Body problems of the 2010 Hyundai Sonata - part 2

This 2010 Hyundai Sonata obviously has a door handle defect that needs to be corrected as I have read about this problem in numerous complaint forums. In 2014, my front passenger door handle broke and fell off upon normal use. That was fixed by the dealership as it was still under warranty. Now, my driver's side door handle has broken (again, under normal usage) and cannot be opened from the outside. I only have 66,000 miles on this car, to date, and problems like this should not be occurring so soon. Hyundai should recall this model and fix the problem!.

Today the third door handle has broken on my Hyundai Sonata in six year. This is a very common problem. Stay away from this make and model.

On 12/2016 my passenger exterior door handle broke while loading my vehicle at sams club. On 11/2017 my driver side exterior door handle broke as I was getting it for work. This meant I needed to climb into the driver's seat from the back of the car. I did get it fix paying $170 for the drivers side and also a rental car. I still need to fix the passenger side. Hyundai needs to recall this problem because ems will not be able to get into my car thus making the broken handles a safety issue.

The door handles keep breaking off. Two years ago the the back passanger side door handle came off in my hand without any indication, there was no snapping sound just a door handle not attached to the door. We paid out of pocket and got this fixed since it is unsafe since emergency help would not have access to the back seat if the passengers were incapacitated. Then today the back driver's side door handle came off in my hand without any warning. We are once again going to pay out of pocket to have this fixed since it is unsafe if there is an accident and emergency responders would not be able to get to anyone in the back seat, including children. Excessive force was not used (barely any pressure was used), no sounds accompanied the breakage, and there was no damage to the door previously. There was no legitimate reason for the door handles to break.

Ok, I am another 2010 Sonata owner with repeated door handle breaking and detaching from the car issue. My uncle owned the car since new and gave it to me on 11/9/15. While his, he had to replace 3 door handles, one of which was the front passenger door. Yesterday, (10/15/16) the front passenger door handle broke off again. Originally, all the handle breaks were covered under warranty, including the front passenger door handle. Now, the car has 81,182 miles on it. But it should be covered because it has been replaced before. You are aware, there are numerous complaints about this issue and Hyundai should be made to recall all these cars and rectify this ongoing issue. It is a safety issue indeed. In a crash, emergency personnel could not enter the car, should it be on it's side and the exposed doors have broken handles. There are complaints on here citing 2 or more handles broken at the same time. My uncle is single and so am I. The passenger doors on this car are not, have not, been used that often as I seldom have passengers. It is unspeakable that Hyundai should be able to get away with this. Again this is a safety issue that denies entrance to the car in an emergency. Please do not turn a deaf ear to thousands of car owners with this concern. Thank, you.

Car door handles braking off. 2/14 left front door handle 5/15 right front door handle broke 5/15 driver rear door handle broke. 4/16 front right door passenger again broke. Now 10/16 rear passenger door handle broke. . . . This needs to be recalled or fixed by dealer no charge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do not have children and rarely even use back door the plastic is cheap and crumbles. Dealer want $250 to fix . This needs to be repaired without charge or start using better quality parts.

Exterior door handles have broken 6 times on several doors. Hhtsa may feel this is cosmetic but emergency personal may have difficulty making entry in an emergency situation. According to my mechanic, he sees this in more 2010 Hyundai's than any other vehicle. Simple web search found 100s of other complaints. At one point, 3 of 4 of my handles were broke at once. Average price to fix one door is $250. There should be a recall for this!.

Body has rusted thru on multiple occasions on my car. Both rear doors rusted beyond repair, and needed to be replaced. Both front doors rusted thru and were repaired. Now rust hole developed in the engine compartment in area of hood hinge. This is a structurally reinforced area of the car but only a patch was put over rust hole to make repair. This work was all done under warranty. I contend that the last repair was not properly done, and that the car is unsafe. Hyundai denies my claim. The car was looked at by the dealers own body shop and they claim that the area under the dashboard is all rusted and will cost nearly $10000 to repair. Hyundai claims the car is not defective, even thought there are internal spots where no coatings were applied to the steel. I contest that the company is only protecting themselves and have full knowledge that the car is defective. The warranty will expire shortly and then , they will be off the hook for any future repairs caused by their negligence while assembling their vehicle. The vehicle was purchased new at coastal Hyundai, which also owns cocoa Hyundai.

Car purchased June 2016. 17,000 mi. Three months later the rear passenger door handle fell off. Within six months the rear drivers side handle fell off then the front passenger door handle fell off. This happened while the car was parked. Hyundai wants $350. 00 for each handle. I can no longer have passengers in my car it is unsafe. My fear is my driver's side door handle will fall off. I am 70 and too old to climb thru the trunk. If this isn't a recall it should be. I can file a complaint with the bbb if necessary. The car was parked when the handles fell off.

4 of my door handles have fallen off. I have had 3 replaced when it was under warranty but the 4th driver door they told me they would not replace since it was out of warranty. I had to use a zip tie to open the door to get in it.

