Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid 2018

• Recall 213875 [USA]: A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
  Hyundai motor america (hyundai) is recalling certain 2017-2018 sonata, 2016-2018 sonata hybrid, 2018-2020 accent, and 2016-2017 azera vehicles. The trunk latch may become damaged, preventing the opening of the trunk from the inside. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard number 401, "internal trunk release."
  dealers will replace the trunk latch base, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed december 4, 2021. Owners may contact hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 208.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Nhtsa.Gov.

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• Recall 129786 [USA]: If the vpd activates while the vehicle is being operated in electric vehicle (ev) mode, there may be a loss of power, increasing the risk of a crash.
  Hyundai motor america (hyundai) is recalling certain 2016-2018 hyundai sonata plug-in hybrid vehicles. These vehicles are equipped with a voltage protection device (vpd), designed to protect the high voltage battery module, that may activate inadvertently.
  hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will remove the vpd switch and install a new battery management system (bms) that contains an overvoltage protection device (opd). The recall is expected to begin may 2018. Owners may contact hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 175.
  owners may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.Safercar.Gov.

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• Recall 2021575 [Canada]: Engine
  Issue: hyundai auto canada is conducting a product improvement campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure would cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart. Note: this only affects certain vehicles equipped with a 2.0 l nu gdi engine. For the sonata model, only the sonata hybrid and plug-in hybrid (phev) models are affected by this campaign. All vehicles previously included in tc # 2021-034 are now part of this new campaign. Safety risk: a sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of an accident. An engine failure could also create the risk of a fire. Corrective actions: hyundai will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the engine control module. Note: hyundai recommends that you should always follow the correct vehicle maintenance schedule, which is printed in the owner's manual. If you experience unusual engine noise, reduced power, or a check engine/oil warning light, hyundai advises you to immediately visit a hyundai dealership to have your vehicle diagnosed.

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• Recall 2021495 [Canada]: Structure
  Issue: on certain vehicles, a part in the trunk release latch could fail. If this happens, the emergency trunk release located inside the trunk compartment may not work properly. This could prevent a person that is trapped inside the trunk from opening it. Note: for the 2016 model year sonata, only the sonata hybrid is affected by this recall. Safety risk: if a person is closed inside the trunk compartment, they may not be able to get out. This could create a risk of injury. Corrective actions: hyundai will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to replace the trunk latch assembly.

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• Recall 2019640 [Canada]: Engine
  Issue: hyundai auto canada is conducting a product improvement campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure would cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart. Note: this affects sonata and santa fe sport equipped with a 2.4 l gdi or 2.0 l turbo gdi engine, as well as tucson equipped with a 2.4 l gdi engine. Safety risk: a sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of an accident. Corrective actions: the company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the engine control module. Note: vehicles previously repaired under product improvement campaign r0153 (tc # 2019-130) do not require this software update. Owners can find additional information at www.Hyundaiengineinfo.Ca.

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• Recall 2019130 [Canada]: Engine
  Issue: hyundai auto canada is conducting a product improvement campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure would cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart. Note: this affects sonata and santa fe sport equipped with a 2.4 l gdi or 2.0 l turbo gdi engine, as well as tucson equipped with a 2.4 l gdi engine. Safety risk: a sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of an accident. Corrective actions: the company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the engine control module. Note: vehicles repaired under service campaigns, C0336, C0344, or C0347, already have this software update. Owners can find additional information at www.Hyundaiengineinfo.Ca.

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• Recall 2019012 [Canada]: Engine
  Issue: when repairs were completed under recall campaign 2015-428 (hyundai #r0101) or 2017197 (hyundai #r0130), the high pressure fuel pipe may not have been properly installed on the fuel pump outlet. A fuel leak could occur if the pipe was damaged, misaligned or improperly torqued during the recall repair. Safety risk: leaking fuel in the presence of an ignition source could increase the risk of a fire causing injury and/or property damage. Corrective actions: the company will notify owners by mail. Owners will be instructed to take their vehicle to a dealer for an inspection. If fuel leakage is detected, the fuel pipe will be replaced with a new one.

