Hyundai
Reviews and Complaints

I went to Carolina Hyundai In Fort Mill SC. They sold me a 2005 Hyundai XG350 that has been in the repair shop for the same thing so many times that I am still upset. They did not show me the car fax report or even offer. That should have been a warning about the deception that the car had issues. Later I found out the car was bought at an auction. The transmission still jumps. The car value has decreased and now when I try to trade, found out the car was in an accident which leaves me really unsatisfied.

Truly a dissatisfied customer.

That dealership owner called and left me the exact same message on my answering machine at home, "...you wrote me a letter, I'm so-and-so the owner, call me back..." Forget it. I am moving on now. He will hear from a state investigator about this whole matter. I think the most sickening thing about this is how so many people who are ignorant, uneducated, or who just don't have common sense are being taken advantage of by following such shoddy advice that's illegal - like accepting dealer's plates and then getting into trouble. It's also illegal for a dealership to issue a second temporary registration. Interestingly - at least in NJ - if you accept a second temporary registration from a dealer you cannot be found at fault for that (but who would really want to be caught in the middle of that) but if you're driving a newly purchased car with a dealer's plate, the police will think that it's stolen.

One piece of wisdom that finally dawned on me is there is no law saying that we can't get the plates and registration ourselves. When it comes time to buying another car which hopefully won't be for at least another 10 years, I'm just going to get the plates and registration myself from motor vehicles - forget about paying and trusting a dealership to do that. We never think about it until we start having problems but when you do think about it, think of how it would have a few hundred bucks and all the aggravation that can arise when these dealership people drag their feet.

You just can't trust people anymore. Now I'll know that next time when I buy a car, I'll be signing so much paperwork again but then putting my guard up again by insisting that I pick up the plates and registration myself. I cannot for the life of me understand why such a simple thing that a dealer agrees to do and that you're paying a dealer for has to be so complicated.

I had given my Santro GLS for 2nd service in DSC Hyundai, Also some repainting work on the scratches on the back door and front/rear panel. They charged extra orbitantly above 10k INR, unfortunate that they have painted only few scratches on the door and other left out and delivered. On delivery interior is full of paints and door lock not working. No final checkup before delivery.

When asked they are saying we only charged for the back door and nothing else. Bad Service and False Commitment.

I have purchased a Hyundai Verna From Hans Hyundai ( Unit Of Charu Motors (P) Ltd )on 18/10/2007 Registration Date 22/10/2007, Registration Number DL4CND1315. Engine Number D4FAfU361215, Chasis Number: MALCM41VR7M034047. My car is giving Black Smoke and fuel efficiency has gone down drastically and pick up of the car has also gone down of the car and i have visited MGF HYUNDAI 4 times for the same problem they rectify it at that time, but again it starts in week or so. I don't know what is the exact problem but they are not able to rectify it completely. Hyundai is such a renowned company. Such type of service is not expected from such a big company. I don't know whether there is a flaw in the product or in people who are rectifying the same. I have visited service station 4 times for the same problem but no result.

My father is a Doctor practicing in Roorkee. He owns a Santro and has always been a Hyundai man. He had never thought of any other brand of car Maker since 2000 till the time we had an extremely harrowing experience with DASS Motors, Meerut. My father’s car was hit parked in front of an eating joint close to meerut and was hit by a Balero from the front. We had the car towed to meerut and showed it to DASS Motors, Meerut, they estimated close to 50, 000 INR for the complete repair of the vehicle. We agreed to have it done with Hyundai(DASS Motors) rather than having it done outside where complete repair was estimated [protected]. The car was promised to be delivered in 5-6 days. I kept following up for the car and the car was finally delivered after 16 days with the claim that the vehicle has been kept longer for the testing. When the vehicle was delivered it was in an absolutely bad shape with the long list of items which cold have been noticed in the vehicle if it was driven even once. The list of pending item goes as below

The steering of the car shook badly when the car was started.
It was not possible to drive the car if the AC was switched on, the car would just stop and would not move because of the load.
The dashboard shook vigorously after switching on the AC.
The Horn was not working.
The car made strange noises from every where.
The clutch of the car was just hanging loosely.
The bonnet was replaced with no color matching done, the difference in color could be noticed clearly from a distance of 15 meters.

