Steering Column problems of the 2017 Hyundai Sonata

Complete steering column replacement is required (column & shaft assy-steering 56310-c2700). When turning all the way, like to turn 90 degrees or enter a parking space, the steering wheel locks. Car must be turned off and restarted. Sometimes you have to do this a couple of times for the steering wheel to unlock. Hyundai dealer agrees that the steering column has to be replace, unsafe to drive vehicle. It is June and have been waiting six months for Hyundai to provide the part. Hyundai USA corporate says they don't know when the part will be available, they will not provide a date, could be next year according to some employees at the Hyundai dealer. Hyundai says it is not a manufacturing defect, even though there are many comments on line, and previous models have issued recalls for this same defect.

On November 23, 2019 I started my car and proceeded to back out of my drive way. My power steering locked, the light came on along with my traction control light. I had to force my steering wheel to turn my car back into my driveway to get it off the roadway. I turned my car off, and back on and lights disappeared and I had control again. A few weeks later, driving down the road my steering got tight and fought my car to get it home. I got it towed to the dealership. They told me the whole power steering column had to be replaced. There was also a recall on a clicking noise I had been hearing for a few months in the steering column. They refused to think it was there problem. Today January 2, 2020 I was driving on a straight road, going 55 miles per hour. Traction control light came on and power steering. I lost control of steering my car. I had just enough time to get my car off the road to avoid getting hit. I turned the car off, and the lights seized. This car is very unsafe to drive and Hyundai is doing nothing to fix the problem other than giving expensive bills to fix. The car is not even 3 years old, there should not be this many problems already. Also paint is randomly peeling on the roof and hood of my car.

I had experienced problems with the brakes making noise and not reacting timely throughout 2019 before knowledge of a recall. On 5/15/19 I went to Hyundai services for a routine oil change. Hyundai informed me that there was a recall, which I now know to be service campaign 953, and that they needed a software update to resolve the issue. On my drive home after the software update was supposedly corrected, my check engine light started flashing and my car would not accelerate, was jerking, and was stopping in the middle of the road. This occurred in a residential area on a city street. I immediately called and brought the car back in. Five days later on 5/20/19, I experienced the same issue. On or about 7/26/19, my power steering began malfunctioning and my steering wheel would lock if I turned my steering wheel at all. The only way to undo this was by restarting the car, and it would just happen again. The steering wheel locked on city streets. I took my car into Hyundai services on 7/26/19, and it took them until 8/12/19 to finally resolve the issue by replacing the whole steering column and housing. During this time period, Hyundai repeatedly returned the car to me and claimed the issue was resolved but the issue kept reoccurring. On 12/28/19, the check engine light began flashing again with the exact same problems experienced 5/15/19 and 5/20/19. The check engine light appeared as soon as I exited the interstate and was driving on a city street. My car was returned to me on 12/31/19.

Takata recall " just purchased this vehicle June 19 2018 with only 44,000 now its. January and already having problems with the steering wheel it locked up on me on the highway & almost cause wreck " steering been locking up and just comletely stop turning" they say it' need steering wheel column part but the steering wheel been doing that sense I purchased it.

Backed out of my carport and the streering went out. I wrestled hard to turn the steering wheel and could finally steer the car back into my carport. This was the second time it happened. The first time the dealer could not repeat the problem, so I had to keep driving the car. The second time they fixed it by removing bad steering column, shaft, and totque sensor and installing those new parts. Paperwork says torque sensor is defective. It had internal electrical open circuit. I was moving very slowly, backing out of carport onto a street that does not have any through traffic and just runs in front of our villa's where we pull into our carports. I have read online where it has happened to other people and they had to keep driving the car and that is just too dangerous, just because they could not get it to do it for the dealer.