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• Recall 2018135 [Canada]: Powertrain
  On certain plug-in hybrid vehicles, the battery voltage protection device (vpd) switch could inadvertently activate. If the vpd switch is activated, electricity to the vehicle's electric motor may be disconnected. If this occurs while the vehicle is driven under electric vehicle (ev) mode, the vehicle may experience a loss of motive power, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or property damage. Correction: dealers will remove the current vpd switch and install a newly designed battery management system module containing an overvoltage protection device. The corresponding wiring harness will also be installed. Note: this condition would result in the of the “check hybrid system" warning light illuminating.

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• Recall 2022244 [Canada]: Engine
  Issue: hyundai auto canada is conducting a product improvement campaign that provides an update to the engine control module to detect potential problems before an engine fails. An engine failure would cause a sudden loss of power with an inability to restart. Note: this only affects certain vehicles equipped with a 2.0 l nu gdi engine. For the sonata model, only the sonata hybrid and plug-in hybrid (phev) models are affected by this campaign. This is an expansion of r0180 (transport canada #2021-575). Any vehicle that received a software update under campaign r0180 does not require this update. Safety risk: a sudden loss of engine power could increase the risk of an accident. An engine failure could also create the risk of a fire. Corrective actions: hyundai will notify owners by mail and advise you to take your vehicle to a dealer to update the software for the engine control module. Note: hyundai recommends that you should always follow the correct vehicle maintenance schedule, which is printed in the owner's manual. If you experience unusual engine noise, reduced power, or a check engine/oil warning light, hyundai advises you to immediately visit a hyundai dealership to have your vehicle diagnosed.

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Bulletins are notices put out by manufacturers in conjunction with the NHTSA to notify the public of manufacturing issues or changes.

• Pedestrian alert sounds investigation # DP22005

  Nhtsa received a petition on or about july 18, 2022, requesting that federal motor vehicle safety standard (fmvss) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the united states. The petition can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under odi number 11486072.Fmvss 141 establishes performance requirements for pedestrian alert sounds for motor vehicles. The standard applies to hybrid and electric vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kg or less or are defined as low-speed vehicles. The standard became fully applicable to all such vehicles manufactured on or after march 1, 2021.The petitioner asserts that hybrid and electric vehicles to which the standard does not apply should be found to contain a safety defect. In support of the petition, the petitioner includes findings contained in a bill introduced in the house of representatives in 2009, the pedestrian safety enhancement act of 2009, h.R. 734, 111th cong. (2009). A related bill, the pedestrian safety enhancement act of 2010, became law in january 2011 (pub. L. 111-373). The petitioner requests that nhtsa require all electric and hybrid vehicles comply with fmvss 141, regardless of production date.The defect petition has been opened to evaluate the issue and determine whether to grant or deny the petition.The associated product list is not exhaustive and may contain vehicles that are equipped with pedestrian alert sounds.
  

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• Loss of motive power investigation # DP22003

  The office of defects investigation (odi) has received a petition on july 13, 2022, requesting a defect investigation into an alleged defect of the "oil drain pan assemblies" on the following 83 models/model year vehicles stated by the petitioner: 2006-2019 hyundai sonata, 2013-2018 hyundai santa fe sport, 2010-2012 and 2019-2020 hyundai santa fe, 2010-2015 and 2018-2019 hyundai tucson, 2011-2021 kia sportage 2005-2020 kia optima, 2011-2020 kia sorento, 2010-2013 kia forte, 2010-2013,kia forte coup, and 2007-2010 kia rondo vehicles equipped with the 1.6l t-gdi gamma, 2.4l theta ii gdi, 2.4l in-line gdi theta ii, kappa, and 3.8l v-shaped gdi lambda-ii engines. The petition also cites additional hyundai/kia vehicles that use similar drain pan assemblies as the above-mentioned vehicles as having drain pan assembly failures. The petitioner provided subject and peer vehicles information related to alleged engine failures. The petition itself can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under odi number 11481745.According to the petition, the hyundai/kia vehicle owners have made allegations of oil leakage failures occurring at highway speeds, without malfunction, indicator lights, or the leakage associated with under-tightening an oil drain plug, or a plug or pan with damaged thread. The alleged defects are causing engines to seize and loss of motive power. A defect petition has been opened to evaluate the issue and determine whether to grant or deny the petition. The petitioner identified a number of complaints received by nhtsa alleging complete engine failure from a variety of models stated above along with other models. The odi complaints cited in the petition can be reviewed at nhtsa.Gov under the following odi numbers: 11481745, 11433038, 11366918, 11431200, 11320689, 11245086, 11196311, 11114946, 11114946, 11097819.
  

