2009 Hyundai Sonata Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

WHILE DRIVING, THE ESC OFF LIGHT COMES ON. IT DOES SO RANDOMLY, BUT FREQUENTLY WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING.

WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY, STRAIGHT ON A LEVEL ROAD ESC OFF LIGHT CAME ON. OCCASIONALLY TURNS OFF BUT MOSTLY STAYS ON. CARS AROUND 95000 MILES AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA I HAD AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND NEED TO CALL IN AN ELECTRICIAN.

ESC LIGHT ILLUMINATES ONCE THE CAR IS STARTED AND CANNOT BE TURNED OFF BY DEPRESSING THE SWITCH, THIS ALSO SEEMS TO DISABLE THE CRUISE CONTROL.

THE ESC LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR JERKS AS THIS HAPPENS. ONCE IN THIS CONDITION, THE CAR RUNS EXTREMELY ROUGH AND WILL EVEN STALL WHEN STARTING FROM A FULL STOP (STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION). DURING ONE OCCURRENCE, THE CAR WOULDN'T GO FASTER THAN 25 MPH WHEN GOING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE. I CAN'T TURN OFF ESC; PRESSING THE SWITCH IS IGNORED. IF I TURN OFF/ON THE CAR, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO GO AWAY FOR A WHILE.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH MY ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC). THE "ESC OFF" INDICATOR LAMP BECOMES ILLUMINATED WHILE I AM DRIVING. I AM UNABLE TO TURN IT OFF BY PRESSING THE ESC BUTTON. WHEN THE ESC OFF INDICATOR IS ILLUMINATED, THIS ALSO CAUSES THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT FUNCTION, CREATING THE RISK OF AN ACCIDENT.

ESC LIGHT WILL COME ON AT VARIOUS TIMES AND ENGINE WILL SHUT OFF. WILL GET CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY WITH THIS BUT NOT ALWAYS. THIS MAY OCCUR GOING 20 MPH ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS OR GOING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. NO RHYME OR REASON FOR IT GOING OFF. MAY BE DRY OR WET PAVEMENT WARM OR COLD OUT. HEN ENGINE DIES AT HIGH SPEED MAY START BACK UP UPON DECELERATION OR MAY NEED TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. SOMETIMES RESETS UPON RESTARTING THE FIRST TIME BUT OTHER TIMES IT TAKES A FEW TIMES OF TURNING ENGINE OFF THEN ON.

THE ESC OFF LIGHT COMES ON AND PUSHING THE ON/OFF SWITCH DOES NOT PUT IT OUT. IF I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RE START, THE DASH LIGHT GOES OUT. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS USUALLY HAPPENS GOING 30-40MPH AND I FEEL A SLIGHT JERK IN THE CAR THEN IT COMES ON. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 60MPH. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS 07/12/17 DRIVING AROUND 30MPH.

WE PURCHASED A 2009 HYUNDAI SONATA FROM VOSS HYUNDAI IN CENTERVILLE, OHIO ON 5/21/2009. ON 10/14/14 WE TOOK THE CAR IN FOR AN 'IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL' WHICH STATED THAT THEY CHANGED THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH BECAUSE IT COULD BE DEFECTIVE AND CAUSE SEVERAL PROBLEMS, ONE OF WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ESC (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) LAMP AMONG OTHER THINGS. EIGHT DAYS AGO OUR ESC LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND TOOK THE CAR TO VOSS THIS MORNING ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT I WOULD BE CHARGED $103 TO EVEN FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, NOT TO MENTION THE CHARGES FOR ACTUALLY FIXING A SAFETY RECALL PROBLEM WHICH I AM SURE WOULD BE EXPENSIVE. I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY PROBLEM RELATED TO THE PREVIOUS RECALL WORK. THEY MAY HAVE REPLACED A PERFECTLY GOOD BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WITH A FAULTY ONE. THIS CAR HAS 12,875 MILES ON IT AND WE ONLY USE IT OCCASIONALLY. IT IS IN A GARAGE AT ALL TIMES AND THIS MORNING WAS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS BEEN OUT IN RAIN. WE HAD NOT BOUGHT A NEW CAR IN MANY YEARS AND BOUGHT THIS ONE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON IT. APPARENTLY I SHOULD HAVE SAT IN THE SHOWROOM AND ASKED TO READ THE FINE PRINT ON THEIR WARRANTY BEFORE BUYING IT. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM WITH ALL MODELS OF HYUNDAIS. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED STABILITY AND STEERING PROBLEMS RELATED TO THIS DEFECT IN DESIGN OR PARTS WHICH COULD EASILY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT. WE REALLY LIKED THE CAR UNTIL THIS HAPPENED, THE DEALERSHIP 'NOT SO MUCH' NOW. I REALLY THINK THAT HYUNDAI SHOULD ADMIT THAT THERE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND FIX THE PROBLEM CORRECTLY FOR THE MANY OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING THIS HAPPEN TO THEM, NOT JUST A $10 BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH AFTER A $103 DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE.

