Three problems related to brake light on have been reported for the 2008 Hyundai Sonata. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 Hyundai Sonata based on all problems reported for the 2008 Sonata.
The front driver side door handle has came off and so has the passenger side. The inside door handle on the driver side has came off and the driver side door is totally inoperable. This s a total safety hazard in the event of an emergency, a car crash god forbid or even the car catching fire. Getting to safety would be very difficult. I cant afford to continuing fixing an issue that is defected to begin with. The brake lights doesn't illuminate all time when engaged and my air bag lights are on and my car sways in the back due to the control arm being rusted.
The brake lights will not go off! a light says esc off, when I turn the car off , later the light is out but I still do not have functioning brake lights they just stay on while in motion.
Last week we noticed that the "esc off" light was on. Tonight on 5/24/2012 we noticed that the brake lights were not working. I had to just barely plug in the brake light switch wire for the brake lights to work again. This was a problem with earlier Sonatas the recall was NHTSA action number: pe09003. My 2008 exhibited the same problems with the esc light and the brake lights.