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• Air bag acu electrical overstress investigation # EA19001

  The office of defects investigation (odi) is expanding the investigation to include the equipment supplier and vehicle manufacturers (oems) using this unit.The investigation focuses on acus manufactured by trw, now zf-trw (zf) , the tier-one supplier to hyundai and kia and the other affected oems.The acu senses a vehicle crash to determine whether air bag deployment is required, and if so, deploys the appropriate air bags and other supplemental restraints.Zf supplied subject acus to six oems: fca, honda, hyundai, kia, mitsubishi and toyota.Internal to the acu is an electronic component (an application specific integrated circuit, or asic) that monitors signals from crash sensors.A failure of the asic may prevent deployment of the required air bags and devices, or may otherwise affect the proper operation of the acu.The acu is located in the passenger compartment, and electrical wiring connects the asic to sensors located at the front of the vehicle.Odi’s current understanding is that a crash event may, in and of itself, produce harmful signals on the sensor wiring capable of damaging the asic, although the probability of this occurring appears to be low.While the acu incorporates electrical circuitry intended to protect the asic from harmful signals, the level and effectiveness of the protective circuitry varies by oem customer.During pe18-003, hyundai and kia filed recalls (18v-137 and 18v-363 respectively) to address a defect that could result in acu disablement and non-deployments.According to the filings, the disablement occurs in certain types of frontal crash events.Both filings discussed a condition known as electrical overstress (eos) that affected the subject asic and was likely caused by electrical signals that entered the acu via sensor wiring.The recalled vehicles used acus that had the lowest levels of asic protection while non-recalled hyundai and kia products using subject acus had higher levels of protection.Odi has not identified any eos failures in the non-recalled kia and hyundai populations.In september 2016, fca filed recall 16v-668 for certain model year (my) 2010 to 2014 chrysler, dodge and jeep products also manufactured with the subject acu.In that filing, fca also discussed an eos condition that resulted in a failure of the subject asic, which caused air bag non-deployment. Fca noted that the defect condition had only been observed in vehicles equipped with sensor harnessing routed across the front of the vehicle.Other fca vehicles that also used the subject acu, but not the cross-car harnessing, had not experienced eos failures, despite similar time in service. The recalled fca vehicles used a mid-level form of asic protection.Other fca vehicles that did not use cross car wiring, or used higher levels of asic protection, have not been recalled.Odi has not identified any eos failures in the non-recalled fca population.Recently, odi has identified two substantial frontal crash events (one fatal) involving toyota products where eos is suspected as the likely cause of the non-deployments.The crashes involved a my 2018 and a my 2019 corolla equipped with the subject acu that incorporated higher levels of asic protection.Additionally, both acus were found to be non-communicative (meaning the acu could not be read with an event data recorder) after the crash, a condition found in other cases where eos occurred with other oems.No other eos events have been identified for other toyota products (including corolla models that used the subject acu since my 2011), or for the honda and mitsubishi vehicles that use the subject acu.Odi plans to evaluate the susceptibility of the subject acu designs to electrical signals, as well as other vehicle factors that can either lead to, or reduce the likelihood of, an eos event.Additionally, odi will evaluate whether an unreasonable risk exists that requires further field action.
  

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6/5/21 2018 hyundai sonata - less than 20k miles turning left into parking lot at very low speed car completely lost all power and brakes - all dashboard lights etc went out no warning of any kind - nothing evenly remotely like this has happened before was able to glide into parking spot and stop but only with extreme pressure on brake key was still in on position - put car in park, set parking brake, turned key to off car started again and was able to drive about 1/4 mile back home immediately called dealer from whom we purchased and had car towed no diagnosis as of yet

Passenger side windshield wiper works when it want to work.

Passenger side windshield wiper works when it want to work.

2018 hyundai sonata was in motion, with a speed of approximately 20 miles per hour, when a vehicle in front of the hyundai sonata stopped suddenly and the 2018 hyundai sonata rear ended the other vehicle. The 2018 hyundai sonata's airbags did not deploy. Days prior to the motor vehicle accident, the the owner discovered the driver's side seatbelt would not retract to create tension after initial application to secure seatbelt however, tension of the seatbelt was identified with application of the brakes, while leaning forward, and while 2018 hyundai sonata was in motion. Concern is the fact the airbag did not deploy appropriately during a front end collision while in motion at approximately 20 miles per hour; possibly related to nhtsa action number ea19001, april 19, 2019, regarding the 'air bag acu electrical overstress' that is currently open and under investigation. See pictures attached.