ESC LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY SOMETIMES ENGINE HESITATION IS INVOLVED. THIS HAPPENS AT VARYING SPEEDS, VARYING OPERATING TEMPS, AND VARYING WEATHER/TEMP CONDITIONS.

THE LIGHT TURNS ON AND YOU TRY TO PUSH THE SWITCH TO IT BACK ON BUT IT DOES NOTHING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. THE FIRST I HAD SOME SENSOR REPLACED BUT ITS BACK ON DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN

WHEN START THE ENGINEERING AND DRIVE FOR 2-3 SECONDS, THE ESC OFF LIGHT WILL LIGHT AND STAYS ON, WILL NOT GO OFF. I HEARD IT HAD RECALL ON 2006-2008 MODEL FOR THIS, BUT NOT 2009MODELS.

THE MOTOR IN THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAS GONE OUT. WHEN I TOLD A COUSIN OF MINE WHO OWNS A SONATA SAID THAT HYUNDIAS ARE KNOWN FOR THAT PROBLEM, REALLY!!

ESC LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND THEN GOING OFF. HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY DOING AROUND 75MPH ESC OFF LIGHT COME ON...

ESC LIGHT STILL COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. SHUTTING OFF CAR AND TURNING BACK ON WILL MAKE IT GO OFF, BUT DOES NOT KEEP IT OFF. EVEN AFTER STOP LAMP SWITCH REPLACEMENT FOR THE RECALL, THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. I SEE MANY MANY OTHERS WITH CONTINUING ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S BEING DONE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

AS I WAS TURNING THE CORNER FROM A STOP SIGN, (I BELIEVE IT MAY HAVE BEEN WET ON THE ROAD THAT MORNING) I WAS NOT TURNING FAST/SHARP OR HARD; KINDA SLOW BECAUSE OF THE WET GROUND AND HOW THAT ROAD IS, I SLOWLY TURNED CORNER AND THEN THE LIGHT FLASHED ON AND I LOOKED AT MY DASH AND THEN SAW THAT THE ESC LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I DROVE ABOUT ANOTHER 20 MINS TO WORK AND THE LIGHT NEVER WENT OUT. AFTER I GOT TO WORK, I CUT THE CAR OFF AND THE LIGHT WENT OUT, BUT LATER THAT EVENING WHEN I WAS LEAVING WORK, IT CAME BACK ON AND HAS BEEN ON EVER SINCE AND TODAY IS JAN. 13, 2015. SO IT HAS BEEN ON A LITTLE LESS THAN A WEEK NOW. NEED SOME IDEA ON WHAT IS CAUSING IT TO COME ON AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

ESC OFF LIGHT TURNS ON INTERMITTANTLY. THE ESC ON/OFF SWITCH DOES NOT PUT IT OUT. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RE START, THEN THE ESC OFF LIGHT GOES OUT SOMETIMES. ALSO, IT RETURNS WHEN I START THE ENGINE NEXT TIME. *TR

THE ESC HAS TURNED OFF (DASH LIGHT COMES ON) AT VARIOUS TIMES. PREVIOUSLY MY BRAKE SWITCH WAS AN ISSUE AND MY CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISCONNECT BY TAPPING THE BRAKE. I HAD THAT REPLACED A FEW YEARS AGO. NOW, THE ESC TURNS OFF AFTER 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING. IF I TURN THE CAR OFF, IT IS FINE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES. ALSO, PERIODICALLY, I PRESS THE VOLUME ADJUSTMENT ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND IT DOES THE OPPOSITE ... IN OTHER WORDS, I PRESS VOLUME DOWN AND THE VOLUME ACTUALLY GOES UP. THE ELECTRONICS SEEM TO BE VERY MESSED UP... *TR

ESC OFF LIGHT CAME ON AFTER STARTING ENGINE WHEN PARKED. I SHUT CAR OFF AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE. THE ENGINE SHUDDERED AND WOULD NOT START. I TURNED OFF IGNITION AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES. I AGAIN STARTED THE CAR , THIS TIME WITH NO PROBLEM AND THE ESC OFF LIGHT DID NOT STAY ON. THE ESC OFF LIGHT HAS COME ON PREVIOUSLY(ONCE) AND SUBSEQUENTLY (ONCE) AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH NO APPARENT ACCOMPANYING ISSUES. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE HYUNDAI DEALER TWICE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH THE FIRST TIME BUT THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN (65MPH). THE SECOND TIME IN, THE DEALER CHECKED OUT THE CAR BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM AS THE ESC OFF LIGHT WAS NOT ON AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. MY RESEARCH ON THE WEB LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE . I AM NOT DRIVING THE CAR OUT OF TOWN UNTIL I CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE. *TR

