2013 Hyundai Sonata Electrical System

MY VEHICLE HAS JUST GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE SOME DAYS IT'LL START RIGHT UP AND THEN THE NEXT DAY IT WON'T DO ANYTHING UPON HITTING THE THE PUSH TO START, OTHER THAN GIVING OFF A CLICK FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, BUT I WAS TOLD IT COULD BE A WIRING PROBLEM BECAUSE MY FIRST GUESS WAS THE PROBLEM BUT I HAD ALL THAT TESTED AND IT WASN'T THE BATTERY. I CAN DRIVE IT TO WORK THAT MORNING BUT ONCE I GET READY TO CLOCK OUT THE EVENING IT WON'T START.

BACK UP CAMERA FLICKERS AND GOES TO A BLUE SCREEN

TAIL LIGHTS AND HEAD LIGHTS MELTED. REPLACED THE BULBS MULTIPLE TIMES AND BURNT OUT/MELTED. THE MOST RECENT TIME I TOOK MY 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA IN TO GET SERVICED I WAS TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES SINCE THEY ALL MELTED AND THAT WAS THE ONLY FIX. THEY TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE WIRING/ELECTRIC BUT IT SEEMS ODD FOR ALL OF THE LIGHTS TO MELT EVEN AFTER BEING REPLACED FROM AFTER MELTING IN THE PAST. THEY TOLD ME AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE SONATA BUT THERE WAS NO RECALLS OUT FOR IT SO THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO IS REPLACE THE LIGHT ASSEMBLIES AGAIN.

MULTIPLE FOG LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE REPEATEDLY HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED AND OTHER LIGHTS SUCH AS ON THE MIRRORS, NOT AS CRITICAL AS THE FIRST ONES MENTIONED ALSO THE SCREEN THAT HAS TIME DATE, ABILITY TO TALK WITHOUT HOLDING PHONE, RADIO, NAVIGATIONS ETS GOES OUT APPROXIMATELY EVERY TWO DAYS FOR ABOUT TWO DAYS AND COMES BACK LATER. LAST WEEK WAS FOURTH RIGHT HEADLIGHT IN FOUR MONTHS. WORK PERFORMED FOR ME AT AUTO ZONE AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSON SAID I NEEDED TO REPORT SINCE IT HAS BEEN SO FREQUENTLY

I HAVE HAD TO REPEATEDLY REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS IN THE CAR. I'VE HAD TO WORK IN AN EXTRA $28-$52 FOR LIGHTS AND ALWAYS KEEP A SPARE. I NOTICE MANY OTHER SIMILAR SONATA'S WITH BLOWN LIGHTS.

THE BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY IS BURNING OUT LIGHTS WITHIN DAYS.IT GETS SO HOT IT MELTED THE SOCKETS IT SCREWS INTO. ONLY THE BRAKE LIGHTS.

STARTING INTERMITENTLY. STARTING PROCEDURE IS TO ENGAGE BRAKE AND THEN PRESS - ENGINE SART STOP BUTTON. AUTO WILL THEN START . FIRST INCIDENT STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. TOOK VEHICLE TO TEST BATTERY, BATTERY WAS BAD, REPLACE BATTERY. WORKED FINE FOR A WEEK. WHEN ENGINE IS COLD OR HOT IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS T GET IT STARTED. PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORST, MORE ATTEMPTS TO GET STARTED . ALSO AT TIMES GETTING A MESSAGE ON SCREEN THAT SAYS, BATTERY DISCHARGING.

WHEN I PUSH THE START BUTTON THE ENGINE JUST CLICKS AND THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD FLICKER ON AND OFF LIKE IT WANTS TO START BUT WON'T. THE CAR IS PARKED

HAVE HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS BRAKE LIGHTS. ON AVERAGE, 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR FOR EACH. I HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLY BECAUSE BRAKE LIGHT BULB ACTUALLY MELTED THE CASING AROUND IT AND WARPED IT SO COULDN'T JUST REPLACE THE BULB ANY LONGER. MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE SAME THING WAS STARTING TO HAPPEN ON THE DRIVER SIDE LIGHT ASSEMBLY AROUND A MARKER LIGHT AS WELL AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED.