2018 hyundai sonata was in motion, with a speed of approximately 20 miles per hour, when a vehicle in front of the hyundai sonata stopped suddenly and the 2018 hyundai sonata rear ended the other vehicle. The 2018 hyundai sonata's airbags did not deploy. Days prior to the motor vehicle accident, the the owner discovered the driver's side seatbelt would not retract to create tension after initial application to secure seatbelt however, tension of the seatbelt was identified with application of the brakes, while leaning forward, and while 2018 hyundai sonata was in motion. Concern is the fact the airbag did not deploy appropriately during a front end collision while in motion at approximately 20 miles per hour; possibly related to nhtsa action number ea19001, april 19, 2019, regarding the 'air bag acu electrical overstress' that is currently open and under investigation. See pictures attached.

The oil consumption is out of control for their vehicles i've had more oil changes that i've ever done on a vehicle i've done oil construction tests and they always say it's just at the 1 quart that they allow who's is bull i've checked my oil cold and it's hardly on the stick and the oil light has come on numerous times i'm no genus but i do know it's more than a quart low when your oil light comes on. At 1,100 miles it was 2.5 quarts low and i was forced to do another oil change when i only had 1,100 miles on this one. The first pic i've attached is cold oil level at 1,100 miles after oil change. The car only has 53k on it and i want to know how many times do we have to do oil consumption tests to get it fixed under the lifetime engine replacement and forget about the roadside assistance from hyundai they tow 20 miles that's it and the rest is on you how is that fair when it's not your problem to begin with.

One of my continental pure contact tires failed at highway speed at 4,926 miles. All four tires were purchased new from my dealer on 11/25/20. Mileage at that time was 47,314. On1/21/21 with an odometer reading of 52,240, one tire developed a leak at the intersection of the sidewall and tread -- there was nothing stuck in the tire indicating a puncture -- yet there was a hole in the tire. The tire could not be fixed so i had to buy a different brand tire to replace it because the tire shop did not carry continental tires. With the recent recall of many tires by continental, i am concerned that my three remaining continental tires may not be dependable. I contacted continental directly and was told that the pure contact tire in my size (215/55sr17) is not included in the recall while other sizes are included.

One of my continental pure contact tires failed at highway speed at 4,926 miles. All four tires were purchased new from my dealer on 11/25/20. Mileage at that time was 47,314. On1/21/21 with an odometer reading of 52,240, one tire developed a leak at the intersection of the sidewall and tread -- there was nothing stuck in the tire indicating a puncture -- yet there was a hole in the tire. The tire could not be fixed so i had to buy a different brand tire to replace it because the tire shop did not carry continental tires. With the recent recall of many tires by continental, i am concerned that my three remaining continental tires may not be dependable. I contacted continental directly and was told that the pure contact tire in my size (215/55sr17) is not included in the recall while other sizes are included.

I was driving began my sonata in moderate to heavy traffic.Without warning the vehicle began lurching. I was unable to control it. The hyundai had a mind of its own. I got the "check engine" light on & some message on the screen that i could not read because i was driving. I pulled off the road & had the car towed to a hyundai dealer. Upon return of the car, the dealer explained that hyundai took control of the car as a "safety precaution" for the engine. This is an unsafe safety precaution. They not i controlled the car.

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• C0336 [1] Magnet / sensor TCS # 2 left rear - signal out of range / performance
• C0347 [1] Low Fluid Circuit Circuit Low Input
• C0344 [1] C0344
• P1233 [2] Wastegate Failed Open (Under Pressure)
• P1326 [27] Knock control, cylinder 1 - control limit reached
• P2600 [3] Coolant Pump "A" Control Circuit/Open
• P0880 [1] TCM Power Input Signal
• P0705 [2] Transmission Range Sensor A Circuit malfunction (PRNDL Input)
• P0706 [2] Transmission Range Sensor A Circuit Range/Performance
• C120B [1] C120B
• C160A [1] C160A