2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid drivetrain & axles problems
Owners reported drivetrain & axles problems in 30 complaints for the 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, 14% of the complaints on file. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 30 14% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When drivetrain & axles problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 26 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 80,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
The car was at a stop light and burst into flames, all of the sonatas have this problem, all sonatas will at the least burn up the engines, transmissions, or batteries due to this problem. Out of 35 sonatas tested 35 had this problem. Contacted hyundai USA, hyundai fullerton, hyundai consumer complaint line and they refuse to do anything about it .
Yesterday the car drove fine untill about an hour before I went home. Then it started with the bumping/jerking when switching from electric to gas. Worse than it has ever been. Then the revving started, more than usual, and wouldn't accelerate. Then it was like the throttle stuck. Got the revving noice, but the eco wasn't burried at red, for about 1/4 mile before I was able to pull over into a parking lot. Shut off the car. Restarted and drove 1 mile to home. Revved a few times in that period.
Other problems reported for the 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
- Engine 72 complaints
- Brakes 25 complaints
- Electrical system 23 complaints
Drivetrain & axles problems in other years
- 2027
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011