THE "ESC OFF" LIGHT WAS ON THE DASH AND REMAINED UNTIL I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. IT WAS GONE FOR A WHILE THEN CAME BACK AGAIN OFTEN LIKE EVERY SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. *TR

ESC OFF LIGHT INTERMITTENT ON MY DASH BOARD. *TR

MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ESC LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTING UP. OCCURRED AGAIN YESTERDAY - SEVERAL TIMES. ISSUE ADDRESSED BACK IN 6/18/2011 WHEN THE CAR HAD 67,604 MILES - BRAKE SWITCH WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE ESC LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTING UP. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL CAMPAIGN 110 AND HYUNDAI RECALL 13V-113 UNDERWAY, BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. I ASK THAT THIS RECALL BE EXPANDED AS I AM HAVING THESE ISSUES WITH MY CAR AT PRESENT AND HYUNDAI IS UNWILLING TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX WITHOUT THE OWNER PAYING THE COST. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WAS RECALLED A FEW YRS AGO AS WELL AND OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. *TR

RELATED TO PREVIOUS COMPLAINT DATED 9/16/2013 NHTSA ID NUMBER 10543783. MY VEHICLE CONTINUES TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ESC LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTING UP - MORE FREQUENT THAN PREVIOUS. MY VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY ALSO HAD THIS ISSUE ADDRESSED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY ON 6/18/2011 WHEN THE CAR HAD 67,604 MILES, AT WHICH TIME THE BRAKE SWITCH WAS REPLACED DUE TO THE ESC LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTING UP. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL CAMPAIGN 110 AND HYUNDAI RECALL 13V-113 UNDERWAY, BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED. I ASK THAT THIS RECALL BE EXPANDED AS I AM HAVING THESE ISSUES WITH MY CAR AT PRESENT AND UNDERSTAND THAT OTHERS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR

UPON START UP THIS MORNING, THE ESC OFF LIGHT TURNED ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY OVER THE PAST YEAR, AT LEAST 4 TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER, WHEN THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY TO BE TOLD NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT UNLESS THE LIGHT SIMPLY DID NOT TURN OFF EVENTUALLY. EACH TIME THE LIGHT HAS TURNED OFF AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND THEN RESTARTING IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE HYUNDAIS, YET THE DEALER NEVER TOLD ME NOR DID THEY TRY TO MAKE A PERMANENT FIX TO THE PROBLEM. NOW I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THERE WAS A RECALL PRIOR TO THE 2009 HYUNDAIS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AND WONDERING IF SO MANY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE WHY THERE IS NOT ANOTHER RECALL. *TR

I HAVE NOTICED FOR MONTHS BEGINNING IN MAY OF THIS YEAR MY ESC LIGHT WOULD COME ON, THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND OFF INTERMITENTLY.I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A HYUNDAI DEALERSHIP TO INQUIRE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE.THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR THREE MONTHS, AND ALL COSTS WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR.THE MANAGER ALSO ASK ME IF MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OUT ,BECAUSE OF PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH. I RETURNED HOME AND FOUND ALL OF MY BRAKE LIGHTS OUT, I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS.I DISCOVERD ON LINE THAT ALL 2009 SONATAS WERE RECALL FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM THAT WERE MANUFACTURED AFTER JAN 01,2009, I WAS TOLD THIS BY HYUBDAI MOTOR COMPANY WHEN I CALL THEM ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER TO HAVE MY VEHICLE FIXED UNDER THE RECALL , CASE # 5994137. I RECEIVED A CALL BACK FROM THE SAME REPERSENTATIVE THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN BECAUSE MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED ON FEB 22, 2008 AND THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN WERE FOR 2009 SONATAS MANUFACTRED AFTER JAN 01,2009.I THEN TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY OWN MECHANIC FOR TESTING AND REPAIR HE FOUND THAT THE STOP LIGHT SWITCH WAS BAD AND I HAD IT REPLACE. IT IS TOO CONSEQUENTIAL THAT A CAR MANUFACTURED 9 MONTHS LATER AFTER MY VEHICLE TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I EXPERIENCE. I FIND THAT THE SAME PART USED IN THE SONATAS THAT WERE MANUFACTURED 9 MONTHS AFTER MY VEHICLE ,IS THE SAME PART THAT WAS PUT IN MY VEHICLE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO UNDERSTAND THIS !!! THEREFOR, PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE REGARDING THE ABOVE STATED MATTER, NOT ONLY FOR A RECALL ISSUE BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY A SAFETY ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR ANY CONSIDERATION YOU MAY GIVE THIS INCIDENT. SINCERELY. [XXXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND ESC LIGHT COMES ON AND IT'S LIKE THE GAS IS SHUT OFF BUT DOESN'T DIE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST 9 MONTHS AND IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU CAN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON AND IT'S FINE BUT THE OTHER DAY I WAS ON A MAJOR HWY IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND IT SHUT DOWN. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE LANE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *TR