After reading several other owners complaints about the handles breaking on the 2010 Sonata I too am filing a complaint. So far we have had 2 door handles break when attempting to open the door to load/ and unload groceries. The first one was replaced by the dealer and now we face this problem again. I feel there is a structural defect with the materials that needs to be addressed. This should not be happening to so many people and Hyundai needs to address this and fix peoples failing equipment/ handles at no expense to the owners.

Within a period of about 6 months, three of the four door handles have fallen off, including two that came off within two weeks of each other. This occurred when the vehicle was stationary. The handles hadn't been previously damaged or involved in any accidents, and we don't treat them roughly. The handles have fallen off the front driver's side and both rear doors. The rear driver's side door is almost never used, so I'm disinclined to attribute the problem to wear and tear. When the rear passenger door handle came off, the plastic snapped apart. We paid to have that handle replaced by the dealer. The rear driver door handle, which came off two weeks ago, remained intact, but a triangular metal piece came out when the handle fell away. The front driver's side door handle came off today when my husband had the car, so I haven't seen its condition. Since his key fob no longer works, he now has to get into the car is by climbing in the front passenger side. Given that we've lost three handles in so short a time, it appears the parts are inferior and have reached the end of their life.

Exterior door handles break and doors cannot be opened from outside vehicle. In an accident situation, rescue personnel would not be able to gain easy access to render aid. Both front door handles have broken and now a rear door! no warning and Hyundai doesn't acknowledge defect. Numerous reports of same problem on internet. Handle simply breaks when opening door. Apr-oct 2016.

I purchased the car in February 2016 and almost immediately 1 door handle came off, since then I have had 1 more to come off and 1 is just hanging on so I do not touch it. Unfortunately that is the driver's side door. I am constantly climbing over my seats or attempting to open from another door just to get inside the vehicle. This is totally unacceptable and especially frustrating when I have my grandchildren car seats in the back. I can not afford to keep replacing door handles and the only ones available do not match car color. After searching I see that this was a problem before I purchased my car. I can not honestly recommend this vehicle to anyone for the fact that you need to be able to get inside just to test drive and the door handle might possibly come off. The car runs fine but I would like immediate replacements for door handles so that I can get inside the car correctly and without having to climb over other seats especially in the rain.

Driver front door handle fell off in my hand. 2 weeks layer same thing happened on passage front door. Imagine if this happened to a parent who needed to get child out of car quickly. Hyundai acknowledged that this is a defect in design. Should be recalled.

Door handle on the outside of the front passenger door broke off when a passenger went to open the door to get in the vehicle while parked on a city street. Appears to be made of cheap brittle plastic. Was opened normally without excess force. Vehicle has not even had very many front seat passengers in its service life thus far. A clear safety issue should someone need to get into the car quickly. No excuse for such shoddy materials/engineering design.

One by one all four door handles broke off. Is unsafe to drive as doors are unsecured.

Both rear door handles broke off. Both handles broke in the same place weeks apart from each other. The car was in park. I was opening the door like normal with no excessive force on both handles. How can I get my children out of the car in an emergency when the handles break off? especially when the child lock is engaged. The door won't open from the inside or out. Will Hyundai wait until children die to act on this complaint?.

Outside door handles just fall off. My driver and passenger side door handles both came off with barely touching them.

Vehicle was stationary (parked in driveway). The door handle (right rear) came off in my daughter's hand when she tried to gain access into the back seat. No one could get into the car through that door until the handle was fixed. When we reached our destination, she had to exit the vehicle using the left rear door. We notified global auto mall, the dealership where we bought the car, because I had paid extra when buying the car to get coverage for 10 years or 100,000 miles. Global auto mall told us the door handle was not a covered part of the warranty! moreover, they had to send the door handle out for a painting job. So we had to make another appointment with the dealer's repair department to have it fixed.

All four outside door handles have broken off or are not functioning leaving the only way into the car is to leave window down to open from inside or crawl through the trunk of the car to open doors from the inside. All handles broke when the door was in the process of being open. The vehicle was stationary and were broken during the past 6 months. The car has 80,000 miles.

Tl- the contact owns a 2010 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that the door handle fractured on the front drivers side. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign numbers: 09v317000 (latches/locks/linkages), 09v171000 (latches/locks/linkages) and 10v070000 (latches/locks/linkages). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available. The VIN was not available. Djr.

This has happened to at least 3 Hyundai Sonata 2010 autos of people I know. When attempting to open the door to enter the car the door handle just comes off in the persons hand. In my wifes case luckely she was on our driveway and fell backward onto grass and was not injured. If this happened to someone parked on a busy street they could fall back into traffic. In looking at the detached handle it looks like the poor quality plastic interior just cracked. As I said this has happened to three people just in my circle of friends so I am sure it is more widespread.

Door handle breaks. Passenger side door handle is rarely use, maybe once a week at the most on average. The front passenger side broke and was fixed under warranty. Now the rear passenger side also broke.