I HAVE BEEN REPLACING BREAK/TAIL LIGHT BULBS FOR 3 YEARS, MY BULBS MELT INTO THE HARNESS CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO DIG THE BULB OUT. RIGHT NOW I HAVE GLASS EVERYWHERE IN THE TAIL LIGHT DUE TO MY BULB EXPLODING. THIS MORNING I STARTED MY CAR AND HAD NO BACK RUNNING LIGHTS AND NO BREAK LIGHTS, THAT'S VERY INCONVENIENT WHEN I GO TO WORK BEFORE AN AUTO STORE IS OPEN. A RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE DEALING WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. I AM NOT SURE IF IT'S FAULTY WIRING BUT THE BULBS BURN WAY TO HOT. THIS HAPPENS NO MATTER IF YOU BARELY USE THE LIGHTS OR NOT, EVEN IF YOU ARE PARKED AND LIGHTS ARE ON AND EVEN IF YOU ARE JUST DRIVING. TODAY MY LIGHT SPARKED, THE BULB EXPLODED AND I HAD TO CUT THE LIGHTS OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE SPARKS FROM CAUSING A FIRE.

WAS DRIVING ON TURNPIKE AT 70 MPH. THE CAR LOST POWER AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT AT LEAST 2 A MONTH I HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR. . THE LIGHT SOCKETS HAVE MELTED TO THE ACTUAL BULBS. THE CENTER BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD. AND WHEN THE CENTER LIGHT IS ON MY CAR LOSSES SPEED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. TO GET THE CENTER LIGHT TO GO OUT I HAVE TO TAP THE TAIL LIGHT. I HAVE A HARD TIME REPLACING THE BULB BECAUSE IT BE MELTED INTO THE HOLDER LAST WEEK WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 45MPH THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WHILE PRESSING GAS AND WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED UNTIL I LET OFF THE GAS AND THE GAS AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. IT CONCERNS ME THAT THIS MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

DRIVE SIDE BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUES TO GO OUT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE BULB IS REPLACED. I'VE BEEN STOPPED BY OTHER MOTORISTS AND POLICE OFFICERS ADVISING THAT MY LIGHT IS OUT. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING ISSUE APPARENTLY SINCE I'VE GOTTEN THE VEHICLE AND HYUNDAI NEEDS TO CORRECT IT. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY I SHOULD HAVE TO FEAR FOR MY SAFETY

06NOV2018 FULL CAR ELECTRICAL FAILURE. CAR DIED, AND WOULD NOT RESTART. 151000, HYUNDAI, SAYS PART IS ON BACK ORDER TILL MIDDLE OF DEC 2018. I HAVE TO PAY ALL COSTS.

TAKATA RECALL WHEN I CUT ON MY HEAD LIGHTS SHORTY AFTER THAT MY REAR LIGHTS GO OUT AND THE ONLY ONES TO WORK ARE THE 3 BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN THE BRAKE IS PRESSED. I CAN CUT THE HEADLIGHTS OFF THEN ON AGAIN AND IT DOES THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. CAR IS STATIONARY. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THE OTHER MORNING IN THE DARK AND WHEN I PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY EVERYTHING WORKED GOT DOWN THE ROAD AND THE ENTIRE REAR END QUIT WORKING EXCEPT THE BRAKE LIGHTS. I PUT ON MY RIGHT TURN SIGNAL AND MY LICENSE PLATE BULBS STARTED BLINKING THEN SHORTY WENT OUT AFTER A MINUTE.

CAR WAS PARKED. NO PRIOR WARNING LIGHTS OR INDICATORS HAD PREVIOUSLY COME ON. WENT TO START CAR, ALL LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD FLASHED ON AND OFF BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. POPPED HOOD AND FOUND GRAY FOAM CORROSION ON POSITIVE BATTERY TERMINAL AND MAIN FUSE ON TERMINAL BLOWN. MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START VEHICLE FAILED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO HYUNDAI DEALER IN ALBANY, NY. DEALER DIAGNOSED VEHICLE AS NEEDING NEW BATTERY, FUSE (DUH!) AND STARTER! I HAVE NOT IN 30 YEARS HAD A STARTER AND BATTERY NEED TO BE REPLACED AT SAME TIME. THIS IS A HYUNDAI BATTERY TOO, NOT AFTERMARKET. OVER $800 TO GET VEHICLE FIXED! THE SERVICE ADVISOR STATED THEY CHECKED THE BATTERY BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY CRACKS OR ANYTHING AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CORROSION CAME FROM.

