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2011 Hyundai SONATA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1359834
Internal NHTSA #	10957715
Manufacurer	Hyundai Motor America
Brand	HYUNDAI
Model	SONATA
Model Year	2011
File date	28/02/17
Component	STEERING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Steering is making knocking/clunking sound with vibration, and has significant play either left or right while driving/turning. When driving on city streets the clunking is significantly worse, and i recently drove down a gravel road which vibrations in the steering made the vehicle difficult to control even at low speed ( <5mph). This is a 2011 mom driven, part time driver vehicle, with only 46,878 miles on the odometer. I have owned many vehicles with excessively higher miles that have had no steering issues such as this. This is obviously a manufacture/design/quality control issue, especially after researching and seeing all of the other similar complaints. I am due to take the vehicle into the dealer for 2 other recalls next week. I will bring it up to the hyundai mechanic and see what kind of response i get. Research on the internet state that the problem is most likely a "rubber steering coupler"? I thought i had taken it in for a recall for something similar, but supposedly it had nothing to do with this part. It's funny that my wife noticed the noise shortly after the last recall about a year ago, and the knocking/clunking has slowly gotten worse and more frequent.
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SAINT LOUIS, MO
VIN pattern	5NPEC4AB0BHXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2011 Hyundai SONATA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 Hyundai SONATA Steering Problems, Complaints and Defects

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