Both handles on the rear doors came off within a two week period without any extraordinary effort or abuse. In both cases the vehicle was stationary and in park. Attached are photos of both door handle locations, one side without the handle (driver's side) & the second with the handle held in place with duct tape (passenger side). Neither door is accessible from the outside, rendering it unfit to transport any passengers in the back seat. Regardless of the number of passengers, this is clearly a safety issue (in an emergency, it wouldn't be possible to remove either the driver or front seat passenger through the rear doors. ) the third photo shows the current odometer reading of 49,205, which is less than 25,000 miles more than when I purchased the vehicle from a Hyundai dealer.

One night, without using force, the front passenger handle on my 2010 Hyundai Sonata came off while parked on a flat. The driverʻs side, outside, backdoor handle came off after college class, a month or so later, while parked, when a classmate attempted to open the door, again not using excessive force. A few weeks later, the passengerʻs side, outside, backdoor handle came off when I went to retrieve my groceries while parked, also not using excessive force. Which stopped the use of this vehicle for a road test and getting my safety check. All 3 handles I had to pay way too much for and had to pay to have them fixed just so I could get my safety check before the end of the month (4/30/2016), and now can be used for a road test. Ridiculous prices for hollow plastic handles. I hope these new handles last as long as I own this vehicle! and harder for me because I live in hawaii. The prices we have to pay for living/driving in paradise is crazy!! but to hear this year, make, model has more issues I have to worry about from reading them on this site is nuts!! is there a recall on this vehicle/ in hawaii?.

Reached to open back passenger door and it fell in pieces in my hand. This will be the second time this happened to me the first time costing me $125. 0. I retired a. Could months aback and cannot afford this but I feel it's.

2010 Hyundai Sonata. The rear passenger driver side door handle just snapped off. I went to open the door in a normal fashion and the handle stayed in the open position so I had to push it back in to the closed position. When I pulled on the handle again the handle fell off in my hand. The rear door never did open, now I need to reach through the driver side door to open the rear door from the inside.

Two door handles have broken off my 2010 Sonata while just attempting to open them. According to hyanudai this is not covered by the warranty as they claim it is normal wear and tear. I could see if it was just one door handle but for two to come off days of each other I find it more of a defect than wear and tear. Reading some hyuandi owner fourms I have found this appears to be a normal occuance with thier product and feel it is a safety issue as I travel with kids on a daily basis and god forbid they would be locked in the vehicle because I could not open the door due to the handle being in my hand instead of the door.

The driver side exterior door handle broke off this morning when I tried to open the door. I am the original owner of this vehicle, and this is the third time that this breakage has occurred, albeit on three different doors. Although the interior door latch still works, this is a safety hazard as it would be impossible for rescue services to open the driver's door from the outside in the event of an accident. Based on postings I have come across on the internet, it appears that this is a common problem with Hyundai Sonatas and should in my mind qualify as a recall.

Driver side door exterior door handle came off when attempting to open door. Handle parts are plastic! cannot open door from the outside now. Bought new, now under 38k miles, and less than 5 years in use. Contacted Hyundai national, have not heard back yet. Dealers indicate that this may not be covered under warranty.

As I was trying to get into my car at 7:20 am on 02/24/15 the driver side door handle just fell off the door. The temperature was below zero and it was a surprise to see that happen to a 5 year old car!!!! I called the dealership to see if there is a recall or problem they know of regarding the door but turned with nothing. Then searched online to see if there are anyone else had the same problem and to my surprise they are other people who had similar incidents in several states as well a youtube video of an individual lost 3 handles in California for a newer model Sonata!!!!!! called the Hyundai warranty but had to leave a message!!!!!.

As many people have stated online, the door handles falling off are a common occurrence. I have had to replace two handles on my car already, first my rear drivers side and now the front passenger side. The commonality of this problem clearly indicates a major engineering issue on the behalf of the manufacturer and customers should not be made to pay for repairs for a manufacturing issue. Each handle has cost me just under $65 to replace.

The following paragraph was sent to Hyundai to request they fix this defect. They responded with a wordy but polite "we're sorry, but your vehicle is out of warranty". We have a 2010 Sonata. About 18 months ago, the passenger side front door handle fell off while opening the door. We took it to the local dealer for repair. The cost was about $70. Three weeks ago (approx. 1/15/2015), the driver side rear handle fell off. Ten days ago (approx 1/27/2015) the passenger rear door handle fell off. The dealer wants $150 each to repair them. I can understand one handle breaking, but not (on a car less than 5 years old) three of the four handles have broken. I consider this a defect. I have researched your site and have not been able to find any matching complaints. There have been numerous, but normal problems with this vehicle - all of which we have repaired at our own expense without complaint. However, this particular issue is so egregious that we feel the manufacturer should be held responsible for the repairs.

The driver side exterior door handle snapped and broke when I attempted to open my door. This is the second time this happened. The first time was approx. 8 months ago; when the passenger door handle did the same thing.