2007 Hyundai Sonata Fuel system Problems

ON OCTOBER 18, 2019 MY FUEL PUMP BROKE IT HAPPENED AT A PLAZA PARKED AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 10, 2019 WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR CRASH DUE TO A BALL JOINT FROM THE FRONT END PASSENGER SIDE. MY BALL JOINT BROKE AND EVERYTHING ELSE DETACHED IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY I WAS WITH MY KIDS AND THANK GOD I DIDN'T CRASH INTO A CAR BUT IT WAS A VERY SCARY TRAUMATIC MOMENT FOR ALL OF US. I KEEP REPLACING THE INNER AND OUTER TIE ROD, ALSO THE BALL JOINT AND NOW IT MAKES SENSE WHY, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CONTROL ARM. I'M REPORTING THIS NOW BECAUSE I LOOKED INTO THE SAFETY RECALLS TODAY AND FOUND SO MANY MY VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THESE LISTINGS AND I NEVER RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THE SAFETY RECALLS TO BRING MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE PICTURES TAKEN WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN, BUT DON'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW I CAN PROVIDE IT AFTERWARDS AND I HAD MY CAR TOWED.

NHTSA ID

11350165

Incident

Feb 10, 2019

Mileage

185,000 mi

I WANT TO CREATE A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE IF NOT OTHER MAKES AND MODELS FROM THIS MANUFACTURER. THIS VEHICLE IS A FIRE HAZARD DUE TO CHRONIC CORROSION ON THE FUEL LINES. IT IS ALSO A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO LOSS OF BRAKES AND STEERING DUE TO CHRONIC CORROSION OF THE BRAKE AND POWER STEERING LINES. OUR 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA NEEDED POWER STEERING FLUID AND BRAKE FLUID ON A REGULAR BASIS. MOST RECENTLY WE LOST BRAKES AND HAD THE CAR INSPECTED. THE INSPECTION DETERMINED THAT THE POWER STEERING LINES, BRAKE LINES AND FUEL LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED AND ALL LEAKING. THE BRAKE LINES HAD THE MOST SEVERE CORROSION BUT THE FUEL AND POWER STEERING HAD CORROSION DEEP ENOUGH TO CAUSE A LEAK. THESE LEAKS ARE NOT IN THE VICINITY OF FITTINGS OR CONNECTIONS. THE WORST LEAKS ARE IN THE VICINITY OF BRACKETS OR LINE RETAINERS. THIS CAR HAS BEEN SOLD AND OPERATED IN THE NORTHEAST SNOW BELT BUT THE CORROSION IS WORSE THAN MOST VEHICLES THAT ARE MUCH OLDER WITH HIGHER MILEAGE. CLEARLY THE LINES WERE MADE OF INFERIOR METAL CAUSING THE COMPONENTS TO FAIL PREMATURELY. APPARENTLY, INSTEAD OF USING A MORE COSTLY RUST RESISTANT METAL THE MANUFACTURER RELIED ON A PLASTIC COATING ON THE LINES TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE ELEMENTS. THIS COMPLETELY FAILED AS SOME OF THE LINES ARE COMPLETELY CORRODED ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH. THE PLASTIC COATING LIKELY ACCELERATED THE CORROSION AS IT RETAINED CORROSIVE MATERIALS IN CONTACT WITH THE METAL. I CONTACTED THE HYUNDAI DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS ON THESE COMPONENTS AND I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PART AND LABOR COSTS. I OPENED A CASE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT BUT INDICATED THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT LIKELY PURSUE A SAFETY RECALL.

NHTSA ID

11297877

Incident

Jan 4, 2020

Mileage

120,000 mi

TAKARA RECALL . AROUND JUNE OF 2019 MY HYUNDAI SONATA STARTED MESSING UP IT STARTED WITH THE FUEL PUMP THEN FUSES AND ALSO THE BATTERY LIGHT STAYS DIM ON THE DASH TODAY THE BREAK LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHT WOULDNT GO ON

