Just picked up my 2021 Sonata Limited 4 days ago. It has been raining non-stop ever since including test drive and delivery day so I hadn't had an opportunity to go around it thoroughly until today. I found some glaring paint imperfections on the trunk lid bottom lip and hood. Also found the drivers side mirror camera looks like it was mangled during assembly. Anyone else found anything similar? I'm assuming all of this is covered under warranty of course....just don't like the idea of touch ups or resprays on a car with less than 300 miles.
Washed and ceramic coated my Quartz White N Line and haven't noticed any paint imperfections. I do have a rear bumper cover that doesn't fit seamlessly with the rear body panels and the trunk lid is not properly aligned. I called these defects to my dealer's attention and they indicated these items will be fixed under warranty by their body shop. The Hyundai Montgomery Alabama assembly plant is evidently sufferings from pandemic related personnel issues.
when we picked up our car, it was also raining cats and dogs. about a week later, i notice a really nice ding on the outside of the a pillar, and later on, the left front jack point is bent, looks like it slipped on the lift. the car also had 70 miles on it, and there was some nav settings from a town about 15 miles from the dealer. i am sure that there will be lots more door dings and dents, so no big deal to us
I'm not sure about the DN8 Sonata, but if it's coming in from Korea, they'll be shipped in via boats, where accidents happen really frequently. Cars will frequently hit each other.
Other shipping companies can also damage the cars as well.
I'm not sure about the DN8 Sonata, but if it's coming in from Korea, they'll be shipped in via boats, where accidents happen really frequently. Cars will frequently hit each other.
Other shipping companies can also damage the cars as well.
Just picked up my 2021 Sonata Limited 4 days ago. It has been raining non-stop ever since including test drive and delivery day so I hadn't had an opportunity to go around it thoroughly until today. I found some glaring paint imperfections on the trunk lid bottom lip and hood. Also found the drivers side mirror camera looks like it was mangled during assembly. Anyone else found anything similar? I'm assuming all of this is covered under warranty of course....just don't like the idea of touch ups or resprays on a car with less than 300 miles. View attachment 460094View attachment 460095View attachment 460096View attachment 460097
Check the corners of the front doors from underneath and all panels. Or before you do run your fingers down the edges of all panels and most corners are trashed like that. Two front corners near the front fender and a corner on the hood , plus fender bolts not fully torqued and half out. Good luck.
they pulled the same **** on our sonata. The two black bolts on either side of the trunk lid was re-torqued and the edge of the area was chipped on either side. Almost as if the person who was torquing the bolts banged the ratchet and chipped the paint on the trunk edge. They didn’t even use the same color touch up color 😂 bunch of lamers.
Of course they will repair all your damage. After all Hyundai has the best warranty. 🤣 Did we get our items repaired ? No. Why you ask? Because there is a strong possibility that the vehicle will be in worst shape than before. I got a free color touch up paint from the dealer and went over the factory incorrect color myself. The rest of the issues we'll live with. So much for our first Hyundai new car experience. But they have the best warranty 🤣🤣🤣
Now there’s a recall for the 2.5T fuel line connections not being torqued. Am I surprised? No., not after what I’ve seen.
If and when I take delivery of this thing, part of the sale will be an inspection on the lift, in addition to checking for damages, I will be checking for leaks.
About a month or so after ownership Hyundai will send you a survey. At bare min be sure to use that survey and let them know of these issues. So at least they can perhaps address it moving forward, so other customers don’t get effected. Did mine today .
I have a 2021 hybrid Ltd from Korea. Dealer just replaced front door seals for wind whistle. Much quieter now. Still not “Lexus” quiet, but much quieter. Otherwise, car is perfect. Fit, finish, quality, paint, all perfect.
I bought a 2021 Sonata SEL new in March 2021. In May 2022 I noticed a crack in the paint on the right front quarter panel, some rust on the bottom and bottom inside edge of the right pillar (metal between passenger front window and windshield) and bottom edge of the hood. There wasn't any indication of damage and since the defect was on the underside edge of the hood & pillar couldn't have been caused by road debris. The dealer said they fixed everything under warranty. Although I'm pretty sure that they repainted the quarter panel, I'm also positive that they just used touch up paint on the hood and pillar even though they said that work order shows that they billed Hyundai for a repaint.
My car would have been built in early 2021 before the COVID vaccine was available to younger people so I suspect that the factory was short staffed, working long hours, moving people to jobs they didn't have experience with and probably had employees who were PO'ed that they had to work. I'm really concerned that there are going to be more paint problems develop.
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