I took my wife's 2012 Sonata to my local repair shop. The guy is really honest and does not try to replace stuff that does not need to be replaced. Our Sonata had 50K on it without 1 single problem. He changed the oil and replaced the front brake pads. My wife started complaining that every once in a while the brakes would make a scraping noise and the car would not stop correctly. We took it back to the shop and of course it stops fine. So over the past 3 months she would complain until one day it happened to me. I was going down a slight hill and the brakes made a noise like the ABS was kicking in and the car would not stop very good. I Googled it and found that it could be a cracked exciter ring that was fooling the ABS into thinking one of the wheels were slipping. I took the car back to the dealer and they said that I used ceramic brake pads and that was causing skipping. They installed OEM semi metallic pads for $330 and so far everything is back to normal
Update from Jan 10, 2016: I wanted to give everyone an update on My wife's Sonata. She now has 68,000 miles on it and never had another issue with the brakes. The dealer was right on this one. I am going to service her car at Hyundai from now on. It might cost a little more but I threw $300.00 away on the wrong brake pads and a bunch of time. This car has been amazing. The only things I have replaced so far is front brake pads and tires. I have not even had a light bulb burn out on this car yet.
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I took my wife's 2012 Sonata to my local repair shop. The guy is really honest and does not try to replace stuff that does not need to be replaced. Our Sonata had 50K on it without 1 single problem. He changed the oil and replaced the front brake pads. My wife started complaining that every once in a while the brakes would make a scraping noise and the car would not stop correctly. We took it back to the shop and of course it stops fine. So over the past 3 months she would complain until one day it happened to me. I was going down a slight hill and the brakes made a noise like the ABS was kicking in and the car would not stop very good. I Googled it and found that it could be a cracked exciter ring that was fooling the ABS into thinking one of the wheels were slipping. I took the car back to the dealer and they said that I used ceramic brake pads and that was causing skipping. They installed OEM semi metallic pads for $330 and so far everything is back to normal
Update from Jan 10, 2016: I wanted to give everyone an update on My wife's Sonata. She now has 68,000 miles on it and never had another issue with the brakes. The dealer was right on this one. I am going to service her car at Hyundai from now on. It might cost a little more but I threw $300.00 away on the wrong brake pads and a bunch of time. This car has been amazing. The only things I have replaced so far is front brake pads and tires. I have not even had a light bulb burn out on this car yet.
- Doug H., Cincinnati, US