| Issue ID | 857190 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10399449 |
| Manufacurer | HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | HYUNDAI |
| Model | SONATA |
| Model Year | 2011 |
| File date | 14/03/11 |
| Component | STEERING |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Since my 2011 hyundai sonata se turbos has been new it pulls to the left. So bad that if i take my hands off the steering wheel for 1. 5 seconds at 55mph my car drifts completely to the left lane . This is dangerous. The dealer has looked at an worked on it 4 times,replace tires, rebalanced tires, replaced struts, realigned car, even did a road force wheel balance, nothing helps and the factory sent an engineer who claims that there is no problem. The problem with his statement is that is that i have several video tapes and witnesses of it doing it and i took the service manger for a ride so he can experience it. I currently just started a lemon law case on it. Want this fixed or a sonata that doesn't do this. This is a problem with certain cars built in a certain time frame. They won't admit that but i found that out from reliable inside info. Have owned about 10 new cars in my life and none of them ever did this. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 150 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | POPPTON LAKES, NJ |
| VIN pattern | 5NPEC4AB1BHXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | 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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| Vehicle speed | 15 |
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