I spoke with DASS Motors and they promised to do all this and deliver the car in 1 day. I took off from work and handed over my car to DASS Motors at 9AM in the morning with the promise that car would be delivered by 2PM. I was told that I would be charged separately for all this work again because I did not notice all this when the car was delivered. I called them up at 3PM and was told that the car is ready and could be taken away. I reached DASS to find that the condition of the car has further worsened, uptill morning my car used to drive straight after leaving the steering straight but now my car was moving left. I complained to them about this and they did something which made my car moving right. I was later than 6:30 pm by then and my car was not done completely and the staff at DASS motors was extremely rude and abusive, challenging not only me but the other customers as well. Seeing the abusive nature of the staff, I decided to take my car in the worse condition after paying the bill of 5000/- and spending whole day of work at Service center.

I and My father had great faith on Quality of Service provided by Hyundai but this experience with DASS motors opened our eyes. We had planned to buy i10 on Sunday but having got the worst car service experience on Saturday we decided to try Maruti and Chevrelot Cars as well.

I couldn’t believe that any authorized service center could be so careless, incompetent, rude and abusive towards the needs of the customer in such service oriented Market.

Regards,
Gaurav Sapra
[protected].

Would surely give a zero start to this dealer.

1. We went to buy a Car and we were giving complete cash down. I was told me the first sales guy saying they will not pull my credit history and later they did without me knowing about it.

2. After we bought the car, I had to go home and get my insurance and no body bothered to talk to me ask the sale was done.

3. The Finance guy had assured me that the registration will be done in a week and when i try to follow for for the first time, the Sales Manager Shan Pedro, picked up and said its going take more than 2 weeks for registration and When I asked him that I was told the registration is gonna take week, he said I was wasting his time and was not willing to transfer the phone to finance guy, Shan pedro said he cannot waste peoples time as the ball stops at him and said If I call again he will cancel my registration and hung up the phone. This was the first time I called and hardly spoke for 3 minutes.

Worst customer service. I have logged a compliant with Hyundai America customer support. Please do call Hyundai America and post your complaints.

I had purchased new Hyundai car Accent GLE model in Aug2007. The only version available now. Its black color car and so far it has run 14000KM.
Yesterday evening I was driving back home form office in Andheri Mumbai and on the way had filled petrol ( 22liters).
On eastern express highway near Vikroli the car suddenly caught fire. The flames were so bis and it caught fire so suddenly that in 2-3 minutes the bonnet was ozzing out flames. I could manage to come out of car some how specially when the car is fiited with power stearing and windows and Autocop accessories.
The car was very smooth and was stable. Never thought it will give such problem. The left side headlight is melted along with battery and so many things inside. Two service visits were completed so far in warranty and it was never brought to notice that the car would have any such problem.

Please let me know if some one has faced such problme. The insurance claim is launched but service center have give first has opinion that the claim would not be of much help and I would have to spend on plastic parts and metal parts as they are not covered in insurnace.

If some one wants to share similar problems please do so it would help me in resolvin the matter.

I regret you inform you that I mr. sabu john purchased a hyundai accent gle from your branch — hilton hyudai, karamana, trivandrum-, kerala — engine no:g4eb7m183931, chassis number :malcg41gr7m185233j, on 14 decembr 2007, but recently I came to know that the front right side door has been repainted already before the purchase date... im not sure whether this vechile is new,

No response from Hyundai India, Now they want to refund booking amount instead of Car.
I have couriered following letter to The GM – Sales and Marketing, 30, Mohan Co – op Ind. Area, Sarita Vihar, Matura Road, New Delhi – 44.

Regret to inform you till date I have no update either from Customer care/ Suhrit Hyundai/Head off Hyundai.

