2012 Hyundai Azera

THIS 2012 AZERA ONLY HAS 8,700 MILES. MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL LEFT OR RIGHT PRODUCES A CLICKING SOUND. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE OF A WORN RUBBER FLEX COUPLING IN THE STEERING MOTOR. HYUNDAI PAYS FOR REPLACING THE PART ON SONATA AND ELANTRA MODELS EVEN AFTER THE STANDARD FIVE YEAR WARRANTY. THE AZERA USES THE EXACT SAME PART NUMBER (563152K000FFF) BUT THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIR AFTER THE 5 YEAR WARRANTY. THIS IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ONLY SOLD LOW NUMBERS OF AZERA MODELS WHICH WOULD OF COURSE MEAN LOWER NUMBERS OF COMPLAINTS COMPARED TO THE HIGH VOLUME MODELS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A STEERING SAFETY ISSUE OT HUYNDAI WOULD NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS ON ANY MODEL OUT OF WARRANTY. MY LOCAL DEALER QUOTED $270 (FLORIDA, ZIP CODE 33331) TO REPLACE THE FLEX COUPLER. I BELIEVE HYUNDAI SHOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR. I AM FEARFUL THAT I WILL LOSE STEERING CONTROL AS THE RUBBER COUPLING ARMS BREAK APART FURTHER.

WITH 5 WEEKS I HAD BOTH FRONT DISC BRAKE CALIBER UNITS FREEZE UP AND REQUIRE REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO WORK. WHEN IN MOTION THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS BEING RETARDED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED BADLY AND I THOUGHT I HAD A FLAT TIRE. THE VIBRATION OCCURRED AT BOTH LOW AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND OCCASIONALLY AFFECTED STEERING THE FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED AND THE PADS WERE WARPED BY EXTREME HEAT FROM THE FRICTION OF THE CALIBERS BEING LOCKED. THE FIRST EPISODE WAS IN LATE MARCH 2017, THE MOST RECENT WAS 5/3/2017

MY HYUNDAI AZERA HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A MALFUNCTION OF A MOTOR DRIVEN STEERING COUPLING , AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH ONLINE I HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS AND ISSUE WITH THIS SAME PART ON DIFFERENT MODEL VEHICLE. THERE ARE SOME VEHICLE MODELS THAT HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PART BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT ON THE LIST. I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE HYUNDAI RESPONSIBILITY TO RECALL ALL VEHICLES FOR THE SAME ISSUE...

THE ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN BAD ON THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. MY TIRES WORE OUT AT 28000. THE OUTER EDGE OF THE TIRES ARE BOLD WHEN I FIRST TOOK IT IN THEY BLAMED THE ROADS. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS PULLED TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON THE STEERING WHEEL AT ALL TIME TO KEEP THE CAR GOING STRAIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR IN AFTER MY TIRES WORE OUT AND THEY CHARGED ME $99 FOR AN ALIGNMENT, WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO PAY IF THEY COULD FIX IT. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK, I HAD TO HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL OFF CENTER TO KEEP THE CAR STRAIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR BACK, THEY MADE A SMALL ADJUSTMENT BUT ARE NOW BLAMING THE ROAD AGAIN. THEN THEY SAID THERE WAS A SCRATCH ON MY WHEEL WHICH I RECENTLY GOT AND THEY BLAMED THE ALIGNMENT ISSUE ON THAT. THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE ALIGNMENT ISSUE FOR THE FIRST 27000 MILES. I LIKE HYUNDAI. I HAVE A SANTA FE AND I USED TO OWN ANOTHER ONE BUT I HAVE A FEELING I AM GOING TO BE SELLING MY 2012 AZERA IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. *TR

ON THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS, THE EPS LIGHT WOULD LIGHT UP AND THE STEERING WOULD GET EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF LOCKING UP. AFTER THE THIRD INCIDENT ON JAN. 22ND, MY WIFE REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR. OUR LOCAL DEALER SAID THERE WERE NO OTHER REPORTS OR BULLETINS CONCERNING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. AFTER A DIAGNOSTICS CHECK, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN ISSUE AND THAT A NEW POWER STEERING UNIT WOULD BE INSTALLED. *TR

I JUST READ WHERE HYUNDAI'S GENESIS MODEL HAS BRAKE ISSUES. I HAVE A 2012 AZERA THAT HAD BRAKE ISSUES LAST WINTER WHEN THE CAR IS COLD. THE BRAKES GRAB AS SOON I GET THE CAR GOING. FOR EXAMPLE, IF MY CAR IS PARKED OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT AND I PULL TO THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY TO LEAVE IN THE MORNING, THE BRAKES WILL SUDDENLY GRAB AS I DEPRESS THEM. THIS ONLY HAPPENS THE FIRST OR SECOND TIME I BRAKE AND AFTER THE CAR GETS GOING THE BRAKES WORK FINE. I'VE COMPLAINED TO MY HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY THERE'S NOTHING WRONG, IT'S PART OF THE VEHICLE'S STARTUP PROCESS WHICH IS CRAZY. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE. THANKS. *TR