2008 Hyundai Sonata Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

ESC OFF LIGHT FLASHES INTERMITTENTLY AFTER THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH RECALL "FIX". ISSUES WITH BRAKE LIGHTS STILL ILLUMINATING AFTER CAR HAS BEEN PUT IN PARK AND TURNED OFF. HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER, NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT CAUSED IT TO OCCUR. IT BEGAN TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY SINCE OCT 29.

THE ESC OFF DOES NOT TURN OFF EVEN AFTER PRESSING THE ESC SWITCH. BOTH ESC AND ESC OFF TURNS ON AFTER THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED ON AND STAYS FOR A FEW SECONDS. POST THAT THE ESC LIGHT GOES OFF. BUT AFTER FEW MINUTES ESC OFF LIGHT TURNS ON. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WITH MOST OF THE HYUNDAI SONATA

ESC OFF WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AT START UP AND DURING DRIVING OF VEHICLE, STALLS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS AND FIND THAT SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE FOR A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTING SEEMS TO CLEAR THE ISSUE BUT THE ESC LIGHTS COMES BACK ON WITHIN MINUTES. HAPPENED 10 TIME IN PAST 2 MONTHS, THEN TWICE OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND,NOW THE LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF AND THE ESC SWITCH DOES NOT WORK.

ESC OFF WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY AT START UP AND DURING DRIVING OF VEHICLE WHERE THE ENGINE IS SLUGGISH, STALLS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS AND FIND THAT SHUTTING OFF VEHICLE FOR A FEW SECONDS AND RESTARTING SEEMS TO CLEAR THE ISSUE. HAPPEN ONE TIME IN PAST 2WKS, THEN TWICE OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND. SURPRISED TO FIND ALL THESE CLAIMS ON THIS ISSUE AND NO RECALL NOTICE.

THE ABS ESC OFF DASH LIGHT IS COMING ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, WILL NOT GO OFF UNTIL CAR IS TURNED OFF. BEGAN DOING THIS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, NOW IT IS DOING EVERY DAY. DOES NOT HELP TO TURN THE BUTTON ON/OFF.

"ESC OFF" WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATES OCCASIONALLY. SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR USUALLY FIXES IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY LIGHT ENGAGED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE SPEED TO DECREASE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE WEATHER TEMPERATURES WERE HOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

BROUGHT IN 2008, AFTER 2 YEARS ESC LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON SOMETIMES DEALERSHIP CAN DETECT OTHER TIMES THE LIGHT IS NOT ON. THEY CLAIM THEY FIND NOTHING. *TR

ESC LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATES AROUND 20 - 25 MPH WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED. INSPECTED THE FRONT BRAKES AND NO PROBLEMS NOTED. CHECKED TIRE PRESSURE DUE TO TPMS INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINED. TRIED TO RESET SENSOR BY DISCONNECTING VEHICLE BATTERY FOR 2 HOURS. TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND ESC LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED BRAKE SENSOR SWITCH. REVIEWED COMPLAINTS FOR VEHICLE TYPE AND NOTED THAT PREVIOUS RECALL FOR SAME SWITCH ON 2006 - 2007 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. WIFE TOLD THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THIS ITEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RANDOM POINT AND TIME THE E.S.C CONTROL COMES ON BY ITSELF AND IF I DO NOT NOTICE RIGHT AWAY AND APPLY THE BRAKE THE BRAKE SEEM TO BECOME EFFECTED I WILL HEAR A GRINDING NOISE THE CAR WILL SLIDE AS OPPOSE TO COMING TO A STOP THIS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. AS YET I HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT BUT THE POTENTIAL IS THERE. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 HYUNDAI SONATA AND THE ESC IS ON AND IT WILL NOT GO OFF. I NOTICED THE YEAR 2006 AND 2007 SONATA'S WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE 2008 SONATA'S SHOULD BE RECALLED AS WELL. ACCORDING TO THE RECALL THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR