What 74 owners told NHTSA about the 2012 Hyundai Azera

STEERING WHELL MAKES CLUNK SOUND WHEN TURNED TO LEFT AND RIGHT. ALSO MAKES SAME SOUNDS WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS ON THE ROAD. SIMILAR TO WHAT OTHERS ARE DESCRIBING. 45,000MILES

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STEERING POPS WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS MOVED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

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I CONFIRMED MY CAR HAVE MDPS STEERING MOTER COUPLING ISSUE SYMPTOM. CLICK SOUND HAPPEN WHEN STEER WHEEL ROTATE LEFT AND RIGHT. THIS CASE HAVE HUGE RECALL AT SONATA BEFORE. AZERA FROM 2011-14 ALSO HAVE SAME PROBLEM BASE ON INFORMATION FROM KOREA RECALL SITE. MY CAR ALSO HAVE SAME SAFETY ISSUE. I CAN'T DRIVE CAR DUE TO POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK WHICH LOCK STEERING BY BROKEN COUPLING. I SEND A MAIL TO BEAVERTON HYUNDAI ABOUT THIS AND TRY TO GET RECALL SERVICE BUT THEY DIDN'T REPLY MY MAIL.

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STEERING WHEEL MAKES CLICKING SOUND UPON TURNING IT EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT, EVEN WHEN CAR IS IN PARK JUST TURNING THE WHEEL SLIGHTLY AND THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED. WHEN DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED, THE STEERING WHEEL BEGINS TO SHAKE UPON THE SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT OF IT. I HAVE CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALL NOTICES, BUT HAVE FOUND NONE DESPITE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL.

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IN EARLY 2017, HYUNDAI ISSUED THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT...''HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA IS REVISING THE WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE RUBBER COUPLING IN THE MOTOR DRIVEN POWER STEERING (MDPS) ASSEMBLY ON 2007-2015 ELANTRA SEDANS, 2009-2012 ELANTRA TOURING MODELS, 2011-2014 SONATA SEDANS, AND 2011-2015 HYBRID SONATA SEDANS TO 10 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ORIGINAL DELIVERY OR THE DATE OF FIRST USE, OR 100,000 MILES, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.' WHY ISN'T THE STEERING COUPLER ON THE 2012 HYUNDAI AZERA COVERED UNDER THE SAME WARRANTY THAT HYUNDAI EXTENDED TO THE 2007 ' 2015 ELANTRA SEDANS, 2009 ' 2012 ELANTRA TOURING MODELS, 2011 ' 2014 SONATA SEDANS AND 2011 ' 2015 HYBRID SONATA SEDANS? THIS EXACT COMPONENT WAS UTILIZED IN SIMILAR YEAR AZERAS, YET HYUNDAI WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY EXTENSION OR REIMBURSE ME FOR THE $ 325.00 I SPENT TO HAVE THIS REPAIR MADE.

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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.

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KNOWN HYUNDAI PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING... CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL AND GOING OVER BUMPY ROADS

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STEERING WHEEL HAS A POPPING SOUND EITHER SET PARK OR DRIVE., VEHICLE ALSO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND A VIBRATION IN HIGH WAY SPEEDS.

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WHEN VEHICLE IS MAKING TURNS THE WHEEL MAKES A CLICKING NOISE.EVERY TIME...MANUFACTURER DENIES PROBLEM FOR AZERA BUT SAME PART ON OTHER HUNDAYS ARE RECALL.

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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...

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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

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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

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2012 HYUNDAI AZERA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO THE VEHICLE PULLING TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO PULL TO THE RIGHT, WHILE IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT CENTERED, IT WAS TILTED TO THE LEFT, AS THERE WAS ALSO A SLIGHT PULL TO THE LEFT.

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