Please resolve the issue asap.
Dated – April 22, 2008

Subject – Complain against Suhrit Hyundai/ Need Delivery of vehicle immediately.

Dear Sir,

I have registered my complain Ref No – 1-[protected], send a mail to [protected]@hmil.net but no response from their end.

I had verbal conversation with Mrs. Pushpa Negi (General Manager, Suhrit Hyundai) [protected], but she failed to resolve the issue and talked very rudely.

I have booked I-10 Magna (M), Champagne Gold, 25 days back with a promise that I will get the delivery within a week.

1) I have paid INR 10, 000 as booking amount that credited to SUHRIT services p ltd. S-6, Building No 18-19, Gulmohar Community Centre, Yusuf Sarai, New Delhi - 16.

2) I have selected this vehicle from Auto Expo Delhi and exchange my Maaruti with Hyundai, I incurred a lose of Rs 10, 000 exchange bonus because didn’t have the delivery on time, I have sold my old car and facing the hardship.

3) My daily routine has been hampered, my job require extensive traveling and every day I have to pay Rs 1200 to rent a car, total expense Rs 25, 000 approx.

It is quite surprising that the people are getting this car same day and it has been not delivered to me till date, its almost one month, approved loan A/c no [protected].

4) I have booked the car and expecting the Delivery in the holy days on Navratara that has been passes now.

I never expected such painful service from Hyundai, I was in touch with you representative Rahul -Contact No - [protected].

Please compensate the loss and deliver the car immediately.

Md. Manzar Sohail Nazami

Contact No - [protected]

Hi,
I am in Hyderabad and we are trying to get our Accent Hyundai repaired by Talwar Hyundai service center. The service center is very pathetic I dont know how the owners are proud about their service center. we had the following complaints:

1. Whenever the petrol tank was fulled totally the car would swtich off and needed t switch on and would only run smoothely after the tanks gets half. And the milage is unbeliveable it gives 3 to 5.
2. We had the white smoke coming with horrible smell.

I gave the car at 10.30am on 18.04.2017 to Mr. Kiran Kumar who said he will diagonise the problem and let me know by evening but didnot give any feedback till evening and I had to call them and findout. After much fuss he gave the call to Mr. Pavana Kumar said to be the Floor manager which I doubt.

The solution the Talwar Hyundai guy gave was that the pertol tank and pump was to be replaced with new as the tank and pump was damaged and that if we replace, my car not givr the above said problems. So i had gone with it. We were asked to take the car on 19.04.08.

We went to the service center met Mr. Pavan Kumar he very confidently said that there will be no problem and asked us to run it for 1000km and said we needed to go for overhauling of the engine. Trusting him I had paid Rs. 12, 800 and took my car. Before that I had given the car in 18.02.2017 and was billed Rs. 5, 800.

I had to take my car keys from ther security on which the car no was wrongly written instead of 4500 it was 5400 and saw my dusty car placed near the gate, it was so pathetic I had to clean the car before I could take it out. This shows how the Talwar Hyundai service is. Inspite of informing Mr. Pavan Kumar the FLoor Manager that I will coming to take the car, he didnt even bother to check. As soon as we took the car my husband who was driving said that there is a problem and they had taken us for a ride. We went back and asked Mr. Pavan to test drive but he convinced that the car is ok and wanted us to get it back after 1000kms of running.

The actuall problem which I had been telling them that the car stops when we fill the petrol had not been checked at all, when I took my car the petrol tank was half and it was running fine. They didnot even bother to check on the complaint I had given.

2 days later when we filled petrol, car stopped we somehow managed to take it back to the Talwar Hyundai service center. This time we spoke to the Manager Mr. Kulkarni, He was another over acting fellow pertened to know everything. He had asked for the earlier reports of our car but their people could not find any data on my car which is very strange. Then we insisted him to take a test drive and called Mr. Pavan Kumar. After a lot of agruments Mr. pavan Kumar said he had removed the Fuel tank and Pump on suspicion and not any technical reason and agreed that the tank and fuel pump would have served me futher.
And without any job card they took the car and said they would correct it. And the manager promised that he would come along for a long drive to test the milage and the car condition after filling the car.

