2002 Hyundai Sonata Engine Problems

“On november 30, 2020 after shopping in food store, starting the cat and coming out of a parking lot and driving the car forward, I smell something burning. Stop & open the front hood and saw smoke coming out of the air filter housing and started to burn. Somebody helped and put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. The car was running hood and my daily driver before the incident.”

“My car started getting erratic idling and then the engine light started to turn on. I got the spark plugs and spark plug wires replaced and then it mild down after around 1wk after, then the erratic idling while on drive or on reverse started again. Left it like that thinking it was maybe the fuel pump or something like that. Had my brother that is a mechanic check it and said he found the spark plug wires out of sequence, but after he made sure all were the correct order the same problem started again, same erratic idling and this time it really did feel like sometimes loosing power. …”

“Throttle body got stuck wide open there us a pic of this in gettysburg times I got video of the car going wild my car drove into a support line and there was nothing I could do. Hamilton Hyundai - chambersburg, pa had a few mechanics come and they told me to clean the throttle cause it was sticking I have not done so and will not until they admit there an issue I could have been killed.”

“The contact owns a 2002 Hyundai Sonata. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the engine fell through the cradle assembly and crushed the axle. There was no warning indicator illuminated. Prior to the failure, the contact heard a lot of squeaking while driving various speeds and making turns. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 155,000.”