Consumer Complaint Detail

HYUNDAI / SONATA / 2003

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003214599 Incident Date: Feb, 28 2003
Consumer's City: BROOKLYN Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Hyundai Motor America
Model Name: SONATA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 18 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission made loud clunking noises, brought into dealer, "couldn't duplicate" (typical response), then i found the transmission to be leaking, transmission was replaced at 1500 miles, still had bad shift patterns and hang ups in gears, more so after the transmission was replaced. also had all sorts of front end noise that naturally got worse after they tore half of the front end out to change the transmission. *jb