They call me in the morning and say that the carborater is the problem and the problem is rectified, the car will not stop it the petrol is filled. They were again Lying, they didnot fill the petrol full to check the problem. After I told them that I will go public they was some action but still I dont know how to trust them.

The owner of the Service center will not be available, so whom to complain about these people who took our money . how will I get my money back if Mr. Pavan Kumar had used his stupid brain and took a wrong discussion. There are so many occasions that I was unsatisfied with the service, they had damaged my car bonnet and it is rusting now, we had to fight to get our mirror fixed eventhough it was in the job card, they didnot check the headlights of the car before giving. The list can go on.

I need help to solve the problem. How can I go public, I need everybody to join hands and takeout some solution. Even the owner should know the his Service center and showroom underneath his nose is horrible . The qoute which Hyundai has "Trust driven by service " is useless in India.

I have purchased “i10 Magna” car from Sanjay Hyundai, Pune. This car was delivered to me in the second week of January 2008. My car has developed two faults twice in less than three moths of use, when the car has not even run 3000 km.
1. On April 07, 2008 major accident was averted when my car suddenly stopped in the middle of the road, when I was negotiating a ‘U’ turn. I was later told by the mechanic of Sanjay Hyundai that the left side axle had come off.
This is a serious problem which can cause injury to life and property of driver/passenger. I consider my self lucky that no fast moving vehicle banged into me when the car stopped suddenly in the middle of the road.
2. In the month of February, Wiper motor of the vehicle suddenly started and stopped, on its own, without switching on the wiper. This was a problem was solved by replacing the wiper motor.

This is 2nd time complain :
(1) My order No. [protected]
(2) I have puck up mobile by courier in end of january
2008
(3) Warranty period 1 year
(4) Mobile wil work one and half month its ok and
after one i have have to put charge my mobile and
suddanly what happend i dont no, it is
automatically charging stop and it is not work at
that time to till date my mobile is not working,
so pl help me.
(5) My mobile back side battery cover coated it will
automaticaly removed and Mobile looks is very bad
so pl help
(6) And also my ear phone is not working properly. So
pl needful help and send me charger as early as
possible to start my mobile and also other item pl.
I hope we needful help for me as early as possible
above to

Bought new. Std. xmission. This rice burner has had it's 4th Xmission in 2 years. Submitted claim via legal council and it was refused by Hyundai. Provided all necessary invoices proving 3 Xmissions had to be installed. Did not have the 3rd installation performed by Hyundai dealer. The rationale being that Hyundai garages may not be properly trained and perhaps a private garage would know what they were doing. My garage informed me that that type of flywheel had been tried unsuccessfully by US car makers and was shortly abandoned due to the piss poor design which caused an inordinate number of replacements. I'll never consider another purchase of this piece of junk.

I have purchased one Santro XL car from your Trident Hundai, 100 Feet Road branch on 17th Sept, 2007 and I was promised from the sales person to give Rs. 10000/- exchange bonus to me in one month. Till today I have not received the exchange bonus, I am just getting assurance of another week and each time I contact the sales office. I have been getting such statements from Trident Office since Oct.,2007. I have escalated the issue to Sales Manager, Hundai Customer Care (in copy), a number of times but the same response " Will be resolved in another week". After passing 6 months, still I am waiting for my cheque.