WHILE CAR WAS PARKED, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED MY LIGHT, BUMPER, AND COOLANT TANK. THE FRONT LIGHTS BURNED OUT AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE CONSTANTLY BURNING OUT AND STAYING ON WHILE CAR IS OFF. ALREADY REPLACED THE BRAKE STOPPER SWITCH BUT STILL SAME ISSUE.

HELLO: BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, WHILE DRIVING MY 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA WILL OCCASSIONALLY SMELL LIKE BURNING WIRES, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE SMELL COULD NEVER BE DETERMINED. IT SEEMS TO BE STRONGEST ON REALLY HOT DAYS WHEN THE AC IS RUNNING. I RECENTLY SAW AN ARTICLE THAT MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE AND SOME CARS HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUES AND I REALIZED THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING CAUSING THIS AND I NEEDED TO REPORT.

MY CAR HAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I'VE REPLACED ONLY MY LEFT BRAKE LIGHT BULB ABOUT 6 TIMES AND ON THE LAST TIME REPLACING IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO HYUNDAI AND THEY SAID I NEED A HARNESS REPLACEMENT. SO NOW IT HAS STARTED TO AFFECT MY THIRD BRAKE LIGHT. I COMES ON AND STAYED ON ONCE I TURN ON MY HEAD LIGHTS. ALSO MY DONE LIGHT TURNS FLICKERS ON AND OFF WHILE THE SWITCH IS IN THE AUTO/NEUTRAL POSITION. THIS TO ME IS A CLEAR FIRE HAZARD BEING THAT IT'S AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. ALL STARTING FROM THE HARNESS I NEED FOR A BRAKE LIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. WITHOUT WARNING, A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED, BUT THEY HAD NOT YET CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD AND DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TT

BRAKE LIGHT HARNESS AND TAIL LIGHT FIXTURES ARE MELTED.

MY BREAKS LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT SINCE JAN 2017 CONSTANTLY. THE HOUSING FOR THE BULB MELTS IT IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR FIX. I WAS AT THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND SOMEONE ELSE WITH THE SAME CAR CAME IN TWO DAYS AGO WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE START PUSH BUTTON FAILED AND PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM STARTING AND THE DOORS FROM UNLOCKING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FOB BATTERY WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE START PUSH BUTTON OPERATED WHEN THE FOB WAS INSERTED IN A PORTAL LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE'S ARM REST AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

THE HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. THE TAILLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT BECAUSE THE BULB OVER YEARS AND MELTS THE SOCKET DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS

CAR KEY WILL GET STUCK AT IGNITION DUE THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SHIFTER MALFUNCTION. THE CAR'S ELECTRICAL SHIFTER HAS A SAFETY FEATURE THAT LOCKS THE KEY IN WHILE THE CAR IS OUT OF "PARK", BUT WHEN IT IS MALFUNCTIONING, IT WILL NOT RELEASE THE KEY AT ALL. DRIVERS WILL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT LEAVE CAR KEY IN THE CAR'S IGNITION AND IT CAUSES HAZARDS TO MINORS OR CHILD IN THE HOUSE OR ON THE STREETS BECAUSE KEY CAN STILL START THE CAR WITHOUT PROBLEM, ALSO DOORS CAN NOT BE LOCKED WHEN THE KEY IS STUCK IN IGNITION. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING A FEW TIMES, BUT HYUNDAI REFUSED TO ADMIT MANUFACTURER'S PART DEFECT. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND SEEKING FOR HELP ONLINE OR FROM YOUTUBE. IT IS NOT SAFE FOR DRIVERS WITH KIDS. PLEASE HELP.