Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2010 Hyundai Sonata submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I have several recalls on my vehicle and the dealership only scrub and they did not replace the crossmember and other parts. I need help to see if this is OK
Front subframe corrosion, cross member is rusted through at the weld line for the front sub frame. Discovered during annual safety inspection
SUSPENSION AND TRANSMISSION FAULTY.
WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD, WHILE DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN TO 20 MHP THE CARD JERKS, HARD DOWNSHIFT FROM 3RD TO 2ND, AND RPM INCREASE BY SEVERAL HUNDRED RPS. ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WARMS UP, ISSUE MOSTLY GOES AWAY. ISSUE STARTED THIS YEAR. SECOND ISSUE IS THE WHITE PAINT EASILY COMES OFF ALL OVER THE CAR, EVEN JUST FROM HOSING THE CAR WITH WATER. ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ITS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE CAR PAYMENT. DEALERSHIP SAID THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THE ISSUE BEFORE, HOWEVER I SEE ALOT OF OWNERS WITH WHITE COLOR HAVE THIS ISSUE. SUSPENSION SEEMS TO BE VERY HARD WHILE GOING OVER ANY BUMPS. FEELS LIKE THERE ARE NO SUSPENSIONS MECHANISMS AT ALL.
I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH MY ALIGNMENT AND MY TIRES HAVE BEEN WEARING INCREDIBLY UNEVENLY. WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY CAR WILL SHAKE VIOLENTLY. I WAS ADVISED TO REALIGN AGAIN SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND MY TIRES CONTINUE TO BE DESTROYED AND MY CAR CONTRIBUTES TO SHAKE. TODAY WHEN MY POWER STEERING WAS BEING REPLACED FOR AN OPEN RECALL I WAS ADVISED UPON PICK UP THAT MY STEERING COUPLER HAS GONE BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AS THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE (NEVER MIND THAT I WAS INFORMED OF THIS ISSUE AFTER MY STEERING COLUMN WAS REASSEMBLED SO I HAVE TO PAY LABOR FOR THEM TO PULL THE ENTIRE UNIT AGAIN!). I'VE READ MANY COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO THIS ONLINE REGARDING BAD COUPLERS AND SHAKING CARS RUINING TIRES. I WAS ADVISED THAT IF IT BREAKS FURTHER MY CAR WILL LIKELY SWERVE INTO ANOTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC AND BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER.
WHEN DRIVING OVER UNEVEN ROAD, POTHOLES, BUMPY ROADS, ETC., BOTH FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM, EMITS A RUMBLING, KNOCKING, LIKE A LOSE PART SOUND. ON THE HIGHWAY IT SOMETIMES CAR BECOMES UN-STABLE, AND LOSES CONTROL. CAR IS ONLY 21,000 MILES, SUSPENSION SEEMS LIKE AN OLD 100,000 MILES CAR. HYUNDAI SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS DEFECT, SINCE IT IS LIFE THREATENING ISSUE.
WHILE TRAVELING 55+MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN A CURVE THAT IS CURVING RIGHT. THE CAR STARTS TO ROCK/SWAY SIDE TO SIDE. SIMILAR TO A GUST OF WIND BLOWING AGAINST THE CAR FROM THE SIDE. PROBLEM ONLY OCCURS WHEN OVER 55MPH AND DRIVING THROUGH A CURVE ON A HIGHWAY. CAR SEEMS NORMAL WHEN GOING STRAIGHT OR ON INSIDE ROADS AT LOWER SPEEDS. ALIGNMENT WAS GOOD, AND INSPECTION BY SEARS FOUND NO ISSUES. NOTHING LOOSE ETC. NO RECALL FROM HYUNDAI. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN ESPECIALLY WHEN DRIVING ON ICY ROADS. THIS PROBLEM MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT/CRASH. *TR
SONATA PULLING TO THE LEFT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. PERFORMED WHEEL ALIGNMENTS 7 MONTHS AGO, CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS. ONLINE RESEARCH INDICATES THIS MODEL HAS A FACTORY ALIGNMENT ISSUE. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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