On 02/19/08 Malcolm Madison and co-signer Carmen Madison financed a 2007 Dodege magnum from Hyundai of north Jacksonville for 34,835.60. All legal paper work was presented to the General Manager Joe Cutaia during the sale of the vehicle like current pay stubs, proof of address and etc. The sale contract was signed by all parties and a down payment of $200.00 was given to the sales rep Bobby for a final deal. The payments on the 2007 Dodge Magnum was to start on 04/04/08 at 481.05 a month. The General Manager Joe Cutaia said all taxes will be financed in the total of the vehicle and Malcolm Madison nor co-signer Carmen Madison would have to pay that up-front. The deal was final with $200.00 down. The 2007 Dodge Magnum was given to Malcolm Madison at the end of the deal with all final paper work in hand. On 02/22/08 Malcolm Madison received a call around 4:30pm from General Manager Joe Cutaia of Hyundai of north Jacksonville saying for him to bring the vehicle by the store to get the vin# scanned and for the bank to inspect the 2007 Dodge Magnum. When Malcolm Madison arrived to Hyundai of north Jacksonville he was greeted by a nasty sales rep in the finance dept. The sales rep asked Malcolm Madison what was he doing there and Malcolm Madison explained that he was to bring the vehicle to the store so they can scane the vin# and let the bank look at the car. The nasty sales rep in financed ask Malcolm Madison for the keys to the 2007 Dodge Magnum and then walked off with his keys with no explaination. Then the nasty sales rep told Malcolm Madison to find a ride home and kicked him out the store located at 3333 north main street, Jax fl 32206. The General Manager Joe Cutaia lied to Malclm Madison on what the visit was all about. Hyundai of north Jacksonville treated Malcolm Madison like he was a dog on the street and gave him no explaination on what was going on that day. Malcolm Madison spent his hard earned money on the insurance and down payment for the 2007 Dodge Magnum so he can get back and forth to work to feed his kids. Hyundai of north Jacksonville kept Malcolm Madison down payment and also kept the vehical to this day with no explaination on why they did what they did towards Malcolm Madison. No customer should never go through this type of treatment from any company at anytime.

Dear sir,

On 12th febuary 2008 ill give advance Rs. 10000.00 to Suhrit Hyundai S-6 Building No 18-19,Gulmohar Community Center,Yusuf Sarai.New Delhi:110016 for my new i10 magna as per there executive Amit Malhotra they say that we give u car at old price on 25 th feb from 13th feb price are increasing but on 24th ill asked Amit Malhotra about car he said we not give u a car on old price. ill said him ok return my advance money he said that we cut some charges but i tryed to ur else showroom they not chargeing any thing for cancel booking.

on 25th feb ill give request of my cancelation of booking but i still not receive check from shruit hyundai daily they say tommorow.

on 13th of feb ill register my complaint on your coustomer care center by phone on this no. [protected] complaint no. is 1-[protected] still i not get any status from your side. they people also saying we talk them we talk them daily i am calling at your coustomer care stil my problem is not solve

please solve my problem as soon as possible

with regards
amit saini
45 masjid moth
south extension part-II
new delhi-110049
mob:- +[protected]

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am owner of Hyundai Accent with following details:

Model : Accent GLE
Colour : Noble White
Registration Number : MP - 09 - 8934
Engine No : 129963
Chessis No : 143599
Date of Purchase : 23-12-2005
From: Harsh Automobiles (P) Ltd. Indore

Recently I observed some unusual sound from the silencer of my car and took the vehicle to newly opened Hyundai service center “Kasliwal Automobile” and after inspection they told me that the silencer drum completely rusted and worn out and I have to buy a new one. This vehicle is giving regular and repeated problems since day one of purchasing. Please find below few of the observations:

1. The Car used to pull on right side from day one.
2. Made “n” numbers of complaint on this issue but problem does not got resolved
3. All the tires worn out at a run of 40,000 kilometers only and I have to got it changed at my expenses.
4. After that on much of my persuasion the problem got resolved
5. Internal wiring torn off twice and every time we had to struggle to get it covered under warranty.
6. After giving turn signal the Indicator lever not used to get cancelled automatically. The problem finally got resolved in April 2006
7. Switch Assy–Power regulator gone bad.
8. Mostly I drive my car alone and runs on good road still the rear left shock absorber gone bad and replaced in Jan-2007, the same again started leaking now.
9. When we installed Car radio in Nov-07 we found that the Antenna is not working and the service center refused to repair/replace it under warranty.
10. I am sending my vehicle regularly to the service center for periodic maintenance as advised in the service book and apart from this there were many occasions when the car was in service center.
11. Rusting is a very slow and gradual process, why the service center people have not informed me about this and why they have not taken any corrective steps.
12. My car gets parked on dry floor and runs approx 2000km per month.
13. Indore is normally a dry place The range of relative humidity varies from a minimum of 50 % to a maximum of 85% so the environmental conditions are not responsible for the rusting.
14. it is definitely a quality issue with the raw material.

