general problems of the 2003 Hyundai Sonata

Four problems related to steering have been reported for the 2003 Hyundai Sonata. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Hyundai Sonata based on all problems reported for the 2003 Sonata.

1 Steering problem

Failure Date: 04/11/2015

03 Hyundai Sonata GLS (v6). Driving 55mph hit pothole and lost steering. Pulled over, removed rf wheel to discover control arm bolts ripped out of the subframe from rust. Heard about recall and investigated. Car was inspected for recall in 2010 passed then at dealer in marlton, NJ. Waiting for call back from different dealer to find out the procedure to file a claim. Dealers in se PA are not customer oriented so making complaint here to document incident.

2 Steering problem

Failure Date: 12/18/2014

No accident, dealer says recall#09v124000 is only applicable to origional owner and they will not fix it,,,sounds wrong ??????.

3 Steering problem

Failure Date: 04/08/2011

Merged into left lane on highway going about 65mph. Car spun to face opposing way. Hit wall on passanger side, spun back around and went across highway to hit opposite wall. Car had been totalled as I walked away with.

4 Steering problem

Failure Date: 12/02/2003

We purchased a 2003 Hyundai Sonata (base model) and the vehicle pulled to the right. I took the vehicle to the dealer and a alignment was performed. We got the vehicle back and again noted that it still pulled to the right. Returned to the dealer and this time they stated they could not confirm our complaint. We were told that vehicle normally pulled to the right upon acceleration and that the design of the roads caused it to pull to the right as well.


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