NHTSA ID

11241914

Incident

Jun 1, 2019

Mileage

155,000 mi

ENTERING THE CAR THE INTERIOR SMELLED OF GASOLINE. I DROVE THE CAR A FEW MILES AND ONCE STOPPED, I COULD SMELL THE STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. LOOKING UNDERNEATH, I SAW GASOLINE DRIPPING TO THE GROUND FROM THE FRONT AREA OF THE GASOLINE TANK. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC AND REPAIRED. THE PART THAT FAILED WAS FROM THE GASOLINE LINE AND HAS A ROUNDED RIGHT ANGLE BEND IN IT. TOTAL OVERALL LENGTH, INCLUDING THE BEND IS APPROX 7 INCHES. THE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH ALLOWING GASOLINE TO ESCAPE THE LINE. THE FAILED PART COULD EASILY HAVE LEAD TO A FIRE OR CATASTROPHIC EVENT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10650974

Incident

Oct 29, 2014

Mileage

58,444 mi

ADDENDUM TO INITIAL COMPLAINT 11-15-13 NHTSA ID# 10552462 PERHAPS I DID NOT COMMUNICATE IN DETAIL,MY CONCERN WAS NOT REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP,IT WAS THE FIRE HAZARD THAT WAS ALARMING-IT WAS THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MODULE,TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP,IT BURNT INTO THE F/P AND COULD HAVE IGNITED,THE SERVICE MECHANIC WAS SHOCKED THAT I DID NOT HAVE A FIRE,I WAS TOLD THAT ANOTHER MANUFACTURER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND PUT RECALLS ON THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO THIS FIRE HAZARD..... MY INTENTION WAS TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO PREVENT OTHER VEHICLE OWNERS FROM THIS POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10552609

Incident

Nov 12, 2013

Mileage

44,863 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO ADVISED THAT THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,863. UPDATED 12/17/13*CN THE MODULE BURNED INTO THE FUEL INJECTION. THE MODULE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO OPERATE THE FUEL INJECTION PROCESS. UPDATED 12/18/13

NHTSA ID

10552462

Incident

Nov 12, 2013

Mileage

44,863 mi

THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND STOP RUNNING. UPON CHECKING FOR REPAIR THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE WIRES LEADING TO THE FUEL PUMP IN THE FUEL TANK WERE MELTED AND THAT THE FUEL PUMP WAS ENCOUNTERING ELECTRICAL SHORTING. EXTREME FIRE HAZARD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10465839

Incident

Jul 13, 2012

Mileage

76,000 mi

2007 HYUNDAI SONATA,6CY.GL:STARTED 6-7 MONTHS AGO AND IS STILL HAPPENING.3 PROBLEMS TO REPORT: 1)CAR MAINTAINS SPEED AT SAME RATE AS IN DRIVING, AFTER FOOT IS OFF GAS PEDAL.2) DISTANCE IS VERY LONG- SOMETIMES 1000 FEET OR MORE AND THEN DECELERATES NORMALLY .3) SEVERAL TIMES SPEED HAS INCREASED AFTER THIS UNACTIVATED SPEED HAS BEEN BRAKED AND THEN BRAKE PEDAL RELEASED. NO FLOOR MARS WERE IN CAR. RESPONSE BY HYUNDAI: A) COMPUTER WAS TWEAKED B) AIR FILTER REPLACED !!! C) REPLACED ACCELERATOR PART. NO CHANGE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FAULT ESPECIALLY IN RAIN AND ICE. THE CAR IN NO LONGER SAFE. NOW, AFTER TRYING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND FAILING, SERVICE MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM!! WHAT TO DO ??? THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN TO DEALER FOR EVERY CHECK RECOMMENDED BY HYUNDAI AND WELL MAINTAINED. THERE ARE INTERNET COMMENTS ABOUT SPEED PROBLEMS WITH THE 2007 HYUNDAI. *TR

NHTSA ID

10406048

Incident

Jan 1, 2011

Mileage

57,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT IT WOULD GET 24 MILES PER GALLON IN THE CITY AND 34 MILES PER GALLON ON THE HIGHWAY. SHE BEGAN RECORDING HOW MANY MILES TO THE GALLON THE VEHICLE WAS GETTING BEGINNING IN MAY OF 2007. ACCORDING TO HER RECORDS, THE VEHICLE GETS 17 MILES IN THE CITY AND 25 MILES IN THE HIGHWAY. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 18,248 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2.

NHTSA ID

10239972

Incident

May 15, 2007

Mileage

2 mi