All these frequent problems are sign of defects in manufacturing and lack of quality control.

I request you to kindly look in to the matter and arrange to resolve the issues by either replacing the vehicle or get the vehicle inspected thoroughly by your engineers and get corrective steps so we can be assure of trouble free services on our investment.

Thanking you,

Yours truly,

Rajkumar Jain
Director
Business Automation (I) Pvt. Ltd.
110 Shalimar Corporate Center,
8- South Tukoganj, Indore 452001 INDIA
Ph: +[protected]
Fax: +[protected]
Cell: +[protected]
email : [protected]@busauto.com

I bought a Hyundai Elantra 2006 from the Egyptian market, The Authorized and official dealer in Egypt refused to conduct any service on the car at my cost, because they said "we took a decision only service Hyundai cars bought from us at Egypt and your car was bought originally from Saudi Arabia and then came to Egypt and we don't want that to happen so we took that decision".

So my question is:

1- Should it be broad casted to the world , don't come to Egypt with your Hyundai car because if any thing happened to it during your stay the official dealer won't service the car and you are stuck. Hyundai cars are only good for use in the country you b0ought it from and it should stay their.

2- The Hyundai's Mother Company doesn't keep track of its dealers behavior and abuse of customer, they can spend a lot of time and effort on improving their cars and that will be wasted because of their dealers giving them a bad name with their bad behavior of their customers.

3- I am waiting to see if the Hyundai mother company will contact me because if they don't that will confirm my suspicion about their poor job of trying to satisfy their customers.

I had purchased the Hyundai Verna CRDI in the month of May'07 and before to that had been a fan of Hyundai cars as I owned a Santro and upgraded myself to Verna and frankly speaking am very satisfied with the vehicle but there is a issue which is lingering every time I start the vehicle and run i.e. the noise level of the diesel engine is very high inside the cabin and if you roll up the windows with AC on it makes you feel you are driving a very powerful tractor and secondly the front tyres within this short period have worn out and the rear tyres are fully OK , I have been driving vehicle for past 18 years and this is the first time I have something like this and am very puzzled whether to keep this vehicle or sell it within this short duration, I tried contacting Hyundai and every time they ask me to contact the local workshop and they as usual try to fix things but are unable. I do not what is the long term solution and whether ever Hyundai will listen and pay attention to its loyal customer who is now on the verge of taking a drastic step of lodging a customer complaint in court of law.

Hi...i have a Hyundai santro Xing XG bought in year 2005. I have been having issues for over a year that the car would give a jerk while driving. In the beginging ,more than a year back, i just used to feel a very little jerk while idling but no problem in driving. Bought this to the notice of the Service Center but was given some lame explanation and told that it won't effect in any way. But for the past year or so i started having this knocking while driving as well, so this time went to another Service Center as the one owned by dealer near to me got shifted. Now this one is also an Authorized Service Center of another Hyundai dealer. So they did some work and fixed the issue where the jerk was very slight when idling. So after some time it came back again and went to get the car serviced and got the issue fixed again. So after several time of issue re-arising it it finally has been diagnosis that the Engine need overhaul (have got it checked from 2 different service cneters) as there is oil coming in spark plug in one of the cylinders. Now my car would be 3 yrs old and has just run 38k KMS and i have got it regularly serviced. Now my concern is why it happened as its just under 40K KMS and also how would it perform and what would be its life after the overhaul. Any comments?