Asian35m
08-13-2009, 04:52 PM
Hi all,
I am the owner of a new 09 Sonata v6 limit. Right from the first day I picked up my car from the dealership it exhibits a problem which is drifting to the left on the highway. What I mean is when I am on a highway and on a straight stretch, once I line up the car going straight and let go of the steering wheel the car will drift to the left. In a matter of seconds my car will cross the left hand divider line. What that means is I have to constantly correct the direction of the vehicle. I know the drifting is not caused by road crowning because I always tested on the middle lane of a 3 lane highway; plus my wife's car doesn't have the drifting problem driving on the same road. I have taken the car back to the original dealership where I purchased the car 4 times and the problem is still not fixed (1st visit: checked alignment and tire pressure. 2nd visit: swapped all 4 tires with stock unit. 3rd visit: re-alignment. 4th visit: replace right front struct which is .1 degree off specification; acceptable range is 4.2 - 4.6 and the orginal right front struct was 4.1) Not to mention the dealership is about 20 miles one way from my house. I then contacted Hyundai Consumer Affair and it connected me with a second dealership. The service manager from the second dealership and I went out for test drive and he agreed there was a drifting issue. He checked the alignment and the alignment was ok and there was not much more he can do. He claimed that it is a common problem with Sonata and that's just a Hyundai engineering thing. So I am wondering if anyone of you out there also have the same drifing problem with your Sonata. Or am I just being BS around.
I had contacted Hyundai Consumer Affair and was told that this needed to be elevated to the District Manager level. Now I am deciding if I want to wait to meet the District Manager to show him the problem and request a new replacement vehicle, or am I just go ahead and file lemon law. I am tired and of it and don't want to take it to another dealership to try fixing it. I had enough of the frustration.
Don't get me wrong here. I think the Sonata is nice car: good looking, nice pick-up and quite riding. But not if there is a defect that driving me crazy.
I thank you for any suggestion or opinion in advance!
Asian35m
I am the owner of a new 09 Sonata v6 limit. Right from the first day I picked up my car from the dealership it exhibits a problem which is drifting to the left on the highway. What I mean is when I am on a highway and on a straight stretch, once I line up the car going straight and let go of the steering wheel the car will drift to the left. In a matter of seconds my car will cross the left hand divider line. What that means is I have to constantly correct the direction of the vehicle. I know the drifting is not caused by road crowning because I always tested on the middle lane of a 3 lane highway; plus my wife's car doesn't have the drifting problem driving on the same road. I have taken the car back to the original dealership where I purchased the car 4 times and the problem is still not fixed (1st visit: checked alignment and tire pressure. 2nd visit: swapped all 4 tires with stock unit. 3rd visit: re-alignment. 4th visit: replace right front struct which is .1 degree off specification; acceptable range is 4.2 - 4.6 and the orginal right front struct was 4.1) Not to mention the dealership is about 20 miles one way from my house. I then contacted Hyundai Consumer Affair and it connected me with a second dealership. The service manager from the second dealership and I went out for test drive and he agreed there was a drifting issue. He checked the alignment and the alignment was ok and there was not much more he can do. He claimed that it is a common problem with Sonata and that's just a Hyundai engineering thing. So I am wondering if anyone of you out there also have the same drifing problem with your Sonata. Or am I just being BS around.
I had contacted Hyundai Consumer Affair and was told that this needed to be elevated to the District Manager level. Now I am deciding if I want to wait to meet the District Manager to show him the problem and request a new replacement vehicle, or am I just go ahead and file lemon law. I am tired and of it and don't want to take it to another dealership to try fixing it. I had enough of the frustration.
Don't get me wrong here. I think the Sonata is nice car: good looking, nice pick-up and quite riding. But not if there is a defect that driving me crazy.
I thank you for any suggestion or opinion in advance!
Asian35m