2020 Hyundai Sonata

OCCASIONALLY THERE IS A SERIOUS DELAY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. CAR TENDS TO JERK/BUCK WHEN ACCELERATING, USUALLY IN THE LOWER GEARS. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS IS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE OR A FUEL INJECTION ISSUE, BUT MY DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DETECT AN ISSUE AND KEEPS TELLING ME EVERYTHING IS NORMAL WHEN IT CLEARLY ISN'T. THE CAR ALSO HAS HARSH DOWNSHIFTS ESPECIALLY GOING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR.

AS THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND WAITING FOR A CHANCE TO GET IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR HESTIATED AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE DEPRESS OF THE GAS PEDAL, FOR A SECOND OR TWO... VERY STRANGE INDEED!....IS IT A TRANSMISSION ISSUE OR SOMETHING ELSE....THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS STRANGE FROM THE COMPLETE STOP POSITION...THIS HAPPENES MORE THAN ONCE! AND ONE INSTANCE IT ACTUALLY JERKED ( BUCKED) SOMEHOW...CONCERNED ABOUT THIS...

GASES FROM THE DASHBOARD HEATING CAUSE A FILM TO FORM BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CAMERA. BECAUSE OF THIS, IN HEAVY DIRECT SUNLIGHT, LANE KEEP ASSIST TOGGLES ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING UNINTENDED LANE DEPARTURES WITH OUT WARNING. ALSO, WHEN USING SMART CRUISE CONTROL, THE VEHICLE SLOWS TO A STOP BUT MAY CONTINUE MOVING SLOWLY EVEN AFTER DISPLAYING THE PRESS GAS TO CONTINUE SCREEN. THE AUTO HOLD LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE.

WHEN STEERING THERE IS A LOUD NOISE WHEN TURNING IN EITHER DIRECTION BE IT LEFT OR RIGHT, SOMETHING IS RUBBING IN THE STIRRING COLUMN, WITH THE STIRRING HAVING FOR TO MUCH PLAY ALL MOST TURNING COMPLETELY A FULL CIRCLE I HAVE SENT IN THIS COMPLAINT ONCE BEFORE, BUT GAVE THE INCORRECT VIN NUMBER FOR MY CAR SOMETHING IS RUBBING, AND IT'S A LOUD SOUND. THE SOUND IS THERE IF WHEN THE CAR IS IN MOTION, OR STANDING STILL, IF YOU TURN THE STIRRING WHEEL

ON AUGUST 14TH,2020, I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM THE SHOWROOM FLOOR FROM CRAIN HYUNDAI OF CONWAY, ARKANSAS. THE CAR WAS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND ONLY HAD 46 MILES ON THE SPEEDOMETER. AT THE TIME OF THE PURCHASE I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE TERM "MODIFICATION" NOR THE RAMIFICATION ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING A VEHICLE MODIFIED. I ASSUMED THE DEALERSHIP WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ME WITH A SAFE AND EFFICIENT VEHICLE. THE CAR HAD ADDED EQUIPMENT: CRAIN CARE PKG: $1,397.00 - WHEEL LOCKS: $89.00 - WINDOW TINT: $189.00 - BLACK OUT PACKAGE: $4,295.00, WHICH I LATER LEARNED THE AMERICAN RACING RIM #AR934 FASTLANE, DOES NOT FIT A 2020 HYUNDAI SONATA, THEY ARE 20 INCH RIMS AND HAD EXTENSA HP 225/35R20 90W TIRES AND THE RECOMMENDED TIRE IS 235/45R18. WITHIN A MONTH AFTER THE NEW CAR PURCHASE IT RAIN AND THE CAR LOST TRACTION AND BEGAN TO SLIP AND SLIDE. I PROPOSE IMPLEMENTING LAWS TO GOVERN DEALERSHIP MODIFICATION OF VEHICLES AND HOLD SAID DEALERSHIP RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING THE CONSUMER OF THE NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS INVOLVED WITH KNOWINGLY PURCHASING A VEHICLE FOR AESTHETIC DESIRES. AFTER LEARNING OF MY MISTAKE THE HYUNDAI CORPORATION WOULD NOT NEGOTIATE A REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH ME, AND CLOSED THE COMPLAINT LEAVING ME WITH AN UNSAFE VEHICLE THAT WAS ALTERED BY A THIRD PARTY COMPANY WITHIN THE DEALERSHIP, NAME: MOTOR SPORTS AUTHORITY. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THAT CONTRACT AND THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE BLACK OUT PACKAGE IS UNRAVELLING AND I DISCOVERED THE MODIFICATION HAS DECREASE THE VALUE OF THE CAR, WHEN I THOUGHT IT WOULD INCREASE IN VALUE. I ALSO LEARN THE ADDED EQUIPMENT STATED ABOVE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON THE VEHICLE PURCHASE INVOICE WHICH EFFECTS POSSIBLE REPAIRS AND/OR REPLACEMENT CONCERNING AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COVERAGE. DEALERSHIP SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMING CUSTOMERS OF MODIFICATION AND BE HELD LEGALLY BINDING FOR THE VEHICLE SAFETY

MESSAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL STATED'COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM WAS DISABLED AND RADAR WAS BLOCKED.THE ELECTRIC POWER STEERING ALSO BEGAN TO FUNCTION ERRATICALLY AND A STEERING WHEEL SYMBOL APPEARED AND KEPT CHANGING COLOR FROM GREEN TO WHITE.THIS HAPPENED AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES FROM THE DEALER IN NJ TO CHARLOTTE NC.MILEAGE IS 975.

FOLLOWING A FIRMWARE UPDATE TO THE OBC FOR A RECALL, THE VEHICLE TRANSMISSION NOW HAS A SEVERE DELAY RESPONDING TO DRIVER INPUT. THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS VEHICLE HAS ELECTRONIC SHIFT WITH PUSHBUTTONS. PREVIOUS TO THE FIRMWARE UPDATE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD RESPOND INSTANTLY TO DRIVER INPUT FROM THESE BUTTONS. FOLLOWING THE FIRMWARE UPDATE, THE TRANSMISSION TAKES TWO SECONDS TO RESPOND. THIS DELAYED ACTION PROHIBITS DRIVER EMERGENCY SHIFTING, CREATING SEVERE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. IN MY VEHICLE, I RECENTLY WAS ALMOST INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHEN THE DELAYED RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED MY VEHICLE TO REVERSE INTO THE OPPOSING LANE OF TRAFFIC AS ACCELERATION WAS ATTEMPTED THINKING THE VEHICLE HAD SHIFTED INTO DRIVE. UPON ENTERING THE ACTIVE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC, EMERGENCY ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE WAS PROHIBITED BY THE DELAYED RESPONSE OF THE VEHICLE SHIFTING INTO 'DRIVE' IN ORDER TO MOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE OPPOSITE LANE OF TRAFFIC. PREVIOUS TO THIS INSTANCE, THERE HAVE BEEN DELAYS IN VEHICLE SHIFTING WHICH HAVE NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN 'PARK', BUT THE DELAY CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD AS THE DRIVER REMOVES THEIR FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, AND THE CAR MOVES FORWARD TOWARD STATIONARY OBJECTS AND PEOPLE. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HYUNDAI AND THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED YET. FURTHERMORE, OTHER OBVIOUS FIRMWARE ISSUES IN THE VEHICLE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, ONE IN A DIFFERENT SAFETY SYSTEM.