED, AND ARE GETTING WORSE WITH THE MORE MILES I DRIVE. I NOTED THE PROBLEM BEGAN WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 12,000 MILES. WHENEVER I BRAKE FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES QUITE BADLY. COINCIDENTALLY, 2 FRIENDS OWN THE 1999 SONATA. THEY, TOO, HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE HAS ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE ROTORS BECAUSE THE SHIMMY WAS SO BAD HE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE BRAKING TO PAY A TOLL. I TRULY BELIEVE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ROTORS ON THE 1999/2000 SONATA'S ARE DEFECTIVE IN DESIGN AND PURPOSE.*AK

NHTSA ID

755075

BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR, THE PEDAL PUMPED HARD FIVE TIMES AND THEN WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE BRAKES DO NOT SEEM TO HOLD IN A PANIC SITUATION, THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED ME WAS THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT THE OTHER TIME A CLOSE CALL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR AND WILL NOT ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE IT AND I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR, THE DEALER SHIP SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, BUT I ACTUALLY WAS STANDING THERE WWHEN ANOTHE MAN COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME THING , HE ONLY HAD 1500 MILES ON HIS CAR, A HYUNDAI, ALSO THE COUNTER MAN ASSISTANT SERVICE PERSON ALSO TOLD ME ABOUT ANOTHER MAN BROUGHT HIS CAR IN JUST PRIOR TO ME. GO FIGURE???*AK

NHTSA ID

736455

Incident

Sep 29, 2000

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY, AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. ALSO, AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE HEAD RESTRAINT WHICH FLEW INTO THE REAR SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

858487

Incident

Mar 7, 2000